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We're a 3-sister indie team making the kind of games we've always wanted to play! Account run by @vanade.bsky.social

https://hamiltonhour.itch.io/

Tags: #vndev #indiedev #amaregame #otomedev
Games: #3Seasons #HalloweenScrooge #TheCookieProject
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Hamilton Hour @hamiltonhour.com · Nov 4
Hello! We're Hamilton Hour: an indie game studio made up of 3 sisters and women of colour. We're based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

We make games we've always wanted to play!

✨ play our games: hamiltonhour.itch.io
✨ our dev blog: hamiltonhour.com

#indiedev • #vndev • #indiegames
A vertical compilation of our released games so far (all VNs in the cozy/romance genres) - Halloween Scrooge, 3 Seasons, The Cookie Project. the last segment is the Hamilton Hour logo over a minimalistic map of Hamilton, Ontario.
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whoa, thank you for all the recent follows and happy #blackhistorymonth !!

we're three black girls (and sisters) making indie romance games :)

I assume most people came from this starter pack but if you didn't, check it out!

go.bsky.app/88aYGTF
February 3, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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may we offer you a pretty Ceph in these trying times?
vanade.bsky.social vanade @vanade.bsky.social · Dec 29
study from ref

gdaaaaaaaaaaaamn are forshortened limbs annoying to draw

can you tell I spent 90% of the time refining the face/hair instead lmao

#ocsky | #art | #destiny2art
a simply-coloured bust-up drawing of cepheus (looking to the side) putting his hair up in a ponytail, with a hair elastic in his slightly open mouth
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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you were warned!! ;)

thanks for playing! ❤️
jitterrue.bsky.social jitterrue @jitterrue.bsky.social · Dec 30
Explosive cookies? I’m a robot, I’ll be fine 😅 - The Cookie Project

#OtomeGame #IndieGame #VisualNovel by @hamiltonhour.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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We are vehemently, unequivocally against any and all use of generative AI in game development. It's disappointing to see studios whose games we enjoyed, flippantly integrate this plagiarising, soulless technology into their works. Our games are made by PEOPLE, full stop.
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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we hope you enjoy Rye!!!! ❤️🍁☺️
marcylaycelle.bsky.social Marcylaycelle 💙💜🩷 (mental health break) @marcylaycelle.bsky.social · Nov 21
Friends!

We are going to do some quick makeup and then head over to date Autumn, the season. If you have more questions, you just have to come in.

3seasons developed by @hamiltonhour.com
Live Now: twitch.tv/marcylaycelle
Marcy sits at her desk with a big, scrunched-up smile, resting her face in her hand. She has long red braids and is wearing a red top. Behind her is a cozy, cluttered craft room filled with flowers, storage bins, and a pastel blanket decorated with moons and stars draped over her chair. The lighting is warm and soft, giving the scene a comforting vibe.
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Happy Halloween from us at Hamilton Hour 🎃🍁 back to our "normal" logo tomorrow, so let's enjoy one last huzzah with our spooky one.
An orange and gold Halloween version of the Hamilton Hour logo with a ghost poking out of the "O" in Hour, on a purple background
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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AWWW look at our Rye!!! 🥺 Right at home in an art gallery. and we love Auntie Autumn's design omg autumn best season 🍂🍁 yes we're biased !!!

Thank you for the art and tag!! ❤️
October 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Psst hey, did you know that "Ravencourt Manor" in Halloween Scrooge is a real place? It's a house called "Ravenscliffe Castle" in our home city of Hamilton, Ontario!

It was actually up for sale again recently too... Anyone want to give us $7 million to buy it? 🤣 (imagine the property tax $!!)
An in-game background of Ravencourt Manor lawn from the indie visual novel Halloween Scrooge. A picture of the real-life inspiration, Ravenscliffe Castle in Hamilton Ontario
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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The Showcase lineup is LIVE! Had to hold out for a moment- sorry for the late post!
Freaky Friday (7pm CST!): DuskBound and Halloween Scrooge!!!
Saturday 6pm: Lovespell: Starlight Update
Sunday 6pm: Under Heaven or Hell + Sci-fi Sunday!
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October 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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'tis the season to reupload #HalloweenScrooge memes over here...

#cozygames #halloween

play Halloween Scrooge for free on web browser, pc, mac, and android! hamiltonhour.itch.io/halloween-sc...
faux social media site notification screen showing "Grimm Parere updated his profile picture. 18 Nov 2019" with a frowning portrait of Grimm. The first comment, from "Endo Eskeltal" reads "a smile might be good." A reply from Grimm says "Nothing to smile about in my life." McDonalds triangle meme reading "Children Yelling: MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS!". Jak is in one corner of the triangle under caption "we have food at home". Grimm is in another corner with a caption "Pulls into the drive through as children cheer, orders a single black coffee and leaves". Endo is in the third corner with caption reading "MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS!" top title of art piece: "how they spend halloween night". illustration of chibi jak giving candy to a small girl dressed as a pirate. second illustration is of endo in front of DJ Spectral's booth with arms raised. third illustration is Grimm asking a frightened child in a superhero suit, "ready to die" only to be interrupted by someone yelling GRIMM!! from off-screen. smaller dialogue from Grimm reads "it's a joke."
October 28, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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Can we interest you in a short, cozy Halloween visual novel in these trying times? 🎃

#halloween #indiegames
hamiltonhour.com Hamilton Hour @hamiltonhour.com · Oct 26
If you're looking for a free, short and cozy #amaregame to play featuring Handsome ghosts to flirt with #HalloweenScrooge is just that!

Featuring a linear storyline + customizable MC name, Halloween Scrooge is a Halloween twist on A Christmas Carol!

hamiltonhour.itch.io/halloween-sc...
September 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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we loveeeeeeeee this!!!
frostedclouds.bsky.social Frosty ❄️ (commissions on waitlist!) @frostedclouds.bsky.social · Oct 7
i finally got around to playing 3 seasons and your honor i love all of them 🥺 had to draw the winter-themed one but it was very very very close between him and rye....... @vanade.bsky.social @hamiltonhour.com
a digital illustration of a man with pale blue and white hair with small horns made of ice and a thick formal winter coat
October 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Can we interest you in a short, cozy Halloween visual novel in these trying times? 🎃

#halloween #indiegames
hamiltonhour.com Hamilton Hour @hamiltonhour.com · Oct 26
If you're looking for a free, short and cozy #amaregame to play featuring Handsome ghosts to flirt with #HalloweenScrooge is just that!

Featuring a linear storyline + customizable MC name, Halloween Scrooge is a Halloween twist on A Christmas Carol!

hamiltonhour.itch.io/halloween-sc...
September 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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OTP! y'all are so cute together ❤️ we're glad you enjoyed Yuto's route!

Rye is a treat if we do say so ourselves hehehe😘
marcylaycelle.bsky.social Marcylaycelle 💙💜🩷 (mental health break) @marcylaycelle.bsky.social · Feb 18
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Yuto and I had a great time together... We are a beautiful couple Thank you so much!!!

But in all honestly, I enjoyed the game and cannot wait to fall for Rye next 💜

Thank you so much to everyone to stopped by - We are (4) away from 1700 on Twitch!!!

📷 @sadgirlsara.bsky.social
Picture of Marcy with her new boo Winter aka Yuto <3
February 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Friends! I have a schedule and I am shy about it (ꈍ ω ꈍ)

✨Monday @ 6PM EST – Visual Novel: 3 Seasons ( @vanade.bsky.social )

✨Wednesday @ 2PM EST – Makeup & Sims CAS!

✨Friday @ 2PM EST – BHM Raid Train!

✨Sunday @ 6PM EST – BHM Talks: Mental Health (w/ black creators)
A Valentine's-themed Twitch stream schedule for MarcyLaycelle, set against a pink background with floating red hearts. At the top, "MarcyLaycelle Stream Schedule" is written in a mix of cursive and bold red fonts, with social media icons below it. The schedule is divided by days: Monday, 6 PM EST: Visual Novel 3 Seasons Wednesday, 2 PM EST: Makeup + Sims CAS Friday, 2 PM EST: BHM Raid Train! Sunday, 6 PM EST: BHM Talks: Mental Health On the right side, there's a cute digital illustration of a curvy, dark-skinned girl with voluminous curly hair, wearing a red dress and thigh-high stockings, winking and posing with one hand on her hip. The bottom of the image credits the artist, Mari, with a Ko-fi link for support.
February 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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You can count this as #TheCookieProject Valentines / Belated anniversary art! 😋
vanade.bsky.social vanade @vanade.bsky.social · Feb 14
Happy Valentines/Crimson Days from my two dorks! Here's a fourth-wall-breaker just for you.

#destiny2art #art #cepheus #destiny2comics
Panel 1: a smiling cepheus says "Happy Crimson Days! Your wishes have finally been heard. Why don't we try something special this year?". Four floats nearby wordlessly. Panel 2: Ceph with a smug grin and closed eyes, his index and thumb below his chin: "this year you get to date..." four floats wordlessly nearby. Panel 3: a closeup with just Four with action lines leading to him - an exclamatory speech bubble says "FOUR". he is startled. panel 4: an angry and simplified four yelling "ABSOLUTELY NOT! Stop giving people these ideas or I'll transmat 100 screebs onto you, right now." Ceph has his hands up defensively, and in small writing says "i'm sorry, please no screebs".
February 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Look, you may have seen these before... but you haven't seen them *on bluesky* 😎 happy valentines day from the #3Seasons boys!!
Briar valentines card reading "my love has blossomed for you, valentine" Rye valentines card reading "I've fall-en for you, valentine" Sol valentine's card, reading "you're hotter than the summer sun, valentine" Yuto Valentine reading "you warm my heart, valentine"
February 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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It's snowy and cold today. but He's very hot and cute. 😘
DLCでのギャラリーの開放やサイドストーリー、追加ルートをプレイできる日がとても待ち遠しいです🌸☀️🍂⛄
#3Seasons #fanart #ファンアート #乙女ゲーム
3Seasons Fanart. (You can play this game on Itch.io.)
December 13, 2024 at 10:40 AM
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the toughest part about the writing stage is not having any WIPs to share with you :(
February 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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The first Monday of the new year and I'm spotlighting @hamiltonhour.com's fantasy romance VN, 3 Seasons! Play as a Black heroine and romance/befriend a diverse group of seasonal inspired love interests!
blerdyotome.bsky.social Blerdy Otome 🎮 Metaphor: ReFantazio @blerdyotome.bsky.social · Jan 6
Melanin Monday Spotlight: 3 Seasons (Hamilton Hour)

3 Seasons is a modern fantasy indie otome developed by Hamilton Hour for Otome Jam 2022. Job hunting can be daunting, and after a slew of rejections Ivy is open to anything. When a super sketchy job opportunity falls into her lap, she figures…
Melanin Monday Spotlight: 3 Seasons (Hamilton Hour)
3 Seasons is a modern fantasy indie otome developed by Hamilton Hour for Otome Jam 2022. Job hunting can be daunting, and after a slew of rejections Ivy is open to anything. When a super sketchy job opportunity falls into her lap, she figures there's nothing to lose... or so she thinks. The new job is taking over for the missing spirit of spring and Ivy finds her self getting isekai'd to the magical elemental realm to take on her new job.
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January 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Happy new year!! 🎉
January 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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'tis the season to play The Cookie Project if you want some cute & cozy bakery romance (or friendship) to warm you up this winter! and you don't even need to be a destiny 2 player to enjoy it :)

#amare | #otome
vanade.bsky.social vanade @vanade.bsky.social · Dec 9
Speaking of THE DAWNING... did u know I made a dawning-themed visual novel last year where you bake cookies with Ceph w/ Eva's 1st-gen oven?

You can flirt with or befriend him!

short 'n cozy 15-20 min game & IT'S FREE

play in browser or dwnload: hamiltonhour.itch.io/the-cookie-p...

#destiny2art
A screenshot of The Cookie Project showing a frowning Ceph (with Four floating nearby). The textbox reads "I lock eyes with the visitor as I turn around. He looks so desperate that the words die on my lips." A screenshot from The Cookie Project, showing a smiling cepheus and four floating nearby. There are 3 jars of ingredients in front of an index card showing an obscured recipe for Traveler Donut Holes. A screenshot from The Cookie Project showing cepheus smiling and holding a mixing bowl. A speech bubble from him reads "What about you? Tomorrow's the last day of the Dawning". A screenshot of the initial character selection screen in The Cookie Project which allows players to choose between human, awoken or exo.
December 9, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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Thank you for the love #Blacksky game dev circle! 🥺 ❤️ as 3 black girls we've grown up not really seeing ourselves represented very often in games & when I wanted to get into developing romance games specifically it was in part due to the lack of main characters + love interests that looked like me
November 21, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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different flavours of flirting you've already seen in 3 Seasons 😏 makes you wonder how Briar will flirt...

#otome | #amare | #3Seasons
Yuto, smiling with eyebrows raised, standing in the midst of a winter carnival. the textbox reads "I wouldn't rule out a second go, but I feel more secure with my arms around you." Rye, wearing a sly expression, standing in the spring office. the textbox reads "Well, you don't have to call it a date if you don't want to. I thought you liked bold and direct romantic gestures." Sol, blushing and flustered. the background is a sunny beach with NPC silhouettes lounging. The textbox reads "Oh! I was staring, huh? I just thought you look great--I mean, it looks great on you... But you also look great."
November 20, 2024 at 10:01 PM