Lemon Bird

A group of queer artists making Zoe's Game, a horror narrative puzzle adventure about a bunch of people trapped in a mansion.

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Hi, this is Lemon Bird!

We're a group of friends making Zoe's Game, a horror narrative puzzle game about a birthday party that goes wrong, so a bunch of people will have to play a deadly escape room in order to escape from a mansion full of traps. But who can they really trust?

Our game is made in Godot and fully human-made, free of slop.

It features a cast of LGBTIQA+ characters, with queer trauma being a key element in its narrative and subtext.

Features:

Talk to characters in visual-novel-like cinematics in this narrative-driven game

Explore a mansion with a colorful pixel art environment

Solve puzzles to progress with the story

Find items and clues that will help you throughout your adventure

And most importantly... don't die!

Wishlist now to support us!

Zoe's Game on Steam

Escape from a mansion full of puzzles, traps and characters who may not be what they seem! Can you survive to this deadly birthday party?

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Visit Zoe's front garden for #ScreenshotSaturday

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Sneak peak of the library!

Explore a mansion, solve puzzles and discover the truth!

Wishlist Zoe's Game on Steam:

Zoe's Game on Steam

Escape from a mansion full of puzzles, traps and characters who may not be what they seem! Can you survive to this deadly birthday party?

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Working on new areas!

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Happy International Non-Binary People's Day! 💛🤍💜🖤

In Zoe's Game, Kai, the protagonist, is non-binary.

[Video description] Gameplay of Zoe's Game depicting the scene where Kai and Zoe first talk to each other at class. Kai is nervous but they've never dared to speak to Zoe. Zoe does the first move and starts a conversation, where she mentions that she uses she/her pronouns and asks for Kai's, who uses they/them.

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Happy hatch day, Llimoneta 🐣

Wishlist Zoe's Game to support this little bird and her human gamedev family

Zoe's Game on Steam

Escape from a mansion full of puzzles, traps and characters who may not be what they seem! Can you survive to this deadly birthday party?

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June is coming to an end, and with it we post the last #pride illustration that we drew! But remember that pride is every day, because queer people will always exists.

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Happy and combative pride everyone!

Just for existing, we LGBTIQA+ people have been forced to live with fear, hiding what we are for mere survival, scared of having our dignity attacked, being harmed or even killed.

But no, we are not going to shut up and accept it. We are going to keep fighting, with our goals clear, to protect our rights and our lives.

Our fight is today, and every day.

Illustration by Héctor Ayen, concept artist.

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Pride month special illustration 4

For Pansexual Visibility Day (May 24th) Lyhdyr made this illustration of Zoe eating some pancakes.

Bonus track for our fellow Spanish speakers:

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Pride month special illustrations 3

We are from Catalonia, and on April 23rd we have a special celebration called Sant Jordi, which is based in the legend of Saint George, a knight who defeated a dragon to save a princess and her reign. According to the legend, red roses were born from the dragon's blood. It's our Lovers Day and also the Book Day, so streets are usually full of markets selling roses and books.

For this day we decided to make two special illustrations depicting sapphic themes.

This tender watercolor illustration was made by Héctor Ayen (Concept Artist). It features Kai (the protatonist, they/them) and Zoe (mysterious Kai's love interest, she/her) from Zoe's Game. Each one holds a book and a rose.

"Something is blooming these days. Zoe and Kai already know what it is, and you? 🌹"

The second illustration was made by Lyhdyr (2D Artist) in Procreate. It depicts Ashes (she/her) and Zoe, who this time is dressed as a dragon. There is a certain tension between them, don't you think?

"Ser Ashes went to the dragon's lair and found an unexpected surprise 🐲"

We had our own booth for Sant Jordi, shared with our friends from Narvalian Games, creators of the game Un Sant Jordi de Paper / Paper Knight (demo available on Steam!). People could come to try our games and we also sell these illustrations and the ones from the Asexual & Trans Visibility Days.

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Pride month special illustration 2

This is an illustration that Lyhdyr made for the International Asexuality Day (April 6th). She's Hécate, a character from Zoe's Game.

Asexual people don't feel sexual attraction, but that doesn't stop them from dressing to slay 💅

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Pride month special illustration 1

Since it's pride month we're going to start sharing here the special illustrations that we made some time ago.

This was done by Lyhdyr for Trans Day of Visibility (March 31st). It displays several characters from Zoe's Game (Hécate, Zoe, Kai, Martín and Magda).

Zoe's Game is a queer horror game with a non-binary protagonist and multiple trans characters.

We all have a role to support and protect our trans siblings, who are losing their rights day by day. Stay informed, listen to trans people and their needs, include them, confront transphobia, have their rights in mind when voting, attend protests... There's a lot we can collectively do.