arimia

hiya! I'm Ari, a visual novel developer, marketer & artist—a clown of many hats. I make genderqueer romance & fantasy visual novels solo and I'm the marketing lead at @vnstudioelan.bsky.social ✨ I read too much shounen & doujin VNs. 💜 my blog: arimiadev.com ❤️ my gaymes: crystalgameworks.itch.io

Hello, friends. I've decided to separate my personal account and thus I've created an account solely from game devv-ing! I'll follow your accounts as well from there, looking forward to connect! x.com/aXtGames www.instagram.com/azurextwilig... www.tiktok.com/@azurextwili...

his birthday was 24 days ago. whoops

Happy Ace Week! Both Canvas Menagerie and Harlequinade are part of the Games That Ace It Steam Festival this week, which celebrates ace developers & games 💜✨ See the entire festival: store.steampowered.com/curator/4614...

BRAZIL YOU HAVE SHOCKED THE WORLD

🔅ANNOUNCEMENT🔅 Embrace the moon's magic and let it guide you. Welcome to my #HAUNTEDMOONMINI3D 🌕✨ A HAUNTING BANZOIN HAKKA HALLOWEEN 3D MINI LIVE with AMAZING MUSIC and a great time for all of you lovely creatures of the night ~♡ 🌙10.30.26 | 8PM PDT | 12PM JST+1 🌙

service with a smile ♡ #Bettelful

ngl it bothers me when i see ppl compliment evns by going "wow this is a rare good evn in a sea of slop and trash" like there are so many good evns out there, you don't need to tear down other people's hard work to champion the one thing you like

オベロン🍂 #FGO

I love him...........

Don't ignore the heart! #ofthedevil #umineko

while you port and emulate games, I ported Jira to my PSP

Obsessed with this post from a Japanese guy that's in LA for the (canceled) Uma live. Took his ticket refund and spent it on a Ford F-150 rental so he could rip through the California deserts. We're not so different. Foreigners come to Japan to rent Nissan GT-Rs to rip through the mountain passes.

Day 23 of #Umitober2026 - Shot [……Sorry, but…] “Even if you do join us-“ “There are 17 people.”

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Happy three year anniversary, kids. I hope the other side of the cabin door is everything you ever could have hoped it would be.

My PC-98 inspired yuri visual novel "if you stay" is OUT NOW! It is available for free on Steam and itch.io (Windows, Mac, and Linux). Links below!

I had to go on Twitter to confirm this was real because Ship Awesome Games In A Weekend having a hand with six fingers was so on the nose I was about to pass out

LIVE 🔴 ANIME BOOK CLUB #143 🕵️ MONSTER 📚 Volumes 13 & 14 Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=H77r...

most terrifying sentence i've read in my life

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it's 2030. there is one american game job. the game is a result of the fortnite-roblox merger. they added gatchas and ads exclusively for prediction market platforms. while you work on it, jared kushner and a random c-suite with at least 3 sexual assault cases take turns yelling at you.

Chat is Cooked is officially released on Steam! I have a new update in the works which will include the ability to add custom avatars and Vtube Studio integration for Vtuber collisions! store.steampowered.com/app/5332420/... #indiegame #gamedev #twitch #vtuber

"they're going to make some great indie games!" paid for by whom

Video games has decided to discontinue its once leading product, the video game

gaming industry with 0 game developers

Bloomberg: Electronic Arts to Cut 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

i think the games industry should have studios that exist

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Neocities and hosted sites are not affected by PHP2Shell, we don't use PHP. However, if you have any non-Neocities sites running PHP, you need to patch them immediately. Read more here: www.wiz.io/blog/php2she... Cursory reading suggests this could be the worst exploit in web history.

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often left out in talking about this is the grim reality that "who is going to buy these" is answered with "people who finance them in installments" and they'll keep getting more expensive

big companies don't care about the joy of making games, which is why I'm using AI instead of enjoying making games,

In case you missed it, the demo for Harlequinade just received an extended version on Steam & itchio! This new demo includes new side characters, new artwork, new scenes, and more~ Try it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4833510/... Or itchio: crystalgameworks.itch.io/harlequinade