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margarita.games Creators of com__et, a queer romance/horror visual novel. Now working on Ravel the Frays. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3499260/Ravel_the_Frays/ Pictures by @esshemasha.bsky.social Words by @superbiasedgary.itch.io

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Mar 2

Our new sci fi mystery game Ravel the Frays is up on Steam now:
store.steampowered.com/app/3499260/...
You can wishlist it and be first in line when we have a demo available later this year!

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · 10d

Updating some sprite position and...
Alphonse, no that's not ok. Just because he's your boyfriend you can't be this inappropriate. It's clearly not the time.

Screenshot of Ravel the Frays, on the right of screen is Graham with his eyes shut looking fed up. Hovering with a face right by his crotch is Alphonse, clearly the sprite is in the wrong place.
Al is saying "Helloooo. Help is here at last! Will that be tender kisses or sweet caresses?"

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · 13d

com__et is part of the Fall in Love festival on Steam where you can pick up all sorts of visual novels. Find your love in whatever category you need:
store.steampowered.com/sale/fallinl...

Picture with a banner for the Fall in Love visual novel festival, showing com__et as being in it for September 24th to October 1st.

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aodhán @aodhan.bsky.social · Aug 7

the Bandcamp preorder page for my music for Char's Ennui is up

aidanthomastobin.bandcamp.com/album/chars-...

here's a clip from "Still in Sweetwater":

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masha 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @esshemasha.bsky.social · Jul 28

Reveal of what I've been teasing for some time now — Char's Ennui, a short fan visual novel based on Gundam Char's Counterattack. The setting is a CCA AU where the war is stalemated in exchange for Amuro's permanent residence in Char's custody.

Releasing 9th August 2025!

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Jun 28

#ScreenshotSaturday showing two more of the characters that gets across their vibes perfectly.

Screenshot of Ravel the Frays, set in a med bay space from the perspective of a hospital bed. On the left is a pilot named Harper, folding his arms and eyes shut tight in frustration.
On the right is a doctor in a lab coat with a cheeky grin as she bites on an oral chew and says a line that appears in a text box at the bottom of the screen:
"God complex? I find him quite simple actually."

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Jun 18

Ravel the dialogue
Puzzle through the frays
Find the one thread through to the timeline where you got 2 boyfriends & you single

Alice, the PR voice of indie game “Deathwish Bloom” @sharpglassgames.com · Jun 15

Honestly didn’t mind double Alphonse

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Jun 14

Ravel the Frays is playable here at QCON!
@superbiasedgary.itch.io and @esshemasha.bsky.social are hovering around if you want to talk to either of us.
Please don't be afraid if you get double Alphonse. It's a simple bug that cannot hurt you.

Table with Ravel the Frays running on a laptop, showing tiny peek of 2 new characters
There's also an A4 poster for the game on a stand, business cards and little zines for other games.

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SuperBiasedGary @superbiasedgary.itch.io · Jun 11

If you wanna see what we're Cooking, come to QCON in Belfast this weekend and get a hands on demo.
You can even get a sneak peek at a trio of new characters.
There's a bratty doctor, taciturn twink and restless baby.
Something for everyone!
store.steampowered.com/app/3499260/...

Poster showing an illustration of Graham from Ravel the Frays, clutching a big pipe valve and looking moody.

PlayMyDemo @ QCON Belfast 2025
Ravel the Frays
Available to play at Q-Con!
Sat 14th and Sun 15th June
Queen's University Belfast
Get tickets: q-con.org.uk

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · May 27

com__et is one of those 24 games, proud to Support With My Game!
store.steampowered.com/app/2604450/...

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · May 21

Of course you've all played com__et, shortlisted in the Melbourne Queer Games Festival.
But have you played @superbiasedgary.itch.io's award winning It Started With Hairs? Takes less than 10 minutes to play, it's in your browser and it'll make your skin crawl!
superbiasedgary.itch.io/it-started-w...

It Started With Hairs by SuperBiasedGary

A visual novel about the horror of having a body.

superbiasedgary.itch.io

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · May 13

Come check out Ravel the Frays at Q-Con in Belfast for June 14th-15th.
We'll have a playable demo where you can learn why Graham looks this moody.
We might even have a new trio of characters for you to meet.

Poster showing Graham looking taciturn and glaring to the side as he grips a huge valve, ready to turn it.
Overlay text says:
PlayMyDemo! @QCon Belfast 2025
Ravel the Frays available to play at Q-Con!
Get tickets: q-con.org.uk
Sat 14th & Sun 15th June
Queen's University Belfast

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SuperBiasedGary @superbiasedgary.itch.io · Apr 11

I'm at Fís showing off Ravel the Frays. Come check it out and say hi! #FísGamesSummit

Laptop showing Ravel the Frays running with a standee advertising it and business cards laid out. AILISH is saying "The ship is in a state of crisis. Everyone could die."

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Apr 9

If you want to get a peek at how Ravel the Frays is coming along, don't miss out on Fís this Friday! Gary will be there to show it off, get feedback and chat about it!

Ravel the Frays key art.
In the foreground Alphonse and Graham reach out to each other, not quite touching as they are also tilting away, like they've just missed.
In the background AILISH looms impossibly large, manipulating screens that also show their faces.

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Mar 27

ATTENTION INDIEDEVS
Show off your art style

A picture of AILISH standing in a med bay and talking to the point of view character. The character art is all digitally hand drawn and textured. Backgrounds are 3D spaces with some post processing on the exported image.

A puzzle screen with lines of dialogue to be rearranged in the foreground, in the background two characters stand in an engineering space.

A full screen illustration of two characters, both looking away from each other. In the foreground Graham angrily grips and turns a big valve while hiding his mouth in his jacket. In the background Alphonse floats in the zero gravity space looking forlorn.

A close up of AILISH, head buried in her hands and hair curled wildly around her as she says "You shouldn't have seen that..."

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Mar 22

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Place
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correct

Screenshot of Ravel the Frays showing characters in an engineering space in the background.
On the foreground is a puzzle showing lines of dialogue out of order, they say:
"Helloooo. Help is here at last! Will that be tender kisses or sweet caresses?"
"Mmm mm."
"And... there. Couldn't talk. Concentrating."
"Of course, of that concentration slipped the ship would collapse."
"Wrench got your tongue huh. I'll stick to loving gazes for now."

Picture of AILISH facing the camera in a medbay as she addresses the protagonist and says "Can you hear me? Repetition helps communication."

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Mar 3

com__et is 60% off in the Steam Visual Novel fest, go pick it up!
If you already have it, cajole your friends into buying it at the highest discount yet.
store.steampowered.com/app/2604450/...

Steam Visual Novel Fest graphic for the game com__et, showing that it's 60% off. Down from costing 3.99 to 1.59.

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Mar 3

com__et and Ravel the Frays are both made in Ireland and listed alongside a ton of other Irish games on Steam thanks to
@imirt.bsky.social:
store.steampowered.com/curator/4145...

Steam Curator: Games From Ireland

Games developed in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland or from Irish creators.

store.steampowered.com

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Margarita Games @margarita.games · Mar 2

Our new sci fi mystery game Ravel the Frays is up on Steam now:
store.steampowered.com/app/3499260/...
You can wishlist it and be first in line when we have a demo available later this year!

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