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Cat Cafe Manager 2 😽☕ Wishlist on Steam! @roostgames.bsky.social · 9d

🧙‍♀️We have always loved mysterious brews, whimsical witches, and pretty black cats.🐈‍⬛✨

⭐Today, the rest of the world celebrates these wonderful things with us!

🎃🧡Happy Halloween, everybody!🧡🐈
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#cozygames #indiedev

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · 13d

I wish the most beautiful #lordoftherings quote,

"I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you"

didn't speak to my soul as much as it does. But it does. Heart-wrenchingly so.

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Art by mario-art

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · 20d

Oooh, awesome! What genre? 😁

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · 20d

Nothing is more nurturing to the soul than writing fiction! 😁

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · 20d

When you're navigating the rockiest of roads in life, but you also have the best job in the world, so you get to fully focus on developing a new character you already love dearly for @roostgames.bsky.social.🖤

😸Can't wait for you guys to meet them in #catcafemanager2!

#indiegames #narrativedesign

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · 24d

When overnight, you come up with a bizarre but culturally relevant short story idea full of symbolism and painful allegories, but you're already knee-deep in your debut dark fantasy novel🧍‍♀️. #if-only-there-were-more-hours-in-the-day #writerlife

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · 24d

Obsessed with mine! Get 'em while they're hot! 🔥😍

Nana Moon { game dev } - BUY KEYLOCKER! @moonana.bsky.social · Sep 23

Need to save up for my visa renewal next year, so opening art commissions for pixel art avatars! I will draw anything you want on the style of Keylocker (examples below), but colors can be as you wish them to be! There are only 10 slots available!

More info on the link below ⬇️
#promosky #pixelart

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Sep 29

Going through the first episode of my favorite show to analyze its strengths:

I’m taking notes, coldly picking apart every scene to see why it works, studying its brilliant storytelling...

...only to STILL END UP IN TEARS at the end.

Oh, Attack on Titan, my beloved.
#AttackOnTitan #WriterLife

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Sep 28

🌻🌷Spending my day at the garden center on a Sunday afternoon, buying things to make my balcony look nice and pretty. And yes, I am actually enjoying it, too. ☘️🌿

I’ve really entered my #thirties, huh.

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Sep 26

🖤Nothing is more satisfying than watching your physical bookshelf grow.

💸Nothing is more dangerous than loving to watch your physical bookshelf grow.

Anyway… get on my shelf, Cormac McCarthy. You're up next! #TheRoad #PhysicalMedia

Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Sep 25

“No, I’m Not a Human” is such a fascinating, refreshing horror game. The artstyle, music, and writing compliment each other perfectly👌.

Gonna keep my eye on the talented humans (or are they?) of @trioskaz.bsky.social.👀
#noimnotahuman #indiehorror

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Lici @blondgirlgames.bsky.social · Sep 22

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Sep 14

When you’ve spent the entire day calling and emailing with Booking and Lufthansa and STILL don’t know if you’ll be allowed to fly to Munich tomorrow.😍🫶 #lovethisforme

Trying to salvage the remainder of this sucky Sunday with takeout and iconic TV nostalgia.

Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Sep 12

A little peek behind the curtain! Or in the kitchen. Or wherever you want to peek. #catcafemanager2 #ilovemyjob

Cat Cafe Manager 2 😽☕ Wishlist on Steam! @roostgames.bsky.social · Sep 12

🐱Many of Cat Cafe Manager 2's kitchen appliances are a little more whimsical than your ordinary microwave or air fryer…

🎨Let's see how artist Esmeé goes about creating a fantastical candy machine from start to finish in the thread below!👇
(🧵1/5)
#indiedeveloper #cozygames #indiegames

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Sep 5

It’s a good one! ☝️🙂‍↕️

Cat Cafe Manager 2 😽☕ Wishlist on Steam! @roostgames.bsky.social · Sep 5

🍭Our latest STEAM UPDATE has just gone LIVE!🩷

In it, Esmeé demonstrates some serious ✨kitchen magic✨, showing you how we develop appliances from a 2D sketch all the way to a fully functioning 3D model!

👇Check it out through the link below this post!
#indiedeveloper #indiegames

Banner of Cat Cafe Manager 2 September News featuring character Carla-lalla, a cute witch.

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Cat Cafe Manager 2 😽☕ Wishlist on Steam! @roostgames.bsky.social · May 27

🌷Our lead artist Carmen was invited to @indigo-showcase.bsky.social and asked to prepare a presentation about her work for Cat Cafe Manager 2! 🐱🩷

🎤She spoke about artistic choices, Dutch cultural references, and the significance of cat scratches on furniture! 💛🐈

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#indiedeveloper #indigoshowcase

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Mar 19

🖤”How many seas must a white dove sail, before she sleeps in the sand?”

5 years ago this month. Miss you, dad.🕊️

Shannon Wild Smith @shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · Mar 19

You've got stardust in your feathers ✨

Illustration of a white bird with pink a blue hues. Stars and stardust surround it.

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Mar 19

I received the book last night. Can’t wait to dig in! 😍

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Mar 18

No way, you already finished it?!! 😱 You’re a beast! I just received the book in the mail this evening!

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Mar 11

Nog gefeliciteerd wanne

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Mar 11

🇳🇱Took a field day at the #Rijksmuseum with my broski @roostcarmen.bsky.social to study classical Dutch art.

🖤Stood there laughing at this poor cat for a good couple of minutes.

🫡Today was a good day.

The picture shows the painting “The Dancing Class” by the Dutch old master Jan Steen. In the painting, kids are laughing and trying to teach a kitten how to dance. The cat is not amused.

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Mar 10

Pre-ordered "Sunrise on the Reaping" at my local bookstore just now.📚 Fingers crossed it will arrive in time so I can bring the book along to Devon in 2 weeks.🤞

Let the 50th Hunger Games begin!

#suzannecollins #sunriseonthereaping

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Mar 2

Spending my Sunday reading in my local bookshop. 🖤📚 My favorite third place in town!

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Feb 25

As a creative writer and narrative designer myself, I just want to say that your work in LR has inspired me so much.🖤

Whilst playing the game, I just kept being reminded of that one beautiful quote: “We were girls together”.

You guys literally captured girlhood.🖤🙏

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Claire Maester - Author @gonewiththeravens.bsky.social · Feb 25

I love this take, so true 🙂‍↕️

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