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Julia Minamata
@juliaminamata.bsky.social
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Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
Also Strange Scaffold artist https://www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Chance's Lucky Escape (w/ Goloso Games), Playdate Season 2
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Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social · 5d
The Crimson Diamond is on sale for AdventureX! The event was one of the first times I showed TCD publicly and made me feel like a real game dev. It motivated me to continue onward. It brought me to London for the first time. What an adventure! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... #AdvX2025
Save 20% on The Crimson Diamond on Steam
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adv...
store.steampowered.com
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Yay thanks, Alex!!!
kanaratron.bsky.social Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 22h
...Chance's Lucky Escape (@golosogames.bsky.social & @juliaminamata.bsky.social)

Chance, the luckiest dog in the world, is called to the rescue by the evil genius, Snowball. Chance's Lucky Escape is a comedy point and click adventure game where luck plays an important role.
Chance's Lucky Escape for Playdate
Chance, the luckiest dog in the world, is called to the rescue by the evil genius, Snowball. But on the way, to his misfortune, a tire on his car bursts. Stopped in the middle of the fast lane, pursu...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Thanks so much for playing, Adam! The Playdate is so much fun. 💛
sfbdim.bsky.social Adam Vian @sfbdim.bsky.social · 1d
(2/4) Chance's Lucky Escape, a really charming little adventure game by the lovely @golosogames.bsky.social and @juliaminamata.bsky.social that's making me seriously consider buying a Playdate. golosogames.com/index.php/ch...
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Ahhhh you made Nancy look so goooooood!!! You truly captured her spirit. 😭
avivor.com Aviv Or @avivor.com · 3d
Absolutely thrilled seeing my art displayed in #AdventureX.
(I've already wishlisted more games in the demo area than I have time to play in 2026)
#AdvX25
Me standing next to an AdventureX roller banner showing my illustration of Nancy Maple from The Crimson Diamond, making roughly the same pose
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Yesssssss!!
dave.powerhoof.com Dave Lloyd 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com · 4d
Took a break from Drifter stuff to do some art for the next Telwynium game. Been nearly 2 years since I did one of these, glad it's still so fun!
Telwynium Book 4 EGA test scene
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Do you want to hear me rave about something cool? Give a listen! 👂
strangescaffold.bsky.social Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 4d
Ep. 6 of the Strange Scaffold Cool Things Club is out!

This month @writnelson.bsky.social, Candace and @chrisslight.bsky.social are joined by @juliaminamata.bsky.social to discuss...

Wanted: Warriors of Fate, Dimension 20, Flea Markets and Soul of Sovereignty while answering your questions!
A cute fox sits on the Strange Scaffold logo, which is made of wood and covered in moss, looking up at a sleepy rabbit. Above them both is a little blackbird that is looking down. The text reads "The Strange Scaffold Cool Things Club" and featrures the logos for Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon Music. This is the logo for the show! This image is a collage of the four main things which feature as our "Cool Things". We have the cover art for the video game Wanted: Weapons of Fate", artwork for the game Soul of Soverignty Prelude, the logo for Dimenson 20 and an object, found at a flea market, which is shaped like a diamond but is painted red with little indentations around its edge. These are the things we discuss with the heading of the image featuring the text "This Month..."
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
The Crimson Diamond is on sale for AdventureX! The event was one of the first times I showed TCD publicly and made me feel like a real game dev. It motivated me to continue onward. It brought me to London for the first time. What an adventure! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/... #AdvX2025
Save 20% on The Crimson Diamond on Steam
Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond in this retro-inspired, EGA text parser mystery adv...
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
More adventures games for Playdate, and everywhere! Let's gooo!
harryflanagan.bsky.social Harry Flanagan - Revolution Software ⚔️ 🔙 AdventureX @harryflanagan.bsky.social · 7d
AdventureX (@adventurex.bsky.social) IS THIS WEEK🥳

I haven't got through as many adventures as I'd hoped...but if you tell me there's an adventure game for the @play.date!?

That's definitely one to try 💛🖤

I played Chance's Lucky Escape 🏃

@golosogames.bsky.social @juliaminamata.bsky.social

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November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
It's almost the weekend in my neck of the woods! If you're looking for a cute way to spend approximately 15 minutes of your weekend, check out my tiny Over the Garden Wall adventure game 🍂🍎 -- FREE to play in-browser on my itchio page below! Now with a walkthrough available! 👇 Happy weekend! 🎉
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Latest VODs up! I show a bit of my tiny Over the Garden Wall game & talk about its development, add flowers to some low-res EGA wallpaper, and play more Karuizawa Yūkai Annai! Happy Crimson C'Thursday! youtu.be/ApDbwsC8PWY
Art Stream -- Making The Crimson Diamond... November 11, 2025
YouTube video by Julia Minamata
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November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
November's Crimson Gazette is out now! I made an Over the Garden Wall game & you can play it NOW, for ✨✨FREE!✨✨ The evolution of a ruthless space crab 🦀, courtesy of @strangescaffold.bsky.social, a new Let's Play, & Japanese copper! Read all about it! www.thecrimsondiamond.com/CrimsonGazet... #otgw
Screenshot from my tiny Over the Garden Wall adventure game. Wirt is in a tree, Greg is standing by. They're in an apple orchard. There's a robin in a nest and a shack. Screenshot of the start of the ruthless space crab iteration process! A low-res pixel art image, green on black, of a crab with stars in its eyes. Video thumbnail of my newest Let's Play! Handwritten text across the top: "Let's Play Karuizawa Yūkai Annai" with a screenshot of the first screen in the background, and some Japanese text. I'm head and shoulders in the bottom right. Copper cast in the shape of the Sumitomo Group logo. On the underside of the lid of the white cardboard box, handwritten text reads: Sumitomo. Toyo Works. Besshi Division. Funaya, Saijo. Ehime, Japan.
November 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Thanks so much for the great chat!
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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darmato.bsky.social
Hey, Monkey Island hivemind!

One more crowdsourcing request for anyone inclined to help. I’m trying to remember as many instances as I can of specific times — game and scene — when Guybrush identified himself in conversation as somebody he was not.

(e.g. I’m Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother?)
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Ooh thanks for playing and streaming my tiny game!!
musicgeekery.bsky.social Music Geekery @musicgeekery.bsky.social · 13d
So the plans for today's #stream at 7 pm GMT:

Starting with @juliaminamata.bsky.social's Over The Garden Wall fangame "The Round About Orchard"

Then we'll be playing @zeitglas.bsky.social's Sanatorium: A Mental Asylum Simulator, having been given a key and no more embargo!

twitch.tv/musicgeekery
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November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Done for the night! I showed some Over the Garden Wall game, wallpapered some pixels & explored Karuizawa Yūkai Annai! Thanks @lemmingruns.bsky.social, @rat707.bsky.social, and @martydotzone.bsky.social for the raids! I raided @robotspacer.online playing 7th Guest! Happy Crimson C'Tuesday!
Screencap of my livestream, with "Happy Crimson C'Tuesday " handwritten across the bottom. A screenshot of the DOS game Gold Rush is in the background. There's a speech bubble with a nearly finished pixel art background.
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Live now! Over the Garden Wall talk, pixel art, retro gaming! Let's goooo! www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
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November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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It's Crimson C'Tuesday, 8pm Eastern! I'll tell the story behind making my tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game and discuss some of the design, plus show a bit of the game (a teeny bit of a tiny game!)! Then it's back to more EGA pixel art and retro gaming. Come join me! www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Oooh, such lovely lighting! 🤩
grundislav.games Francisco González - ROSEWATER OUT NOW! @grundislav.games · 14d
Some scenes from the prologue of my new adventure game. #ProjectLion
An exterior shot of a house on a snowy city street. There is a large "For Sale" sign on the wall. A dimly lit bedroom full of cardboard boxes marked with the word "bedroom." A man sits at a desk in a large office with his back to the camera. Out the window is a snowy city skyline. An old man sits on a couch in a living room with his head in his hands.
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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OHO. BIRD ART, YOU SAY?? i don't even know where to begin #art #🪶
cartoon illustrations of some very round birds. a suspicious red-breasted nuthatch a sweet little snow bunting a shellshocked redpoll a smug blue jay a grumpy cardinal a dark-eyed junco who i imagine is thinking “u WOT m8??”
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw

Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.
The Round-about Orchard: A tiny OtGW fan game by JuliaMinamata
A two-room adventure game that takes about fifteen minutes to play
juliaminamata.itch.io
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:

forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Spotted: @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social Super FESTival 2025 arcade cabinets in my neighborhood! WHOO!!!
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Lovely Assistant
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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iorama.bsky.social
A new IORAMA game for @play.date has appeared!

Introducing: A FOOL'S ERRAND, where you’ll crank to help young Roland climb the infinitely-spiralling Dark Tower.

And it's out... NOVEMBER 20TH! Really soon!

Wishlist it now: play.date/games/a-fool...

See more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Latest VODs are up! More pixel art progress, mushrooms, EGA DOS Double Dragon, and Let's Playing Karuizawa Yūkai Annai! youtu.be/5g2kDG_QVlo
Art Stream -- Making The Crimson Diamond... November 5, 2025
YouTube video by Julia Minamata
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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colemandesign.bsky.social
My TV Crime Penguin Postcard series is now available as a choose-your-own quintet. Get your bunch of fives here: colemandesign.co.uk/tv-crime-pen...
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM