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Rate Exposure - Appalachia by BorderBreakers for Spooktober 7th Annual Visual Novel Jam

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 1d

Editor - Pippin
Programmer - J Kitti
#indiedev #gamejam #videogame #cryptid #indiegame #appalachia #SpooktoberVNjam
Download the game buff.ly/HA5FoNH

Rate Exposure - Appalachia by BorderBreakers for Spooktober 7th Annual Visual Novel Jam

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 1d

Meet the wonderfully creative team behind our newest #visualnovel Exposure - Appalachia!
Writer - @dvadio.bsky.social
Sprite artist - Tenerf
Background artists - @oldestcharm.bsky.social @futotori.bsky.social
UI and logo artist - @nynh.bsky.social
Music composer - @saintcoelacanth.bsky.social

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 5d

Link got borked in this post thanks to the link shortener! Find the game here! itch.io/jam/spooktob...

Exposure - Appalachia by BorderBreakers for Spooktober 7th Annual Visual Novel Jam

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 5d

NEW RELEASE! Our #SpooktoberVNjam #visualnovel is free to download and play! buff.ly/ie65I9p#indi... #gamejam #videogame #cryptid #indiegame #appalachia

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 10d

Exposure - Appalachia by BorderBreakers

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 12d

My bar for better time management this jam was so low, it was just "don't spend 40 straight hours coding without sleep". We managed it somehow.

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 24d

Our new #visualnovel for #SpooktoberVNJam isn't playable yet, but you can add the game to you itch collection to be the first to know when the #game is live! borderbreakers.itch.io/exposure-app...

#gamejam #spooktober #indiegamedev #gamedevelopment #spooky #cryptid #appalachian #gamedev #indiegame

borderbreakers.itch.io

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 25d

I'm counting Eris from Sinbad and you can't stop me.

Eris Hair GIF

ALT: Eris Hair GIF

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Lemon @ DevTalk @vndev.bsky.social · 26d

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...

a cartoon character with horns sitting in a dark room

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 26d

I am so ready for Mighty Nein

ALT: a cartoon character with horns sitting in a dark room

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 26d

For people who know the lore...WHAT EVEN ARE THESE THINGS ON PALUTENA'S BELT AND WHY ARE THERE SO MANY OF THEM?

#commission #artcommission #palutena #pitt #kidicarus #fanart #digitalart #videogame #palutenasmash #smashbros

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 26d

Managing a project's scope for the allotted time as well as how to temper expectations and pivot plans early should something just not be worth the time to stress over when other things are more important to the final product.

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Lemon @ DevTalk @vndev.bsky.social · 26d

This week's discussion question: What’s the most valuable lesson you’ve learned from game jams?

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 29d

Needless to say the springtails I ordered for our new bioactive enclosure did not survive and I'm livid.

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 29d

Cardboard is BREATHABLE. Punching a HOLE in CARDBOARD is not helping ensure the animals arrive safe and sound. NEITHER IS TRANSPORTING THE BOX UPSIDE DOWN OR ON ITS SIDE WHEN THERE'S A LIVE ANIMAL STICKER SHOWING YOU WHICH WAY IS UP.

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · 29d

To the UPS driver who has been punching holes in boxes marked with LIVE animals. STOP. You do not know what is inside and damaging the packaging puts their lives at risk. Lots of shipped animals like reptiles could DIE if holes in their boxes end up damaging their containers OR any heat packs.

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · Sep 10

New bonus content up on Patreon for our lovely patrons!
buff.ly/0hXMV5s

#conceptart #concept #backgroundart #backgrounds #comic #comicart #patreon

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · Sep 8

Did you know we've got reviews of the events we've tabled at? WELL NOW YOU DO! buff.ly/FzzrcKG

#events #reviews #conventions #artistalley #vendor #freelance #tabling #animeconvention #animecon #comicconvention #comiccon #vendorhall #gamingconvention #gamingcon

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · Sep 6

Thanks for letting us babysit your table and get a sense for what it might be like when we eventually get into the event as artists ourselves!

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · Sep 1

If you can stop by Odawara on your way between Tokyo and Kyoto we really enjoyed visiting the castle there and learning its history.

We hope you have an amazing trip!

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · Sep 1

If you can only do one tower, we recommend the Skytree over Tokyo tower. It has a nice mall at its base and is easier to get to off public transit.

Senso-ji temple was nice but I hear it gets crowded in the fall during leaf watching season.

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · Sep 1

Our favorite ramen spot was Ichigaku in Shinjuku. Ask for baby spice if you like a kick but not melt your face off hot.

Also go to the fire fighter museum nearby. It's free and very good.

The Shinjuku gyoen national garden nearby is also great and cheap entry. We spent a whole day there.

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · Sep 1

Have good shoes. You will walk a lot.

Keep cash on you. Most hotels have cash exchange machines.

Lots of hole in the wall ramen places only take cash and use vending machines to place your order.

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🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · Sep 1

Lots of nicer restaurants require reservations and their websites won't accept US or Canadian phone numbers so just be aware of that.

Breakfast can be tricky. Most places aren't open early so you may need to rely more on convenience stores.

If you like chai, try hojicha.

🏳️‍🌈Border Breakers | Commissions OPEN @borderbreakers.art · Sep 1

Also watch Abroad in Japan's vids as they have a lot of helpful information on how to travel respectfully. Japan is overall pretty safe but there are two more common crimes that target expats and foreigners. If a little unassuming lady asks you to go pray at a shrine with her, say no. It's a trap.