Terminal Status
@terminalstatus.bsky.social
Dev account for Terminal Status, the future queer sci-fi menhera visual novel, and associated side projects.
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Thank you for your interest in Terminal Status!
Terminal Status is a future #VisualNovel about #queer 20-somethings in space. It's a #scifi #pastel #menhera romance, and my passion project.
Itch: pride-col.itch.io
Website: terminalstatus.neocities.org
Mastodon: gamedev.lgbt/@TerminalSta...
Terminal Status is a future #VisualNovel about #queer 20-somethings in space. It's a #scifi #pastel #menhera romance, and my passion project.
Itch: pride-col.itch.io
Website: terminalstatus.neocities.org
Mastodon: gamedev.lgbt/@TerminalSta...
Concuss, Viscera, Lacerae, and Intravenous have all had their references updated to reflect the newer piloting suit design.
These images have also been uploaded to the website.
These images have also been uploaded to the website.
February 8, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Concuss, Viscera, Lacerae, and Intravenous have all had their references updated to reflect the newer piloting suit design.
These images have also been uploaded to the website.
These images have also been uploaded to the website.
Website update: the Art Direction page now has a neat gallery section, complete with filters for references, concept art, and illustrations ✨
February 3, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Website update: the Art Direction page now has a neat gallery section, complete with filters for references, concept art, and illustrations ✨
Crescendo is kind and good and probably a secret angel, and everyone should throw love and attention at her. By the way.
A couple of months back I pestered @cyberpunkboytoy.bsky.social to let me make a track for his game (pride-col.itch.io/nothing-like...) and now it's finally been updated with music! Yay. Play it it's good
☕ ko-fi.com/post/Nothing...
#gamedev #indiedev #dtm #gameaudio #vgm
☕ ko-fi.com/post/Nothing...
#gamedev #indiedev #dtm #gameaudio #vgm
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Crescendo is kind and good and probably a secret angel, and everyone should throw love and attention at her. By the way.
I have learned the supreme joy of making games with music. Because I can stop the song with a sudden halt when my protagonist has screwed something up, to intensify the comedic beats. And it's really funny no matter how many times I do it.
Once I have an entire soundtrack I will be unstoppable.
Once I have an entire soundtrack I will be unstoppable.
January 19, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I have learned the supreme joy of making games with music. Because I can stop the song with a sudden halt when my protagonist has screwed something up, to intensify the comedic beats. And it's really funny no matter how many times I do it.
Once I have an entire soundtrack I will be unstoppable.
Once I have an entire soundtrack I will be unstoppable.
What if I just... quietly put up an update to Nothing Like You with music and minor writing changes... without having figured out the complicated menu stuff that's kicking my ass?
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 AM
What if I just... quietly put up an update to Nothing Like You with music and minor writing changes... without having figured out the complicated menu stuff that's kicking my ass?
Goals for 2026:
- update "Nothing Like You" (soon!)
- make at least 1 new sidegame
- finalize all designs
- draw sprites for at least 2 (if not more) characters
- finish current draft of Terminal Status script
- jump into new (hopefully the final) script revision
- update "Nothing Like You" (soon!)
- make at least 1 new sidegame
- finalize all designs
- draw sprites for at least 2 (if not more) characters
- finish current draft of Terminal Status script
- jump into new (hopefully the final) script revision
January 1, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Goals for 2026:
- update "Nothing Like You" (soon!)
- make at least 1 new sidegame
- finalize all designs
- draw sprites for at least 2 (if not more) characters
- finish current draft of Terminal Status script
- jump into new (hopefully the final) script revision
- update "Nothing Like You" (soon!)
- make at least 1 new sidegame
- finalize all designs
- draw sprites for at least 2 (if not more) characters
- finish current draft of Terminal Status script
- jump into new (hopefully the final) script revision
Work on the update for "Nothing Like You" has been slow going due to difficulties understanding screens (along with stumbling into several new gamedev projects along the way), but studying has been happening and hopefully results will come soon 💪
December 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Work on the update for "Nothing Like You" has been slow going due to difficulties understanding screens (along with stumbling into several new gamedev projects along the way), but studying has been happening and hopefully results will come soon 💪
The good news: I'm working on coding!
The bad news: my studying of styles and screens is Not going well. My brain explodes.
The bad news: my studying of styles and screens is Not going well. My brain explodes.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The good news: I'm working on coding!
The bad news: my studying of styles and screens is Not going well. My brain explodes.
The bad news: my studying of styles and screens is Not going well. My brain explodes.
A little world building:
Terminal Status's equivalent of a phone is simply a "tube," which is an electronic communication device with a tactile, holographic basis (AKA: motion activated commands, and uses holograms).
Like most tech, tubes have specific phrases and slang attached to them.
Terminal Status's equivalent of a phone is simply a "tube," which is an electronic communication device with a tactile, holographic basis (AKA: motion activated commands, and uses holograms).
Like most tech, tubes have specific phrases and slang attached to them.
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A little world building:
Terminal Status's equivalent of a phone is simply a "tube," which is an electronic communication device with a tactile, holographic basis (AKA: motion activated commands, and uses holograms).
Like most tech, tubes have specific phrases and slang attached to them.
Terminal Status's equivalent of a phone is simply a "tube," which is an electronic communication device with a tactile, holographic basis (AKA: motion activated commands, and uses holograms).
Like most tech, tubes have specific phrases and slang attached to them.
I accidentally wrote Post-Op another character song, but thought I might have lucked out with it. Her initial one was partially rap, which quite doesn't suit her character well
(it probably happened because she's the one I relate to most, so my own genre preferences shone through).
(it probably happened because she's the one I relate to most, so my own genre preferences shone through).
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I accidentally wrote Post-Op another character song, but thought I might have lucked out with it. Her initial one was partially rap, which quite doesn't suit her character well
(it probably happened because she's the one I relate to most, so my own genre preferences shone through).
(it probably happened because she's the one I relate to most, so my own genre preferences shone through).
I keep worrying about how the Gnosia AU sidegame is going to end up more interesting than Terminal Status itself, but I think that's just something I need to accept.
I'm putting a supernatural death game up against a romantic drama, gaps in intrigue comes with the territory.
I'm putting a supernatural death game up against a romantic drama, gaps in intrigue comes with the territory.
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I keep worrying about how the Gnosia AU sidegame is going to end up more interesting than Terminal Status itself, but I think that's just something I need to accept.
I'm putting a supernatural death game up against a romantic drama, gaps in intrigue comes with the territory.
I'm putting a supernatural death game up against a romantic drama, gaps in intrigue comes with the territory.
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good creative ideas are always infuriating because they inevitably mean more work
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
good creative ideas are always infuriating because they inevitably mean more work
The good news is I've started scripting out the Gnosia AU game, and found ways to make the tutorial a thousand times more entertaining and effective.
The bad news is it's going to require me to draw SO many CGs.
The bad news is it's going to require me to draw SO many CGs.
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The good news is I've started scripting out the Gnosia AU game, and found ways to make the tutorial a thousand times more entertaining and effective.
The bad news is it's going to require me to draw SO many CGs.
The bad news is it's going to require me to draw SO many CGs.
As Terminal Status takes place on a space academy, designing the ship has always been on the to-do list. Doing so does not come easy to me.
Ailantd has been a huge inspiration to me, and I've long wished to try applying the skills I see her using. Now, I've finally found the necessary vision.
Ailantd has been a huge inspiration to me, and I've long wished to try applying the skills I see her using. Now, I've finally found the necessary vision.
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
As Terminal Status takes place on a space academy, designing the ship has always been on the to-do list. Doing so does not come easy to me.
Ailantd has been a huge inspiration to me, and I've long wished to try applying the skills I see her using. Now, I've finally found the necessary vision.
Ailantd has been a huge inspiration to me, and I've long wished to try applying the skills I see her using. Now, I've finally found the necessary vision.
I've been thinking so long about how to insert an oximeter into my world design, and I just realized... maybe that's what the space academy can be designed after. Maybe the H1PP0-CRAFT is a giant oximeter-shaped ship.
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I've been thinking so long about how to insert an oximeter into my world design, and I just realized... maybe that's what the space academy can be designed after. Maybe the H1PP0-CRAFT is a giant oximeter-shaped ship.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I have come up with maybe the funniest way to start an RPGMaker game
![[Interact with room exit]
you "I should go bother—I mean, talk to Aide first."
Aide "I can hear you, you know! I can hear you narrating to yourself!"
[Talk to Aide. Only the first set of dialogue is necessary to leave the room.]
you "Aide... I can't remember anything. Who am I?"
aide "For the love of—you know your name! You're:"
[ENTER NAME HERE]
you "Right... [Name]. I remember now."
aide "I'm going to kill you."
you "I can interact with people and objects using the SPACEBAR or the ENTER key."
aide "You'll be pressing SHIFT to run if you say another one of those stupid lines in front of me!"
you "(hee hee)"
you "The best thing about Aide is how they fully understand the game but play anyway."
aide "You literally refuse to do anything until I say the thing. I hate it. I'm never waking you up again."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kyrreka3oardteobvhx5ufw4/bafkreiait7yecvbqsdqyp2fwaaf7wf6i7p7pwx3qrkefwxxmm2xr3pgh24@jpeg)
![[Interact with mirror]
[CG of protagonist reflected back in a mirror]
you "This extremely attractive person... is that me?"
aide "Shut upppppp!"
[Same CG second time, maybe looking less wide-eyed]
you "This beautiful stranger looking back at me... I bet she's really funny."
aide "More like really annoying."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kyrreka3oardteobvhx5ufw4/bafkreiepfvl3v5dwudtswtkhvko7seokhrfgztxayu3jfwu5csqskv5e2e@jpeg)
October 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have come up with maybe the funniest way to start an RPGMaker game
Today I worked so long on music that my fret-holding hand hurts 🙋
September 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Today I worked so long on music that my fret-holding hand hurts 🙋
It shouldn't be a priority, but I really want to go back and remake Towers are Hospitals at some point. I revisited it recently, and disagree with a lot of the editing decisions I made (specifically how I shied away from being explicit with the content matter).
September 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
It shouldn't be a priority, but I really want to go back and remake Towers are Hospitals at some point. I revisited it recently, and disagree with a lot of the editing decisions I made (specifically how I shied away from being explicit with the content matter).
decided to do #the_color_wheel with Terminal Status's limited palette!
get pastel'd 😎
get pastel'd 😎
September 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
decided to do #the_color_wheel with Terminal Status's limited palette!
get pastel'd 😎
get pastel'd 😎
I've been a songwriter longer than I've been a gamedev, & I've been a weeb even longer than that. So I've always been bewitched by the idea of the ever-elusive Character Song, á la old anime and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.
As such, I decided character songs would be a part of Terminal Status.
As such, I decided character songs would be a part of Terminal Status.
September 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I've been a songwriter longer than I've been a gamedev, & I've been a weeb even longer than that. So I've always been bewitched by the idea of the ever-elusive Character Song, á la old anime and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.
As such, I decided character songs would be a part of Terminal Status.
As such, I decided character songs would be a part of Terminal Status.
My cats heard me recording vocal demos for the game today and thought, "you know what this needs? The sounds of me violently jumping around and pushing over piles of objects."
September 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
My cats heard me recording vocal demos for the game today and thought, "you know what this needs? The sounds of me violently jumping around and pushing over piles of objects."
I have been developing Terminal Status for upwards of four years now, AND finished two full (short side) games, and only now do I start working on proper promotional art.
I know exactly why I have put this off, with is typography. Fonts & logos are not my friends. Graphic design is not my passion.
I know exactly why I have put this off, with is typography. Fonts & logos are not my friends. Graphic design is not my passion.
September 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I have been developing Terminal Status for upwards of four years now, AND finished two full (short side) games, and only now do I start working on proper promotional art.
I know exactly why I have put this off, with is typography. Fonts & logos are not my friends. Graphic design is not my passion.
I know exactly why I have put this off, with is typography. Fonts & logos are not my friends. Graphic design is not my passion.
Thank you for your interest in Terminal Status!
Terminal Status is a future #VisualNovel about #queer 20-somethings in space. It's a #scifi #pastel #menhera romance, and my passion project.
Itch: pride-col.itch.io
Website: terminalstatus.neocities.org
Mastodon: gamedev.lgbt/@TerminalSta...
Terminal Status is a future #VisualNovel about #queer 20-somethings in space. It's a #scifi #pastel #menhera romance, and my passion project.
Itch: pride-col.itch.io
Website: terminalstatus.neocities.org
Mastodon: gamedev.lgbt/@TerminalSta...
August 31, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Thank you for your interest in Terminal Status!
Terminal Status is a future #VisualNovel about #queer 20-somethings in space. It's a #scifi #pastel #menhera romance, and my passion project.
Itch: pride-col.itch.io
Website: terminalstatus.neocities.org
Mastodon: gamedev.lgbt/@TerminalSta...
Terminal Status is a future #VisualNovel about #queer 20-somethings in space. It's a #scifi #pastel #menhera romance, and my passion project.
Itch: pride-col.itch.io
Website: terminalstatus.neocities.org
Mastodon: gamedev.lgbt/@TerminalSta...