Hanako Games
@hanakogames.bsky.social
indie game developer whose mind is full of twisty little passages, all alike
Best known for Long Live The Queen and Magical Diary, probably
Best known for Long Live The Queen and Magical Diary, probably
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Last of the werewolf cardboard mask ill upload for my video gallery, this is the final look after painting and giving it follow me eyes(just used glow in the dark paint for the pupils and fluorescent paint to make them glow under black light)
#art
#art
January 31, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Last of the werewolf cardboard mask ill upload for my video gallery, this is the final look after painting and giving it follow me eyes(just used glow in the dark paint for the pupils and fluorescent paint to make them glow under black light)
#art
#art
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This will interest like 3 mutuals, but there's an English fan-patch for Legend of Mortal: github.com/joshfreitas1...
It's the sorta-parody-sorta-serious Wuxia RPG where you play as an ugly & unlucky dude. Heard it's surprisingly good, and it got 30k reviews:
store.steampowered.com/app/1859910/...
It's the sorta-parody-sorta-serious Wuxia RPG where you play as an ugly & unlucky dude. Heard it's surprisingly good, and it got 30k reviews:
store.steampowered.com/app/1859910/...
Legend of Mortal on Steam
The game world is set in a turbulent state and the mighty Tang-Man declines. The threats from the old enemies keep coming one after another.As a nobody, will you choose either to leave yourself out of...
store.steampowered.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
This will interest like 3 mutuals, but there's an English fan-patch for Legend of Mortal: github.com/joshfreitas1...
It's the sorta-parody-sorta-serious Wuxia RPG where you play as an ugly & unlucky dude. Heard it's surprisingly good, and it got 30k reviews:
store.steampowered.com/app/1859910/...
It's the sorta-parody-sorta-serious Wuxia RPG where you play as an ugly & unlucky dude. Heard it's surprisingly good, and it got 30k reviews:
store.steampowered.com/app/1859910/...
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Our historical drama yuri visual novel Olga Doesn't Die is out now!
❄️ 2 LI / 4 endings
❄️ 2-3 hours
❄️ 5 CGs / 9 custom tracks
The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise
Play here: 4noki.itch.io/olga-doesnt-...
❄️ 2 LI / 4 endings
❄️ 2-3 hours
❄️ 5 CGs / 9 custom tracks
The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise
Play here: 4noki.itch.io/olga-doesnt-...
January 31, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Our historical drama yuri visual novel Olga Doesn't Die is out now!
❄️ 2 LI / 4 endings
❄️ 2-3 hours
❄️ 5 CGs / 9 custom tracks
The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise
Play here: 4noki.itch.io/olga-doesnt-...
❄️ 2 LI / 4 endings
❄️ 2-3 hours
❄️ 5 CGs / 9 custom tracks
The imperial family's advisor is a witch, a hag, the devil in disguise
Play here: 4noki.itch.io/olga-doesnt-...
5 jobs you've had
Data entry technician
Library assistant
Undergraduate teaching assistant
um.... er... struggling here. Look I didn't do "normal" jobs much. 'Game Developer' is basically self-employed, so is 'Affiliate Website Sales'. 'Fake Internet Friend' was a job but isn't an official title.
Data entry technician
Library assistant
Undergraduate teaching assistant
um.... er... struggling here. Look I didn't do "normal" jobs much. 'Game Developer' is basically self-employed, so is 'Affiliate Website Sales'. 'Fake Internet Friend' was a job but isn't an official title.
5 jobs you've had
Game Designer
VR Cinema Manager
Council Funding Officer
Delivery Driver
Sound Recording Engineer
...plus like 20 others lol. I got around a lot...
Game Designer
VR Cinema Manager
Council Funding Officer
Delivery Driver
Sound Recording Engineer
...plus like 20 others lol. I got around a lot...
God, peoples' lists of jobs always makes feel so inadequate.
Junior software developer
Software developer
Application analyst
Technical lead
Team lead
i.e. I tell ancient computers to do stuff, and sometimes tell people to tell computers to do stuff.
Junior software developer
Software developer
Application analyst
Technical lead
Team lead
i.e. I tell ancient computers to do stuff, and sometimes tell people to tell computers to do stuff.
January 30, 2026 at 12:57 PM
5 jobs you've had
Data entry technician
Library assistant
Undergraduate teaching assistant
um.... er... struggling here. Look I didn't do "normal" jobs much. 'Game Developer' is basically self-employed, so is 'Affiliate Website Sales'. 'Fake Internet Friend' was a job but isn't an official title.
Data entry technician
Library assistant
Undergraduate teaching assistant
um.... er... struggling here. Look I didn't do "normal" jobs much. 'Game Developer' is basically self-employed, so is 'Affiliate Website Sales'. 'Fake Internet Friend' was a job but isn't an official title.
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TLDR: Apple is forcing Patreon to remove the "per creation" model in order for their app to stay within their app store.
Don't forget! Anyone who signs up via the Apple store based app of Patreon has to pay gigantic fees anyways so I really, truly do not see the point of it. At all.
Don't forget! Anyone who signs up via the Apple store based app of Patreon has to pay gigantic fees anyways so I really, truly do not see the point of it. At all.
January 28, 2026 at 9:13 PM
TLDR: Apple is forcing Patreon to remove the "per creation" model in order for their app to stay within their app store.
Don't forget! Anyone who signs up via the Apple store based app of Patreon has to pay gigantic fees anyways so I really, truly do not see the point of it. At all.
Don't forget! Anyone who signs up via the Apple store based app of Patreon has to pay gigantic fees anyways so I really, truly do not see the point of it. At all.
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"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
www.pcgamer.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Steam :: Galaxy Princess Zorana :: Patch 1.0.17
Various bug fixes plus a new marriage option
steamcommunity.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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Nova-box is proud to present After the Wane, the studio's next game, which will be released on Steam at the end of 2026. ✨
The studio will use rotoscoping for the first time to enhance key moments in the story. Here is the teaser! 💃
👉 Wishlist the game: store.steampowered.com/app/2742720/...
The studio will use rotoscoping for the first time to enhance key moments in the story. Here is the teaser! 💃
👉 Wishlist the game: store.steampowered.com/app/2742720/...
January 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Nova-box is proud to present After the Wane, the studio's next game, which will be released on Steam at the end of 2026. ✨
The studio will use rotoscoping for the first time to enhance key moments in the story. Here is the teaser! 💃
👉 Wishlist the game: store.steampowered.com/app/2742720/...
The studio will use rotoscoping for the first time to enhance key moments in the story. Here is the teaser! 💃
👉 Wishlist the game: store.steampowered.com/app/2742720/...
Want a wizarding school game without the baggage? Magical Diary: Wolf Hall is 75% off on Steam for the first time this week:
store.steampowered.com/app/974910/M...
store.steampowered.com/app/974910/M...
Save 75% on Magical Diary: Wolf Hall on Steam
Design your own wizard to attend a magical school. Learn spells, explore dungeons, make friends, and find a date for the May Day Ball. But be careful, everyone has secrets - including you!
store.steampowered.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Want a wizarding school game without the baggage? Magical Diary: Wolf Hall is 75% off on Steam for the first time this week:
store.steampowered.com/app/974910/M...
store.steampowered.com/app/974910/M...
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Calling all fellow antifascist himejoshis! This one is for you!!
All proceeds are going to my favorite local anti-fascist group! ✊
shop.yamino.art/products/lov...
All proceeds are going to my favorite local anti-fascist group! ✊
shop.yamino.art/products/lov...
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Calling all fellow antifascist himejoshis! This one is for you!!
All proceeds are going to my favorite local anti-fascist group! ✊
shop.yamino.art/products/lov...
All proceeds are going to my favorite local anti-fascist group! ✊
shop.yamino.art/products/lov...
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#Booksky Not up for reading right now? We get it. Unfortunately. Want to support a small queer-owned press in the heart of Minneapolis that puts out great books anyway? We have a regularly updated Patreon for that! Levels are random - everyone gets something! www.patreon.com/CLundoff
Get more from Catherine Lundoff on Patreon
creating fiction, nonfiction, essays, recommendation lists
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January 27, 2026 at 12:33 PM
#Booksky Not up for reading right now? We get it. Unfortunately. Want to support a small queer-owned press in the heart of Minneapolis that puts out great books anyway? We have a regularly updated Patreon for that! Levels are random - everyone gets something! www.patreon.com/CLundoff
always fun? seeing people who don't play VNs confidently state opinions about them.
like that the only people who play those games are interested in men.
like that the only people who play those games are interested in men.
January 27, 2026 at 12:09 AM
always fun? seeing people who don't play VNs confidently state opinions about them.
like that the only people who play those games are interested in men.
like that the only people who play those games are interested in men.
(for those not aware, i *live* in the UK, but I moved here as an adult. My natural language falls in between US and UK because I read too many British authors as a child. I'm unlikely to default to British-only phrasings unless I'm doing it as a bit, but I won't always *know* either.)
I'm often surprised at what words and phrases people don't recognise when Let's Playing my stuff. A few times they blame it on "But she's British so maybe that's it?" (this is almost never the issue, i'm just a little esoteric linguistically de temps en temps.)
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 PM
(for those not aware, i *live* in the UK, but I moved here as an adult. My natural language falls in between US and UK because I read too many British authors as a child. I'm unlikely to default to British-only phrasings unless I'm doing it as a bit, but I won't always *know* either.)
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Okay one more, ya'llve been good.
Refined the menus a bit more and made changing emotions into a permanent testing menu. Much easier to test emotion-related behaviors now!
Refined the menus a bit more and made changing emotions into a permanent testing menu. Much easier to test emotion-related behaviors now!
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Okay one more, ya'llve been good.
Refined the menus a bit more and made changing emotions into a permanent testing menu. Much easier to test emotion-related behaviors now!
Refined the menus a bit more and made changing emotions into a permanent testing menu. Much easier to test emotion-related behaviors now!
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incidentally back when i still wrote fanfic, an American commented on one of my fics 'correcting' all the typos (colour/color, realise/realize) then finished with "but it says on your profile you aren't from the USA so English isn't your first language, for a non native speaker you're doing well!"
ppl love flagging the phrase 'by the by' in my vns as a typo, when it's a common british saying which means the same thing as 'by the way'
but i will not let them beat me...... i'm not going to remove common phrases from my stories cause ppl aren't familiar with them...............
but i will not let them beat me...... i'm not going to remove common phrases from my stories cause ppl aren't familiar with them...............
January 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
incidentally back when i still wrote fanfic, an American commented on one of my fics 'correcting' all the typos (colour/color, realise/realize) then finished with "but it says on your profile you aren't from the USA so English isn't your first language, for a non native speaker you're doing well!"
... I'm glad you're apparently uploading your back catalog onto bandcamp but i've gotten like thirty notifications today.
January 26, 2026 at 11:45 PM
... I'm glad you're apparently uploading your back catalog onto bandcamp but i've gotten like thirty notifications today.
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My new game The Red Pearls of Borneo has a release day now:
7th February.
Get ready to be immersed in a murder mystery set against the backdrop of a British tobacco plantation in the 1940s on the eve of the Japanese WW2 invasion.
7th February.
Get ready to be immersed in a murder mystery set against the backdrop of a British tobacco plantation in the 1940s on the eve of the Japanese WW2 invasion.
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 PM
My new game The Red Pearls of Borneo has a release day now:
7th February.
Get ready to be immersed in a murder mystery set against the backdrop of a British tobacco plantation in the 1940s on the eve of the Japanese WW2 invasion.
7th February.
Get ready to be immersed in a murder mystery set against the backdrop of a British tobacco plantation in the 1940s on the eve of the Japanese WW2 invasion.
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HELLO, good morning, the book I have been working on WITH @charmgardens.com AND @cavetoonist.bsky.social AND @goraina.bsky.social has been announced!!!
IT'S A BABY-SITTERS CLUB SUPER SPECIAL.
people.com/the-baby-sit...
IT'S A BABY-SITTERS CLUB SUPER SPECIAL.
people.com/the-baby-sit...
January 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM
HELLO, good morning, the book I have been working on WITH @charmgardens.com AND @cavetoonist.bsky.social AND @goraina.bsky.social has been announced!!!
IT'S A BABY-SITTERS CLUB SUPER SPECIAL.
people.com/the-baby-sit...
IT'S A BABY-SITTERS CLUB SUPER SPECIAL.
people.com/the-baby-sit...
watching a fan try to explain just how widely the approval effects of the pandemic can vary based on your choices/skills #gamedev #GalaxyPrincessZorana
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
watching a fan try to explain just how widely the approval effects of the pandemic can vary based on your choices/skills #gamedev #GalaxyPrincessZorana
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tamao .........................................
January 13, 2026 at 6:16 AM
tamao .........................................
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i made an archery game that uses your charging cable as the controller
January 21, 2026 at 4:10 PM
i made an archery game that uses your charging cable as the controller
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Join me this May in a short, fun, and very workshop-y game urbanism course, and discover how to create interactive cities using @inkleStudios' ink narrative scripting language.
✒️ Find out more here: www.d6learning.com/course/creat...
✒️ Find out more here: www.d6learning.com/course/creat...
Create An Interactive City In Text Using ink - Online Course
Learn how to use the ink narrative scripting language by inkle, and how to create virtual cities for video games in text. This online course also serves as an introduction to game urbanism and the des...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Join me this May in a short, fun, and very workshop-y game urbanism course, and discover how to create interactive cities using @inkleStudios' ink narrative scripting language.
✒️ Find out more here: www.d6learning.com/course/creat...
✒️ Find out more here: www.d6learning.com/course/creat...
dear goodreads: people should not be allowed to leave reviews on a book that hasn't come out and is multiple years past its originally proposed release date /grump
January 21, 2026 at 8:04 PM
dear goodreads: people should not be allowed to leave reviews on a book that hasn't come out and is multiple years past its originally proposed release date /grump
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Shout out to everyone currently experiencing everything
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Shout out to everyone currently experiencing everything
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Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
January 20, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.