TuffMallow

Taking a day off my dev schedule for delightful distraction 👀❣️💯🥂

Please give this story some love. It's such a GOOD story! 💗🙏💗

Hey! Are you an indie dev who doesn't use gen AI and have a game you're currently promoting? I'm looking to make a starter pack and you could be in it! Reply below with a link to your game 👇 go.bsky.app/78u8M6Y

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I'm glad to know there will be people who love Faun just as she is. It gives me the courage needed to finally complete her big adventure and share it with others!

YESSSSS!! Catch A Simple Twist of Fae in this Bundle and support those who most need it in the game industry! 👏💗💪❣️🙏

A cool thing about having super-talented people in your Discord community is that they will sometimes use said talent to reimagine your PNG avatar! Be sure to follow @dillaya.bsky.social !

I made an O2A2 game. About a moment. A single exchange between two people on the eve on an adventure not yet foreseen. Check it out. Meet Faun Valentine the day before The Closet Door. 🚪🍹 tuffmallow.itch.io/the-corporat...

Feeling some whimsy. Might release an O2A2 game.

I just received the best commission of my personage! I love this so much! By @alexatmoon.bsky.social If you haven't commissioned Alex, you need to now! 🔥❣️👏

Itch io Summer Sale is here! Help me fund games by grabbing a copy of A Simple Twist of Fae- now 35% off until July 6th! ❣️❣️❣️ itch.io/s/192593/sum...

i think the only thing i want to say is don't be an ass to anyone who's using renpy

Bad news, RPG Maker Web is shutting down, you won't be able to post there in a week, and it's getting deleted in December. Very not cool. On top of that, the supposed new site for discussion is... uh... well read this before posting there:

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

As I prepare to reintroduce The Closet Door to the world, I'm pretty sure I'll be dropping the otome tag. I've been wanting to for a long time to be honest. Since the beginning. More on that in my upcoming devlog.

I've been sitting on the website for Tuff Mallow for years. I finally decided to crack it open and take creating seriously... But hooboy looks like I've got even MORE art go draw 🙈🫠 Dev work never ends.🥹

I'm thinking of writing a weekly Tuff Times again. There's so much to say and show about the project I'm working on (the one I'm public about anyway 👀🤫) and I'm trying to figure out how often I should post about it. I should probably reopen asks too. But not sure I'm ready on that one.

About Tuff Mallow and content creators. I am thankful that anyone wants to engage with my games and works! But I am really trying to lock in on game dev, manage a full time job, a household, and a small community. So I'm not in a place where I can schedule engage with extra media right now. 🙏🥹💗

Game development is difficult. 💗

I still struggle with perspective for background art, but that doesn't stop me from hand drawing 40+ backgrounds. Don't get me wrong though. I've been redrawing the majority of them over and over again for the last 6 yrs. I didn't make them all at once!

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So I am back on Tumblr. 🙏😊 www.tumblr.com/tuffmallowin...

I was looking through the sooooo many updates and I tell ya Faun's new expression definitely encompasses how I feel when I think "Where to start?"... 😅

At some point, it gets a little ridiculous adding so much art to everything I do. But I have all these vivid images in my head, and stories play out like full feature animations. If I can share even a fraction of that experience- wow what the imagination can do! 💗

In my humble opinion, this game deserves some love. If not for the endless hours I solo grinded and the 100% loving human effort behind every single aspect of it, just because it's a fun time full of hope, passion and discovering love.❣️ And yeah I'm biased.💗 tuffmallow.itch.io/a-simple-twi...

Wondering... Can you outgrow the otome tag? TuffMallow just might.

#BlackWomensHistoryMonth but I tell you to check out one of my games + implore you to look into Black women who were super instrumental to video games then AND now 😁

Not me thinking up more beautiful Black hairstyles because I love to see them on my characters 💗 I'm thinking of one more 🤔 Got any ideas?

You are his AI. And he needs you more than you think. But something else is coming. Will you survive? Or will you make or break him? Our AI addiction-themed psychological horror and mystery visual novel game is OUT NOW! 🤖❤️ Play it for free. Link below. #yanjam26 #cyberpunk

Surprise! I did one more character design for @steamberrystudio.bsky.social. Meet Allen <3

I want this game to wear its heart on its sleeves.

For those wondering what I've been up to and where I've been... tmblr.co/Z31DUWj5Fj0k...

Reasons I'm over here quiet 🤫 Just minding my business and revamping 💗 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkRMfQ8B/

it'll be 6 years in August and I still can't draw, I code just enough to spend that saved money on commissioned art assets, and I'm pretty sure I've regressed when it comes to marketing my games lol, but yeah. you don't need AI. you just don't value yourself or your creativity 🙄

Some ideas are revamps of sprites for the main game I'm working on, and other designs will help pull in worlds I've built over the last 6yrs. I can't wait

It never gets old. The more time progresses, the more content this project has XD

If I've been quiet, it's not because I've disappeared. It's because I'm working harder than ever- I'm just not ready to share everything in context. But it's brewwing! 🙏💗💗

Happy NewYear from TuffMallow Interactive! You'll be hearing from me shortly! ❣️ 2026 is our year! ❣️🚪🌅🍻🤖

With all the new #gamedev peeps on Bluesky you should check out all these Black Femme Game Developers while you're here!!! go.bsky.app/88aYGTF

REEEEEEEEE OMG OMG! 🥹❣️❣️❣️ I'M SUPER BLUSH RIGHT NOW!

Guys, this story is so beautiful and warmed my heart so much. I absolutely love it🥹❣️❣️❣️ Thank you so much again for this lovely treasure! 💗🥰