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🎮 Indie Visual Novel Creators 🌸 Stories with meaningful choices that invite reflection ✨ Games crafted with a passion for narrative and human emotions internalnovel.itch.io

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Apr 1

"Can you shut up for a second?"

Goobu took a deep breath. A long one.
But Fred didn’t get the hint.

Sometimes, a random chat changes everything…
even when all you wanted was to fish.

🎣 A Day at the Lake — VN short, funny, heartfelt.

👉 buff.ly/wQoJBtE
#itchio #indiegames #VNDev

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 8d

Sometimes what speaks loudest in a scene isn’t what’s said, but what’s felt.

The koala Fred talks with Goobu while fishing at the lake. A reflective and slightly provocative scene from the visual novel A Day at the Lake.

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 12d

Sometimes what changes us the most isn’t the big twist, but a single line that invites us to see things differently.

Fred, the koala, listens while Goobu, the bear, throws him a direct question as he fishes. Scene from the visual novel A Day at the Lake.

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 16d

When a game doesn’t reward the “right” choice, how do you decide: logic, roleplay, or just staying true to yourself?

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 17d

War tactics 😆🫶

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 19d

Have you ever found yourself waiting more for a single scene than for the ending itself?

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 23d

What do you prefer to find in a story: something that surprises you or something that reminds you of yourself?

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 23d

Merci beaucoup! The art is by @missau-art.bsky.social , and I'm so glad it helps with your French too!

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 23d

From Spain, I’m learning a lot from your content.
Thank you for researching and sharing.

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 24d

So cute!

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 28d

Thanks to you for playing!

✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · 29d

Update v1.3 is live!

🌸La Petite Fragrance has been updated to v1.3 with French language support 🇫🇷

More people can now discover Valérie’s story. 💐

👉 Start your story today on itch.io: https://internalnovel.itch.io/la-petite-fragrance

#visualnovel #screenshotsaturday #vndev #indiedev #gamedev

Image of Philippe, a character from the visual novel “La Petite Fragrance”.
The text reads “Available now! Update v1.3”

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Nova-box @nova-box.com · Sep 12

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Sep 17

✨ Update on the way! ✨
This week, La Petite Fragrance is getting a refresh to include French 🇫🇷.
We’re in the final touches of the translation files and credits… it’ll be available very soon! 🌸

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Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org · Sep 16

iiiiiiiiiiiiiin case you missed it:

Submissions are now OPEN for Day of the Devs: @thegameawards.com Digital Showcase 2025!

Submit your game here, then join us LIVE Wednesday, December 10th for the digital showcase! Video Games!!!!

dayofthedevs.org/submit

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⭐️Mel⭐️ @mel789.bsky.social · Sep 14

Sunflower in the rain 🌻

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Sep 11

Going back to what you wrote can be uncomfortable, but it’s part of caring for what you want to say.

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Sep 9

Sometimes the memory of a scene lasts longer than the game itself.
What’s left unsaid lingers, even after the story ends.

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Sep 7

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Sep 7

Is there something you always put off, even though you know it's still there waiting?
Sometimes what’s left unfinished feels more like company than a burden.
#visualnovel #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Sep 5

Not everything we take out is a loss.
Sometimes, making space is the only way to see what really matters.

Valérie in her flower shop, in a moment of pause and determination. In the text box, she says: “To free ourselves.”

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Sep 3

Sometimes, what weighs the most in a story is the space it leaves behind.

✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Aug 30

Some memories don’t ask for a place in your mind.
They show up when you least expect them.

A quiet scene from La Petite Fragrance where Valérie begins to reclaim the pieces she had left behind.

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Aug 29

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GCLS Writing Academy @gcls-wa.bsky.social · Aug 29

"We … write to heighten our own awareness of life. We write to lure and enchant and console others. We write to serenade our lovers. We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection."
—Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5, 1954
#gcls #gclswa

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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · Aug 22

📽️ In a foreign land with nothing but a baby andbroken dreams, a woman learns that sometimes the greatest gift isn't what you hold in your hands, but who holds you up when you're falling. #movie #film #immigrant
Festival tickets: tinyurl.com/mrymubu5

A poster advertises the film "Yasodhara," a narrative short, as an official selection of the Mesa International Film Festival. The poster highlights the film's screening date, time, and location, along with the director, screenwriter, and co-stars.

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✨ Internal Novel ✨ @internalnovel.com · Aug 28

Some stories grow better when we give them space.
Stopping isn’t giving up. Sometimes it’s the step needed to let them bloom.

Valérie, inside the church. She reflects calmly on her past experiences, recognizing that even though the ending wasn’t what she had imagined, it’s no less perfect because of it. A scene of acceptance and emotional closure.
A moment from the visual novel La Petite Fragrance.

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