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Amra Taggart @MIGW

@amratags.bsky.social

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Academic turned game writer. PhD on permadeath in videogames. Based in Melbourne, Aus. On itch: https://cindercritter.itch.io/

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Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 8d

We did it! Our #spooktobervnjam visual novel is ready to play! Oof what a crazy month of jamming. So proud of the team 🥹 cindercritter.itch.io/chime-of-bell

At the Chime of the Bell by cindercritter

Exhume at your own risk...

cindercritter.itch.io

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Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 1h

Chilling out at Parallels #migw

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mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 14h

Please check out the #SpooktoberVNJam entry by @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social, If One Goes Astray at itch.io/jam/spooktob... . It's an eerie sapphic reimagining of Christina Rossetti's poem, Goblin Market. I have a small role in this one! If you play, please rate!

Rate If One Goes Astray by Butterfly Rocket Studios, Kayel, EeeCee, toffl, Wind Chimes Games for Spooktober 7th Annual Visual Novel Jam

Trust nothin' you hear in the woods. Even if it knows your name.

itch.io

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Monsteru @monsteru.bsky.social · 3d

Last month, I had the immense pleasure to work on two Visual Novel game jam projects as background artist. If you’re looking for some spooky stories, links are below. If you have a chance, rate them too, thank you!

waltitow.itch.io/forget-it

cindercritter.itch.io/chime-of-bell

#spooktobergamejam

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Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 2d

Sea shanties?! 👀

Kylie Siaw - NOVA'S SHIP 🐳🏴‍☠️ OUT NOW!! @azufx.bsky.social · 7d

HEAR YE HEAR YE‼️
All Aboard Nova's Ship! 🐳🏴‍☠️

Nova's Ship 🐳🏴‍☠️ is a #visualnovel made for a #SpooktoberVNJam!

🏴‍☠️ Eldritch Horror-comedy with Pirate fun!
✨ Over 1000 lines of fully voiced dialogue!
🐳 23 Characters!
🎵 2 Original Sea Shanties!
💥 3 Endings!

Come say hi to Nova!
azufx.itch.io/novas-ship

Nova's Ship by AzuFx, HenkkaStorm, Jett, TaylorsConfused, huurreprinssi, Ruminio

WHALE FACTS: Did you know that Nova's a whale?

azufx.itch.io

Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 3d

We're so ridiculously spoiled for choice, but yes, we can't rush the finer things in life 🥰

Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, I'm gonna need it!

Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 3d

I have 30 visual novels waiting in my 'To Play' collection. Aaaaah #spooktoberVNjam

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Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 3d

Ohh it's going to be a busy week. Out of the (jam) frying pan and into the #MIGW fire! gamesweek.melbourne

Melbourne International Games Week

Melbourne International Games Week 2023 - Join Australian and international influencers, businesses and industry. Asia Pacific’s largest digital games celebration featuring conferences, events and act...

gamesweek.melbourne

Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 3d

It was a delight to watch your playthrough with the community, and to chat about the project along with my fellow devs. Thank you!

mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks for joining the #SpooktoberVNJam #stream yesterday! Thanks to @amratags.bsky.social, @orirising.bsky.social, and JohnBarone for sharing with us! I'm so grateful to be part of such a wonderful and supportive community ❤️ .

Play At the Chime of the Bell at cindercritter.itch.io/chime-of-bell !

At the Chime of the Bell by cindercritter

Exhume at your own risk...

cindercritter.itch.io

Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 4d

It was a pleasure to chat with you and watch you have a fun playthrough! Thank you for having us!

mistershins @mistershins.bsky.social · 4d

I'm streaming the #spooktoberVNjam game At the Chime of the Bell right now and will be talking with @amratags.bsky.social and their team right after. I hope you will join me!

www.twitch.tv/mistershins

#Twitch

Twitch

Twitch is the world

www.twitch.tv

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Painted.light1 @paintedlight1.bsky.social · 5d

DAY 4 - Murky 💀🪷
#inktober25 #characterart #digitalart

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Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 7d

Aw hope you enjoy!

Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 7d

Ohh this one was yours @deathbyulan.bsky.social! Will check it out! And congratulations 🥳

polly 🦈🩸 @deathbyulan.bsky.social · 9d

could not have been more thrilled to say i was a part of this. huge thank you to @azurextwilight.itch.io for having me and the biggest congrats to our team on release! i served as monster design + cg artist!

i hope you enjoy! please be sure to leave a comment and rate for the jam as well! ♡ 🥺

azureXtwilight @azurextwilight.itch.io · 9d

akua-kourin.itch.io/onigashima

Our #SpooktoberVNJam entry is released

Play as the nameable great Oni Slayer and protect your friends from the upcoming Red Moon!

#visualnovel #horror #indiehorror #visualnovel #gamejam #indiegame

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Butterfly Rocket Studios @butterfly-rocket.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Spooktober, all!! Managed to squeak this in over the finish line--https://butterflyrocket.itch.io/if-one-goes-astray

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Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · 8d

We did it! Our #spooktobervnjam visual novel is ready to play! Oof what a crazy month of jamming. So proud of the team 🥹 cindercritter.itch.io/chime-of-bell

At the Chime of the Bell by cindercritter

Exhume at your own risk...

cindercritter.itch.io

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Lemon @ DevTalk @vndev.bsky.social · 23d

Are you ready to RAISE YOUR VOICE?!

We're announcing today the Visual Novel Development Network (That's DevTalk!) is running our first ever RAISE JAM. Raise Jam, or Raise Your Voice Jam, is the first ever game jam focused on bringing voice acting to games first and foremost!
itch.io/jam/raise-2025

Raise Your Voice Jam 2025

A game jam from 2025-11-01 to 2025-12-01 hosted by Stella @ MakeVisualNovels, MAHO! Studio, Ironnori & amarvelous. Like what we're doing? Consider a 1-time donation! The Raise Your Voice Jam is coming...

itch.io

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Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · Aug 13

It's Spooktober pre-production time and PC has decided to die and who's stressing I'm not! It's too early to stress ahahahahaaaaAAh

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Bwillett Comics, Monster Boyfriend Specialist @bwillettcomics.bsky.social · Jul 24

Absolutely keep up pressure on MasterCard and other payment processors over their continuous attack on businesses that provide adult work, but don't let Itch off the hook entirely. Remember that they gave their creators NO WARNING about this happening, and a lot of deplatformed people...

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Iantos @iantos.bsky.social · Jul 24

Maybe we could find out.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000

Mr Peculiar 🔞 @mrpecu.bsky.social · Jul 24

Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?

We got like way more people than that don't we?

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Jul 24

ok then. one angle of attack then needs to be actively bombarding Visa and Mastercard's phone numbers and emails.

are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?

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demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · Jul 21

So you know how Steam updates their TOS to restrict "NSFW" content at the request of payment processors like Visa and Mastercard?

The group behind that pressure campaign is coming after Itch.io.

If you are selling books on itch, this concerns you.

www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there

Everyone hated that.

www.pcgamer.com

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Storytelling Collective @storytellingco.bsky.social · Jul 9

Buy our books, pick up some StoCo merch, or snag a gift certificate for one of our #writing or #ttrpg design courses in the #StoCo shop!

www.storytelling-col...

An image of items from the Storytelling Collective merch shop.

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Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · Jun 18

That cover is *chef's kiss*. Wow.

Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · May 22

😁👍

Amra Taggart @MIGW @amratags.bsky.social · May 22

Shout-out to the super talented and lovely @paintedlight1.bsky.social who made my new profile pic! My lil' fire lizard is so cute! Ack, I am on cloud nine.

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Jess Pendley, Werewolf Wrassler 💪🐺 @jesspendley.com · May 4

If you’re not committing black magic atrocities that spit in the eye of the universe in order to rip your beloved from the grasp of death, are you actually in love?

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