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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · Jul 21

Spooktober VN Jam is coming and I'm pleased to say we've hit all base and extra funding goals!

Spooktober Visual Novel Jam is our biggest competition of the year. Running Sept 1st to Oct 1st, developers make Halloween themed visual novels and compete for cash prizes!

itch.io/jam/spooktob...

Spooktober 7th Annual Visual Novel Jam

A game jam from 2025-09-01 to 2025-10-27 hosted by Stella @ MakeVisualNovels. Judge Passes Available Now Here (What's this?) The Sponsorship Drive is Live! We're looking for people and organizations w...

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 3d

No Doom
Only Action.

Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 5d

Depends on what your goals are with it, honestly. I like to give most of ours a lead time of around a month and a half.

Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 7d

When you've been running and judging for jams for nearly a decade, you learn to either optimize your workflow, or get real comfortable with bulk downloading.

I showed a few curious jammers the output of the python I used to capture, catalog and verify all of the #Spooktober2025 submissions.

Stella during a live stream showing a lengthy output of a python script containing names of the entries to the Spooktober 2025 VN Jam

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 13d

Clever shimmer effect on the card!

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 15d

Hey there. I run a visual novel development community and I'm the host of a halloween themed VN development competition. If you're into Discord, you can get a ton of feedback, help and more from DevTalk.

discord.gg/devtalk

Join the DevTalk - Narrative GameDev Discord Server!

DevTalk is a vibrant community of visual novel and narrative game developers dedicated to supporting the business. | 12280 members

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 15d

I mean, you know what I'm gonna say. Go make visual novels.

Kaylee's Boyfriend @megsyv.bsky.social · 16d

Heyo, Bluesky! This is a post to try and gauge possible interest in a Slasher Boyfriend Visual Novel Game Demo!

🧵 Pitch below in thread.

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 16d

That's not to say my transition and gender aren't important to me, but after I figured it out and started hormones it just feels like a settled matter that doesn't need my constant attention.

Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 16d

I actively don't care about other people's gender. I barely care about my own. If someone asks me without context "What are are you?", I will immediately respond "A visual novel dev" or "a programmer" or "A community manager", or "Human, just like you" or "Esper control player" or "A forever DM"

Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 17d

One of the most pernicious cissexual myths is that **trans ppl** are obsessed w gender when the average cis woman would never think of wearing a bow tie and the average cis man gets angry if he has to drink out of a coffee cup w too many dainty flowers glazed on it.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 17d

trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people

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Alex @thedealwithalex.bsky.social · 20d

A pitch for those of you canceling Disney+/Hulu this week would be to use that cash and subscribe to PBS/PBS Passport.

Public media is foundational to our democracy and supporting @pbs.org is just about the best value for your dollar. Plus, there are so many British mysteries!!!

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 22d

Reminds me of an article I read a while ago about the RNC being Grindr's superbowl. The odds of many of them being in the closet feels pretty high.

He doth protest too much, and such.

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Matthew Reichbach @fbihop.press · 22d

Man...

chongoblog
Aug 22, 2019
Can't wait for, like, 2025 when we look back on the 2018/2019 era and say "hey, remember when we were all really freaking depressed? That was a crazy time! Glad we aren't like that anymore"
Hey,
ampersketch-art May 9, 2025
chongoblog May 10, 2025
Don't say anything

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 23d

The limit is mostly there to curb abuse of VAs and prevent devs from over scoping.

I would double check your line count and see how much it's over, then reach out to me and we can talk about it.

Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 23d

Does it have a status monitor somewhere separate to the site? Like an official health page?

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 23d

I'm convinced I should stop doing stuff, for the sake of Itch and everyone else.

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Yukon @craymor.bsky.social · 23d

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 23d

Itch is down???
Again????

Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 23d

Please make a new one every single panel.

Inject it into my veins.

Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 23d

My favorite part is Samus-vision puttint her in a different shirt entirely.

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 23d

Now some of you are probably asking "What's that thing about the $800.00?"

I hide bits of lore about our community and mascots all over the place, and I think it's very, very funny.

Also I hate how these previews get rendered.

Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 23d

Now that Itch is stable again:

My Spooky Effects pack is out!
makevisualnovels.itch.io/spookyfx

This marks our 13th release into the 'Make Visual Novels!' set of assets and costs only $8.00(and not $800.00!) for the set of 5 customizable effects.

#renpy #makevisualnovels #visualnovel

Make Visual Novels! Spooky Effects for RenPy by Stella @ MakeVisualNovels

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 23d

Make Visual Novels! Spooky Effects for RenPy by Stella @ MakeVisualNovels

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Justinn @CuteShadow // VNs @cuteshadow.itch.io · 24d

Four girls against the zombie apocalypse.

Look at this amazing fanart our CG artist Soren did!!!

Tokidoki Tactical Squad is a Retro Military Anime style yuri visual novel being made for #spooktoberVNjam

Four animal-eared/kemonomimi girls tactically moving through a zombie-infested abandoned building.

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 25d

I'd be releasing the Spooky effects pack today, if Itch weren't actually intermittently down every time I try.

a girl is kneeling down on the ground with her hands on her head

ALT: a girl is kneeling down on the ground with her hands on her head

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 25d

CEO of Vtubers

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 26d

You know what this trans woman is doing right now? She's making opportunities for other people. She's making a jam to create work and opportunities for voice actors while waiting on the completion of a competition to give a team of talented devs cash money.

Fuck off with your hate, she's busy.

Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 26d

We're just people like everyone else. I've got a million other things I want to be doing with my day that has nothing to do with whatever coked up paranoia you have going on.

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Stella @ Make Visual Novels @makevisualnovels.itch.io · 26d

We're just people like everyone else. I've got a million other things I want to be doing with my day that has nothing to do with whatever coked up paranoia you have going on.