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Thorn for the Villain~ Reincarnated as an Extra in an Otome Game @antares252.bsky.social · 14h

La versión en Español ya está disponible! - Tales of Misteria

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La versión en Español ya está disponible!

Estoy usando MTL para este registro de desarrollo, así que disculpen cualquier error, pero tengan la seguridad de que la traducción del juego fue realizada por un traductor humano. En resumen, un tr.....

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a wild ricebits 🎮 love & country!~ @ricebits.bsky.social · 1d

Finishing #PreOdyssey yesterday was such a wholesome treat, my heart still feels warm from the experience. I love how Penelope's ducks were such staunch and dedicated shippers of the two, nnngh. Even without a sale, this little VN has my solid recommendation. 🫶🫶

a wild ricebits 🎮 love & country!~ @ricebits.bsky.social · 8d

🦢👑

Needed something a little light-hearted to cap off the week after yesterday's thrills. All for the sweet price of a cup of coffee~

🎮: Pre-Odyssey by @neoclassicgames.bsky.social
🕗: 8pm, GMT+8
🗓: 3 Oct, Friday

🌾: twitch.tv/ricebits

#PreOdyssey #VisualNovels #Otome #Amare #IndieGames #RicePlays

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Thorn for the Villain~ Reincarnated as an Extra in an Otome Game @antares252.bsky.social · 2d

Versión en español próximamente... (muy pronto)😶‍🌫️

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Octavio's Concert Hall @octavioconcerthall.bsky.social · 4d

𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒; A Fan-Made Visual Novel is OFFICIALLY OUT TODAY ON ITCH-IO!

It is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, AND Android for you to play AND... it's free. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW!
🔗: octavios-concert-hall.itch.io/memento-solis

#MementoSolisVN #Artavio #VisualNovel

Memento Solis by Octavio's Concert Hall

Nothing goes wrong at Octavio's Puppet Show!

octavios-concert-hall.itch.io

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Neoclassic Games @neoclassicgames.bsky.social · 4d

Just discovered this fantastic #fanart for Pre-Odyssey! 💖

Huge thanks to @kookaburahsan.bsky.social
& @antares252.bsky.social for the love and creativity! 🦆✨

#visualnovel #otome #preodyssey

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a wild ricebits 🎮 love & country!~ @ricebits.bsky.social · 8d

🦢👑

Needed something a little light-hearted to cap off the week after yesterday's thrills. All for the sweet price of a cup of coffee~

🎮: Pre-Odyssey by @neoclassicgames.bsky.social
🕗: 8pm, GMT+8
🗓: 3 Oct, Friday

🌾: twitch.tv/ricebits

#PreOdyssey #VisualNovels #Otome #Amare #IndieGames #RicePlays

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Neoclassic Games @neoclassicgames.bsky.social · 17d

✨ The Fall in Love VN Festival just started! 💖
So many cool games to discover and countless talented devs to support 🌸

If you love #visualnovels, now’s the perfect time to dive in & show some love!

💕@vnstudioelan.com
Featuring: @antares252.bsky.social @elsethgames.com
#Otometwt #indiegame #vndev

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Gyepi Yun 🦊🩷 @gyepi.bsky.social · 29d

streaming soon ꒱

HIHIII ~
On Friday... we read Visual Novels! 🦊📖
It is time for us to play the full game of Pre-Odyssey: Love at First Quack, an adorable VN inspired from a 3000-year old EPIC~ 🌿🦆✨

#gyepi #vtuber #visualnovel

see you in 15min ~ ! ♡
www.twitch.tv/gyepiyun

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Thorn for the Villain~ Reincarnated as an Extra in an Otome Game @antares252.bsky.social · Sep 10

Oh, happy birthday!🎂

It just so happens that your package arrived today (I got a gift from you instead 😅), thank you again♥️🥺

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arimia @arimiadev.com · Aug 27

if you're a streamer, YouTuber, reviewer, etc. and want to cover romance visual novels, I'm looking for people to collaborate with for my next festival!

reviewers will be contacted by developers in our visual novel festival about playing demos & full games. sign up here: forms.gle/Ebv2QWtnPavM...

Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival 2025 Streamer + Press Form

This is a form for streamers & content creators interested in covering the upcoming Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival, a Steam festival running from September 24-October 1 for visual novels with roma...

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Thorn for the Villain~ Reincarnated as an Extra in an Otome Game @antares252.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Anta Makes Visual Novels

I LOVVVEEEEE TRAPPED WITH JESTERR!!!! WILL THERE BE MORE SCENES OR??? -a potato >Devlog >Also maybe just stuff like this for now

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Liatris 🐈 (She/They) @liatriskitty.bsky.social · Aug 24

Schedule for this week!

Tuesday 8/26/25 @ 6 pm PDT Neyyah
Wednesday 8/27/25 @ 6 pm PDT Pre-Odyssey
Thursday 8/28/25 @ 6 pm PDT A Date With Death

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Thorn for the Villain~ Reincarnated as an Extra in an Otome Game @antares252.bsky.social · Aug 24

I've already posted this on Twitter, but I've added text speed options on Thorn for the Villain.

Hopefully I can resume my bi-monthly devlogs soon, but it won't be anywhere until I get a new laptop 🥲

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Neoclassic Games @neoclassicgames.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yay! The Fall in Love #visualnovel Festival is coming and we are in! 🎉
We're teaming up with @antares252.bsky.social & @elsethgames.com; can't wait to share our romance VN adventures with you all!

Huge thanks to @vnstudioelan.com for organizing this event! 😍

#vndev #RomanceVN #Otome

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Thorn for the Villain~ Reincarnated as an Extra in an Otome Game @antares252.bsky.social · Jul 31

Trying to optimize some codes in Thorn for the Villain that only 1% of people would probably notice, particularly those who hide screens🤓

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sailor otome | preparing for return! ♡ @sailorotome.bsky.social · Jul 30

Whewwww thanks everyone, had a great time! I suddenly feel the need to go outside and find some ducks to feed but definitely play some Pre-Odyssey! Just be prepared to have giggle fits.

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sailor otome | preparing for return! ♡ @sailorotome.bsky.social · Jul 30

I'll be linking these in chat but their store page is here:
ITCH: ant-san.itch.io/preodyssey
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3574770/...
Publisher: @neoclassicgames.bsky.social
Dev: @antares252.bsky.social

Pre-Odyssey: Love at First Quack [OTOME] by Anta

Before the EPIC, this was their love story... but let's add some ducks.

ant-san.itch.io

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sailor otome | preparing for return! ♡ @sailorotome.bsky.social · Jul 30

At 12:30 EST, we'll be live w/ Pre-Odyssey by @antares252.bsky.social! Where we'll be revisiting an old epic about two fated love-birds .. & third one, but it's a duck! See you guys soon & doubly thanks to @neoclassicgames.bsky.social for showing this to me!

#sailorotomestreams #indieotome

an edited picture of pre-oddesey, with me at the duck's face and showing an image on the bottom stating my name. art originally by Anta!

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sailor otome | preparing for return! ♡ @sailorotome.bsky.social · Jul 27

We'll start off w/ Pre-Oddysey, a humorous and cute retelling of greek mythology! Developed by @antares252.bsky.social & published by @neoclassicgames.bsky.social!

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Thorn for the Villain~ Reincarnated as an Extra in an Otome Game @antares252.bsky.social · Jul 23

There's someone who seems to be mass rating games with 1 star.

I looked them up and all their ratings was 1.

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Pri 🌟 Owl Cat Lady @prikarin.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thank you so much for 96k+ downloads of Where Winter Crows Go!!

Art by @antares252.bsky.social

#wherewintercrowsgo #wwcg #prikaringames #visualnovel

Aspen kissing Crowe on the cheek. Both are characters from my game "Where Winter Crows Go".

Aspen has short, curvy red hair while Crowe has long green hair tied in a braid.

There's a message above them that says "Thank you for 96k+ downloads!"

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тαℓα ✩*.ﾟ 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇 𝑔𝑜𝒹𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓈 @talavt.bsky.social · Jul 18

🌙 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑴 𝑬𝑵𝑫

Had an amazing time playing both Operation Octo and Pre-Odyssey tonight!

The latter was especially so fun and charming, as a silly retelling of a classic tale.

Remember to go check out both games on Steam, and thanks to the devs for reaching out to me!

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Blerdy Otome 🎮 Metaphor: ReFantazio @blerdyotome.bsky.social · Jul 18

I've heard back from all the winners!! Congratulations to 1st prize winner: @antares252.bsky.social and 2nd & 3rd prize winners: @/Elenless & @cherrykyu.bsky.social

I hope you have fun with BUSTAFELLOWS Season 2!! Also, a huge thank you to @pqubeasia.bsky.social for providing the prizes!!

Blerdy Otome 🎮 Metaphor: ReFantazio @blerdyotome.bsky.social · Jul 9

Exciting news!! Thanks to the awesome folks at @pqubeasia.bsky.social I'm giving away Physical and Digital copies of BUSTAFELLOWS Season 2!! The giveaway runs until 7/16 at 11:59PM ET!! Good luck!!

Enter to win: gleam.io/KMdO0/bustaf...

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Blerdy Otome 🎮 Metaphor: ReFantazio @blerdyotome.bsky.social · Jul 17

There's a post making the rounds from someone upset that they are "forced to play as a female" in an otome... and I think folks need to educate themselves..

blerdyotome.com/2021/08/10/i...

Is This Otome? - Inclusivity in the Otome Games Fandom | Blerdy Otome

So, apparently there has been some discourse in the otome games community—I mean, when is there not drama—concerning using the term “otome” for more inclusive titles. There have been some folks in the...

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Thorn for the Villain~ Reincarnated as an Extra in an Otome Game @antares252.bsky.social · Jul 10

I've added an optional tutorial cause people don't seem to realize how to access the quick menu 😅

#otomedev #thorn4villain

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