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Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
@wraithkal.bsky.social
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Writer of many, many, MANY words... ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

Website: https://www.wraithkal.com
itch: https://wraithkal.itch.io
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wraithkal
Mastodon: https://mas.to/@wraithkal
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Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen @wraithkal.bsky.social ยท Dec 2
Guess it's #introduction time?

I'm Peter, young of heart, (relatively) old of age, and somewhere in-between during a full moon...

I โœ๏ธ about #indiegames on www.wraithkal.com.
tl;dr? Then check out www.youtube.com/@Wraithkal instead.
Or both! Why not both? Both are great.

Now to explore BlueSky! ๐Ÿ˜Œ
wraithkal.bsky.social
House of LGBTQ+, my Steam Curator, just got some much-needed mermaid lovin' with the addition of @ebihimes.bsky.social's brand new yuri vn, Out of the Ocean ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

store.steampowered.com/app/3616970/...

#lgbtq #yuri #visualnovel
Save 10% on Out of the Ocean on Steam
A cute and wholesome yuri story about a girl who meets a mermaid washed up on the beach at night. Join Asuka as she finds herself caught up between Misuzu, her ladylike classmate, and Nerine, a girl w...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
wraithkal.bsky.social
At a glance: the 2026 Indie Game Festival finalists
New year, new possibilities, new indie games, and new IGF finalists!
www.wraithkal.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
wraithkal.bsky.social
Ever wondered what would happen if you were whisked away for Chai Tea Chats?

Played a game about that recently, and I have... thoughts ๐Ÿค”

youtu.be/DM3ObVQTk9g

www.wraithkal.com/chai-tea-cha...

#ChaiTeaChats #free #visualnovel
Chai Tea Chats review
YouTube video by Wraithkal
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January 13, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
I've seen a few people declare I'm a successful writer and that's very kind but the basis for this seems to be because I write a lot. A page needs single-digit views to make my daily top 10. I am financially barely scraping by. I do need people to share/support my work, it doesn't magically get seen
January 12, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
gbpatch.bsky.social
Presenting... The 2026 Our Life: Now & Forever development road map!

GB and our lead developer, Shawna, have put together their plans for the year. If you're a longtime GB fan, new to the community, or somewhere in-between, you'll want to take a look!
[The dazzling guest image is an alternate version of the art used in the month start post by caffeinana on Twitter!] Happy belated new year! This is an update by GB rather than Claire. Iโ€™m gonna let everybody know whatโ€™s going on with the project and our new plans for releasing Our Life: Now & Forever. Iโ€™ll start with what people most want to know: the changed release schedule for the initial launch of OLNF. We will be releasing all of Step 1 & Step 2 November 2026 in Early Access. Step 3 and Step 4 are delayed until 2027. Our Life: Now & Forever Roadmap Text Version: Early Access Launch - November 2026 Step 1: 5 free + 5 DLC moments, intro, ending Step 2: 5 free + 5 DLC moments, intro, ending Room customization for Steps 1 and 2 16 CGs, 25 art cut-ins, 25 chapter cards 1,100,000+ words Performance improvements for lower powered devices Steam Cloud save support Features from the feature list Step 3: Adulthood - Mid 2027 Step 3: 5 free + 5 DLC moments, intro, ending Additional CGs, BGs, cut-in art, and character sprites Room customization for Step 3 Features from the feature list Step 4: Full Release - Late 2027 Step 4 Epilogue + full launch Additional CGs, BGs, cut-in art, and character sprites Achievements (in-game & Steam integration) Many new doll parts for the character creator Additional room decorations Remaining features from the feature list Wedding Update - Early 2028 Wedding DLC, one long story Additional CGs, BGs, cut-in art, and character sprites Future Features (added as completed) Updated moment selection UI Updated character customization system Voiced names and nicknames Controller + Steam Deck support Detailed playthrough information That is definitely different from our original release plans. This year things are changing significantly at GB Patch Games. From the start, Iโ€™ve written the scripts and lead programmer Shawna has implemented them. In 2025, we hired Mae to help add scenes. Shawna has spent months preparing training material and changing the back end to allow others to join in with programming, while also keeping up with their normal script programming. In 2026, weโ€™ll be hiring additional programmers and Shawna will be moving into a manager position to work with a whole team on adding scripts. Once thatโ€™s in place, the average amount of words programmed per month is going to double, from 25,000 words to 50,000 words. Thatโ€™s what will allow us to release part of the game this year. But why only Steps 1 and 2? We seriously considered releasing Step 2 and Step 3 without DLCs available for the initial launch instead. The problem is that itโ€™d be risky. Iโ€™ll be finished with writing Step 2 in another couple months. Iโ€™ll spend the rest of 2026 working on the Step 3 script. However, if something happens to me and I canโ€™t finish it by November, thatโ€™ll be it. The officially set release will have to be pushed back and 2026 will be another year with no launch. Adding new programmers to help with the script will increase how much script can be completed per month, but it also means weโ€™re doubling the amount of content that needs testing. With more team members also comes more communication and coordination to make sure every part of the game flows how itโ€™s supposed to. Even with monthly beta testing, there are so many possible variations that itโ€™s difficult to iron out every wrinkle in that time frame. Launching in Early Access first will give us room to fix more issues and ensure we can add in promised features for the final release, while giving you a chance to explore the story in the meantime. Basically, finalizing so many scenes that are this complicated just canโ€™t be done without a ton of time or a ton of eyes checking it out. Because we had that poll where half of the audience said theyโ€™d prefer an episodic style release, I thought launching half the game in Early Access would be better than taking the chance of not putting out anything in 2026. Now, Iโ€™d like to give you an idea of what I mean when I talk about the scale of this project. Our Life: Beginnings & Always, with four steps and five different DLCs, has a script thatโ€™s 1,260,000 words. The content from just Step 1 and Step 2 of Our Life: Now & Forever will be around 1,100,000 words. Almost the same length as the entire prior game. Thatโ€™s excessive, but I never want to limit what players can do in a scene โ€” over a million words for two out of four time periods is the result. Hopefully, itโ€™ll be amazing in the future when it is done. Until then, thereโ€™s much to do. The silver lining is that the early access launch is going to have over a million words to explore! Itโ€™s not some little demo. Weโ€™ll be adding new features too as theyโ€™re completed, such as the updated character creator and controller support. Thatโ€™s outlined in the infographic, and weโ€™ll update it throughout development. With all that said, thank you for supporting us throughout development. Itโ€™s been great seeing peopleโ€™s reactions to every update over the years. We hope youโ€™ll continue playing and being part of the community as these bigger releases begin rolling out!
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
wraithkal.bsky.social
ScreenshotSaturday Mastodon Musings (January 10, 2026)
Please enjoy a selection of hand-picked #screenshotsaturday posts from Mastodon with a brief comment from yours truly.
www.wraithkal.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
liminace.bsky.social
I just released my entry to Glam Jam 2!!! It's a really short dress up game lasting 5-10 minutes. Please consider checking it out!!!

liminace.itch.io/dress-me-down

#anime #dark #indiedev #visualnovel #horror #RPGMAKERHORROR #liminace #devlog #indiegame #dressmedown #dressup
Dress Me Down by LiminAce
Doll her up for the night of her life!!!
liminace.itch.io
January 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
arimiadev.com
Otome Games Celebration, the only Steam festival just for otome games, is coming back this May! If you have an otome game released or upcoming on Steam, sign up nowโ€”submissions close January 28th.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Otome Games Celebration - Steam Festival Sign Up
This is a form for otome developers & publishers who want to join the 2nd otome games Steam festival from May 4-11th 2026. The event is hosted by Arimia from Crystal Game Works and you can read how th...
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January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
meiri.itch.io
[PAID CASTING CALL]

Looking for a black queer voice actor to voice Kie in my visual novel, Doce Fim. This is a PAID role!

Kie is a whimsical lil fella and his voice requires a versatile range. Open 'till January 20th!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#voiceactor #VNDev #castingcall #voiceacting
PAID] Casting Call - Doce Fim [1M] [RECAST]
Casting Call [PAID] - โ€˜Doce Fimโ€™ - 1M Audition deadline: January 20th, 2025 Download the first demo on steam here! Or play in your browser on Itchio! LOOKING ONLY FOR QUEER BLACK VAs! (Transmacs...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
wraithkal.bsky.social
Just got done making, subtitling, and uploading a video, and now I'm going to prep another.

What, take a break? Nah, I'm havin' such a good time, I'm havin' a ball... ๐Ÿ˜Ž
January 10, 2026 at 1:12 PM
wraithkal.bsky.social
#7drl #roguelike #gamejam
7DRL 2026: a week of procedurally generated permadeath
Roguelike game jamming chaotic craziness is right around the corner.
www.wraithkal.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
ebihimes.bsky.social
Wrote a long post on my Patreon reflecting on my 2025, how my releases went, and some of my plans for 2026. The post is free to read, so anybody can check it out if they're curious! ๐Ÿ™โœจ

www.patreon.com/posts/2025-1...
2025 retrospective | ebi-hime
Get more from ebi-hime on Patreon
www.patreon.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
ebihimes.bsky.social
I'm going to release my sweet yuri visual novel Out of the Ocean later this month! It features one cute mermaid, two dateable heroines, and a poly endingโ€ผ๏ธ
I hope you're all looking forward to it ๐Ÿ™โœจ

You can wishlist it on Steam here:
๐Ÿ’™ store.steampowered.com/app/3616970/

#yuri #visualnovel
January 5, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
grundislav.games
One of my goals for 2026 is to expand beyond social media, so Iโ€™m going to be starting up my newsletter again.

Sign up for the Grundislav Games Dispatch and stay up to date with all my game development news: www.grundislav.games/Contact.html
Contact
Grundislav Games is the studio of Francisco Gonzalez, developer of point and click adventure games. Known for Rosewater, Lamplight City, A Golden Wake, Shardlight, and the Ben Jordan series.
www.grundislav.games
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
wraithkal.bsky.social
ScreenshotSaturday Mastodon Musings (January 3, 2026)
Please enjoy a selection of hand-picked #screenshotsaturday posts from Mastodon with a brief comment from yours truly.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
markmoxon.bsky.social
I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project:

Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammondโ€™s 1986 masterpiece.

Hereโ€™s the repository; deep dives coming soon.

See thread for details.

1/9

github.com/markmoxon/th...

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
GitHub - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro: Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro
Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro
github.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
dosnostalgic.bsky.social
These DOS games turn 30 in 2026:

Quake
Duke Nukem 3D
Red Alert
Tomb Raider
Chex Quest
Broken Sword
Daggerfall
Death Rally
HOMM 2
Phantasmagoria 2
Settlers 2
Harvester
Leisure Suit Larry 7
Big Red Racing
Lighthouse
Normality
Powerslave
Strife
Pandora Directive
Time Commando
Zork Nemesis
Toonstruck
Z
January 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
wraithkal.bsky.social
Queer vampires. Interactive fiction. Game jam. Yep.

#vampires #lgbtq #gamejam #vampjamp
Queer Vampire Game Jam 2026 is coming right up
Queer vampires gonna jam in 2026.
www.wraithkal.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 AM
wraithkal.bsky.social
My return to YouTube got off to a bit of a slow start for a variety of reasons, but that's about to become a non-issue as I currently have multiple videos at the post-script stage. Not just short ones either, as I had lots to say about a certain cat lady and a marked ninja... ๐Ÿค“

youtu.be/yW230QzXwlU
Guess who's back...
YouTube video by Wraithkal
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
wraithkal.bsky.social
Ah, new MAGS (Monthly Adventure Game Studio) competition, and this time the focus is on... โ€œBrainrotโ€.

#MAGS #AdventureGameStudio #gamejam
MAGS January is all about โ€œBrainrotโ€ game jamming
New month, new MAGS (Monthly Adventure Game Studio) competition!
www.wraithkal.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:25 AM
wraithkal.bsky.social
There really aren't enough games with asexual characters. Time to change that, because... Ace Jam 2026 has begun!

#AceJam2026 #gamejam #lgbtq
Ace Jam 2026: asexual spectrum game making time
There aren't enough games with asexual characters. Time to do something about that.
www.wraithkal.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:40 AM
wraithkal.bsky.social
Remember 2018? What a year that was, especially for sports. I mean, @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social released the "Lynchian point and click thriller", Football Game, which is definitely sports.

Anyway, have some links to my thoughts on the game ๐Ÿˆ

youtu.be/Bc93JRQJVFI

www.wraithkal.com/football-gam...
Football Game review
YouTube video by Wraithkal
youtu.be
December 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
wraithkal.bsky.social
I've reviewed games nearly a full decade after they came out, and I actually enjoy not limiting myself to the "rush to have it ready for launch" crowd. Much respect for those who do, I just need... more.

Giving older, often forgotten games another chance to shine is just... there's just something ๐Ÿฅฐ
December 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Reposted by Peter "Wraithkal" Christiansen
jimtrinca.bsky.social
I am begging games writers in 2026 to stop talking about point and click like it's a dead/dormant genre currently being resurrected by whatever thing you've just noticed
December 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
wraithkal.bsky.social
ScreenshotSaturday Mastodon Musings (December 27, 2025)
Please enjoy a selection of hand-picked #screenshotsaturday posts from Mastodon with a brief comment from yours truly.
www.wraithkal.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM