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Feniks - Controller Support Expansion Released! @feniksdev.com · Nov 13
To start off my fresh account, I've compiled a few Ren'Py tips into a bite-sized format! I've been programming in Ren'Py since 2018 and spent a ton of time working with it for all sorts of projects. Here are some less-common bits of knowledge ✨
#vndev #visualnovel #gamedev #renpy
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renpytom.bsky.social
I'm pleased to announce the release of Ren'Py 8.5, a major release of Ren'Py. Major releases include new features, major improvements, and fixes.

Some of the major changes in Ren'Py 8.5 are:

* Live2D models are now supported on the Web platform.
1/5
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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peretsky.bsky.social
I am mentorship-pilled and I am social practice-pilled. I think it should be the responsibility of any artist who has “made it” in their respective fields/scenes to provide some sort of window into what makes them tick for the sake of benefitting those that are eager to learn.
October 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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crescence-studio.itch.io
✨Alaris Early Access Out NOW!!!!!!✨

You've waited all this time. And our cast is finally ready for you. Enter a world of magic—of Fae and Dragon.

Itch: bit.ly/46ePxcx
Steam: bit.ly/4pvwMZK
September 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA!! y'all all have official petitions targetting paypros censorship!

IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTRIES, SHARE THESE AROUND AND SIGN THEM ASAP. And verify by email!

CAN
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

AUS
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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makevisualnovels.itch.io
My bubble tools are out! This includes a #Renpy toolbar to help you configure your bubbles, save and apply presets for bubbles, and a script to help you apply IDs to keep your bubbles from popping back to the default when you edit lines!

Check it!

makevisualnovels.itch.io/mvn-speech-b...
Make Visual Novels! Speech Bubble Tools by Stella @ MakeVisualNovels
Apply & Save Presets, Select Styles & More!
makevisualnovels.itch.io
August 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
feniksdev.com
While updating my earlier #Ren'Py tools, why not add in compatibility options? Coming soon: an update to the Color Picker tool which adds a few QoL additions, a new example, + a special controller-friendly version (requires my free Controller Support Expansion)!

feniksdev.itch.io/color-picker...
August 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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oggythefox.bsky.social
If you have any questions for someone, ask! :)
You will get an answer to your question faster and even save time 💙
August 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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alienmelon.bsky.social
i’m just going to boost this again instead of 🤦 at how ignorant people are. any website that hosts your games FOR FREE, that doesn’t sell your data, or force exorbitant amounts off ads, is a public service & operates at a loss.
you are hurting the wrong people by setting revenue to them to 0.
alienmelon.bsky.social Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · Aug 16
on the payment processor situation from someone with experience in fintech…
voidfox.com/blog/payment...
“I guess I'm asking for some understanding, both of Itch's position, and the entire landscape, before declaring them at complete fault and dumping them in the sewer with all the other bad actors.”
“You can buy something on Itch and give Itch itself $0. Many people do. Many more people are doing so now as some form of boycott or protest. There are many anecdotes that say that Leafo runs Itch completely on their own, even going so far as to hand-process payouts and do their own social media and PR. I'd call that overworked, but that isn't the point either. Recently a journalist (I don't want to even draw attention to the thread) reported Itch "knew for two years this was coming" (dubious), and did nothing about it mostly due to a lack of resources. They recommended boycotting Itch to punish them for this. My take here is this: there was never a reality on the table where pressure would force Itch to somehow find a solution faster, or a better solution. They lack the resources and can't absorb the fees of high risk processing. The reality here is this pressure is more likely to kill Itch than improve the situation. In my opinion, what they need is support coupled with the pressure to use that support to find a better solution. That may involve a surcharge on adult content and piping those transactions through a high risk MSP. That may involve saying "We have to institute a minimum share on purchases" and using those funds to expand staff and develop a better option. To do so at this particular moment though would be the PR nail in the coffin. But regardless, if they didn't "do better" because of resources, denying them resources won't fix it!”
August 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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redgoldsparks.bsky.social
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August 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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flashfennec.bsky.social
No lie, this calling campaign is one of the most effective levers we have at the moment.

If we sustain the campaign through the financial quarter we'll be sending a strong message that this administration is bad for business.

Please continue making censorship unprofitable.
dieselbrain.bsky.social Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Aug 12
We're not in theoretical "they could come after sfw queer content LATER" territory anymore. It is being used to come after sfw queer content NOW.

Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded

And KEEP CALLING
August 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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flanoirbunny.bsky.social
this is what I've been up late doing this past week lmfao @feniksdev.com has saved my life
qzproductions.bsky.social QZ Productions @qzproductions.bsky.social · Aug 8
actually you know what adding the music room WAS fun

Completed, fully functional, 41 songs to unlock, thriving, nourished, and re-mixed because I realized I mixed the in game audio too quietly oops #renpy #gamedev #otomegame #indiedev
a much nicer looking music room with songs in various states of unlock
August 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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innuendostudios.bsky.social
reminder that the "credit card companies denying the sale of anything that could be considered pornographic" fact and the "platforms/government trying to define anything remotely queer as pornography" fact should get filed in the same section of your brain
August 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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honeyedcoffee.bsky.social
I'm seeing less posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them, and losing them money.

Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.
acvalens.net Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.net · Aug 6
Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy
August 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
feniksdev.com
An update for Achievements for #Ren'Py is out! I did a roundup to ensure it's working on 8.4 + added some features and QoL additions I'd had on the back burner. Enjoy achievement sets, new properties, extra examples, and a new demo label. Also available on GitHub.

feniksdev.itch.io/achievements...
8.4 Update + New Features
As part of a roundup for my older tools to ensure they're working on 8.4, I've been adding some features and fixes that didn't make it into the latest release. So, let's dig in! Do I have to update? N...
feniksdev.itch.io
August 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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probskay.com
I called visa, here was the strat/flow I used to get through the call and feign ignorance:

tl;dr When you make your complaint, you should mention specifically that law enforcement should enact policy to stop illegal things, not a payment processor.

Anyway, little thread:
August 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
feniksdev.com
Decided to circle back to released tools & make sure they're working for 8.4 + add fixes or features I left out. Today I added sets to achievements, so endings.add_set_progress("bad_end") auto-declares an internal set + tracks the size, which protects from double-counting and rollback. Coming soon!
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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fine-fiends.bsky.social
it's the final week of the Drăculești Kickstarter campaign! we're at the funny number, which is Nice, but you know what would be even nicer?

reaching 100% 🖤
www.kickstarter.com/projects/1712125696/draculesti
There are 6 days left in the Draculesti Kickstarter campaign, and it's at 69% 👀
August 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
Valve breaking silence on this is huge, they really dont do this. Companies, at this scale, dont -do this-.

Visa, mastercard, stripe and paypal are feeling the pressure. They are making mistakes under pressure.

Keep it up
August 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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aclu.org
Steam and itch.io have removed thousands of video games in recent weeks deemed to be "adult content" in order to comply with strict rules from payment processors like Mastercard.

These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.
Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces?
Digital distribution platforms Steam and itch.io have tightened their rules about adult content – under pressure from payment processors. Why has this happened and where will it lead?
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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sarcastickatt.bsky.social
Oh my god the PayPal call was SO FUNNY. The guy on the phone was like "We don't allow processing payments for explicit material."

So I hit him with "So if I were to go and purchase a copy of Game of Thrones online, my payment would be blocked?"

I think it clicked for him then.
July 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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ramiismail.com
I have very few people who I genuinely considered heroic for the creative fields, but Kevin MacLeod was one of them. To learn that the "free varied music for whatever you want it for" guy stopped composing and started prompt engineering AI slop for almost a year is the most depressing twist.
July 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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acvalens.net
It’s important to remember that this is not going to be fixed in 24 hours. We might have to do activist work on this for a hot minute. But, if we all stay focused and support each other, we can keep this going for a really long time. Longer than any of these companies have the patience for.
dieselbrain.bsky.social Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Jul 24
we are going to need to keep up this 'yelling at payment processors' energy for more than just today

Ideally, we will need to keep up this pressure over a span of a few weeks

As many people as possible, each making 2-4 calls a day, for a few weeks, is going to make the biggest impact
July 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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voiddebris.bsky.social
I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones

Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign

But we can EASILY top 1,000!

I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!

↻💬♡ to boost

We CAN make a difference 💕

#itch #censorship

1/🧵
Digital graphic with the text "anti-censorship campaign" and screenshots of headlines about how multiple storefronts have removed NSFW content due to pressure from payment processors and Collective Shout.
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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acvalens.net
Good morning. Did you call your local censorious payment processor and let them know you’re upset with their bullying of Steam and itchio? No time better than the present

yellat.money
Phone Numbers • Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309 • Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111| • Mastercard (Australia): +1 (800)-120-113 • Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767 • Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3208 • Visa (US + Can): +1 (808)-847-2911 • Visa (AUS): +1 (800)-125-440 • PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161 • PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000 • PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116 • Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67 Emails / Contact Forms • Visa Email: askvisa@visa.com • Mastercard's Email: customer_support@mastercard.com • Mastercard's Contact Us Page • Stripe: complaints@stripe.com • Stripe Complaint Submission Form • Mastercard's PR Team: Seth.Eisen@mastercard.com, William.Tsang@mastercard.com, and Jennifer.Erickson@mastercard.com NOTE: PLEASE BE CONSIDERATE WHEN DIRECTLY EMAILING INDIVIDUALS. We recommend using BCC when sending this out) credit to iantos.bsky.social, raikisuu.bsky.social, boscosden.bsky.social for a vast majority of the sourced public numbers and emails.
July 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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dodoot.bsky.social
I reuploaded my two articles on why and how to make small games on Patreon 🤏🎮
Links below ⬇️

#gamedev #indiedev
July 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM