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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 21h

#SLAYTOBER Day 10:
The Damsel

Stick to the script, Princess

#SlayThePrincess

Someone drew on the back of something important, but that doesn't matter anymore.

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 15h

Incredible

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Moon Sage @bluemoonsage.bsky.social · 16h

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 16h

This feels like those classic Darth Vader t-shirt of emotions

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Mr. Andreson @exbert.bsky.social · 2d

Melancholy.

#Slaytheprincess

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Moon Sage @bluemoonsage.bsky.social · 21h

To celebrate Wild yesterday, I took a break from Princess.

I got a sketch but my back hurt so I played a bunch of Scarlet Hollow instead.

There’s meaning in that, probably. Something something aching body, something something excision, something something Welcome Home.
@roseaurum.bsky.social ig?

An unfinished sketch done in black and white with accented red. It emulated a tarot card, to a degree. It features the Wounded Wild from Slay the Princess, sad and arms splayed beside her, blood coming from arms and lower body. Three silhouettes of the Pristine Blade point at her body from above, one running through a circle of white nerves. A rectangular, cardlike border of feathers surrounds the image. Text is lazily placed along the bottom, reading “Thx @ RoseAurum. This is definitely not a III of Swords”.

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 21h

#SLAYTOBER Day 10:
The Damsel

Stick to the script, Princess

#SlayThePrincess

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 23h

#SLAYTOBER Day 9:
The Wild

Lost

#SlayThePrincess

The shape of a woman created and hung by threads of the world behind her, heart exposed to nothingness

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 2d

Bumping this for Slay the Princess

Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 3d

#SLAYTOBER Day 8:
The Witch

Words worth less than filth. Waste your breath, and be buried.

#SlayThePrincess

The Witch, illuminated by light that breaches the foliage of her den

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Flikk @flikk64.bsky.social · 3d

Day 7: The beast
#slaytober #slaytheprincess #slaytober2025

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 3d

Chess by volume instead of surface

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 3d

Bumping this! I'm still searching for localizers for the following below. If that's you, or if you know someone who it fits, please reach out! This is a paid, short term, fully remote opportunity, though you must be in Ontario due to grant restrictions.

Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · Aug 21

Hey game dev! Looking for Ontario-based localization partners (either a company or individuals) for:
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish

These do not all have to be done by the same person. Must be comfortable working with queer themes/pronouns and complex narratives! Thanks

a woman is sitting at a desk with her head down writing in a notebook

Alt: A GIF of a woman with her face pressed against a desk and scribbling with a pink pen

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♡ miina | avalar ♡ @avalaryx.bsky.social · 6d

Day 5. The Tower
#slaytober #slaytheprincess #blacktabbygames

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mara the rittaktig @marerittaktig.bsky.social · 5d

yesterdays #slaytober day 5: tower because i keep drawing them really late and forgetting to post them on more than one website. whoops.
#slaytheprincess

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! She's also one of my favourites, I certainly won't be forgetting this Holy Tarot Card art piece either.

(I love the flowers and how the broken chain looks like it's becoming the feathers??)

Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 4d

Idk if it's normal to whip up a drawing for each day of an October challenge — I've been pumping out more pieces and giving myself less time than ever before, and it's so much fun

Being stuck in an opposing mindset for, maybe my whole life, I'm finding such value in "quality *through* quantity"

Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 4d

The subtle golden tint is doing wonders to this piece, everything is so good!!

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Moon Sage @bluemoonsage.bsky.social · 5d

The Tower.
#slaytheprincess #slaytober

The Tower from Slay the Princess, done digitally in messy black and white. She floats above you, a halo of white light rimmed with gold behind her. Golden beams shoot from the halo to the edges of the image. Her hands glow, or perhaps are haloed themselves. Large hands reach for her from the sides, giving her the illusion of wings. Your black feathers drift towards the unseen ground. The chain at her wrist is crumbling. Roses, feminine and romantic, grow behind her, a sharp contrast to the cruel woman depicted. You are so very small, and she is so very powerful.

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 4d

Our news editor @kerrblimey.bsky.social has some advice for developers and PR reps looking to navigate the press slalom:

A quote from an article discussing how to engage with journalists that reads:

"No matter how cordial our correspondence, there might come a time when I have to report on you, your product, or your company in a way you no longer find beneficial or flattering. That is the job. Reporters are not an extension of your marketing department. We are not there to promote you, your product, or tailor headlines to meet your specific needs.

"Acknowledge this before you agree to an interview. Let the truth wash over you like a salve. You'll be better off for it."

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 4d

#SLAYTOBER Day 7:
The Beast

Hidden by your shape. Stretched by your steps.
Behind you.

#SlayThePrincess

Two white eyes paired with the snaking, clawed shape of the Beast, with all but the end of her tail covered by shadow

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 4d

#SLAYTOBER Day 6:
The Fury

"Give up"

#SlayThePrincess

The Fury, standing before the strands of thread beneath her. Unchained and unhindered.

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 5d

YOOOUUUUUUUUU

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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 5d

We're past our first 500 entries, which means the first 500 copies of each game are live to be claimed on itch!

Thank you all so much for blowing us away with your fan art!

Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 18d

Slay the Princess is just a month away from turning TWO YEARS OLD. It's time. To. CELEBRATE.

🎨 ALL OF OCTOBER: Fan art event
📖 October 20th: Digital art book release
📺 October 21st: Second Anniversary Livestream!
🍂 October 23rd: A Special Announcement for Scarlet Hollow

Here's what's coming:

🖌️ #SLAYTOBER, a month community long fan art event is starting on October 1st. Post your fanart and cosplays with #SLAYTOBER and #slaytheprincess on reddit, twitter, bluesky, tumblr, and instagram for a chance to win Steam keys for our games (via random drawing.)

For every FIVE HUNDRED ENTRIES, we'll be giving away 500 community copies of EACH of our games on itch.io (with a ceiling of 2,000 copies of each.) Multiple entries per person are allowed, but no AI, and no spam!

📖 October 20th sees the release of the digital version of the Slay the Princess Artbook. It should be set up with hyperlinks so you can seamlessly choose your path just like you would in the analog copy. Wishlist it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3845330/The_Art_of_Slay_the_Princess__Digital_Art_Book/

:spectrelol: October 21st is a LIVESTREAM with the devs and cast of Slay the Princess, starting at 1:45 pm EST on twitch.tv/black_tabby_games. Ask us questions! Watch Abby draw the Princess! Other things too, I'm sure... like maybe... some sort of... announcement... some sort of... reveal... for something you've all been waiting for a long time... :witch_eheh::witch_eheh::witch_eheh: Better be there when we go live!

:bigsmile: And for all you Scarletheads out there, don't feel too left out of the celebrations... we've got something special for you coming on the 23rd...

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 6d

#SLAYTOBER Day 5:
The Tower

Blessed are you to collapse around her

#SlayThePrincess

$The Tower, silhouetted before space and starlight that bend to her body and fracture beneath her step$

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Ethan @bluethan.bsky.social · 6d

AYY LET'S GO