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Joi Massat
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Author, editor, doodler, dibbler ⦁ ALF ⦁ crave the ALF
Blog: https://jmassat.com
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Joi Massat @jmassat.bsky.social · Dec 31
New Year, New Pinned Post. Here's what I'm working on!

• a LitRPG about a catgirl: www.royalroad.com/fiction/8486...
• a retro mall dating sim: store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/
• and I blog sometimes, watch out for that: jmassat.com
Cover for the story "Catgirl System." A blond cat-eared girl pumps her fist. Cover for the game "Gay It Loud." A young woman wearing heart shades and playing a rectangular video gaming device playfully raises an eyebrow at the viewer.
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Meet Verity—and wishlist Gay It Loud on Steam! 🏳️‍🌈🗣️📢 store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #VNDev #Otome #90s #Nostalgia #Mall #YuriVN #Yuri #GL #GirlsLove #百合 #Yurisky
February 15, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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Shio is part of the #LoveRomanceHeartbreakDebutanteBall (★‿★) Come meet her!

Our game: store.steampowered.com/app/3429850/
Fest: store.steampowered.com/curator/4576...

#LRHDB2026 #Yuri #GL #GirlsLove #GameDev #IndieDev #百合 #Yurisky #VNDev #YuriVN
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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Our yuri visual novel Winter Heat will feature in the #LoveRomanceHeartbreakDebutanteBall fest from Feb 13 to Feb 20! 💙☃️

Check the game here: store.steampowered.com/app/3429850/
And check the festival when it goes live!

#LRHDB2026 #Yuri #GL #GirlsLove #GameDev #IndieDev #百合 #Yurisky #VNDev #YuriVN
An image promoting the Love, Romance, and Heartbreak Debutante Ball and our game Winter Heat in the center mentioning that a demo is available and free DLC will come soon, the price of the game is $19.99
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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Malls aren't dead. Wishlist Gay It Loud on Steam! 🏳️‍🌈🗣️📢 store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #VNDev #Otome #90s #Nostalgia #Mall #YuriVN #Yuri #GL #GirlsLove #百合 #Yurisky
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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Once I dreamed that Tom Servo was a boss in Mega Man 4 and had gum inside of him. Think about it.
February 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Dream date!! Wishlist Gay It Loud on Steam! 🏳️‍🌈🗣️📢 store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #VNDev #Otome #90s #Nostalgia #Creepy #YuriVN #Yuri #GL #GirlsLove #百合 #Yurisky
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Another free life-and-times-and-storymaking update is up on my Patreon. When will I start uploading a story there that people have to pay for? Not today, but I wanna start that again before June
NEWSBLAST: February 2026 | Joi Massat
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February 7, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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The Sears 1984 holiday catalogue proudly sold the Atari 2600 AND this shameless Atari 2600 clone?!
A print ad reads, "Atari 2600 and Coleco Gemini. Two great names play the same games, at prices you can't resist." Displayed are the two game consoles and a screenshot of Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600.
February 7, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Chiitan supports Gay It Loud 🥺🏳️‍🌈
A screenshot of the recent likes in the quoted post, Chiitan is among them.
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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A disposable camera is a powerful thing. Why? Um...look at it, it's got POWER WAVES coming out of it.

...or find out the real reason by wishlisting GAY IT LOUD: store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#gamedev #indiedev #datingsim #VN #renpy #90s #nostalgia #gay #VNdev #red #navy #colors #:)
February 5, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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Okay. Picture this: a music video comprised of Popeye and Bluto clips. The song is "Two Princes."

Are you picturing it?

Now, here's where the magic happens.

The band's called the Spinch Doctors.

#twospinches
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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Bringing 90s malls back. Wishlist Gay It Loud on Steam! 🏳️‍🌈🗣️📢 store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #VNDev #Otome #90s #Nostalgia #YuriVN #Yuri #GL #GirlsLove #GameDev #IndieDev #百合 #Yurisky
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Looking at the Wikipedia page for Kris Kross's "Jump." Do we pay music journalists too much, or just enough?
The text reads, "James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update deemed it a "jaunty "jump, jump" prodded jiggly lurcher". [17] Hannah Ford from Select wrote that it is "a beautiful hip hop track that gets your goose bumps quacking...""
January 29, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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This could be your lover. This could be you. A broken hackeysack. A bond beyond time.

I might be making the ultimate dating sim.

Find more dateable slackers in GAY IT LOUD! Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#gamedev #indiedev #datingsim #VN #hackeysack #renpy #ultimateromance
A young man hands you a ruptured hackeysack while flashing a daring smile. The background is abstract and ethereal. A "Gay It Loud" watermark is in the corner.
January 29, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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A demo for Toxic Yuri is in the works, we're trying to finish it this week so we can release it by Feb 6th! Wish us good luck and wishlist the game to be ready when it drops!!

💜💀 Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3503300/...

#Yuri #GL #GirlsLove #GameDev #IndieDev #百合 #Yurisky #VNDev #YuriVN
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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3DO news
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Not all dating sims let you eat spaghetti, meatballs AND unlimited breadsticks all in one date. Now GAY IT LOUD joins the pantheon.

Wishlist it (and find more dateable slackers) here! store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#gamedev #indiedev #datingsim #renpy #vn #olivegarden #NOTolivegarden #gay
At a restaurant, a young woman (named Zamira) looks at you a little saucily. Incidentally, there is a plate of spaghetti and meatballs nearby.
January 19, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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I understand that showing fake, in-universe mascots is a weird way to promote your game, but I'll have pics of the romantic leads later! For now, here's Argo the Totally Original Seahorse!!

Wishlist GAY IT LOUD here!!! store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#gamedev #indiedev #sega #NOTsega #vn
Argo the Seahorse in three forms. From left to right: Japanese 2D, 3D (game boxart), and American 2D
January 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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I wouldn't say my desktop is "aggressively aesthetic" but maybe it's just close enough to be concerning.
A desktop. The background is black except for a decorative square in the bottom right corner. The square shows a multicolored eye and the number "94." In the center are six icons: "Editing," "Quinlan Circle," "InterGrid," "DocZone," "Downloads" and "Recycle Bin." There is no taskbar at the bottom.
January 17, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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Check out this tacky old album cover
Album art depicting a gorilla playing the accordion. Text reads, "They said it couldn't be done! But they didn't reckon with the Mighty Accordion Band"
January 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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No mid-90s Atlanta period piece is complete without a marketable sports mascot.

For more horrific fake 90s toys (and dating...maybe?), wishlist GAY IT LOUD! store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#lowpoly #gamedev #indiedev #datingsim #90s #blender #izzy #NOTizzy #vn #gay
A stack of green, big-shoed, extremely happy stuffed animals. (It's not clear what animal.) In the top left corner, a watermark reads, "GAY IT LOUD." In the top right corner is a drawing of the stuffed animal. At the bottom is text that reads, "a cool new mascot appears..."
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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This might be the most important blog post you read all month, but it probably won't be.

Speaking of 00/10s anime memories: is it true that in Naruto Abridged, Gaara tells Naruto "I made you a cookie but I eated it," or is that a phantom memory my mind made up?
Biased Yet Scientific List of the Greatest Anime Boys · Joi Massat
Who's the greatest? Science demands to know! This list doubles as a timeline of my own middle- and high-school brain.
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January 10, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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Every time I think I'm doing OK modelling simple shapes in Blender, I come across something that for whatever reason my brain can't wrap itself around...like a cartoon sneaker. I dunno how to make this look better. I don't even know what I did
A 3D model of a cartoon sneaker, minus the laces and hole. Its shape is more like a cone than a shoe.
January 9, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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I found something horrible on Archive.org today.
Text reads, "Looney Tunes B-Ball. LOON SHAK-A-LAKA!"
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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My Blender workspace is a mess, but my heart is at peace.

For more uncanny fake-90s toys, wishlist GAY IT LOUD! store.steampowered.com/app/4207560/

#lowpoly #gamedev #indiedev #datingsim #90s #elmo #NOTelmo #vn #gay
Screenshot of a 3D model in Blender showing "Tickleful Tomy," a non-copyright-infringing Muppet-like stuffed animal, in a box.
January 7, 2026 at 5:00 AM