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Conway McDermott
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www.the-left-eye.com

✒️🌹💸Writer, Artist, Victim of the Cost of Living Crisis💸🌹✒️

They/Xe/He🏳️‍⚧️

- Box of Tricks Playwright At Large
- Screen/Play Award Winner
- EastEnders ❤️
- Now working on features, plays, and video games 💅
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Reposted by Conway McDermott
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
#TheLeftEye is in #earlyaccess right now and we can’t wait for you to play episodes 1 & 2! 🎉

We’ve got:

⭐️ ~20 CGs
⭐️ Achievements
⭐️ In-game codex
⭐️ Tastelessly petty theft
⭐️ Boys behaving badly on beloved landmarks
⭐️ 26000 words

#indiegame #steam #vn #gamedev #lgbtq
The Left Eye on Steam
A honey-trapping, backstabbing, high-stakes story with a romantic heart, featuring problematic gays to suit a variety of bad tastes. Set in 1920s New York, this episodic visual novel follows an…
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
Time for #screenshotsaturday! Jackie's trying to fence something pretty big in episode 2 of #LeftEye 👀💎

#indiedev #vndev #vn #gamedev #lgbtq
A screenshot of a visual novel. The lower half of two women's faces are shown in the corners of the screen, over a black background. They are speaking to one another through 1920s candlestick telephones. The text box contains the dialogue: "I've got a lead on a pretty thing you might like."
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reposted by Conway McDermott
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
Happy Halloween from Haunted Trumpet! 👻🎺

@noel-p.bsky.social has created some seasonally-appropriate artwork of best girl Deirdre from #TheLeftEye and we absolutely love it 🧡🧡🧡

#art #illustration #halloween #indiedev #vndev #indiegame
A young Black woman with bobbed hair placing a lit candle into a jack o' lantern. She is wearing a short white dress with scalloped edges. The image is coloured with a limited palette of warm purple, black, gray, and bright orange highlights. A hand-written caption reads "Happy Halloween from Haunted Trumpet"
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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OBSESSED with this new art of our boys ❤️❤️❤️

#shipping #queercreatives #mlm
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social Haunted Trumpet: EARLY ACCESS NOW! 👻🎺 @hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social · 29d
“I’ll be gone before they serve breakfast.”

Emile comes on a bit strong for not-at-all suspicious reasons 👀 #LeftEye concept art by @sanorganes.bsky.social!

#art #illustration #vndev #lgbtq #queerart #visualnovel #indiegame
A picture of Emile, a short young man with curly hair, tilting his head up towards Alex, a taller young man with slicked-back hair. They are both wearing suits. The background is a red theatre curtain. The image is contained in a border with two small diamond patterns in the upper corners.
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
#steamnextfest was amazing! We’re so grateful to everyone who checked out The Left Eye demo! We tripled our total wishlists and the team is having a lot of emotions about it 😭 💕

#visualnovel #vndev #indiegame #lgbtq
The Left Eye on Steam
A honey-trapping, backstabbing, high-stakes story with a romantic heart, featuring problematic gays to suit a variety of bad tastes. Set in 1920s New York, this episodic visual novel follows an…
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
I 100% use tumblr to take off my industry professional mask and just yell about our game like the dweeb I am, but in this post I also yell about OTHER people’s games, in some other VN demos that I’ve loved this Next Fest #vn #visualnovel #indiedev #steamgames #indiegames
October 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
#steamnextfest starts now and we’re so excited to be part of it! We really hope you enjoy our demo of episode 1! 🖤

#visualnovel #amare #indiegame #lgbtq #gamedev
The Left Eye on Steam
A honey-trapping, backstabbing, high-stakes story with a romantic heart, featuring problematic gays to suit a variety of bad tastes. Set in 1920s New York, this episodic visual novel follows an…
buff.ly
October 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reposted by Conway McDermott
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
The Left Eye is part of #SteamNextFest next week! If you haven’t played our demo yet, why not give it a go? 👁️🗡️

#visualnovel #indiegame #lgbtq #demo #vndev #begaydocrime
Promotional banner for Steam’s Next Fest. To the right is a screen shot of in-game art featuring two men and a woman ballroom dancing together, and to the left is the Next Fest logo and informational text reading: “The Left Eye/Haunted Trumpet” and “check out our game demo during Steam Next Fest”
October 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
#screenshotsaturday 🎵 we’re starting to wrap up the codependent dyke & tyke antics of episode 2 which means The Left Eye will be in early access soon! #vndev #lefteye #indiegame #indiedev
A screenshot of a visual novel, all in monochrome. The background is a 1920s diner. A young, chubby man is positioned in a diner booth and a dark haired woman is in the booth behind him, facing away. The text box indicates that the speaker is the woman, Jacqueline, and her dialogue reads: “Because I take care of you.”
October 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
Our brilliant dev has added a browser playable version of our demo to itch! So if you hate downloading things or only use a mac, you can still play though the first chapter of #thelefteye !

Give it a play and let us know what you think 🙏

#interactivefiction #newwriting #narrativesedign #indiegame
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social Haunted Trumpet: EARLY ACCESS NOW! 👻🎺 @hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social · Sep 7
👁️ We’ve just added a WebGL build of our #LeftEye demo on itch.io in case you’d prefer to play in your browser!

hauntedtrumpet.itch.io/the-left-eye

#visualnovel #vndev #indiedev #lgbtq
hauntedtrumpet.itch
September 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
“Don’t talk to me or my accomplice ever again.”

Jackie and Emile being messily codependent as per usual. #art by our CG/concept artist, @sanorganes 🖤

#digitalart #vndev #illustration #lefteye #indiegame
A woman with an eyepatch over her left eye and a cigarette hanging out of her mouth (Jackie) glares angrily. She is possessively holding a considerably shorter young man (Emile) who is looking back over his shoulder at the viewer with a smug facial expression. The whole image is monochrome, with a brick wall background and a border with art deco inspired motifs.
September 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
Super excited by the work our lead dev has been putting into making The Left Eye more accessible!
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social Haunted Trumpet: EARLY ACCESS NOW! 👻🎺 @hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social · Aug 21
Our #demo’s been out for 3 weeks now and we’ve been working on new features for #TheLeftEye’s early access, focusing on accessibility:

🔈Audio description mode
🔔 Notification options for unlocks
⌨️ Keyboard/gamepad controls
⚠️ More detailed content warnings

#gamedev #vndev #indiegame #a11y
The logo for The Left Eye, with two panels either side of it showing the characters from the game. From left to right: An older woman with dark hair and an eyepatch, a young, chubby man in a tux, a lean man with slicked back hair and angular features, and a middle-aged man in a formal suit and hat.
August 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
The Left Eye Demo is OUT TODAY!!! Which means you can play through the first episode of our pacey #period #queer #crimefiction #visualnovel for absolutely free!

Massive thank you to everyone who’s supported and followed the project so far, and we really hope you join us in New York!

#amwriting
July 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
THREE DAYS UNTIL OUR DEMO DROPS and I am feeling NERVOUS!!! Come grab a teacup full full of bathtub booze with us from your favourite speakeasy, in this queer historical crime caper / mob romance!

store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/...

#newwriting #romance #queerlit #1920s #amwriting #illustration
July 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by Conway McDermott
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
👀 Our demo of The Left Eye is releasing on the 31st of July! We’re so excited and also terrified!!

store.steampowered.com/news/app/381...

#gamedev #vn #vndev #indiedev #demo
The Left Eye - Demo Release Date: July 31st - Steam News
Episode 1 of The Left Eye Available Soon!
store.steampowered.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
So so so excited to share that The Left Eye now has a steam page! If you’re into #visualnovels, #queerfiction #newwriting #lgbtqhistory #mobromance #beinggay #doingcrimes take a look and maybe give us a wishlist?
July 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
Pitch and trailer for #TheLeftEye are up! Demo coming so so so soon!

#queerlit #indiedev #queerdev #newwriting #interactivefiction #indiegame #amwriting #caberet #scriptwriting #gamedev #queerart #lgbtqart
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social Haunted Trumpet: EARLY ACCESS NOW! 👻🎺 @hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social · Jun 7
#PitchYaGame Our demo of #TheLeftEye is coming soon! #vndev

👁️ A #visualnovel set in the #queer scene of 1920s NYC
👫 A cast of crooks, con artists, WW1 deserters, socialites, flappers & fairies
✍️ Script by award winning stage & TV writer @conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #LGTBQ story by an LGBTQ team
June 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
New blog post! About the tools I brought from TV Writing to working on our visual novel with@hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social, and the lessons from working on the demo!

#writers #screenwriting #narrativedesign #interactivefiction #writingcommunity #amwriting

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What Else You Got? · Adaptation, Adaptation, Adaptation
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June 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
Deirdre isn't going to be singing in speakeasies forever. Just until she lands a better gig, or a manager, or a patron... but for now she's enchanting everybody at The Cadenza's Pansy Night.

#vndev #art #indiegame #lefteye #conceptart #sprite #writing
A bio for a character from The Left Eye: Deirdre Lawrence. The text reads: Age: 20 Likes: Poetry, roses, cocktails Dislikes: Small venues, bartending, liars Occupation: Up-and-coming singer "I'm just here to make a name for myself."
May 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Just bigging up some killer promo art in progress from @noel-p.bsky.social ✨✨✨
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social Haunted Trumpet: EARLY ACCESS NOW! 👻🎺 @hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social · May 14
#WIPWednesday @noel-p.bsky.social (our fabulous sprite artist) is working on this pic of The Left Eye's most codependent duo, Jacqueline and Emile 🗡️👁️❤️

#art #wip #artwork #workinprogress #vndev #lefteye #visualnovel #lgbtq #digitalart
A digital sketch of a short young man with wavy hair. A tall, butch woman is standing behind him and to his left. She has an eyepatch over her left eye, and is holding her left hand over the man's left eye, forming a ring that he is looking through.
May 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social
This week our in game character introductions have had a UI overhaul! Here’s a little clip for #screenshotsaturday, so meet the singer and the MC ✨✨✨

#vn #visualnovel #caberet #1920s #indiedev #art #queerart #characterbio #writing #interactivefiction #lgbtq #vndev
May 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
Aaaaaaa!! Absolutely obsessed with the logo for The Left Eye! Every day we are creeping closer to releasing our demo, and I’m angled buzzing!!!

#visualnovel #writing #interractivefiction #scriptwriting #indiedev #indieauthors #lgbtq #queerfiction #vn
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social Haunted Trumpet: EARLY ACCESS NOW! 👻🎺 @hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social · May 1
We have a logo for #LeftEye! Huge thank you to our designer (she's not on Bluesky yet but watch this space 🖤) Our project is starting to feel extremely real now!

#indiedev #logo #art #vndev #
A logo with text reading "The Left Eye". The text is white with a bloom effect, over a grey half-toned diamond shape. The word eye is stylised within an eye shape. The background is black.
May 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
@hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social forgetting the #knifewife and #steponme tags for this art dump of our favourite character!

#lesbianvisibilityday #lgbtq #queerart #conceptart #indiedevs
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social Haunted Trumpet: EARLY ACCESS NOW! 👻🎺 @hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social · Apr 26
A little bit of concept art of Jacqueline, our most visible lesbian character. Happy Lesbian Visibility Day! ❤️🧡🤍🩷❤️

#vndev #art #lgbt #butch #gamedev #queerart #lefteye #conceptart
Six tiled images of a butch woman with dark, messy hair and an eyepatch over her left eye, with various facial expressions. The tiles are tinted in the colours of the lesbian pride flag.
April 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social Haunted Trumpet: EARLY ACCESS NOW! 👻🎺 @hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social · Apr 19
It’s #screenshotsaturday and we’ve been getting loads of sprites drawn and shaded! Only 50 or so more to go 🫠

#vndev #indiedev #visualnovel #wip #lefteye #art #gamedev
Two people standing next to one another in a bar: to the left, an older man in a 1920s suit and hat, and to the right, a butch woman with a patch over her left eye.
April 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social
Another character bio from the trumpet crew! 🎺🎺🎺
hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social Haunted Trumpet: EARLY ACCESS NOW! 👻🎺 @hauntedtrumpet.bsky.social · Apr 11
Sure, he may still live with his aunt, and yes, he's more acquainted with New Jersey than he'd like you to know, but he's the best damn MC in New York ✨

#vndev #art #indiegame #lefteye #conceptart #sprite #writing
A bio for a character from The Left Eye: Courtney Krakowski. The text reads: Age: 47 Likes: Cats, parties, pithy remarks Dislikes: You Occupation: Master of Ceremonies “Let’s break a few hearts.” To the right is a column of three images in greyscale: one of an ink drawing of an older man in a formal suit, one of the same man with his arms spread wide in front of a theatre curtain, and one of a yet-uncoloured sprite of the same man looking disdainful and holding a cigarette in a long holder. In the top left corner there is a logo for Haunted Trumpet.
April 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM