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Willow Flame
@willow-flame.bsky.social
Indie game designer and language lover! 言語を習うことが好きなインディゲームデザイナー! 🎮✨

https://willowflame.itch.io/
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Hello World! I'm Willow Flame! An indie game designer who loves making crayon-style games with a touch of poetry. I'm also super passionate about language learning so also make quirky educational games!

It's nice to meet you all 🦋
#newhere #indiedev #gamedev
昨日、グラスハートを見始めました。すごかったです。朱音さんはめっちゃかっこよくて、見てドラムをやる気が出しました。今日の練習で一生懸命に頑張ります!🥁🔥

Yesterday, I started watching Glass Heart for the first time. It's amazing! Akane is so cool! Watching her play the drums has motivated me even more. Gonna give it my all during today's practice!
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I really wish stations wouldn't lock the bathrooms at night 😔 No bathrooms on the last train and my next train is delayed 😢
October 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Had my first ever in-person #D&D session today. Everyone was so lovely and one of the other players custom made each of us our own dice sets 🥺💕

My first role with the dice was also a 19! And they continued to behave well throughout the session 🎲
October 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A double rainbow just spawned nearby and can actually see the end of it!!! 🌈🌈

Never seen this before and kinda disappointed to see there's no pot of gold under it 🪙

But maybe this is the universes way of telling me to enter the lottery tonight 🤔😂
September 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For about 10 years I've wanted to try #DnD, yesterday I managed to take part in my first campaign 🥹

Finally, I get to live out my dreams of being a happy little #kobold
July 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Really glad I managed to wake up in time for this 🌊😊
Heading to #DevelopBrighton next week? 🏖️

Sally and Gabby from the Games For Waves team will be attending and also running a beach clean on July 9th! Get involved and meet fellow attendees, while doing some good for the environment! Link below for more details 🔗

👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/wdc-beach-...
July 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Reposted by Willow Flame
Entries officially close in 24 hours.

We’d love to keep this open for longer, but we’re print media and that means allowing time for printing.

Catch Debug #11 on 28 July!
Developers! It’s #screenshotsaturday

Share a screenshot for your game and it WILL* be in Debug #11

Let’s try to break a world record!
July 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My Sign Language inclusive game Inkfield Grove is part of the #RisingTideChallenge 🚣‍♂️

I’ve seen so many great games in this competition - mobile, RPGs, rhythm, edugames + many more! 🎮
Sign up here to find hundreds of hidden gems!
👉 blueoceangames.com?referrer=de4...
June 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This game looks amazing!!! 🔥 Will have to try the demo over the weekend!
Hi #PitchYaGame
Compress(space) is a mind and space bending puzzle game where you fold space to cheat through puzzles:
🔨 Break game mechanics in delightful ways
🧩 Solve puzzles and reach beyond the stars ✨
🔎 Uncover the mystery at the end of the universe

#indiegame #madewithunity #thinkygames
June 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Welcome to Inkfield Grove a farming RPG where you use your magic typewriter to type up messages for ghosts! 👻💌

With multilingual gaming modes, you can level up your language skills while you play. Including Sign Languages! 👋

Currently, looking for funding / publishers 👀

#PitchYaGame
June 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🎤 I’m giving a talk at LLP Live next weekend:
“Signs, Syntax, and Side Quests with Willow Flame”
I’ll be chatting about Language Learning, Game Dev and Sign Languages in games!
🎟️ Sign up and send in your Qs here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#GameDev #IndieDev #GameTalk #LLPLive
May 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The 10th May will be the first Signful Game Jam! 🥳 A jam for making a game that includes Sign Language. All Sign Languages are welcome, and you don't need any prior experience in game dev or Sign Language to take part!

Here's the link to the itch page if you're interested 🎮👀
itch.io/jam/signful-...
Signful Game Jam
A game jam from 2025-05-10 to 2025-09-23 hosted by Willow Flame. Welcome to the Signful Game Jam - a Jam for Sign Language inclusive games. Whether you already know a Sign Language or not you can part...
itch.io
May 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Introducing Inkfield Grove - A cosy game where you grow crops and write messages for ghosts 👻

Featuring:
🌍 Bilingual mode for language learners
👋 On-screen Sign Language interpretations

#InkfieldGrove #GhostNotes #GameDev #SignLanguage #IndieDev #AccessibilityInGames #CosyGames #LanguageLearning
April 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Today was the last ever @hypergame.dev's 1 hour game jam 💔 Had a blast participating over the years!

For the final jam, I got to do something special, collabing with the amazing @bethmakesgames.bsky.social and Angel 🥰

Check out what we made! 🎮
beth-and-angel-make-games.itch.io/i-did-a-hype...
I Did a Hyper 1 HOUR Game Jam Once by Beth and Angel Make Games, Willow Flame
Share stories of your epic adventures with Lýz's Hyper 1 HOUR Game Jams!
beth-and-angel-make-games.itch.io
March 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Here's a folktale based game I made for a jam a few years ago. My team made a game based on Princess Hwangok a mermaid Princess who marries a human prince. As it’s unlikely that the Princess and Prince would speak the same the helpful seagulls translate their conversation 🧜‍♀️
March 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Look at the amazing artwork @kloscur.bsky.social made of my fae character from A House Fit for a Snail! I love how happy the character looks 😭❤️
It took some time but I finally finished the OC fan art in the style of #sugarcoded! 🍬

OCs created by
@willow-flame.bsky.social
@mrbright01.bsky.social
@halzaldivar.bsky.social
@crookedbeaker.itch.io
Please check them all out! 👀

#indiegame #indiegamedev #art #fanart #OC #pixelart #gamedev
February 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Yesterday, I decided to make a 2-player game for the 1 Hour Jam. Although, this game was designed for two players, I liked that everyone who played added up both doggo's score to get an overall score. Next time I made a 2-player game for this jam, I'll have to add a collaborative score 🐕
#gamedev
January 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Had an awesome time at yesterday's @ukieofficial.bsky.social Education x Industry mixer! Met so many inspiring people working on so many interesting projects ❤️
January 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This week's one hour jam is quite tricky 😅 My initial doodle might be a little creepy, but I kinda like it
January 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Every Friday is the Hyper 1 Hour Game Jam hosted by @hypergame.dev and I'm super excited for tonight's one 🥳

It's one of the friendliest jams I've ever seen. Everyone is super kind and always gives lovely feedback. It's at 11pm(GMT)/3pm(EST) so come say hi ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSd2...
#gamejam
🔴【1 Hour Game Jam】 Let's make games together! (Jan 17th) !topics !rules
YouTube video by Hyper Game Dev!
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
One of the first ever games I added poetry to was made for the #Trijam jam. Although I only intended spending 3 hours on this game, I ended up spending around 7 hours in total as I had a lot of fun making it. The theme was "Sometimes accidents happen" which I used to make a game about anxiety / IBS
January 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Inspired by the "They love me, they love me not" tradition of pulling off petals to determine someone's feelings, I made this little game a few weeks ago for the One Hour Game Jam - Theme "Attraction"🌼

All programming, art, and poetry was made within 1 hour ✏️
#indiedev #gamejam #gamedev
January 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hello World! I'm Willow Flame! An indie game designer who loves making crayon-style games with a touch of poetry. I'm also super passionate about language learning so also make quirky educational games!

It's nice to meet you all 🦋
#newhere #indiedev #gamedev
January 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM