Hey I'm Nuxill and I'm making some games! I'll be posting WIP screenshots and a few other things. Currently working on Nocti, an adventure game/YNFG and Carrier, a psycho-sexual horror game about identity and consent.
After two months of hard work, my newest game for Yaoijam 2025 is now officially available to play! Bread Makes the Heart Aflutter!
🍞Synopsis
Bread Makes the Heart Aflutter is a romantic, slice-of-life, fantasy visual novel.
It follows Emile Mayer, owner of A Slice of Comfort bakery in the Kingdom of Selias, when the Fae Kingdom's royal procession brings an interesting newcomer into his life.
🍞Features:
Two introductory routes that can be done in any order
A third unlockable route that focuses even more on the romance
24k words at roughly 2 hours of reading minimum
Lots of baked goods
Boys kissin'
You can play the game for free (or pay-what-you-want) over on itch.io!
An interesting newcomer visits the bakery and changes Emile's life.
I hope you all enjoy the comfy boy's love game I've spent the entire summer making!
Blocky Games follows three female college students as they form the world's up-and-coming-est indie game studio. I'll be releasing the first two chapters for free on itch.io sometime this spring!
UPDATE: ✦ 1 New short story + extra story added! ✦
Birds of the Salt Flat
“I want to learn. I want to understand.”
✦ quiesphere.itch.io/sotdw ✦
It's been some time, but the next story of the collection is complete!
The world has just been created from a dream, and the only awake God is about to meet its first strange inhabitants... It's a much more lighthearted story than the previous, I hope you enjoy it!
To celebrate the 1st anniversary of Twofold, it's currently on sale for 30% off, the lowest it's ever been!
Play as Olive, a nonbinary student given 1 last chance to pass college—join a club and pass a filler class. However, they get put in the middle of a feud between two former friends....
Twofold is a romance visual novel about relationships, growing up, and love.
hii, im sorry for asking using a reblog(i would ask with the ask box but i cant send asks with a sideblog) but would you ever consider putting Immortal on itch.io? 🙏 since rpgmaker.net hasnt been around anymore for quite some time now
Hello, thank you so much for reaching out to me.
I have just uploaded Immortal to Itch.io. I tried to make it 1 for 1 of how the game’s page originally looked for preservation. I will also update all links on my tumblr and on my main site to direct to this version.
https://zmakesgames.itch.io/immortal
ROCHE LIMIT is a bite-sized surrealist experience delivered on a most unusual platform. Here's how developer Jack Strait did it.
There are many games in the world that are made on unusual platforms or with outdated tools, each a testament to the tenacity and ingenuity of their creator. Joining those impressive ranks of the bizarre and curiously implemented is ROCHE LIMIT, a surrealist pixel art experience delivered in PowerPoint by architect and first-time game developer Jack Strait. This short game is less of a game and more of a series of unsettling encounters and cosmic out-of-body moments that seemingly fixate on a strange house that, the teaser trailer hints, “took everything from you.“
Back in February of 2021, only 3 months after the first jam game, I sat down to start development on Hypnagogia: Boundless Dreams. I had no idea what direction I wanted to take with it, I only knew I wanted the game to be an outlet to visualize a few of my weird dreams to the world. Fast forward nearly 3 years later, and I'm staring in awe at the Steam store page listing it as "Overwhelmingly Positive", an achievement I honestly figured I'd never quite reach.
Throughout that time, I've watched people stream it, make fanart of the characters, tell me they laughed at moments, cried during others, and that it left a longing impression on them even after moving on to other games. I never would have thought it'd have the effect it has had in the micro-indie community, and it delights me more than anything to hear how many people are looking forward to a follow-up sequel. Your continued support speaks volumes, and every little bit helps keep me motivated to continue making silly little games.
Anyways, I'll stop gushing now. Thank you so much, and expect another visit to the dreamscape very soon 💎
Little peek behind the curtain for today since I'm knee deep in dialogue writing! On the Maiden Island (your home base) everyone's location will change each time you find an Orb. There are also special cutscenes you can unlock depending on how many Orbs you have and what scenes you've already seen. Some of them will be harder to unlock than others, so make sure you're always checking in after each Orb!
spooky indie visual novels you've never heard of for spooky season
since it's October I thought I'd put together a list of spooky indie visual novels (horror, Halloween, creepy, dark comedy, anything in the spirit of the season goes) that you've probably never heard of but can play right now on itchio!
model employee
Model Employee is a corporate horror visual novel. Just discharged from the hospital and massively in debt for their life-saving cybernetics, the player-character must adapt to the “extreme” work-life balance of a Tethys Team Member- but they have help.
Penny, the artificial personality that controls all security, waste disposal, and employee surveillance in the facility, specializes in reinforcing an especially cutthroat variety of workplace culture- and she’s taken an interest in you.
If you want to get ahead in your career, you gotta be willing to take some risks.
model employee is such a tightly structured visual novel for being made in just one month for a game jam, making full use of everything while surprising you at every corner. every part of this game was so well planned and thought out- dystopian corporate satire isn’t my cup of tea (we’re living it) but the way they present everything in this game makes it feel so much more intense.
beary the hatchet
It’s Halloween 199X, and you killed someone during your morning shift.
Honestly it’s inconvenient. This job was imperfect, sure, but you got to wear a mask with no questions asked and the pay was livable. But now you’ll have to keep the body in the backrooms till your shift is done. Bummer.
“You’re… the absolutely WICKED and AWESOME Bearwater Grizzly Killer, aren’t you?!”
…and now enters the dreaded true crime fan.
beary the hatchet is such a uniquely lovely game to look at, even if the subject matter is grim. I love the color palette and tones in this, I love the 2.5D graphics, I love how expressive all of the designs are. it’s a game oozing with style.
WE KNOW THE DEVIL
Anyone can kill the devil; that’s why they always make teens the vampire slayers, the magical girls. But some kids can’t even get that right; and that’s why meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus have to endure one more week of summer camp and each other, singing boring songs about jesus, doing busywork for adults, and hoping god’s radio can’t hear them.
Before they can leave the summer scouts, they’ve got to spend twelve hours in the loneliest cabin in the woods and wait for the devil to come and live through the night–or not. You know.
it’s a visceral experience, something that feels foreign and familiar at the same time. I love the direction for it, the sketchy monochrome sprites against the colored photos- parts when there aren’t any characters on screen feel that much more real, like you’re watching found footage because of how tense everything is.
disconnect
Late at night, a phone call from a friend keeps disconnecting from you… On and off, on and off, constantly…
…What would you do if you realized your friend wasn’t who you thought they were? And how would you react when the truth was finally revealed?
(“̷̢̑W̸̨̊o̸̫͊u̷̱͝ḽ̸͛d̴͉̐ ̵̚ͅy̵̜̽o̸̥͗u̷̮̎ ̷̜̏s̶̤̄t̸̥͐i̴̻̕l̸̰͝l̸͉̓ ̷͕́ȁ̸̩c̸̡̓t̵̜̊ ̵͓̈t̶̙̄h̶̦͂e̸̩͠ ̸̩̅s̶̘̏a̷̪͛m̵̮͒e̴͖͑ ̸̭́w̷̨̚á̴̱y̵̯̑?̶͎̌"̷͈̆)
Find out what happened to our scaredy-cat protagonist, Indie－a famous horror storyteller on the H-T-M (Horror, Tales, and Mystery) forum. What would she do when she unintentionally uncovered a mystery hidden deep within her own home?
I love the style of disconnect and the unorthodox way of getting to the truth of the matter. I’m not normally one to play furry VNs, but the designs are adorable and I love the presentation of the game, it has a lot of animation in it. there’s also one moment not too far in on this screen that made me scream…
curse of the juniper tree
Curse of the Juniper tree is a tale of two siblings, a cursed tree and an isolated village.
It is a short kinetic visual novel featuring 2d exploration. Walk around the snowy village and talk to its inhabitants! Story is loosely based off the fairytale called The Juniper Tree by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm’s Fairy Tales in 1812.
this is a lovely and short story about two siblings living in a frozen land together. it’s a very atmospheric story with so many beautiful blues and detailed character designs. the controls were a bit hard to figure out at times but it’s worth your time.
reaplaced
Grea Perrim is a reaper of souls, and it’s her duty to bring the deceased to the other side. But in the world of reapers, death isn’t any kind of equalizer. The value of a soul is directly tied to the peculiarity of its death.
Grea’s supernatural senses bring her to a Halloween house party with three costumed guests. She soon finds the most valuable kind of soul: the victim of a locked-room murder.
In order to reap the soul, Grea must unravel the identity of its killer and explain its death in full.
Is this the work of a human? A witch? Or something else entirely…?
reaplaced is a fun little whodunnit set on Halloween about a grim reaper out on the hunt who finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery. it’s much more indepth than I was expecting and the soundtrack is wonderful—there’s a lot of small touches to it that make it great.
Silver Thread
An exorcist that doubts the existence of ghost might sound contradictory but to Alicia Wilkershire, this is the right way to get closer to the truth. Her latest job sounded like another run-of-the-mill case and she greeted her client with her usual pessimism but is it, really?
Silver Thread is a spooky and short RPGM game about a skeptical exorcist trying to help a guy with his problems. the style is lovely and if you also like this kind of style, the developer has several other RPGM games like this!
Elevator Hitch
Elevator Hitchis a short 2.5D surreal horror/escape room visual novel with point-and-click and puzzle elements following the story of two co-workers suddenly finding themselves stuck together in a "Perfectly Normal" 70s office elevator.
They must explore each liminal-looking floor and find a way to
get off the elevator to their actual destinations.
like a few others on this list, Elevator Hitch was made in just a month for the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam and was my favorite game from the year it came out (2022). it's more of an adventure style game than pure visual novel, so expect puzzles and a lot of bad ends! this developer also has a lot of other similar style adventure visual novels.
The Case of the Serialized Killer
When a popular illustrator is found dead, disgraced demonologist Harold Ludicael is hired to summon her ghost. Ghosts are the one thing he can't summon, but with sharp insight, perhaps he can solve the mystery, and resurrect the most important thing:
His career.
this visual novel is an absolute feast on the eyes as all of the art is done by traditionally painted watercolor artworks! the characters are all unique and the world feels very lived in. if you like murder mysteries then check it out.
Stillwater
"𝕊𝕖𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕒 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕖…"
A woman arrives with a mysterious letter in hand addressed to her grandfather. Etched in crimson is a foreboding message, a warning—a promise made from a time forgotten. Private Investigator Hugo Laurent and his assistants must solve this bizarre case before an old family's curse befalls them all.
Stillwater is a lovely looking game - I love everything about the art direction for it. it's not overly scary but very atmospheric with several endings to find.
Who is the Red Queen?
Alice falls down the rabbit hole into a Wonderland not quite right. Meeting an eclectic collection of people, animals, and some things in between, she sets out on an adventure in this odd new place to find the missing Red Queen. Or, more specifically, to find the pieces of the dismembered queen whose body has been strewn across the land.
a familiar but new take on Alice in Wonderland, now with a lot more yuri. like a lot of the VNs I've recommended, this was originally made in just 1 month. this one in particular has a lot of dead ends, mention of gore & dismemberment, and other content warnings.
okay now that you've made it this far I'm going to promote my gay horror / Halloween visual novels
Asphodelium
Hazel is an ex-adventurer who's settled down with some of his previous guildmates after the adventure of a lifetime—taking down a doomsday cult that tried to end the world, but at the cost of killing their former guild leader who turned against them. Despite their adventure still haunting him months later, he's tried to move on. —That is until a man with the same face as their guild leader approaches him.
This is a story about cults and killing and killing cults. And being in love.
Asphodelium is a melancholic dark boys love visual novel that I made solo in about 3 months. it's entirely in NVL mode (I love you NVL) and around 3 hours long and my personal favorite game I've made so far.
Dahlia
a vampire has snuck into your room while you were sleeping. the only question is - are you next on her menu?
Dahlia is a very short sapphic visual novel made in under 36 hours for the Velox Formido game jam, a jam for shortform visual novels. survive being trapped with a lovely little vampire, or don't.
also NVL mode because I love NVL mode. this is a short and sweet vampire visual novel I made solo in a weekend for a game jam that has several different endings.
Witch You Want
With a rather sparkly magical paper, you find a job listing for a local witch needing an assistant with making potions before the town festival that weekend. You sign up, unsure exactly what to expect......
A pompous and questionably excellent witch runs a local apothecary in town but finds that if she wants to make enough potions before the festival that weekend to sell (and keep her ongoing potion shop afloat) she'll need some assistance. After a dubious help wanted ad, she gains you as an assistant. Will the two of you see through to the festival? Will you be able to make a single potion? Will this girlfailure capture your heart?!
this is my latest visual novel that released just a few days ago! I directed & programmed this short cutesy game for a game jam at our studio. it's pretty fluffy romcom with a potion minigame in it. please help our girlfailure make potions, she needs all the help she can get.
when i make my psychosexual horror visual novel you all have to promise me you'll be totally normal about it and not make sexy art featuring the [SPOILERS]
when i make my psychosexual horror visual novel you all have to promise me you'll be totally normal about it and not make sexy art featuring the [SPOILERS]
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