Renkon
@renkotsuban.com
tally ho! 👋 nonbinary 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 日系４世 in japan 🗾 slow reader 📚 yuru camper 🏕️ 御朱印 hunter ⛩️ 日本語 self-study 💮 blogging @ https://renkotsuban.com 🖥️ the english-speaking half of @nicegear.games 🎮 runs @indietsushin.net 📰
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We have a new #blog to replace the constantly-out-of-date News and Updates section of our homepage! Now you can follow us on RSS and find all of our updates in one centralized place instead of scattered all over social media!
blog.nicegear.games
#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Blogging
blog.nicegear.games
#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Blogging
Nice Gear Games Blog
News and updates from Nice Gear Games!
blog.nicegear.games
Spent my evening making a new #blog for Nice Gear Games! Now instead of trying to wade through our social media posts, you can just add this to your RSS and get da latest hits!!
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Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/
February 16, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Let's focus on supporting each other this year. Indie authors, publishers, magazines & editors need to stay connected! Keep yourself integrated into the SFFH world by reading Locus! Support our nonprofit and help us create the network we all deserve... https://locusmag.com/
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Happy Valentine's Day, I don't have a new entry today, but the last few years I have written up video games with the day's theme in mind. Like Chulip, a game about a lot of things, but mostly about kissing everyone you meet.
Retro spotlight: Chulip
In order to kiss your love, you must first kiss everyone else.
retroxp.beehiiv.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Happy Valentine's Day, I don't have a new entry today, but the last few years I have written up video games with the day's theme in mind. Like Chulip, a game about a lot of things, but mostly about kissing everyone you meet.
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It feels like this game came out just a few years ago! But it's been nearly a decade...regardless, it's a high water mark for indie RPGs among those in the know
Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass has been available for years on RPGMaker.net, but now, in 2026, it’s getting a console release. To celebrate, @wendeego.bsky.social interviewed the creator, Kasey Ozymy, about influences and what’s next.
www.startmenu.co.uk/home/how-jim...
www.startmenu.co.uk/home/how-jim...
How Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass Came to Be — startmenu
Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass has been available for years on RPGMaker.net , but now, in 2026, it’s getting a console release. To celebrate, Adam Wescott interviewed the creator, Kasey Ozymy, about in...
www.startmenu.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
It feels like this game came out just a few years ago! But it's been nearly a decade...regardless, it's a high water mark for indie RPGs among those in the know
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This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
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February 14, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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🌼My new game is here!🥀
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
🌼My new game is here!🥀
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
#IndieGame #VideoGame #GamePoem #Game
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Happy Valentimes day! Back in 2019 I compiled a "Sylvie Collection" of all my past released games in one download. The collection is now updated to include all games up to the end of 2024, and they're packaged with a new launcher program. Enjoy your life - Sylvie
sylvie.website/SylvieCollec...
sylvie.website/SylvieCollec...
Sylvie Collection, 2004 to 2024
sylvie.website
February 14, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Happy Valentimes day! Back in 2019 I compiled a "Sylvie Collection" of all my past released games in one download. The collection is now updated to include all games up to the end of 2024, and they're packaged with a new launcher program. Enjoy your life - Sylvie
sylvie.website/SylvieCollec...
sylvie.website/SylvieCollec...
I feel like I don't log onto Bluesky enough... to make up for it, here is an exclusive Henry pic
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
February 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM
I feel like I don't log onto Bluesky enough... to make up for it, here is an exclusive Henry pic
#CatsOfBluesky
#CatsOfBluesky
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タイトル：破魔弓師 ～逆走、百鬼夜行～
怪談のシーズンに合わせて、完成予定。
横スクロール、縦スクロール（落下ベース）、スクリーン固定、ボスラッシュなど様々なスタイルのステージを準備中
動画は、提灯お化け中心のステージ。デモにも入ってます。クリアはかなり難しめです。
Steam ページからデモをどうぞ。ウィッシュリストよろしくお願いします
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #ゲーム制作 #hamayumishi #スーパーゲ制デー
怪談のシーズンに合わせて、完成予定。
横スクロール、縦スクロール（落下ベース）、スクリーン固定、ボスラッシュなど様々なスタイルのステージを準備中
動画は、提灯お化け中心のステージ。デモにも入ってます。クリアはかなり難しめです。
Steam ページからデモをどうぞ。ウィッシュリストよろしくお願いします
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #ゲーム制作 #hamayumishi #スーパーゲ制デー
February 14, 2026 at 4:23 AM
タイトル：破魔弓師 ～逆走、百鬼夜行～
怪談のシーズンに合わせて、完成予定。
横スクロール、縦スクロール（落下ベース）、スクリーン固定、ボスラッシュなど様々なスタイルのステージを準備中
動画は、提灯お化け中心のステージ。デモにも入ってます。クリアはかなり難しめです。
Steam ページからデモをどうぞ。ウィッシュリストよろしくお願いします
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #ゲーム制作 #hamayumishi #スーパーゲ制デー
怪談のシーズンに合わせて、完成予定。
横スクロール、縦スクロール（落下ベース）、スクリーン固定、ボスラッシュなど様々なスタイルのステージを準備中
動画は、提灯お化け中心のステージ。デモにも入ってます。クリアはかなり難しめです。
Steam ページからデモをどうぞ。ウィッシュリストよろしくお願いします
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev #ゲーム制作 #hamayumishi #スーパーゲ制デー
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Today's #ScreenshotSaturday! We've started a new series on our brand new #blog called #ShiritaiYokaiShokai, where we introduce different yōkai that appear in #Hamayumishi. This time is the fearful Otoroshi! Or is that Osoroshi? Whatever it is, it's terrifying!
blog.nicegear.games/posts/2026-0...
blog.nicegear.games/posts/2026-0...
👹 Shiritai Yōkai Shōkai! The Confusing Otoroshi
Introducing the Otoroshi, or is that Osoroshi? Whatever it is, it's terrifying!
blog.nicegear.games
February 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Today's #ScreenshotSaturday! We've started a new series on our brand new #blog called #ShiritaiYokaiShokai, where we introduce different yōkai that appear in #Hamayumishi. This time is the fearful Otoroshi! Or is that Osoroshi? Whatever it is, it's terrifying!
blog.nicegear.games/posts/2026-0...
blog.nicegear.games/posts/2026-0...
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Our inaugural #blog post is a quick entry about our exhibition at #TokyoGameDungeon 11 on Sunday and the new #Steam page for #Hamayumishi!
blog.nicegear.games/posts/2026-0...
#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #Blogging #IndieWeb #SmallWeb
blog.nicegear.games/posts/2026-0...
#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #Blogging #IndieWeb #SmallWeb
🎪 New Blog, and Tokyo Game Dungeon 11!
Inaugurating the new Nice Gear Games blog with a write-up about our time at Tokyo Game Dungeon 11!
blog.nicegear.games
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Our inaugural #blog post is a quick entry about our exhibition at #TokyoGameDungeon 11 on Sunday and the new #Steam page for #Hamayumishi!
blog.nicegear.games/posts/2026-0...
#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #Blogging #IndieWeb #SmallWeb
blog.nicegear.games/posts/2026-0...
#IndieGame #IndieDev #GameDev #Blogging #IndieWeb #SmallWeb
Spent my evening making a new #blog for Nice Gear Games! Now instead of trying to wade through our social media posts, you can just add this to your RSS and get da latest hits!!
We have a new #blog to replace the constantly-out-of-date News and Updates section of our homepage! Now you can follow us on RSS and find all of our updates in one centralized place instead of scattered all over social media!
blog.nicegear.games
#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Blogging
blog.nicegear.games
#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Blogging
Nice Gear Games Blog
News and updates from Nice Gear Games!
blog.nicegear.games
February 13, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Spent my evening making a new #blog for Nice Gear Games! Now instead of trying to wade through our social media posts, you can just add this to your RSS and get da latest hits!!
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Relooted is not only a neat puzzle game with grand heists and a charming cast, but also a challenge to who owns and tells African history. Plus, it's one of the few games to capture Africa's diversity well, pulling artifacts from all across the continent. My review:
www.avclub.com/relooted-gam...
www.avclub.com/relooted-gam...
Relooted challenges who gets to own and tell African history
Relooted, a game about freeing African artifacts from Western museums and collections, interrogates history through sharply designed heists. Read our review.
www.avclub.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Relooted is not only a neat puzzle game with grand heists and a charming cast, but also a challenge to who owns and tells African history. Plus, it's one of the few games to capture Africa's diversity well, pulling artifacts from all across the continent. My review:
www.avclub.com/relooted-gam...
www.avclub.com/relooted-gam...
Check out Shake Your Destiny, a roguelike murder mystery with multiple endings and a really cool game system built in Ren'py! It's free and playable in browser!
lithobreakers.itch.io/shake-your-d...
Then please VOTE for it in the IFDB Outstanding Ren'py Game of 2025! 🙏
ifdb.org/poll?id=qgva...
lithobreakers.itch.io/shake-your-d...
Then please VOTE for it in the IFDB Outstanding Ren'py Game of 2025! 🙏
ifdb.org/poll?id=qgva...
Shake Your Destiny by LITHOBREAKERS, PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé, Nice Gear Games
A Roguelike Murder Mystery
lithobreakers.itch.io
February 12, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Check out Shake Your Destiny, a roguelike murder mystery with multiple endings and a really cool game system built in Ren'py! It's free and playable in browser!
lithobreakers.itch.io/shake-your-d...
Then please VOTE for it in the IFDB Outstanding Ren'py Game of 2025! 🙏
ifdb.org/poll?id=qgva...
lithobreakers.itch.io/shake-your-d...
Then please VOTE for it in the IFDB Outstanding Ren'py Game of 2025! 🙏
ifdb.org/poll?id=qgva...
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#ゲームダンジョン11 終わりました。激寒の天気の中、激アツのゲームファンと遊べて楽しかった。
自分のゲームは、操作の都合で人を選ぶ傾向のあると思っていたのですが楽しそうにプレイしてもらえてよかった。
ありがとうございました
自分のゲームは、操作の都合で人を選ぶ傾向のあると思っていたのですが楽しそうにプレイしてもらえてよかった。
ありがとうございました
February 8, 2026 at 10:43 AM
#ゲームダンジョン11 終わりました。激寒の天気の中、激アツのゲームファンと遊べて楽しかった。
自分のゲームは、操作の都合で人を選ぶ傾向のあると思っていたのですが楽しそうにプレイしてもらえてよかった。
ありがとうございました
自分のゲームは、操作の都合で人を選ぶ傾向のあると思っていたのですが楽しそうにプレイしてもらえてよかった。
ありがとうございました
We have arrived!! Come hang out at 2D-12 to play #Hamayumishi with us at #TokyoGameDungeon 11!!
#東京ゲームダンジョン11
#東京ゲームダンジョン11
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
We have arrived!! Come hang out at 2D-12 to play #Hamayumishi with us at #TokyoGameDungeon 11!!
#東京ゲームダンジョン11
#東京ゲームダンジョン11
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Great new piece from @highimpactsex.bsky.social on IFComp’s rule change banning AI works:
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
Mimidoshima
LLM Slop Will Make Us Antisocial - Ruminations on IFComp 2025
mimidoshima.neocities.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Great new piece from @highimpactsex.bsky.social on IFComp’s rule change banning AI works:
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
mimidoshima.neocities.org/main/posts/2...
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明後日2月８日 #東京ゲームダンジョン11 に #hamayumishi を出店します。ぜひ遊びに来てください。デモをご用意してお待ちしています
tokyogamedungeon.com
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#indiegame #gamedev #ゲーム制作
tokyogamedungeon.com
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#indiegame #gamedev #ゲーム制作
ゲームダンジョン ► 2026年2月8日(日)、東京・浜松町でインディゲーム展示会を開催！
「東京ゲームダンジョン」・「大阪ゲームダンジョン」は個人や小規模チームが制作するデジタル・ゲーム（インディゲーム）の展示会です。手頃な出展料と充実した設備で、気軽に作品を出展・試遊できるイベントを目指しています。主催者も個人でゲームを作っているインディ開発者です。みんなで国内のインディゲームを盛り上げましょう！
tokyogamedungeon.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:41 AM
明後日2月８日 #東京ゲームダンジョン11 に #hamayumishi を出店します。ぜひ遊びに来てください。デモをご用意してお待ちしています
tokyogamedungeon.com
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#indiegame #gamedev #ゲーム制作
tokyogamedungeon.com
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#indiegame #gamedev #ゲーム制作
If you are in/around Tokyo this Sunday, come hang out with us in Hamamatsucho and play lots of Japanese #IndieGames!!
🎪 We will be at #TokyoGameDungeon 11 this Sunday, February 8! Be sure to drop by our booth at 2D-12 (second floor) and play the new #Hamayumishi demo made special for this event! 👺🏹
tokyogamedungeon.com
nicegeargames.itch.io/hamayumiship...
#IndieGames #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #GameShow
tokyogamedungeon.com
nicegeargames.itch.io/hamayumiship...
#IndieGames #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #GameShow
ゲームダンジョン ► 2026年2月8日(日)、東京・浜松町でインディゲーム展示会を開催！
「東京ゲームダンジョン」・「大阪ゲームダンジョン」は個人や小規模チームが制作するデジタル・ゲーム（インディゲーム）の展示会です。手頃な出展料と充実した設備で、気軽に作品を出展・試遊できるイベントを目指しています。主催者も個人でゲームを作っているインディ開発者です。みんなで国内のインディゲームを盛り上げましょう！
tokyogamedungeon.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:28 AM
If you are in/around Tokyo this Sunday, come hang out with us in Hamamatsucho and play lots of Japanese #IndieGames!!
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I published my first Solo TTRPG! 🥳
Monster Camper is a solo journaling game.
You used to be human but now you're a little bit monstrous. It's becoming a bit of a problem. So, to tame it or become one with it you're going solo camping!
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5560... (affiliate link)
Monster Camper is a solo journaling game.
You used to be human but now you're a little bit monstrous. It's becoming a bit of a problem. So, to tame it or become one with it you're going solo camping!
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5560... (affiliate link)
Monster Camper - A solo journaling game - seroRPG | DriveThruRPG.com
You step back and survey the campsite you've set up in the middle of nowhere. It's perfect! Just you, nature and your mo
legacy.drivethrurpg.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I published my first Solo TTRPG! 🥳
Monster Camper is a solo journaling game.
You used to be human but now you're a little bit monstrous. It's becoming a bit of a problem. So, to tame it or become one with it you're going solo camping!
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5560... (affiliate link)
Monster Camper is a solo journaling game.
You used to be human but now you're a little bit monstrous. It's becoming a bit of a problem. So, to tame it or become one with it you're going solo camping!
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5560... (affiliate link)
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破魔弓師でSteamページ作ったついでにDemoも公開。
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #ゲーム制作 #hamayumishi
youtu.be/rJ4MMW8X2-I
デモとウィッシュリストはこちらから
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #ゲーム制作 #hamayumishi
youtu.be/rJ4MMW8X2-I
デモとウィッシュリストはこちらから
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
Hamayumishi ～Night Parade of a Hundred Yokai～ on Steam
The Hamayumishi uses their intense powers of concentration and skills with the bow to protect the villages from the gamboling yokai! This is a side-scrolling twin-stick shooting game. While aiming, th...
store.steampowered.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 AM
破魔弓師でSteamページ作ったついでにDemoも公開。
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #ゲーム制作 #hamayumishi
youtu.be/rJ4MMW8X2-I
デモとウィッシュリストはこちらから
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #ゲーム制作 #hamayumishi
youtu.be/rJ4MMW8X2-I
デモとウィッシュリストはこちらから
store.steampowered.com/app/4296200/_/
HI HELLO, I have started work on my fan site for one of my favorite manga series, #Hirayasumi!! It is still VERY much a work-in-progress but I would be quite chuffed if you checked it out (and also check out Hirayasumi!!)
maestoso.org/hirayasumi/
#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Fansite #Manga
maestoso.org/hirayasumi/
#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Fansite #Manga
Everday Dream
A Hirayasumi fan site
maestoso.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
HI HELLO, I have started work on my fan site for one of my favorite manga series, #Hirayasumi!! It is still VERY much a work-in-progress but I would be quite chuffed if you checked it out (and also check out Hirayasumi!!)
maestoso.org/hirayasumi/
#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Fansite #Manga
maestoso.org/hirayasumi/
#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Fansite #Manga