Mari M
@marivers.bsky.social
Indie game dev & writer, EN↔CN translator. Co-founded Citreat Studio, making Dance of Theseus💃. Made The Rewinder⏪, Death Trick: Double Blind🎪, Zero-Sum Heart 🫀. She/her 🖤🤍💜
Contact: ma.ri.vers.yt@gmail.com
Contact: ma.ri.vers.yt@gmail.com
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Mari M
@marivers.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Heya, I'm Mari!
I'm: An indie game producer, writer, freelance translator;
I love: poetry, pop music, philosophy, cats, fanfic, and narrative games;
I made:
- Death Trick: Double Blind, a non-linear detective game set in a vintage circus;
- Zero-Sum Heart, a romantic thriller VN about love&magic!
I'm: An indie game producer, writer, freelance translator;
I love: poetry, pop music, philosophy, cats, fanfic, and narrative games;
I made:
- Death Trick: Double Blind, a non-linear detective game set in a vintage circus;
- Zero-Sum Heart, a romantic thriller VN about love&magic!
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read soulsov!!!! i'm good at art and storytelling and i want to share my fun world and its many freaks with you. at least play the free demo! gigidigi.itch.io/soulsov
December 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
read soulsov!!!! i'm good at art and storytelling and i want to share my fun world and its many freaks with you. at least play the free demo! gigidigi.itch.io/soulsov
Death Trick: Double Blind is 50% off for Steam Detective Fest! In our game, you can:
- Watch a puppeteer make a child cry with his avant-garde stage art
- Hear about a man chasing an ostrich on the highway
- Uncover a hidden, tragic sapphic romance
- Develop an allergy to hammers
- Solve a murder
- Watch a puppeteer make a child cry with his avant-garde stage art
- Hear about a man chasing an ostrich on the highway
- Uncover a hidden, tragic sapphic romance
- Develop an allergy to hammers
- Solve a murder
January 13, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Death Trick: Double Blind is 50% off for Steam Detective Fest! In our game, you can:
- Watch a puppeteer make a child cry with his avant-garde stage art
- Hear about a man chasing an ostrich on the highway
- Uncover a hidden, tragic sapphic romance
- Develop an allergy to hammers
- Solve a murder
- Watch a puppeteer make a child cry with his avant-garde stage art
- Hear about a man chasing an ostrich on the highway
- Uncover a hidden, tragic sapphic romance
- Develop an allergy to hammers
- Solve a murder
The people (me) yearn for more roguelike deckbuilders with unique art direction plz
January 10, 2026 at 4:56 AM
The people (me) yearn for more roguelike deckbuilders with unique art direction plz
I feel personally attacked by this post
January 9, 2026 at 4:42 AM
I feel personally attacked by this post
As a translator, sometimes I get mad at whoever wrote the game for coming up with a truly stupid amount of puns, and then I remember it was me, I wrote the game
January 8, 2026 at 2:13 AM
As a translator, sometimes I get mad at whoever wrote the game for coming up with a truly stupid amount of puns, and then I remember it was me, I wrote the game
In keeping with the theme, all buttons on Dance of Theseus' title page are symbolized by body parts.
#indiegamedev #art
#indiegamedev #art
January 5, 2026 at 6:23 AM
In keeping with the theme, all buttons on Dance of Theseus' title page are symbolized by body parts.
#indiegamedev #art
#indiegamedev #art
Whoa Tiny Chef are you sure
December 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Whoa Tiny Chef are you sure
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Guess who was getting into (read: addicted to) Divinity Original Sin 2 before Larian came out with the new announcement
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Guess who was getting into (read: addicted to) Divinity Original Sin 2 before Larian came out with the new announcement
Upcoming in Dance of Theseus, an indie monster dress-up sim I'm working on:
(I think sometimes we ask ourselves: would someone put this in the Nikki games? No? Then it's our territory lol)
#indiegamedev #art
(I think sometimes we ask ourselves: would someone put this in the Nikki games? No? Then it's our territory lol)
#indiegamedev #art
December 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Upcoming in Dance of Theseus, an indie monster dress-up sim I'm working on:
(I think sometimes we ask ourselves: would someone put this in the Nikki games? No? Then it's our territory lol)
#indiegamedev #art
(I think sometimes we ask ourselves: would someone put this in the Nikki games? No? Then it's our territory lol)
#indiegamedev #art
Slowly working my way through the new Defunctland Living Characters video and some of the challenges and solutions covered in the video are so incredibly interesting to me, because they are the exact same ones we face as video game narrative designers!
December 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Slowly working my way through the new Defunctland Living Characters video and some of the challenges and solutions covered in the video are so incredibly interesting to me, because they are the exact same ones we face as video game narrative designers!
Jenny and I visited the ACMI museum in Melbourne last year, it was incredible! We learned about phenakistoscope discs there, and it inspired this day-to-night transition in Dance of Theseus. #indiegamedev #art #animation
December 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Jenny and I visited the ACMI museum in Melbourne last year, it was incredible! We learned about phenakistoscope discs there, and it inspired this day-to-night transition in Dance of Theseus. #indiegamedev #art #animation
Ooooh I just know a 40k monster one-shot fic in AO3 is gonna hate to see me coming now
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Ooooh I just know a 40k monster one-shot fic in AO3 is gonna hate to see me coming now
Guess who I found today!!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Guess who I found today!!!!!
Digging this back up now because it's 10x funnier with the additional context of what game I'm currently making
True story I met the CEO of Infold games today at a random event, he (and his friend) was trying out our friend's game while we were chatting to that friend about our new project. Apparently they heard half of our "pitch" and chased us down at another booth to ask us about the second half lolol
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Digging this back up now because it's 10x funnier with the additional context of what game I'm currently making
Making video games has changed me, because the patience and delayed gratification required in making a video game is INSANE. Now I've written, like, 60k words of fanfic just for fun and have not posted any of it yet. High school me could never fathom.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Making video games has changed me, because the patience and delayed gratification required in making a video game is INSANE. Now I've written, like, 60k words of fanfic just for fun and have not posted any of it yet. High school me could never fathom.
A little sneak peek of my upcoming game, Dance of Theseus, a "glamorous monster dress-up life sim". Trailer and Steam store page available now :)
#indiegamedev #art
#indiegamedev #art
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A little sneak peek of my upcoming game, Dance of Theseus, a "glamorous monster dress-up life sim". Trailer and Steam store page available now :)
#indiegamedev #art
#indiegamedev #art
Announcing Dance of Theseus, a dress-up life sim with wings, tentacles, and claws. Venture into the glamorous world of monster ballrooms, craft new body parts, assemble yourself, and outshine everyone at themed events.
Singleplayer, no microtransactions :) Wishlist now on Steam: s.team/a/3581260
Singleplayer, no microtransactions :) Wishlist now on Steam: s.team/a/3581260
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Announcing Dance of Theseus, a dress-up life sim with wings, tentacles, and claws. Venture into the glamorous world of monster ballrooms, craft new body parts, assemble yourself, and outshine everyone at themed events.
Singleplayer, no microtransactions :) Wishlist now on Steam: s.team/a/3581260
Singleplayer, no microtransactions :) Wishlist now on Steam: s.team/a/3581260
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fucking uuugh the game is on fucking sale I have no energy to promote it anymore it's more than a year old it should be taken for a walk behind a shed and shot in the back of its fucking head please retweet
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
fucking uuugh the game is on fucking sale I have no energy to promote it anymore it's more than a year old it should be taken for a walk behind a shed and shot in the back of its fucking head please retweet
Happy 1 year anniversary of Zero-Sum Heart! We developed it in ~6 months, so it has officially been twice as long since. As we spent last year chipping away at a much bigger project (more on that to come!), we really began appreciating ZSH more as something small, tight, and beautiful.
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Happy 1 year anniversary of Zero-Sum Heart! We developed it in ~6 months, so it has officially been twice as long since. As we spent last year chipping away at a much bigger project (more on that to come!), we really began appreciating ZSH more as something small, tight, and beautiful.
Sometimes I love the game I'm making SO MUCH that I constantly question if I am living in delusion, and it keeps me up at night
October 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Sometimes I love the game I'm making SO MUCH that I constantly question if I am living in delusion, and it keeps me up at night
Normalize drawing your music composers a cute lil graph to illustrate what you want for the trailer
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Normalize drawing your music composers a cute lil graph to illustrate what you want for the trailer
Wow the Steam Next Fest algorithm is getting so good. I clicked on the page for the first time, and I think I wishlisted 10 games in a row from the trailer carousel.
October 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Wow the Steam Next Fest algorithm is getting so good. I clicked on the page for the first time, and I think I wishlisted 10 games in a row from the trailer carousel.
Making a game is so unbelievably hard yall, I thought we had a build that was all ready, and then we invited a couple of friends to come over and play it, and while they were in front of the computer, I'm just going like this in my head the whole time:
a man in a purple sweater is sitting in front of a window .
Alt: RDJ facepalming and rubbing his face in frustration
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October 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Making a game is so unbelievably hard yall, I thought we had a build that was all ready, and then we invited a couple of friends to come over and play it, and while they were in front of the computer, I'm just going like this in my head the whole time:
I hate it when social media apps congratulate me for log-in "streaks"... Stop it I am already ashamed
October 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I hate it when social media apps congratulate me for log-in "streaks"... Stop it I am already ashamed