#vnss2024

[minthe-drawings]

Gift for @concreteparasite✨

Apologies for the delay !! Thank you to @crescencestudio for hosting!! ❤✨

[dreamtydraw]

OhOhOh, this is my participation to the dev secret santa hosted by @crescencestudio ! Decided to do do Yuri from the game i Iike you by Izumi on itch.io :}

[robobarbie]

participated in the vn dev secret santa exchange again hosted by the beloved @crescencestudio -- i got the dev banya as my giftee! drew some very good boys from their game "koi"

you can check out their games here - some very cool rpgmaker style games

[crescencestudio]

tell me how fckn CUTE THIS IS!!!!!! thank you to beloved lily of @lavendeerstudios for the holiday gift!!!!!

AND WITH THAT, SECRET SANTA EXCHANGE WEEKEND COMES TO A CLOSE!

thank u to everyone who participated this year and made the little community event even bigger than last years!!! i hope everyone had fun and got to feel more of that festive cheer seeing all the gifts being shared 💝 there were sm cracked and creative gifts and i always like seeing everyone's reactions to their special little gifts 🥹 thank u to everyone who makes this event as fun and merry as it is!!!!

special thank u to lily of threads to you and killer chat fame for making ME a gift too!!!!! i loved receiving it and seeing my lil children celebrate the season too 😭😭😭😭 u rly didn't have to make this and it means sm to me that u did ((see what i mean when i saw everyone in the community is so NICE AND TALENTED))!!! i will cherish it forever and hope u and everyone else has a loving and warm holidays 💝💝💝💝

[radicalhoodie]

hihi @arbitrarydelight, i was your secret santa this year!!!! here's hart from ambition plot (game is nsfw)!! i really like his sour expression hehe

[arbitrarydelight]

To @cherishfan0320!

I was your VN Secret Santa! Noah was a super refreshing character, and I liked how he was described as sunlight through snow. This drawing tried to capture that feeling!

The Retrospection of Tomorrow is a really polished visual novel. Best of luck with development!

Happy holidays!

[bibixpgames]

Hello @prikarin ! I'm your secret Santa and I decided to make a cute little picture of Pommy and Paris decorating a tree for the holiday season! Ta-da!!! :3

I thought Petrichor was a really cute game from you, and thus, Pommy and Paris should get a chance to shine, especially since I, honestly, had a lot to relate to in terms of Pommy and such!

Happy holidays, and I hope you have a good end to this year! :D

Here's a version without the tree background as well!

Love, BibiXP!

[lovebirdgames]

MERRY (early) CHRISTMAS! This year I participated in indie VN dev Secret Santa. My giftee was Rice!! I checked out all their awesome free games on Itch and my favorite one was Wake Me Up If You Need Me because I love a cute lil romance. <3 In it you play as a psychopath who calls up this poor guy at 2am every night—nah it’s actually very sweet, I just felt bad keeping the poor boy awake!

Anyways I’m not the best artist, but wanted to draw a little something to go with what I wrote (see below the cut). Since MC doesn’t have an appearance, I got to be a little creative. Enjoy and be sure to check out Rice's games! @rice373, I hope you like it and have a wonderful holiday season!! <3

“Merry Christmas, Karu! Of course I wouldn’t forget you!” I happily dangle the catnip mouse a couple inches over the fluffy white cat’s head. His tail flicks with excitement and his pupils grow huge. I laugh as he expertly snatches it away with one swipe of his paw. “He likes it!”

“He really likes it,” Reed agrees as Karu flops over and begins bunny-kicking the poor mouse.

“Okay! My turn to open another present! Please don’t let this one be another calculus book…” I cast some side-eye on the Calculus for Dummies book I tossed onto my pile. “You’re not allowed to make me do math on Christmas, Reed!”

Reed rolls his eyes and rubs at the forever-present dark circles under them. “Trust me, that book will be the gift that keeps on giving. For both of us.” 

“Yeah, okay,” I snort as I tear the candy cane-colored wrapping paper off my next present, harboring zero intention of cracking that book open. 

“And with my phone being broken, you need something to fall back on.”

I nod along, keeping a smooth expression. Calling him in the middle of the night is much more fun than being forced to read a calculus book. Hearing his voice and giving him a hard time is like a little reward for my suffering. 

The sight of my next gift makes me gasp. “An owl onesie?!”

“For my favorite night owl,” Reed chuckles, pink tinging his cheeks. 

I immediately put it on. “It’s so comfy cozy! I’m never gonna take it off!”

“That might earn you several strange looks when you go to class.”

“Okay, I can’t take the suspense anymore…time for you to open your present!” I pull a neatly-wrapped gift from the pile and offer it with both hands. He smiles and goes to accept, but I suddenly feel self-conscious. “I’m sorry I only got you the one present! I used up all my savings. And I know you said not to go too crazy, but I couldn’t stop myself…”

Instead of recklessly tearing through to the present as I do, Reed carefully unsticks each piece of tape and gently unwraps the paper, as if to preserve it. When he sees the gift I got him, his jaw drops.

“I…you…you got me a phone?!”

“Do you like it?”

“This is too much! The new models are so expensive!”

I giggle at his beaming face. “It’s a present to me, too, so I can go back to calling you every night!”

“You really shouldn’t have.” He tries to inject some sarcasm into his voice, but he’s far too overjoyed to pull it off. In awe, he opens up the new phone to marvel at it. “Wow. My old phone was…”

“Ancient.”

“Yeah. This is amazing! Thank you so much.”

Reed wraps me in a hug. I sigh, enjoying his warmth. “Merry Christmas, Reed.”

“Merry Christmas. Your number will be the first one I add.”

I laugh, full of glee.

While Reed plays around with his new phone, I attempt to clean up the tornado of wrapping paper I created. Karu is having a blast hiding and shooting through it, easily distracting me. In the end, I wind up constructing a huge wrapping paper mountain for her to play in.

“Hmm…” Reed murmurs as he explores his new phone. “Since this phone is way newer than my old one, it should have a lot of new features and updates…”

“Yup!” I lean over his shoulder to see the screen and point stuff out. “The camera on this phone is sooo much better. Look, look, you can take a picture of Karu and turn her into a sticker!"

“There’s one cool feature I’ve been meaning to try…”

“Oh?”

I watch eagerly as he opens up the settings…clicks on a tiny purple moon icon…and turns on “Do Not Disturb” mode.

~The End