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Better With Dragons
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Artists making queer fantasy games 🐲 🌈 (yup you may romance dragons) | Working on a FVN and a non-violent 3D adventure! | Ran by @drad.bsky.social | Banner & pfp by @halybs.bsky.social

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Better With Dragons @betterwithdragons.bsky.social · Jan 16
Our Discord is now REALLY open! ✨

Come hang out with us to chat about cool games and media featuring cool dragons 🐲 or discuss about the games we're working on and give us feedback on what we’re crafting!

Join here: discord.gg/NKYBcypenz
Digital artwork. We see a black dragon with orange stripes from behind carving symbols in a stone plate wih his claws.
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Hello everyone! I hope you're doing alright in these trying times.

On my end, for the past couple of weeks, I've been pretty busy with an organizational structure rearrangement. (In short, lots of paperwork.) I will share more news about this change in the coming days!

Take care 🧡
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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Happy #AppreciateADragonDay ! 🐲❄️

This year, monthly Ko-fi supporters gain access to 2 creature concept artworks that haven't been revealed publicly yet. Featuring one cold-hearted hunter... ⛰️

🎨 by the amazing @samsantala.bsky.social !

Get access to them here ➡️ ko-fi.com/i/IJ3J11SEE1N (1/2)
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January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Who knows what lies deep underground…?

Here are new monster concept artworks for The Dragon Grasp Project 🐲💎

🎨 by the great @halybs.bsky.social !

Happy #AppreciateADragonDay 🎉
Digital artwork. A big dragon-like monster is shown in an expansive cave lit by blue crystals and glowing water. The creature has a long, thick tail, six legs, with their two front arms bigger than the others, and a pair of wing-like members above their shoulders. Their dark body is covered with blue crystals. Digital artwork. We see the big dragon-like monster on the side, standing on four legs. There are two versions: one with their crystals colored in a gradient of blue, and one with their crystals colored in a gradient of orange, with a plume of smoke escaping their snout. In the background, there is a black and white sketch of the monster seen from behind, raising its two front arms, roaring and swaying their tail.
January 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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“What feels like a good size difference?” is a very important question I’m happy to ask myself often now

Here’s what we recently settled on for Ukurendal, the main dragon character of The Dragon Grasp Project! Player-character for scale 🐯

🎨 by @halybs.bsky.social !

Happy #AppreciateADragonDay 🐲✨
Digital artwork. Reference sheet of Ukurendal, a large black and silver western dragon, shown right next to the player-character. They're posed on a grid, seen from 3/4 above, to simulate the view in-game.
January 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Another day trying to change the world.
Another evening of well-deserved rest.

Discover a new concept illustration by @halybs.bsky.social 🎨

Happy #AppreciateADragonDay everyone! 🐲🌈
Digital concept illustration by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project. The artwork depicts a Lorgkrator exercising and seemingly annoyed by a cheeky Sylvan Drake, a Kerotondreko and a Korphedyn playing cards, two Eolu cooking, and a Taïgorokin with a scaly hand resting, laying against a High Dragon who’s chatting with another Taïgorokin. They’re camping together under a starry sky, all settled around a large cauldron under which burns a warm fire.
January 16, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Realizing it's Appeciate A Dragon Day next week..............
January 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Oi! As winter arrives, it's time for a new seasonal recap 🍂

I share what I've been up to on our VN project, and why I've asked everyone in our team to *not* use mass market GenAI softwares, including in their working processes.

You can read it below ⤵️

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What's up? - Fall 2025 Recap
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December 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Recently finished the choice tree for our VN project! I'm trying to keep the number of branches to a manageable minimum, but have them lead to actually different scenarios. It is indeed quite the balancing work, but hopefully I'll be able to follow that plan when I tackle production in 2026 🫡
December 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Exactly the way I feel towards the people who support me on Ko-fi. Every dollar/euro really counts! Thank you again all so much for your tips and support 🙏
December 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.

Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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As long as I live our games won't use gen AI because we actually care about the people who make them and their craft so, yeah, no.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Is there a name to the art of naming things in a fictional setting? Because it's damn hard and I think it'd deserve one 😩
October 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Facing the reality of writing about a monster hunter (⬅️ has to write about monster *hunting*)
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Hi all! These are tough times to make (and find funding for) video games, especially narrative experiences proudly standing for and defending progressive values, but hey! We're still here and keep on going 💪

You can read our latest seasonal recap below ⤵️

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What's up? - Summer 2025 Recap
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September 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Hello there! I've been taking some time away from studio work for the summer, I'll be back in September with our summer recap 🫡
August 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Ever onward.

Early concept artwork for the korphedyn kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🦌🌺
Digital artwork. An anthropomorphic, slender creature made of branches, covered in leaves and red flower bits, with a head shaped like a dear skull and long ears, explores a cave. A ball of light lits its way.
July 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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It's disheartening to see publishers releasing such statements, even more so when they work on games that bear so much on their writing.

Human-made translation brings necessary nuance and artistry. No algorithm can ever replace that.
vn-francophonie.bsky.social Visual Novel Francophonie @vn-francophonie.bsky.social · Jun 26
📣 aNCHOR, qui édite notamment les visual novels de la saga Muv-Luv, déclare :
🗨️ Si l'évolution de l'IA, dans le futur, permet une qualité de traduction comparable à celle des traducteurs natifs, nous pourrions envisager son usage afin de proposer plus de jeux à plus de clients.
June 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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One of my Game Camp highlights is fellow game professionals coming to me saying "omg I love the name of your studio" or "omg do you make games with dragons" and me going like "YES DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT" and them being like "YES PLEASE"

I love you all, thank you for your support! 🥰✨
Picture of one of my Better With Dragons business cards. Below the logotype, it reads "independent video game studio crafting queer fantasy adventures".
June 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Back from Game Camp! I was able to present our projects to several people to get enthusiastic feedback, chat about funding options and share exciting words about dragon games 🐉💫
Picture of Game Camp 2025 entrance
June 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Feel free to say hi if you're coming!! 👋
drad.bsky.social Drad 🐲✨ @drad.bsky.social · Jun 18
I'll be at Game Camp this year! Getting ready and hoping for a good time meeting people from our creative world, as always :)
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Doing what must be done.

Early concept artwork for the zlatel kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🐦⚡️
Digital concept artwork by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project, a game developed by Better With Dragons. An anthro, blue and yellow bird-like creature with winged arm leaps into the air and prepares a plasma ball between his hands.
June 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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🐉 💕 🐲 💕
An excited little kobold with a speech bubble underneath him with the intention of it to be the kobolds saying what the post below him is
June 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Digging up the past.

Early concept artwork for the keroton kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🦏🔨
Digital concept artwork by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project, a game developed by Better With Dragons. Anthro pachyderm-like creatures, covered with bits of natural armor, are working in a desertic camp with palm trees. One in the foreground has found a golden gem and is looking at it shine under the sunlight.
June 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Self-care.

Early concept artwork for the taïgorokin kind by @halybs.bsky.social 🐯💎
Digital concent artwork by Halybs for The Dragon Grasp Project, a game in development at Better With Dragons. A creature akin to an anthro saber-tooth tiger is sitting against a rock while preening the tip of their tail with a tool. It looks like a desert rose made of green gem.
May 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Time for a new update!

This season, my work has been focused on our VN Project, from writing to learning the ropes of Ren'Py (woah, actual game dev?!).

I'll also be at Game Camp 2025 this June, so don't hesitate to reach out if you wanna meet there! 🐲 ✨

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What's up? - Spring 2025
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May 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM