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Julia Minamata
@juliaminamata.bsky.social
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Toronto-based solo-ish game dev of The Crimson Diamond: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
Also Strange Scaffold artist www.juliaminamata.com / Latest game: Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (pixel art)
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Julia Minamata @juliaminamata.bsky.social · 1d
One last Hallowe’en fright! 👻 Music by Dan Policar, who composed TCD’s music.

Heh, you saved me the trouble of reposting this, thanks! 😆 Adventure Game Studio, the engine I used, is a bit finicky when it comes to adding stuff. Often this results in broken save games, so I’m unwilling to risk it. 😅
dutchspace.eurosky.social DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 1d
Some years ago you made this for Halloween, any chance you insert this into The Crimson Diamond ? maybe as an update/easter-egg ?

And happy Halloween to you !
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eviltrout.com
The Incident at Galley House has been nominated for a horror game award for technical achievement! You can vote for us here:

www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/vote-2026
YOUR NOMINEES FOR 2026! — The Horror Game Awards
It’s time! See who the nominees are for all 21 categories in The Horror Game Awards 2026 and cast your vote! Watch the official nomination announcement below:
www.thehorrorgameawards.com
November 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing this, Luke!! Yes, making stuff is so fun and rewarding. Even if you don't finish something, you'll have learned from it -- Learned about the process of making stuff, and learned about yourself.
lukedrideout.bsky.social "Level 0" Luke Rideout @lukedrideout.bsky.social · 5h
I love @juliaminamata.bsky.social 's attitude towards - and philosophy around - her work.

Game development, and especially indie game dev, is passion made into form. It's learning, problem solving, sometimes making a huge mess, and building the connections and community to help you improve.
Inspiring words from @JuliaMinamata on the #indie #gamedev community and making your game!!
YouTube video by indie game garden
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November 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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gdbee.bsky.social
Harvest Moon
Illo of a goddess holding a rapier that is dripping gold onto her hand. She's standing in front of a large full moon. There is a persimmon tree behind her that wraps around the corners of the art. Drawn by gdbee, Oct 2026, paint tool sai2
October 31, 2026 at 1:57 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
One last Hallowe’en fright! 👻 Music by Dan Policar, who composed TCD’s music.

Heh, you saved me the trouble of reposting this, thanks! 😆 Adventure Game Studio, the engine I used, is a bit finicky when it comes to adding stuff. Often this results in broken save games, so I’m unwilling to risk it. 😅
dutchspace.eurosky.social DutchSpace @dutchspace.eurosky.social · 1d
Some years ago you made this for Halloween, any chance you insert this into The Crimson Diamond ? maybe as an update/easter-egg ?

And happy Halloween to you !
October 31, 2026 at 10:44 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Happy Hallowe'en! 🎃 Wishing everyone a safe and fun spookytime! #Halloween 👻
October 31, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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robotspacer.online
It’s Devil’s Night, let’s fire up the PlayStation and play Resident Evil. First up: the final week of Playdate Season 3 including Chance’s Lucky Escape 2 and HELLEVATOR! www.twitch.tv/robotspacer #Twitch
Overhead photo of a desk with many items on it: a PlayStation 1 with a grey translucent controller, a copy of Resident Evil: Director’s Cut, a Playdate showing a wrapped game, a Moth Girl pin, and a keyboard. On the right are inset photos of me wearing my VOID sweatshirt from Lost Records: Bloom and Rage, and an image of the Resident Evil title screen.
October 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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tronknotts.bsky.social
New from me on the LRG blog, a bunch of spooky pixel art game recommendations (I know Silver Pines is a stretch, just let me have it). Thanks @ysbryd.net @yachtclubgames.bsky.social @newblood.games @messhof.bsky.social @doinksoft.bsky.social @nuchallenger.com limitedrungames.com/blogs/news/h...
Here’s 2026’s most Halloween-ready, variably spooky pixel art games – Limited Run Games
here’s a list of (mostly) less-realistic pixel art games from 2026 that are all potentially perfect to put on your TV or computer monitor and partake in some more palatable party horrors.
limitedrungames.com
October 29, 2026 at 3:13 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
No Playdate? No worries! BOTH Chance games will be available on Steam!
golosogames.bsky.social Goloso Games @golosogames.bsky.social · 2d
If you don't own a Playdate, don't worry, I've thought of everything! 😁

Chance's Lucky Escape 1 + 2 will also be available on Steam too, someday in the future, here:
store.steampowered.com/app/4018520/...

Thanks again for your support! 😊
October 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Chance's Lucky Escape 2 is out now, part of @play.date's Season 3! Folks who've played The Crimson Diamond might see a certain resemblance to this scene in Chance 2. 😆 Check out the game here, and get ALL of Season 3! The games are amazing!! 🎉 play.date/games/chance...
Screenshot of Chance's Lucky Escape 2, which is OUT NOW in Playdate Season 3! It's the exterior of a mine, with Chance standing in front of construction equipment. There's a "No Trespassing" sign and a gas can. Along the bottom is a line of text that says "I'd rather not draw attention to myself." Screenshot from The Crimson Diamond, showing a mine exterior that's pretty similar to the one in Chance's Lucky Escape 2. Jack is trying to dig out a caved-in min entrance, while Nancy Maple looks on. This game is set in 1914, which precedes Chance's Lucky Escape 2. In Chance's time, the big boulder and tall tree are missing from this scene. Presumably the excavator in the Chance's Lucky Escape 2 scene was used to clear away those objects.
October 30, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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playhilltop.bsky.social
CURSE OF RESTHAVEN IS OUT NOW on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox!

We made a weird, ambitious, deeply human (and 100% human-made) gothic mystery with a team of FIVE, and now it’s yours to unravel.

Welcome to Resthaven. You’re not leaving. #CurseOfResthaven
October 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Yay! One of the last @play.date Season 3 games, and I helped make it! Chance's Lucky Escape 2 is out NOW!! 💛🍀
Photo of my hand holding a Playdate, showing a screenshot from Chance's Lucky Escape 2, by Goloso Games, me, and sound & fx by Philip Aldous.
October 29, 2026 at 7:21 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Latest VODs are out! Hallowe'en stream, Septober gazette, more DOS Double Dragon, more double-wide pixel art, more Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Shinjuku Chūō Kōen Satsujin Jiken (we get to our office!)!
youtu.be/g3TOuqCOhqk
Art Stream -- Making The Crimson Diamond... October 27, 2026
YouTube video by Julia Minamata
youtu.be
October 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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tallstorygames.bsky.social
Cancel your cunning plans. Abandon your tedious tasks. We hereby declare that Heir of the Dog is officially live, and today shall henceforth be known at Heir of the Dog Day (probably).

💰 10% LAUNCH DISCOUNT 💰
October 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Done for the night! Early Hallowe'en! I cosplayed myself, made Nancy Maple kickin' it for DOS Double Dragon, worked on art for The Deadly Bluff, & visited a new location in Tantei Jinguji Saburo 1. THANK YOU @sclarkeo.bsky.social, @ranscot.bsky.social & @goatistream.bsky.social for the raids!
Screencap of my livestream, with "Happy Crimson C'Tuesday" handwritten across the bottom. In the bottom left is the full artwork of the manga portrait I got done at the Kyoto International Manga Museum, by Kensuke Saeki (3eki on Instagram). In the centre is me, dressed in the same clothes I wore when I got the portrait done, against the background that Saeki-san drew for the manga portrait. There's a speech bubble containing ANOTHER version of the portrait, this time with the draw mouth replaced by my actual mouth, to creepy effect. Along the bottom I've handwritten "Happy CREEPY Crimson C'Tuesday", and there's a scared ghost with a scared sweat drop floating above its head. There's also an EGA Jack-o-lantern in the upper left. Nancy Maple from The Crimson Diamond, done in the DOS EGA Double Dragon style. she's kicking and yelling and looking awesome. Work in progress of a house exterior for my mini-Maple mystery "The Deadly Bluff". I added clouds and fixed the background trees.
October 28, 2026 at 5:38 AM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Live now! Hallowe'en stream! www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
a_maplemystery - Twitch
Solo indie dev of The Crimson Diamond! I also stream EGA games, particularly EGA adventure games. Based in Toronto, Canada! — a_maplemystery streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to ...
www.twitch.tv
October 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
The latest gazette is out now! Chance's Lucky Escape 2 in @play.date Season 3, @inkle.co's Kaleidoscope podcast appearance, @decafjedi.com & @bvigeant.bsky.social talk TCD on Quest Quest, plus 2 adventures with lots of photos, a completed craft, and more!
thecrimsondiamond.com/CrimsonGazette96.html
Selfie of Julia Minamata in front of Tokyo Tower, against a blue sky full of puffy clouds. Nancy Maple as a puffer fish, done in oil pastels on a template provided by teamLabs Borderless, an immersive art exhibit at Azabudai Hills in Tokyo, Japan. Photo I took on the Cabot Trail, of glorious golden fall colours of trees on a large rock formation of sandstone and basalt. Overcast day. The completed quilt (by my mom) of all the speech portraits in The Crimson Diamond, as cross-stitched by me.
October 27, 2026 at 6:35 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Creepy Crimson C'Tuesday! 8pm EDT! We'll spookily re-skin Nancy Maple into DOS Double Dragon. We'll add frightening foliage to a haunted house. We'll investigate a harrowing murder in Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Shinjuku Chūō Kōen Satsujin Jiken! See you there, if you dare!🎃 www.twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
October 27, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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stuckinattic.bsky.social
Two of our games are taking part in Steam Scream V:

😼Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure: 9️⃣0️⃣%off
🐒The Monkey's Paw - free demo available

Links in replies👇
October 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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robmanuel.bsky.social
As I wrap up LudoNarraCon, I am looking for my next contract or gig currently.

Please reach out if you are looking for help in:
Event Production (digital/physical)
Editorial Coordination
Scout Work
Gaming Curation

My DMs are open to all opportunities.

Thank you for your consideration. Pls RT.
October 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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pintroverts.bsky.social
Liza is back in the spotlight on the front page of Steam 🖤🧛‍♀️ Get Cabernet 30% off on the Daily Deal! 🍷
October 25, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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playhilltop.bsky.social
Something wicked this way grows. Four days!

Try the free demo comprising the game's opening hours. Your save carries over when the game launches Thursday!

Take in the scenery but be sure not to be devoured by it in our gothic, narrative roguelike.

store.steampowered.com/app/3796150/...
October 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
It's that time of year! 🍂🍎 Enjoy some autumn vibes in this very small Over the Garden Wall game I made, with the help of @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, & more! It's FREE to play, and plays in-browser!
juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw
The Round-about Orchard: A tiny Over the Garden Wall game by JuliaMinamata
A two-room adventure game that takes about fifteen minutes to play
juliaminamata.itch.io
October 24, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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dom2d.bsky.social
We put the demo for Dig! Dig! Dino! in Steam Next Fest, because... why not! Go dig for some weird dinos! 🦖
store.steampowered.com/app/4642320/...
#indiedev
October 20, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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bancy.co
Just in time for Halloween 🎃, the 14th Anniversary update for Home is live!

💟 FREE on the Epic Games Store: go.bancy.co/HomeEGS
💻 Steam (coming later today)
📱 iOS: go.bancy.co/AWY-iOS
☎️ Android: go.bancy.co/HomeAndroid




How many other #indiegames do you know get updates for 14 freaking years!?
October 22, 2026 at 3:34 PM
juliaminamata.bsky.social
Latest VODs are out! Nova Scotia adventures, Pixelling Nancy Maple into DOS Double Dragon, and more Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Shinjuku Chūō Kōen Satsujin Jiken! youtu.be/VFyT44THU4w
Art Stream -- Making The Crimson Diamond... October 20, 2026
YouTube video by Julia Minamata
youtu.be
October 22, 2026 at 10:59 PM