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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · 9d

Early sketch timelapse for Miko the moth fairy 🧚‍♀️
#art #sketch #drawing

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · 14d

We've pushed a new demo build! Notable additions include final background art, a lot more music, and screen-reader support.
#indiegames #otome #visualnovel
store.steampowered.com/app/2113350/...

Heartspell: Horizon Academy on Steam

Match gems, level up, and date wizards in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing p...

store.steampowered.com

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · 15d

Getting to some finishing touches, like Miko's phone pic of her human glamour 🧚‍♀️
#screenshotsaturday #indiegames

Screenshot from the game Heartspell, depicting a moth fairy character showing the player a photo on her smartphone of herself as a human.

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · 16d

The story of a lil' Match3 dating sim with a lot of hear trying to find its way in the world.
#indiegamedev #steam #indiegames

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · 24d

And it's only the first day...
#indiegame #wizardschool #datingsim

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · 25d

Voice actors are magic. If you'd like Amara to be mean to you (yes, you!) go play the demo of Heartspell now!
#cozygames #indiegames #tsundere #icequeen

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · 25d

Almost done with ALL THE ART 💪

Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · 25d

We've been hard at work on art that we can't show publicly yet, BUT we also just finished all our achievement icons and we CAN share those. Here's a few to kick things off!
#indiegames #romance #petthedog #visualnovel

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · 26d

We're at just about two months out from launching Heartspell! Now more than ever if you could help spread the word, we'd appreciate it so much.
#indiegames #cozygames #datingsim #romantasy
store.steampowered.com/app/2113350/...

Heartspell: Horizon Academy on Steam

Match gems, level up, and date wizards in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing p...

store.steampowered.com

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · 27d

h e l p 😳

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · 28d

Being very mature and professional about this

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · 29d

More background+music for #ScreenshotSaturday. This piece is *mostly* Heron's theme, but we use it in other places that feel particularly optimistic, just like our favorite magical himbo chef.
#indiegames #peaceful #madebyhumans

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e d e n @edentimm.bsky.social · Sep 12

The new hades trailer is so gorgeous, give it up for the entire crew from THE LINE! Full credits taken from the youtube description

Animated by THE LINE
Director: Louve Sarfati Karnas
Producer: Kateřina Grecová
Production manager: Michaela Dede
Production assistant: Ed Farish, Daisy Link
Editor: Louve Sarfati Karnas
Editor assistant: Ed Farish
Audio: Box Of Toys Audio
Sound design and mix: Box Of Toys Audio
Art director / lead concept artist / lead BG artist: Meryl Franck
Beatboards: Djibril Morisette-Phan
BG concept/bG layout and paint: Sébastien Iglesias
colour script: Agathe Leroux / Meryl Franck
BG layout and paint: Daniel Converio
BG layout and paint: Pauline Mauviére
STORYBOARDS
Neil Dieu
Zhihuang Dong

Styleframe BG layout and paint: Meryl Franck
Styleframe character layout + clean up: Amanda Jespersen Holm
Styleframe compositing: Clarisse Valeix

Animation lead / Lead character designer / Human character model sheets / Character layout / Animation: Amanda Jespersen Holm
Character exploration (Hecate + Melinoë + Chronos) / weapons design: Lucien (Ana Kindzake)
Character design - monsters/enemies/ character layout: Léa Rey-Mauzaize
Character layout: Kathryn Layno (denimcatfish)
Character layout/animation: Francisco Magalhães
Animation: Allan Michaut
Animation: Suzon Heron
Animation: Mandimby Lebon
Animation: Ricard Ubach
Animation: Florian de Chelle
Animation: Angele Legras
FX design / FX Animation: Nicola Nikolaos Finizio
FX Animation: Paul Bouchart
FX Animation: Kerim Tumer
FX Animation: Louve Sarfati Karnas
Clean up lead / Clean up and colour: Eleonora Quario
Clean up and colour / animation assistant: Paola Costigliola
Clean up and colour / animation assistant: Hannah Judd
Clean up and colour / animation assistant: Kamila Konczewska
Clean up and colour / animation assistant: AMIX studio

COMPOSITING
Lead compositing artist / compositing / colour grade: Clarisse Valeix
Compositing artists: Gabrielle Locre, Skye van der Walt, Natasha Z Francis, Florian Ojeda Diop, Lucille Arnaud, Marco Antonio Silva, Freddie Lewis-Wall, Patricia Andrades, Abel Kohen
Colour Grade: Natasha Z Francis

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · Sep 9

Those were THE DAYS!! Just one more reason to miss LJ 🥲

Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · Sep 7

With Lin there it looks like: brooding permitted here. No brooding past this point!

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · Sep 6

Outside the main storyline, you can always invite someone to practice magic with you in this private corner of the academy grounds.
#screenshotsaturday #indiegames

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · Sep 6

An example of my super professional art direction:

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · Sep 5

Launch date!! SOON!! I worked really hard on this and now I gotta finish my task list 😱😱😱

Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · Sep 5

Release Date Trailer, wooooooooooooooooo!

We're so excited to be launching in just a few short months. Any help spreading the word about our cozy, puzzly, heartwarming game is always appreciated. Wishlist and play the demo on steam now!

#indiegames #datingsim

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ7V...

Heartspell Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by Dire Kitten Games

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · Aug 25

I wanted to share some of the work we've been doing on the "Academy Grounds" environment, which is home to a few scenes and the practice/challenge mode. I had a lot of fun making the petals. Sigh. I wish I could visit.
#indiegamedev #otome #visualnovel #romantasy

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · Aug 23

Commissioned some amazing art of our monster-boy, Lin!

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · Aug 13

We've been heads down in polish, but soon I'll be putting more effort into marketing. We need about 2k more wishlists in the next 6 weeks for Very Good Things to happen. Any help spreading the word (or leaving reviews) would help an absolute ton. #indiegame
store.steampowered.com/app/3142920/...

Heartspell: Horizon Academy Demo on Steam

Match gems, level up, and date wizards in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing p...

store.steampowered.com

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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · Aug 13

Flittermouse Games is looking for a Freelance Writer to help craft the heartfelt story of Dungeon Squeaker, a pixel art puzzle adventure!

🛰️ Remote, Freelance
🧀 Write story docs & chapter outlines
🐭 Shape a magical mouse’s journey

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Flittermouse Games is hiring a Freelance Writer

I’m looking for a freelance writer to contribute to Dungeon Squeaker, a puzzle adventure game featuring a mouse with a magical compass.

workwithindies.com

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Dire Kitten Games @direkittengames.bsky.social · Jul 19

We're casting for one final role! This is a paid role with just under 700 words. Our ideal voice for this role is female, middle-aged, clear, authoritative, and has a North American accent. If you're interested in auditioning, please reach out to us here, or at direkittengames at gmail dot com.

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Britt @britt1st.bsky.social · Jul 14

SOON

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