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S. A. Welland (Sun Labyrinth)
@sunlabyrinth.itch.io
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Artist, writer who makes interactive fiction games.
https://sunlabyrinth.com
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S. A. Welland (Sun Labyrinth) @sunlabyrinth.itch.io · Aug 25
Hi! I've released Drown the Bride, a short #adventuregame with #visualnovel branching that I developed solo.

It's about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.

STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/3894260/...

#pixelart #indiegame #pointandclick
Save 20% on Drown the Bride on Steam
A short interactive adventure about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.
store.steampowered.com
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My interactive tween guide for Godot is out !

If you have trouble using tweens, adding "Juice" or picking the right transition, it should hopefully help!

The guide is free and will always be 🩵

qaqelol.itch.io/tweens

#Godot #GameDev #Animation #Tutorial #Guide #Tweens
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
sunlabyrinth.itch.io
Working on Tetrine's sprite art for my dark fantasy noir #visualnovel Empress of Aeser.
#indiegame #otome
Learn more about Tetrine here: www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...
Text: The Empress of Aeser. Dialogue Text: You had the gall to make all these promises, to make me believe them, then you disappeared. When I shot the dying animal that was our relationship, only then were you shaken. And yet, you still won't face me. Are you the man you think you are, or have you given up entirely? Image of a character sprite of a young woman in vintage clothing on the left, text on the right
January 26, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Big website update~~ getting back into the swing of things after a long (unplanned) break. I make narrative games & visual novels. 👍
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#gamedev #indiedev
January 24, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't. By magicmosshka, yesterday's
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
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Demo release! sunlabyrinth.itch.io/this-dream-o...

This Dream of Hours is a cozy mystery #otome #visualnovel set in a magical small town. Stop the witch society from ruining Winter Apple Fair, find romance AND the missing Cinderella all before it's too late. #gamedev #indiedev #WinterVNJam
December 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Some sprites for a new #visualnovel I'm working on which doesn't have a title yet~
Six done, four more to go. 🙃

#indiedev #vndev #gamedev #renpy
An array of 2D characters in a visual novel game screenshot that appear to be dressed up for a masquerade ball: a 1920s ghost, three women dressed in Victorian costume, a woman in Rococo clothing, and a man with a skeleton face. The game UI is winter themed with three large snowflakes framing the dialogue.
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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The next part of the Wizard and the Potter's Daughter is out, and you can vote for the next twenty-four hours on what happens next 🙂 (because it's not the end yet, even though I thought it would be).
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#interactivefiction #fairytale #amwriting
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November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Almost at the end of this fairy tale. Voting is available for the next twenty-four hours 🙂
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#interactivefiction #fairytale #amwriting
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November 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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A few hours left to vote on what happens next in this fairy tale~
www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...
#interactivefiction #amwriting #shortstory
Post by @sunlabyrinth · 1 poll
💬 0  🔁 1  ❤️ 5 · The Wizard and the Potter's Daughter, Part II · See part I here. Read to the end to vote on the next part of the story. :-) --- The potter's daughter, you might imagine, was ver…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The next part of this fairy tale is out, and you can vote for the next twenty-four hours on what happens next 🙂
www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...
#interactivefiction #fairytale #amwriting
Post by @sunlabyrinth · 1 poll
💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · The Wizard and the Potter's Daughter, Part II · See part I here. Read to the end to vote on the next part of the story. :-) --- The potter's daughter, you might imagine, was ver…
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November 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Last day to vote on what happens next in this fairy tale~
www.tumblr.com/sunlabyrinth...
#interactivefiction #fairytale #amwriting
Post by @sunlabyrinth · 1 poll
💬 0  🔁 1  ❤️ 6 · The Wizard and the Potter's Daughter, a Fairy Tale ·  A little experiment here. There's a poll at the end to help choose the next part of the story. --- There was once a wizard…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Casting a sculpture of a cat I originally made in monster clay. Going to clean it up and paint next
#caturday #handmade #art
Sculptures of a cat, sculls and planar heads made of a light material.
November 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Learning how to make copies of my skull sculpture continues~
Happy Halloween! 💀💀💀
#sculpture #art #paperclay
Four casts of miniature skulls, one held up by a hand
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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My interactive narrative games are on sale for Halloween 🎃
Outsmart a demon or save your best friend from a bad beau -- and choices matter. #pointnclick #visualnovel #gamedev
itch.io/s/163820/hal...
Halloween Sale 2025 by Sun Labyrinth
A bundle by Sun Labyrinth, $4.99 for Tell a Demon, Winter's Trumpet, Drown the Bride
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October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Learning to make molds of my sculptures. This is the first attempt casting with paper clay 💀💀🎃
#sculpture #halloween #art
Image of a skull sculpture on a paper mache surface
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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'Tis the season for skull studies~ 💀🎃
#monsterclay #sculpt #claysculpture
September 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Drown the Bride is on sale for one more day on Itch!
itch.io/s/159384/dro...

A short interactive adventure about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered...
#indiedev #gamedev #pointandclick #visualnovel
September 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Yay~ it's always nice when someone notices. I wanted to make a point and click with more visual novel features, because I like how adventure games feel like an interactive storybook and thought it paired well.
From my game, Drown the Bride
sunlabyrinth.itch.io/drown-the-br...
#indiegame
This was innovative! What I like about VNs and P&C adventure games in one title?! Mad sorcery, says I!
August 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Please check out this lovely point-and-click VN from @sunlabyrinth.itch.io--out today on Steam!
sunlabyrinth.itch.io S. A. Welland (Sun Labyrinth) @sunlabyrinth.itch.io · Aug 25
Drown the Bride comes out today~

It is a short #pointandclick with #visualnovel style branching about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.

#indiedev
A scene on a beach with pixel art graphics. It depicts two characters speaking on the right hand side of the screen in front of a cabin. On the left hand side of the screen are two portraits: both young women, one with light brown hair and a sad expression, the other blond and with a confident poise.
August 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
sunlabyrinth.itch.io
Hi! I've released Drown the Bride, a short #adventuregame with #visualnovel branching that I developed solo.

It's about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.

STEAM: store.steampowered.com/app/3894260/...

#pixelart #indiegame #pointandclick
Save 20% on Drown the Bride on Steam
A short interactive adventure about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.
store.steampowered.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
sunlabyrinth.itch.io
Drown the Bride comes out today~

It is a short #pointandclick with #visualnovel style branching about a young actress who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered.

#indiedev
A scene on a beach with pixel art graphics. It depicts two characters speaking on the right hand side of the screen in front of a cabin. On the left hand side of the screen are two portraits: both young women, one with light brown hair and a sad expression, the other blond and with a confident poise.
August 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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greyalien.bsky.social
I want to make games faster but not with AI. I enjoy optimising my processes, and learning to make better decisions. So that I improve as a game dev.
August 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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There's a theme to some of my Steam reviews and that theme is that I am bad at marketing 🤣 #gamedev
List of parts of steam reviews: Very good, the other reviews do a better job at explaining it all. And why it is so good. I just wanted to post a review so the game can get a higher score, and hopefully attract a bigger audience. Buy it! This visual novel is a very fine work of fiction and deserve more attention. The art is (sic) shing and characters are very well written. Also I keep thinking from time to time about... Going to the game itself, it's criminally overlooked and underrated. It uses 20s-like stylistics couple with a supernatural story about demons, lurking in the margins of the world that stopped believing in their existence (you can think of them as vampires, as they have similar....) I am honestly surprised not many people seem to have played Tell a Demon. How in depth the story seems to go. coupled with the deeply established universe, intriguing story, and multiple routes that change how the character acts and their motivations is something that...
August 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Drown the Bride comes out in a couple days (Aug 25th) 😉
#pointandclick #visualnovel #interactivestory #gamedev
sunlabyrinth.itch.io S. A. Welland (Sun Labyrinth) @sunlabyrinth.itch.io · Aug 23
Drown the Bride is a short #pointandclick adventure with #visualnovel style branching about a young actress named Rosemary who must use her wits to prevent her best friend from being murdered. 5/5

Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3894260/...
August 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Previous tweet - the ephemera is all stuff I've made over the years for this story world - originally Patreon-only, like the hand-made enamel pendants my mother and I collaborated on, some vintage-style embroidery, clips from a fictional newspaper and so on.
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sunlabyrinth.itch.io S. A. Welland (Sun Labyrinth) @sunlabyrinth.itch.io · Aug 23
Rosie: Why are you so worried?
Trina: I'm so late sending out that letter. He said I could bring a friend... 1/5
#amwriting #story
image of a still life with enamel pendants, three circular, with words/an alphabet from a fictional fantasy language, two enamel butterfly pendants, two scraps of newspaper that, a blue envelope of a thick paper, a scrap of silk with some embroidery, and a hat with a small rectangular chunk of glass art
August 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM