a wild ricebits:

🌺✨ Finally got around to updating my Carrd with my different links. Helped me remember some of the the events I was really happy to have participated in. Can't believe I managed a 24-hour stream 3-years ago; the elasticity of a younger body. xD

⛈️ 🍵 It's raining so I'm treating myself to some demos from the #GamesThatAceIt festival for some cosy curl ups! ✨ Where Are You, Cinderella? by @kiminako.bsky.social 🐭 #TheGrannyDetectiveSociety by @team-empreintes.bsky.social 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 8PM GMT+8 #VisualNovel #IndieDev #Sleuthing!

I had such a scare thinking that my PC wasn't going to work just as this festival was getting underway, but thankfully, it fixed itself. 🤞🤞

The demo of Et le grain mourut, my slice-of-life visual novel set in 1920s Paris releases on October 16th on Steam, just in time for Steam Next Fest! #renpy #vndev #visualnovel #indiedev #ocsky #historicaloc

🎉🎉🎉 I'll be streaming for the #GamesThatAceIt festival, don't miss out! So happy that there's more representation now. (the festival tag is so cute, too.)

It’s official, after 6 years of development, Imperial Grace finally has an official release date! The game is coming the 🎉🎉🎉 11th November. 🎉🎉🎉 I’m so stressed and excited, thank you for believing in us for so long!🥰

🎨🔥 It's October, so I thought a dark fantasy #visualnovel would be appropriate for the weekend to ease us into the spooky~ We'll be painting with emotions in this one! 🎮 STARCULT Night Twisted Age by @notacatstudios.bsky.social 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 10PM, GMT+8 #IndieGame #PsychologicalHorror

🦊🐸 Were you one of those kids that made stories out of your blocks & random knick-knacks around your home? I grew up with a bunch of wood furnishings and aaaa, the nostalgia~~ :> Cannot waittt. 🎮 Woodo by @juliaprokhorova.bsky.social 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits, 22 SEP, 8PM GMT+8 #SliceOfLife #IndieGame

⚔️🪄 How well do you think you know your partner? :> To celebrate its launch, I'm going live tonight with this bondmaking or bondbreaking cooperative game~ 🎮 Duo Quest by @1plus1studios.bsky.social 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 19 SEP, 8:15 PM GMT+8 #Co-Op #DeckBuilder #Roguelite #IndieGame #IndieDev

🌻🐾 Having the sudden pocket of time to check out this #Cyberpunk #BLVN yesterday on stream was such a treat—the music was a bop, designs are gorgeous, and Satya is precioussss. Can't wait for the release next year! ✨ 🎮 TEKNOKRAT by @vertebrae.rip #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovel #IndieGame

🌺🦋 Breaking my plan to wait for the full release so that I can wrap up the #FallInLoveFestival with a #TimeTravel #VisualNovel! I will never turn down one of these. Can you? :> 🎮 The Retrospection of Tomorrow by @cherishfan.bsky.social 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 9 SEP, 8PM GMT+8 #Otome #IndieGame

🍀✨ Wanna watch me claim a himbo in my penultimate #FallInLoveFestival stream~? My healer's going to survive this 90s-shonen-anime-inspired #VisualNovel if it's the last thing she does!! 🎮 Nozomu School Daze by @marooninkstudio.bsky.social 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 8 SEP, 8PM GMT+8 #Otome #DatingSim

⌛🃏 We can do better than Alice in Wonderland, can't we? Checking out the demo before the English translation releases in Nov! :> 🎮 Re.dive Wonderland by @tmpiacere.bsky.social 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 7 SEP, 8PM GMT+8 #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovel #Otome #PixelRPG #IndieGame #RediveWonderland

🎎🍵 Closing up the weekend stream with a cosy hand-drawn horror set in a little idyllic Japanese village! What secrets lie buried? 👀 🎮 The Doll Shop by @ateliersento.com 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 5 SEP, 10:30PM GMT+8 #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovel #PsychologicalHorror #IndieGame #TheDollShop

🐙🦗 It wouldn't be a #FallInLoveFestival without at least one #MonsterDating #DatingSim, would it? :> Look at these cutie-piessss. Going live soon! 🎮 Welcome, Dear Human by @ronkad.com 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 5 SEP, 8:15PM GMT+8 #VisualNovel #PointAndClick #IndieGames

💐👰 Who brought the dead guest to my wedding?! GOING LIVE to start my weekend with a psychological mystery! (Yo, that lady's wedding outfit is gorgeous.) 🎮 Siren's Call: Second Wind by @thepensword.bsky.social 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovel #Mystery #PsychologicalHorror

🗡️🦇 I've been blessed with a sneak-peek at this #Vampire #GothicRomance before it releases on Steam later this year! Come check out the pretty with me. :> 🎮 Bonded in Darkness by @natashaluna.itch.io 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 3 SEP, 10PM GMT+8 #FallinLoveFestival #VisualNovels #BLVN #IndieGame

🌸🍒 I couldn't resist a slice-of-life, coming-of-age (bildungsroman!) journey of students living like their lives are about to end. 🎮 The End of the World Club Demo by @tomotoad.bsky.social 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 3 SEP, 8PM GMT+8 #FallInLoveFestival #VisualNovel #BLVN #IndieGame #TEOTWC

🌠⭐ Starting the #FallInLoveFestival with a rom-com that features an MC cursed to spout dad-jokes and puns. Tonight, the new demo! (Is that the secret route sneaking into the remade art?) 🎮 Jest Messters by @elsethgames.com 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits @ 8PM GMT+8 #VisualNovels #Otome #IndieGames

🪶⚔️ There's now demo for this pretty, pretty game and I'm going to get my grubby, grubby hands on it later tonight on stream. :> Come enjoy it with me~ 🎮 Dinghai: The Ocean Pillar by Justdan 🍵 twitch.tv/ricebits 📆 8PM, GMT+8 #shenmo #xianxia #arpg #chinesemythology

My terrible photography doesn't do the artwork justice, but I'm utterly in love with the quality and the amount of lore/info I just learnt from flipping through the artbook. I can't wait for the full release of the game (and the hinted at TTRPG!! :>) 🎮 #ImperialGrace by @synstoria.bsky.social

Hello everyone, in honor of the Choices Matter Festival hosted by @telltalegames.bsky.social I am please to introduce our brand new trailer and an approximate release date for Imperial Grace ! 👀

Previously featured in this year's Southeast Asian Games Showcase, 🇮🇩 Indonesia-made Verde is out now! Biggest congrats to Antimeta Studio & @assembleteam.bsky.social Steam page 👇https://store.steampowered.com/app/3164310/Verde/

Mark your calendars—my Steam festival dedicated to all genres of romance visual novels is returning September 1st-9th! Fall in love with your next favorite romance visual novel in the Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival 💖

A statement from our union president on the amazing turnout of support for the Game Industry Hardship Fund itch.io bundle 🙏 👇 The bundle is live for 10 more days to support devs in need, but a long-term difference can be made by joining UVW-CWA directly. ✊ uvw-cwa.org itch.io/b/3802/game-...

Look at how much my boy Cole has changed!!! The new sprite is the one on the right c: Go play the new Pages of Tomorrow demo update to see more glow-ups from the cast! 👀 Check the link in the comments! #visualnovel #gamedev

Showcasing my latest Maximilian live2D sprite. I really like his range of head movements. Just thinking about all the little expressions and animations I can give him throughout the story gets me so excited! #otome #indieotome

Are you a game developer? Do choices matter in your game? Sign ups for the 2026 edition of the successful Choose Wisely Festival and Showcase are now open! Join us in celebrating branching narrative games! Open globally to developers of all sizes. 📝 cutt.ly/CWF26DevSignUp #ChooseWiselyFestival

🍵🧐 I had to, I couldn't resist a time-travelling supernatural mystery. Anyone getting Vertin vibes from #Reverse1999? Going live tonight to check out the second game in the Staffer trilogy! 🎮 Staffer Retro by Team Tetrapod 🔖 twitch.tv/ricebits #VisualNovel #Supernatural #Mystery #IndieGames

Lowen with Lillipup for LowenArchive (twitter) Human-animal (Pokemon?) interactions are always so much fun to draw <3 #fireemblem #pokemon

Once Upon a Throne of Thorns has been released! It's a dark BL visual novel about an assassin who falls for the runaway prince he's supposed to kill feat. political intrigue, bloodshed, and crossdressing! 🥀 store.steampowered.com/app/4192830 🥀 ebihime.itch.io/throne-of-th... #yaoi #boyslove

【 Enter a world of magic—of Fae and Dragon.】 The Fae are finally here, officially marking the end to our 5 year long journey and the beginning of your love story ✨ Our fantasy romance visual novel is ready to play! 🌙 Alaris out on Steam and Itch NOW!