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Josianne

@josianne.bsky.social

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Head of @studiograil.com | Developing a psychological horror & mystery visual novel | Currently chasing my childhood dream | 🇫🇮 🇨🇦

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Nov 7

I'm Josianne, a solo dev and lover of cute, weird, funny, horrifying, and philosophical things equally.

I post about #art, #writing, and #indiegamedev.

Follow for a look behind the creative process, life updates, and mediocre jokes—or check out @studiograil.com for more official news about my VN.

A photo of Josianne with a laptop, with Ren'Py coding on the screen. She is wearing a cozy, checkered black and white hoodie and is looking over her shoulder with a neutral expression.

In-game visual novel screenshot of a dimly lit trailer surrounded by snow and trees, featuring an on-screen text overlay that reads, 'Investigation mode. Click on objects to interact with them when you see the eye symbol.' An eye icon is shown beneath the text.

A photo of Josianne presenting a game at an event, holding a microphone and standing near large screens displaying an eerie forest road scene reminiscent of Twin Peaks or Silent Hill, with a sign that reads 'Welcome to Redwell.'

Screenshot from a visual novel game showing a young woman named Lily sitting in a car, looking concerned. She wears a thick white turtleneck sweater with a cross necklace. The dialogue reads, 'You’re so tired all the time. You’re overworked.'

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · 16d

😭 I need to see a picture of him thriving

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · 16d

Funny, but damn. The cost of having an unusual name...

Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · 26d

Holy crap that was fast

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Sep 11

Today's sketch 🐾 #art

A beagle dog drawn in an anime style, standing on its hind legs with a happy expression.

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Sep 12

Funny enough my dog loves doing this pose and she’s really good at it! But that might honestly just be a dachshund thing and related to her body shape because I’ve never had another dog be such a natural haha

Dachshund standing on its hind legs and looking goofy

Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Sep 11

Today's sketch 🐾 #art

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Sep 11

Love how these days youtubers will title their video “Goodbye…” and it’s just them going on a week-long holiday or something

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Sep 11

Love how these days youtubers will title their video “Goodbye…” and it’s just them going on a week-long holiday or something

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Studio Grail @studiograil.com · Aug 24

I need to keep reminding myself of this.

#indiegamedev #vndev

Split image showing a productivity message and a visual novel art improvement. Left side has two teal circles with captions: “Just make it exist first” above a rough scribble, and “You can make it good later” above a clean circle. Right side shows two screenshots of the same scene from inside a car: the top is a rough, flat illustration of a female police officer leaning to the window with simple background and the dialogue “Guy: Wait.”; the bottom is a polished, detailed version of the same scene with improved lighting, textures, and UI.

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 16

In honor of Indie Animation Day, officer Adams says hi 👮‍♀️

#art #indieanimationday #visualnovel

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 16

That fresh new character line art smell #vndev #art

A stern looking chief of police with a thick mustache and oldschool glasses, standing with folded arms, drawn in an anime line art style.

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 16

In honor of Indie Animation Day, officer Adams says hi 👮‍♀️

#art #indieanimationday #visualnovel

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 16

That fresh new character line art smell #vndev #art

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 15

I wish Huion would make a larger, pro model drawing tablets with more exciting colors like the sakura pink or pine green. 💔 Alas, I'm forced to choose black.

Huion Inspiroy 2 tablets, which come in three colors depending on size: black, pine green, and sakura pink.

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ahh I bet they're good, but strangely I much prefer drawing tablets over displays (my wallet is thankful)

Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 15

I wish Huion would make a larger, pro model drawing tablets with more exciting colors like the sakura pink or pine green. 💔 Alas, I'm forced to choose black.

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 15

RIP my drawing tablet, which decided to spontaneously combust today 🪦

About to shop for a new one. Anyone got any recommendations?

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 14

We all know indie devs love Bluesky, but what about gamers who AREN'T making a game of their own? Raise your hands! ✋

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 15

RIP my drawing tablet, which decided to spontaneously combust today 🪦

About to shop for a new one. Anyone got any recommendations?

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 14

Would love to join if there's still space! 🤍

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 14

(this obviously doesn't apply to me, but I'm curious)

Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Aug 14

We all know indie devs love Bluesky, but what about gamers who AREN'T making a game of their own? Raise your hands! ✋

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Jul 15

PSA: Test your fonts in-engine, not just Photoshop. I spent ages agonizing over the perfect one and thought I'd finally settled on a decision... only to find out months later it’s totally illegible when animated word-by-word in-game instead of just being static 🙃 #indiegamedev #vndev

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Josianne @josianne.bsky.social · Jul 15

About to head out but hopping on for that one extra view :D