Melanie Bell 🏳️⚧️🛰️🔭 Indie VTuber
@melanie.melbell.uk
She/Her - Esoteric scientist enthusiast
Variety streamer - RPGs, strategy, pixel art, and programming
https://www.twitch.tv/melaniebellch
Variety streamer - RPGs, strategy, pixel art, and programming
https://www.twitch.tv/melaniebellch
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I am Melanie!
I do science, I am eccentric, these things occasionally overlap!
As is customary I mostly work on programming and computer science stuff, but also queer fiction, pixel art, and game design.
I stream creative stuff, strategy games, roguelikes, and rpgs at twitch.tv/melaniebellch
I do science, I am eccentric, these things occasionally overlap!
As is customary I mostly work on programming and computer science stuff, but also queer fiction, pixel art, and game design.
I stream creative stuff, strategy games, roguelikes, and rpgs at twitch.tv/melaniebellch
Turns out playtesting is important or something *grumbles*.
Version 1.1 is up now!
Version 1.1 is up now!
I have never felt this kind of satisfaction.
Two weeks of daily effort resulted in this.
Footbox is now LIVE!!
melaniebell.itch.io/footbox-used...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #visualnovel
Two weeks of daily effort resulted in this.
Footbox is now LIVE!!
melaniebell.itch.io/footbox-used...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #visualnovel
Footbox: Used Shoes Simulator by MelanieBell
Steal shoes, sell them online, don't be weird about it!
melaniebell.itch.io
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Turns out playtesting is important or something *grumbles*.
Version 1.1 is up now!
Version 1.1 is up now!
I have never felt this kind of satisfaction.
Two weeks of daily effort resulted in this.
Footbox is now LIVE!!
melaniebell.itch.io/footbox-used...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #visualnovel
Two weeks of daily effort resulted in this.
Footbox is now LIVE!!
melaniebell.itch.io/footbox-used...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #visualnovel
Footbox: Used Shoes Simulator by MelanieBell
Steal shoes, sell them online, don't be weird about it!
melaniebell.itch.io
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I have never felt this kind of satisfaction.
Two weeks of daily effort resulted in this.
Footbox is now LIVE!!
melaniebell.itch.io/footbox-used...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #visualnovel
Two weeks of daily effort resulted in this.
Footbox is now LIVE!!
melaniebell.itch.io/footbox-used...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamejam #visualnovel
I sprained my ankle.
I caught a cold.
I still streamed every day.
My body will never be the same.
Original art.
6.5k word script.
Unbalanced minigame.
Licenced music.
No AI.
FREE.
Come watch the final 10 HOUR sprint where it all comes together!
Starting 1200 UTC on Saturday!!
#gamejam #indiedev
I caught a cold.
I still streamed every day.
My body will never be the same.
Original art.
6.5k word script.
Unbalanced minigame.
Licenced music.
No AI.
FREE.
Come watch the final 10 HOUR sprint where it all comes together!
Starting 1200 UTC on Saturday!!
#gamejam #indiedev
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Now live for day 5!!
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Now live for day 5!!
Reposted by Melanie Bell 🏳️⚧️🛰️🔭 Indie VTuber
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
You might think a sprained ankle and the onset of a full body cold would be enough to put a pause on this project.
But I can still move my fingers, and problem solving is relaxation for me!
Now live!!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
www.youtube.com/@melaniebellch
But I can still move my fingers, and problem solving is relaxation for me!
Now live!!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
www.youtube.com/@melaniebellch
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You might think a sprained ankle and the onset of a full body cold would be enough to put a pause on this project.
But I can still move my fingers, and problem solving is relaxation for me!
Now live!!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
www.youtube.com/@melaniebellch
But I can still move my fingers, and problem solving is relaxation for me!
Now live!!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
www.youtube.com/@melaniebellch
SHOES STOLEN
ANKLE SWOLLEN
I DON'T WANT SYMPATHY
I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU A FREE GAME
NOW LIVE!!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
youtube.com/@melaniebellch
#indiegame #indiedev #gamejam #solojam
ANKLE SWOLLEN
I DON'T WANT SYMPATHY
I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU A FREE GAME
NOW LIVE!!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
youtube.com/@melaniebellch
#indiegame #indiedev #gamejam #solojam
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
SHOES STOLEN
ANKLE SWOLLEN
I DON'T WANT SYMPATHY
I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU A FREE GAME
NOW LIVE!!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
youtube.com/@melaniebellch
#indiegame #indiedev #gamejam #solojam
ANKLE SWOLLEN
I DON'T WANT SYMPATHY
I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU A FREE GAME
NOW LIVE!!
twitch.tv/melaniebellch
youtube.com/@melaniebellch
#indiegame #indiedev #gamejam #solojam
Just horribly sprained my ankle but that isn't stopping me!!
More time to rest means more time for GAME JAM!!
Streaming at 1900 UTC tonight, and every night this week!
(In all seriousness though, I'm resting as much as I can. This is an owie.)
#gamejam #solojam #indiegame
More time to rest means more time for GAME JAM!!
Streaming at 1900 UTC tonight, and every night this week!
(In all seriousness though, I'm resting as much as I can. This is an owie.)
#gamejam #solojam #indiegame
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Just horribly sprained my ankle but that isn't stopping me!!
More time to rest means more time for GAME JAM!!
Streaming at 1900 UTC tonight, and every night this week!
(In all seriousness though, I'm resting as much as I can. This is an owie.)
#gamejam #solojam #indiegame
More time to rest means more time for GAME JAM!!
Streaming at 1900 UTC tonight, and every night this week!
(In all seriousness though, I'm resting as much as I can. This is an owie.)
#gamejam #solojam #indiegame
After distracting myself with friends (and tummy ache) and a weekend of fantastic movies, I feel totally inspired to start hitting out this insane project of mine!
Looking forward to seeing you all for the inaugural stream tomorrow at 1700 UTC!!
#indiedev #gamejam #indiegame #solojam
Looking forward to seeing you all for the inaugural stream tomorrow at 1700 UTC!!
#indiedev #gamejam #indiegame #solojam
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
After distracting myself with friends (and tummy ache) and a weekend of fantastic movies, I feel totally inspired to start hitting out this insane project of mine!
Looking forward to seeing you all for the inaugural stream tomorrow at 1700 UTC!!
#indiedev #gamejam #indiegame #solojam
Looking forward to seeing you all for the inaugural stream tomorrow at 1700 UTC!!
#indiedev #gamejam #indiegame #solojam
I just had the honour of watching the UK premiere of Shiori's Labyrinth #迷宮のしおり at Scotland Loves Anime @lovesanimation.bsky.social.
Hands down the most fun movie of the weekend. Multiple rounds of applause from the audience throughout.
When it's available in your area, you MUST go see it!!
Hands down the most fun movie of the weekend. Multiple rounds of applause from the audience throughout.
When it's available in your area, you MUST go see it!!
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I just had the honour of watching the UK premiere of Shiori's Labyrinth #迷宮のしおり at Scotland Loves Anime @lovesanimation.bsky.social.
Hands down the most fun movie of the weekend. Multiple rounds of applause from the audience throughout.
When it's available in your area, you MUST go see it!!
Hands down the most fun movie of the weekend. Multiple rounds of applause from the audience throughout.
When it's available in your area, you MUST go see it!!
Doing my best not to do too much prep work beforehand, to avoid burning out too early...
Buuut I am cooking a truly cursed elevator pitch that I'll be unveiling on Monday's inaugural development stream! 😈
#gamejam #gamedev #indiegame
Buuut I am cooking a truly cursed elevator pitch that I'll be unveiling on Monday's inaugural development stream! 😈
#gamejam #gamedev #indiegame
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
October 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Doing my best not to do too much prep work beforehand, to avoid burning out too early...
Buuut I am cooking a truly cursed elevator pitch that I'll be unveiling on Monday's inaugural development stream! 😈
#gamejam #gamedev #indiegame
Buuut I am cooking a truly cursed elevator pitch that I'll be unveiling on Monday's inaugural development stream! 😈
#gamejam #gamedev #indiegame
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'm doing a two-week solo Game Jam starting Monday the 3rd of November!
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
I'll be streaming my progress every day on my Twitch and new YouTube channel, links below!
Also, the completed(?) game will be listed free on itch.io on the 16th of November!!
Come watch me slowly descend further into madness! 🤣
Reposted by Melanie Bell 🏳️⚧️🛰️🔭 Indie VTuber
"If you’re amused by the concept of several hapless doofuses from 21st century Earth bumbling around in a medieval fantasy world with cheat powers, this might be the diversion you didn’t know you were looking for."
Thanks to Chris Casey for the review!
ccxp.info/game-review-...
Thanks to Chris Casey for the review!
ccxp.info/game-review-...
RPG Review: This World Summons Too Many Heroes!!: Definitive Edition | This World Summons Too Many Heroes!!
This World Summons Too Many Heroes!!: Definitive Edition (TWSTMH from now on, because I value my fingers) is a 2025 Kickstarter-funded compendium of the 2023 second edition of a 2021 RPG by Nick “Duff...
boardgamegeek.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:18 AM
"If you’re amused by the concept of several hapless doofuses from 21st century Earth bumbling around in a medieval fantasy world with cheat powers, this might be the diversion you didn’t know you were looking for."
Thanks to Chris Casey for the review!
ccxp.info/game-review-...
Thanks to Chris Casey for the review!
ccxp.info/game-review-...
Reposted by Melanie Bell 🏳️⚧️🛰️🔭 Indie VTuber
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Reposted by Melanie Bell 🏳️⚧️🛰️🔭 Indie VTuber
August 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reposted by Melanie Bell 🏳️⚧️🛰️🔭 Indie VTuber
My fortune cookie was scarily accurate last night! 👻 Fortune cookie technology has become SCARILY powerful; we may even be approaching General Cookie Intelligence! We should add fortune cookies to every industry and government service to improve efficiency
August 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
My fortune cookie was scarily accurate last night! 👻 Fortune cookie technology has become SCARILY powerful; we may even be approaching General Cookie Intelligence! We should add fortune cookies to every industry and government service to improve efficiency
I READ THE QUEER UTOPIAN ISEKAI STORY FROM 1909.
Ten out of ten, no notes.
Recommended reading for everyone with a love for yuri and adventure.
Also it's public domain and recently back in print, so go get it!!
Ten out of ten, no notes.
Recommended reading for everyone with a love for yuri and adventure.
Also it's public domain and recently back in print, so go get it!!
July 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I READ THE QUEER UTOPIAN ISEKAI STORY FROM 1909.
Ten out of ten, no notes.
Recommended reading for everyone with a love for yuri and adventure.
Also it's public domain and recently back in print, so go get it!!
Ten out of ten, no notes.
Recommended reading for everyone with a love for yuri and adventure.
Also it's public domain and recently back in print, so go get it!!
I'd rather have it than not, but for goodness' sake the NHR is an archaic system not fit for purpose.
So it out it's completely impossible for me to receive the blood tests I've requested until some reference number gets updated, and I've been waiting a week to even begin the process.
So it out it's completely impossible for me to receive the blood tests I've requested until some reference number gets updated, and I've been waiting a week to even begin the process.
July 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I'd rather have it than not, but for goodness' sake the NHR is an archaic system not fit for purpose.
So it out it's completely impossible for me to receive the blood tests I've requested until some reference number gets updated, and I've been waiting a week to even begin the process.
So it out it's completely impossible for me to receive the blood tests I've requested until some reference number gets updated, and I've been waiting a week to even begin the process.
Reposted by Melanie Bell 🏳️⚧️🛰️🔭 Indie VTuber
July 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In a twist that should surprise literally no-one, it turns out the way to make me hyperfixate for twelve hours more or less nonstop is to give me an interesting maths problem and watch me go.
a diagram of a unit circle with the words " can 't stop thinking about the unit circle butterfly " on the bottom
ALT: a diagram of a unit circle with the words " can 't stop thinking about the unit circle butterfly " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
In a twist that should surprise literally no-one, it turns out the way to make me hyperfixate for twelve hours more or less nonstop is to give me an interesting maths problem and watch me go.
Lesbians can't just say "I love you", they have to recreate the cycle of Samsara so they can reincarnate together forever.
July 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Lesbians can't just say "I love you", they have to recreate the cycle of Samsara so they can reincarnate together forever.
I am under personal attack.
early transition transfem communities are full of girls coming to terms with having lived their entire lives up to transition as The Weird One and suddenly being like. Slightly below average weird for their demographic
June 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I am under personal attack.
Brainworms being pretty voracious today.
a cartoon drawing of a person laying on a bed with a purple background
Alt: a cartoon drawing of a brainworm flailing around on, presumably, Mel's brain
media.tenor.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Brainworms being pretty voracious today.
"...we almost invariably didn't have gender affirming care before puberty and we are loved and beautiful and happy."
June 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"...we almost invariably didn't have gender affirming care before puberty and we are loved and beautiful and happy."