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Willow Flame
@willow-flame.bsky.social
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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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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!
A picture of me sitting behind a drum kit
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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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
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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
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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
3 images I drew of the kobold I'm playing as. One is waving happily, one is crying, and the last is happily eating some meat
July 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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This is amazing! Thank you so much for hosting this initiative! Here is Inkfield Grove a language learning farming RPG that includes Sign Languages 😊
A screenshot from the game Inkfield Grove. Thea is saying in both Japanese and English that her Favourite book is Alice in Wonderland and that she is really happy. Next to the textbox is a sign language video in Japanese Sign Language. Above are UI icons for the game showing inventory (12 wood, no bottles, 30 money) and carried items typewriter, axe and book.
July 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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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...
An image of Inkfield Grove in the Blue Ocean Games Rising Tide Challenge. The skill shows the player character next to the ghost Thea who says "Dear Mum, don't forget to plant the watermelons before the end of April." The text above the video describes the game saying "Inkfield Grove is a quirky farming RPG with a charming crayon-style art. Grow crops, befriend ghosts, and write letters, all while building real-world skills! Learn new languages (including Sign Languages!) and boost your touch-typing skills as you play. Special thanks to Manae Makino for providing the Japanese Sign Language videos!"
June 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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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
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🎤 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
A poster for the talk "Signs, Syntax and Side Quests with Willow Flame" On the poster includes this information "Rhianna Hawkins (aka Willow Flame) is a language educator, game designer, and founder of Willow Flame Productions, a studio creating educational language-learning games that include both spoken and Signed Languages. With experience teaching English in South Korea and a background in EFL publishing, Rhianna integrates pedagogy with playful design to make language learning more accessible and engaging for language learners." The event is on the 31st May, 7 pm JST on zoom and you can register and submit questions in advance
May 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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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
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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 🧜‍♀️
On the left of the screen is Princess Hwangok and the right a prince. Between them are Seagulls each witha letter on their chest. Above the princess is text in Korean and above the prince is text in English that says "ummm can I get your number?"
March 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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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
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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
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One highlight is that I got to use this font I spent most of last weekend making. I don't think I'll be able to use it much in the game I made it for, so I'm glad I managed to use it in some thing
Text on screen says Eyeball Font. The font is in the shape of eyeballs with the irises being in the shape of the letters
January 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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This week's one hour jam is quite tricky 😅 My initial doodle might be a little creepy, but I kinda like it
A person with mascara dropping down their face. Within their speech bubble in random blobs with eyes
January 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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There's no pressure in this jam to make a fully working game, everyone who takes part is a winner regardless of whether your game works or not 🏆

This jam is also great for experimentation. Last week I experimented with making a game that losing is better than winning

#indiedev #gamedev #gamejam
January 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I learnt a lot from making this game such as making sure there's enough colour contrast between the text and background + not making the game too easy as not many people got to see the lose screen 😅

I'd also someday love to return to this concept by making a minibook series or something 😊

#gamedev
An image from the lose screen in the game. Amelia looks unhappy and above her head is a green speech bubble that says "toot." The poetry on the game says "Don't despair, it'll be OK. Everyone has accidents somedays. Try again and don't give up. You're defeat the evil with a little luck."
January 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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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
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Congrats on 2.5k followers! 🥳 Here's an OC from the game I made for last year's GMTK jam

(P.s. I have the same plague doctor plushie! 😆)
January 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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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
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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
A crayon style drawing of the game dev Willow Flame. She has green and purple hair and is wearing an orange shirt with a blue demin jacket and black + white chocker. Above Willow's head is a speak bubble with the words "Hello World" written in colourful bubble writing An image from one of Willow Flame's games. There is a skeleton in the middle of the screen wearing a green poncho. The skeleton is saying "Hello my friend." The player has the options to pick "Who are you?" or "We aren't friends." Another picture from one of Willow Flame's games. There is a crayon-style sun in the middle of the screen with lots of items around it. The words "hairbrush" is written on the top of the screen in Japanese and at the bottom of the screen there are 6 different flags the player can use to change languages. The timer on the screen has just over half the time remaining.
January 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM