Mari M
@marivers.bsky.social
Indie game dev & writer, EN↔CN translator. Co-founded Citreat Studio, making Dance of Theseus💃. Made The Rewinder⏪, Death Trick: Double Blind🎪, Zero-Sum Heart 🫀. She/her 🖤🤍💜
Contact: [email protected]
Contact: [email protected]
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Mari M
@marivers.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Heya, I'm Mari!
I'm: An indie game producer, writer, freelance translator;
I love: poetry, pop music, philosophy, cats, fanfic, and narrative games;
I made:
- Death Trick: Double Blind, a non-linear detective game set in a vintage circus;
- Zero-Sum Heart, a romantic thriller VN about love&magic!
I'm: An indie game producer, writer, freelance translator;
I love: poetry, pop music, philosophy, cats, fanfic, and narrative games;
I made:
- Death Trick: Double Blind, a non-linear detective game set in a vintage circus;
- Zero-Sum Heart, a romantic thriller VN about love&magic!
Ooooh I just know a 40k monster one-shot fic in AO3 is gonna hate to see me coming now
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Ooooh I just know a 40k monster one-shot fic in AO3 is gonna hate to see me coming now
Guess who I found today!!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Guess who I found today!!!!!
Digging this back up now because it's 10x funnier with the additional context of what game I'm currently making
True story I met the CEO of Infold games today at a random event, he (and his friend) was trying out our friend's game while we were chatting to that friend about our new project. Apparently they heard half of our "pitch" and chased us down at another booth to ask us about the second half lolol
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Digging this back up now because it's 10x funnier with the additional context of what game I'm currently making
Making video games has changed me, because the patience and delayed gratification required in making a video game is INSANE. Now I've written, like, 60k words of fanfic just for fun and have not posted any of it yet. High school me could never fathom.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Making video games has changed me, because the patience and delayed gratification required in making a video game is INSANE. Now I've written, like, 60k words of fanfic just for fun and have not posted any of it yet. High school me could never fathom.
A little sneak peek of my upcoming game, Dance of Theseus, a "glamorous monster dress-up life sim". Trailer and Steam store page available now :)
#indiegamedev #art
#indiegamedev #art
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A little sneak peek of my upcoming game, Dance of Theseus, a "glamorous monster dress-up life sim". Trailer and Steam store page available now :)
#indiegamedev #art
#indiegamedev #art
Announcing Dance of Theseus, a dress-up life sim with wings, tentacles, and claws. Venture into the glamorous world of monster ballrooms, craft new body parts, assemble yourself, and outshine everyone at themed events.
Singleplayer, no microtransactions :) Wishlist now on Steam: s.team/a/3581260
Singleplayer, no microtransactions :) Wishlist now on Steam: s.team/a/3581260
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Announcing Dance of Theseus, a dress-up life sim with wings, tentacles, and claws. Venture into the glamorous world of monster ballrooms, craft new body parts, assemble yourself, and outshine everyone at themed events.
Singleplayer, no microtransactions :) Wishlist now on Steam: s.team/a/3581260
Singleplayer, no microtransactions :) Wishlist now on Steam: s.team/a/3581260
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fucking uuugh the game is on fucking sale I have no energy to promote it anymore it's more than a year old it should be taken for a walk behind a shed and shot in the back of its fucking head please retweet
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
fucking uuugh the game is on fucking sale I have no energy to promote it anymore it's more than a year old it should be taken for a walk behind a shed and shot in the back of its fucking head please retweet
Happy 1 year anniversary of Zero-Sum Heart! We developed it in ~6 months, so it has officially been twice as long since. As we spent last year chipping away at a much bigger project (more on that to come!), we really began appreciating ZSH more as something small, tight, and beautiful.
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Happy 1 year anniversary of Zero-Sum Heart! We developed it in ~6 months, so it has officially been twice as long since. As we spent last year chipping away at a much bigger project (more on that to come!), we really began appreciating ZSH more as something small, tight, and beautiful.
Sometimes I love the game I'm making SO MUCH that I constantly question if I am living in delusion, and it keeps me up at night
October 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Sometimes I love the game I'm making SO MUCH that I constantly question if I am living in delusion, and it keeps me up at night
Normalize drawing your music composers a cute lil graph to illustrate what you want for the trailer
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Normalize drawing your music composers a cute lil graph to illustrate what you want for the trailer
Wow the Steam Next Fest algorithm is getting so good. I clicked on the page for the first time, and I think I wishlisted 10 games in a row from the trailer carousel.
October 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Wow the Steam Next Fest algorithm is getting so good. I clicked on the page for the first time, and I think I wishlisted 10 games in a row from the trailer carousel.
Making a game is so unbelievably hard yall, I thought we had a build that was all ready, and then we invited a couple of friends to come over and play it, and while they were in front of the computer, I'm just going like this in my head the whole time:
a man in a purple sweater is sitting in front of a window .
Alt: RDJ facepalming and rubbing his face in frustration
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Making a game is so unbelievably hard yall, I thought we had a build that was all ready, and then we invited a couple of friends to come over and play it, and while they were in front of the computer, I'm just going like this in my head the whole time:
I hate it when social media apps congratulate me for log-in "streaks"... Stop it I am already ashamed
October 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I hate it when social media apps congratulate me for log-in "streaks"... Stop it I am already ashamed
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Aah, here's a deep cut sales recommendation - how does King Of Dragon Pass, But You're An Actual Dragon sound?
Golden Treasure is a prose-heavy dragon life sim/RPG. Complex, messy & very replayable. Hunt, hoard, learn magic, commune with nature, and decide what to do wish these weird 'human' things
Golden Treasure is a prose-heavy dragon life sim/RPG. Complex, messy & very replayable. Hunt, hoard, learn magic, commune with nature, and decide what to do wish these weird 'human' things
Save 50% on Golden Treasure: The Great Green on Steam
Golden Treasure is a game for those who carry dragons in their hearts. Hunt, explore, survive, and become Great among the True Children of Sun and Earth.
store.steampowered.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Aah, here's a deep cut sales recommendation - how does King Of Dragon Pass, But You're An Actual Dragon sound?
Golden Treasure is a prose-heavy dragon life sim/RPG. Complex, messy & very replayable. Hunt, hoard, learn magic, commune with nature, and decide what to do wish these weird 'human' things
Golden Treasure is a prose-heavy dragon life sim/RPG. Complex, messy & very replayable. Hunt, hoard, learn magic, commune with nature, and decide what to do wish these weird 'human' things
Zero-Sum Heart is 25% off for Steam Autumn Sale! One of the recent reviews called it "world-shattering in the best way" (and that's so nice of them😭)
Save 25% on Zero-Sum Heart on Steam
"I" make a deal with the witch to give up my heart, in exchange for love— from everyone. Is it worth it if losing my heart means gaining *his*? ————————————————————————— In this short visual...
store.steampowered.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Zero-Sum Heart is 25% off for Steam Autumn Sale! One of the recent reviews called it "world-shattering in the best way" (and that's so nice of them😭)
Reposted by Mari M
The Fall in Love Romance visual novel Festival ends in just a few hours...
Have you decided who your heart will belong to?
💖 cutt.ly/orGgStbJ
#FallinLoveFestival #InAshesGame
#indiegames #indiedev #visualnovel #otomesky
Have you decided who your heart will belong to?
💖 cutt.ly/orGgStbJ
#FallinLoveFestival #InAshesGame
#indiegames #indiedev #visualnovel #otomesky
September 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Fall in Love Romance visual novel Festival ends in just a few hours...
Have you decided who your heart will belong to?
💖 cutt.ly/orGgStbJ
#FallinLoveFestival #InAshesGame
#indiegames #indiedev #visualnovel #otomesky
Have you decided who your heart will belong to?
💖 cutt.ly/orGgStbJ
#FallinLoveFestival #InAshesGame
#indiegames #indiedev #visualnovel #otomesky
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$20,000 of royalty free commercial use video game music.
Available now for only $10 on: moonanagames.itch.io/80-songs-pack
Is it worth it? Don't take my word for it, just look at what the ppl have said instead.
#gamedev 🎮 #ttrpg #vtuber
Available now for only $10 on: moonanagames.itch.io/80-songs-pack
Is it worth it? Don't take my word for it, just look at what the ppl have said instead.
#gamedev 🎮 #ttrpg #vtuber
September 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
$20,000 of royalty free commercial use video game music.
Available now for only $10 on: moonanagames.itch.io/80-songs-pack
Is it worth it? Don't take my word for it, just look at what the ppl have said instead.
#gamedev 🎮 #ttrpg #vtuber
Available now for only $10 on: moonanagames.itch.io/80-songs-pack
Is it worth it? Don't take my word for it, just look at what the ppl have said instead.
#gamedev 🎮 #ttrpg #vtuber
Zero-Sum Heart is now available in LATAM Spanish! And it's currently 25% off for Fall in Love Visual Novel festival on Steam, go check it out: store.steampowered.com/app/2954920/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Zero-Sum Heart is now available in LATAM Spanish! And it's currently 25% off for Fall in Love Visual Novel festival on Steam, go check it out: store.steampowered.com/app/2954920/...
Reposted by Mari M
Fall in love with over 200 romance-themed visual novels in our Steam festival—starting now! 💖
We've collaborated with 100+ other visual novel devs to bring you a week full of celebrating visual novels, from streams to games on sale to new demos and more~
store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...
We've collaborated with 100+ other visual novel devs to bring you a week full of celebrating visual novels, from streams to games on sale to new demos and more~
store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...
September 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Fall in love with over 200 romance-themed visual novels in our Steam festival—starting now! 💖
We've collaborated with 100+ other visual novel devs to bring you a week full of celebrating visual novels, from streams to games on sale to new demos and more~
store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...
We've collaborated with 100+ other visual novel devs to bring you a week full of celebrating visual novels, from streams to games on sale to new demos and more~
store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...
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The demo for Slots & Daggers is out NOW!
I’ve made a little trailer that explains exactly what the game is, so everyone knows what to expect <3
Have a look, try the demo and tell your friends 🖤🎰⚔️
I’ve made a little trailer that explains exactly what the game is, so everyone knows what to expect <3
Have a look, try the demo and tell your friends 🖤🎰⚔️
September 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The demo for Slots & Daggers is out NOW!
I’ve made a little trailer that explains exactly what the game is, so everyone knows what to expect <3
Have a look, try the demo and tell your friends 🖤🎰⚔️
I’ve made a little trailer that explains exactly what the game is, so everyone knows what to expect <3
Have a look, try the demo and tell your friends 🖤🎰⚔️
Oooh I need to find something on my desktop... Let me just minimize Chrome, and minimize Unity, and minimize Notion, and... Fuck no Steam, not this Big Picture Mode shit again
a bald man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a blue background
Alt: Steve Harvey throwing his hands up in defeat
media.tenor.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Oooh I need to find something on my desktop... Let me just minimize Chrome, and minimize Unity, and minimize Notion, and... Fuck no Steam, not this Big Picture Mode shit again
Silksong reviews at 57% in Simplified Chinese right now mainly due to translation issues
September 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silksong reviews at 57% in Simplified Chinese right now mainly due to translation issues
Me planning out timelines and dialogue in google sheets: I love spreadsheets
Me when our programmer hands me 10+ spreadsheets called enums, Variable Field, GlobalData and SpritePath:
Me when our programmer hands me 10+ spreadsheets called enums, Variable Field, GlobalData and SpritePath:
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Me planning out timelines and dialogue in google sheets: I love spreadsheets
Me when our programmer hands me 10+ spreadsheets called enums, Variable Field, GlobalData and SpritePath:
Me when our programmer hands me 10+ spreadsheets called enums, Variable Field, GlobalData and SpritePath:
I wish AO3 had a section for "major tags" so people who are specifically looking for that thing can find the fics that feature it (not as a sideship or a small element), and a section for "minor tags" so people who are trying to avoid that thing can successfully filter it out.
August 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I wish AO3 had a section for "major tags" so people who are specifically looking for that thing can find the fics that feature it (not as a sideship or a small element), and a section for "minor tags" so people who are trying to avoid that thing can successfully filter it out.
Reposted by Mari M
While it's nice to have a breakdown, I dislike that by default the big review count & score at the top is just on your language.
Tale of Immortal now shows 3,525 reviews, but it actually has 192,592 reviews (97% Chinese). That seems to be precisely the point - to split Steam into bubbles. :/
Tale of Immortal now shows 3,525 reviews, but it actually has 192,592 reviews (97% Chinese). That seems to be precisely the point - to split Steam into bubbles. :/
August 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
While it's nice to have a breakdown, I dislike that by default the big review count & score at the top is just on your language.
Tale of Immortal now shows 3,525 reviews, but it actually has 192,592 reviews (97% Chinese). That seems to be precisely the point - to split Steam into bubbles. :/
Tale of Immortal now shows 3,525 reviews, but it actually has 192,592 reviews (97% Chinese). That seems to be precisely the point - to split Steam into bubbles. :/