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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊

@hirorck.itch.io

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Hobbyist artist and solo dev making queer/BL visual novels 🌈 #QuaintVN | #MBDSWVN | #art Check out my games here: https://hirorck.itch.io/ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/hirorck

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 23d

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Hello! I'm a hobbyist artist and solo dev making queer/BL visual novels! My main game is Quaint, and now I'm working on its spin-off, My Buddy Did Something Weird and Now I Have Feelings for Him! 🌈

Find my games here: hirorck.itch.io
Kofi: ko-fi.com/hirorck
Discord: HiroRCK

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 22h

I bit the bullet and made a discord server for my games ;A;

I don't know if it'll catch on, so it's kinda a trial run for now, but hop on if you want to chat about the games or just hang out:

discord.gg/cNgqNaYtB4

Join the The Snake and Saber Society Discord Server!

Low-profile server for HiroRCK's games ☕ | 3 members

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 22h

thank you, Cryptid! 🥺 yes, it's ok to share 👌

Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 22h

Join the The Snake and Saber Society Discord Server!

Low-profile server for HiroRCK's games ☕ | 3 members

discord.gg

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WitPOP | Just 69cm Between Us @witpop.bsky.social · 3d

ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉✨❤️

Just 69cm Between Us ebook is out NOW!

A fun yaoi light novel about two FWBs trying to figure out their misaligned feelings for one another.

💔Unrequited Love
🏖️Summer Vibes
🦘Aussie Setting
✨Bromance
🛏️Wrong Number of beds in the hotel room

Links in comments ⤵️

Book cover of Just 69cm Between Us. Luka and Xander sitting side by side having a nice chat and looking lovingly at each other.

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 4d

I haven't drawn them in a minute haha 🥲 I'm glad 💕

Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 4d

thank you, Cryptid! 🥰 i'd wish for nothing less for them 🥲

Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 4d

TREASURE fjdslkfjsl that's a new one 😆 (yeah! to think he was just supposed to be an asshole boyfriend at first dslfjsdkjlk)

Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 4d

he could, but he won't ^^ (he thinks it's cool and sexy)

Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 4d

thank you 💕 i need them to be soft and happy 🥲

Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 4d

Our little haven away from the past 🌈

#QuaintVN #art #OCSky

(I miss them 🥲)

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Chimériquement - itch do better because we're frankly pissed @chimeriquement.itch.io · 5d

If you were wondering, wondering, wondering and wondering when #OUATVNJam begins, IT'S NOW!!!

Time to create some fairy tales!! Chop chop!!!! And of course, feel free to use the tag to document your progress if you participate, I'd love to see it!

LINK:
itch.io/jam/ouat-2025

Once Upon A Time VN Jam - 2025

A game jam from 2025-10-04 to 2026-01-31 hosted by Chimériquement. Feature art by Oragonrance Once upon a time, a game jam was held to create stories around the theme of fairy tales… “Once Upon A Time...

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 5d

thank you, Specter 🫶

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 13d

Heyyy help me pick characters for this year's Halloween drawing 🙏 (I'll draw the two most popular chars together ✨)

strawpoll.com/bVg8BdeoNyY

Which character do you want me to draw? (MBDSW/Quaint) - StrawPoll

What is your opinion? Vote now: Vale, Lawrence, Q, T, Milo, June, Wren (and Penny), Iris

strawpoll.com

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Carrot 🥕 @justacarrot.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for 420+ downloads of the demo for Where the Day Springs Red! (Ze would be so proud...)

I can't wait to laugh, weep, and share more about these characters as I work on parts 1 and 2 of the full game. They've burrowed their ways into my heart so quickly (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

An autumn diptych of the Where the Day Springs Red characters with their younger selves on the top and their older selves on the bottom. In both sets, Gum is looking straight forward at the camera. The words "You needn't fear. I would not harm you, Lorghum Limmerich" are superimposed on top.

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xiruo @xiruo.bsky.social · 8d

hello blue sky, are you ready for a game with no blue skies?

Download Dead Stock for [Free] and save up to 50% or MORE if you qualify as [Dead]!
Work through random mazes to gather supplies, earn money, and get those SWEET [Gains]!!
no-xiruo.itch.io/dead-stock

📦📦📦
#SpooktoberVNJam #indievn #vndev

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 12d

awesome! i'll get to it 👌

Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 12d

heyyy would it be possible to get the B version without the knives? these look so good but none of my ocs fit the stabby vibe 🥺

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Summer 🎃 Halloween Couple YCH 🎃 (3/4) @summerorigins.bsky.social · 14d

🔁❤️ Appreciated!
Since Halloween is coming around, I'm opening a few slots for dance-themed couple YCHs on vgen!
Use discount code: SPOOKYTIME for 20% off until 1st of Oct!
vgen.co/summerorigin...

more samples below 👇👇👇
#opencommission #commission #artcommissions #art #ych #chzhxyart

An ad for a vgen commission titled "Dangerous Dance couple YCH" There are two available poses, with one character limp on the other's hand, and the other holding knives behind each other's back. It also has two background option, a hall and a cage adorned with roses. There is a description that says "OC x OC, OC x Canon, Canon x Canon, Anthro, Furry, Different Body shape all OK" and "Custom BG available"

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🦋CryptidPlays👽(he/they)|ENVTuber @cryptidplays.bsky.social · 13d

Oop, forgot to post again (but at least it's only been a few hours)

In today's video I play more Quaint - wherein Q and Milo get my hopes up for some romance between them u.u
#vsky #indievtuber #youtube #ENVTuber

youtu.be/qZ29oqNYcdM

Is A Possible Romance Beginning To Bloom Between Milo And Q? || Quaint (12)

YouTube video by CryptidPlays

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 13d

maybemaybemaybemaybe 🤭

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Carrot 🥕 @justacarrot.bsky.social · 13d

The demo for my new queer horror VN is out! Meet this chaotic group of friends before I put them through the horrors 😀

🍂~8k words (30-45 min)
📽️Cinematic scene direction
🎃Autumn vibes
👬Underlying gay tension???
🏳️‍⚧️A cute enby MC
💀No one dies (yet...)

justacarrot.itch.io/where-the-da...

#visualnovel

An in-game screenshot showing Ze posing with a smile at the front, saying "Always brush your teeth kids," as Gum looks on in abject disapproval and Marshall absolutely loses his mind behind them.

An in-game screenshot showing all five of their sprites dressed in their sleep clothes up in the attic while Marshall shoots up in the middle, shouting "Awoooo, werewolves in London!"

An in-game screenshot of a CG showing the five of them engaged in a raucous pillow fight in the attic, with Marshall in the middle looking like a rabies-infested werewolf. The text says "This continues for a good ten minutes."

An in-game screenshot showing Berek and Gum at the forefront, with Berek angrily gripping Gum's head while Ze leans heavily on his shoulder, slyly letting out a drag from his cigarette and saying "I'm always here."

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 13d

underlying gay tension let's go!!!!! 🥳

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Hiro @ MBDSW 🎮🦊 @hirorck.itch.io · 13d

Heyyy help me pick characters for this year's Halloween drawing 🙏 (I'll draw the two most popular chars together ✨)

strawpoll.com/bVg8BdeoNyY

Which character do you want me to draw? (MBDSW/Quaint) - StrawPoll

What is your opinion? Vote now: Vale, Lawrence, Q, T, Milo, June, Wren (and Penny), Iris

strawpoll.com

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Altila @altilaaa.bsky.social · 15d

[Moonlit Wizardry] ver 2.0 is up!

A wizard called Wizard is here to perform wizardry!

Features:
- Linear plot
- 10.4k words (around 45-50 minutes of reading)
- 8 CGs

Play/download here:
altila.itch.io/moonlit-wiza...

This ver is the submission for #SpooktoberVNJam

#visualnovel #vndev

Moonlit Wizardry by Altila

Wiz A Wizardry!

altila.itch.io

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Carrot 🥕 @justacarrot.bsky.social · 20d

I'm excited to announce that the demo for my fall-y queer horror VN Where the Day Springs Red will launch on Sept 25! 🍂

It'll be ~8k words (30-45 min) and act as an intro to the chars and story (no horrors yet, hence the soft vibes of this art LOL). I hope you'll like meeting my chars! #visualnovel

A soft tall image of Gum in their sweater and scarf smiling softly while surrounded by leaves blowing in the breeze.

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