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Content Creator Section fo the AmareGames Database Website

Hey Folks, I'm working on a content creator section of the website

Do you post/stream/review Visual Novels and Interactive Fiction Amare Games in any of the following subgenres?

Otome

BL /Yaoi/ MLM

Yuri/Sapphic/WLW

Queer /LGBT+

Please post a link below so I can add you to my list!

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Ruminating on it, I may actually go ahead and create a Patreon already, if only to have a backup place to host my games and other random stuff like my art, updates, tuts, devlogs (once I'm in a better mental place), etc. Basically like a one-stop-spot for All My Stuff Ever.

Not only with the whole itch thing, but we've seen that socmeds are equally as capable of simply crumbling in a day. This way if you want one place to get my everything you can get updates by email and never lose access to my games and art no matter what sites in the future go down (or ban me).

Note that this would be a COMPLETELY FREE Patreon. I just like it for the range of content you can host/post and ability for people to subscribe, but I don't want to ever charge anyone anything for any of my stuff. So anyone would be able to subscribe to it for free.

Anyway, I may mess around with it over the next coming days... (also because I'm spiraling from the combination of Everything and feel like I need to Do Something or I will Lose It.)

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Very useful resource for dealing with the censorship on itch.io right now!

wrote about my thoughts on these censorship waves on Steam & itchio and what visual novel devs can do to approach it

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IMPORTANT NOTICE regarding itch.io

(I don't usually do this, but I do think this is an important topic, so I'm crossposting my itch.io post!)

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Hello everyone!

What happened?

In case you haven't heard, late last night itch.io made a massive move: they delisted almost all of the games on their platform labeled adult or NSFW, making them impossible to find through the storefront. They also straight up removed certain titles and barred creators from withdrawing funds for violating their terms of service if they were hit by this unannounced censorship.

This was a result of pressure from itch's payment processors, Visa and Mastercard, which received a lot of pressure from the Australian based anti-porn campaign, Collective Shout. For a more detailed rundown of the events, you can read Blerdy Otome's article here. 

Now, some of you might say "who cares about hentai/gooner games, they're not removing anything of value." 

First of all, even if you personally don't partake, media exploring sexuality and sexual themes are extremely important. They educate, they entertain, and they provoke thoughtful discussion. 

Second, this mass round of censorship has not affected only "pornographic" games. It has hit any game that deals with adult themes and thus has been tagged appropriately. This includes chimeriquement's "The Daughters of the Sun" trilogy, which is based on a famous Greek myth involving the taboo desire of a stepmother for her stepson. It describes both the twisted perceptions of the stepmother and the conflicts of the stepson as he struggles with the horror of his predicament. This censorship also includes other games about sexual trauma and surviving abuse. These are stories that have the right to be told and experienced.

Third, do you think this censorship will stop here? I've heard talk that "itch will look over the games and remove the bad ones and leave the good ones alone." But this is not a guideline that itch is setting for itself; it is a demand being forced upon itch by payment processors. Should your credit card have the power to dictate what you should or shouldn't play? First, we'll just get rid of the games glorifying SA. But what if they decide later, that all depictions of SA are gross? Even explorations of sexual trauma are too much for our family-friendly website. What about depictions of trans narratives, or LGBTQ content, or child abuse, or gore? If we say "it's all right for payment processors to censor art," then that's the first step towards a world that is far more dystopian than it already is. 

How am I responding to this?

First, I'll say that I'm fortunate: none of my current games have been affected by this extremely broad, vague, and poorly communicated act of censorship. As a person on the ace spectrum, I don't really include much sexual content in my games, if at all. However, I do plan to make at least one erotic game (that is very fully in the realm of erotica, and not simply "spicy"). I am currently not comfortable with posting this project on my main account as I do not want to be suppressed or shadowbanned, so it's possible I will create a side account for it or distribute it on alternative websites altogether. I'll make an announcement later.

Second, while my games don't specifically deal with sexual content, a lot deal with dark content and themes. I also try to be LGBTQ friendly, and I plan to delve more into queer narratives in future projects. I hope that I (and my games) can continue to exist on this website, but just in case, if you enjoy my work, I heartily encourage you to follow me on my other socials. You can find all of them here. You can also join my mailing list, which is the one form of communication where I can guarantee I won't be blasted off the Internet for one reason or another. 

As for me, I have decided to turn off donations on all of my games, at least until the current round of censored games have returned to the storefront, and possibly longer. (The exception is MindMindMind, so that people can still access the artbook.) I greatly appreciate everyone who opts to support me financially, especially since making games is not cheap. Even a little bit of support helps me pay the artists, VAs, and other collaborators that I work with. But the payment processors take a significant amount of the money I earn through itch, and it sickens me to think that money that players donate to me is used to fund these hateful campaigns of censorship.

If you would like to support me (and it's completely unnecessary), I'll still be taking donations/support through my Ko-fi and Patreon. I won't link them because that would be kinda crass, but if you want to find them, you can find them. 

What can you do?

If there are developers that you appreciate that have been affected by this censorship, I greatly urge you to support them in any way you can. Follow their other social media, play and rate the games that they still have on the platform, and leave kind comments.

I would also urge you to get involved! Call/send emails to Visa/Mastercard/Paypal/Stripe, encourage them to stop this censorship. Contact your local government officials. There are a few documents circulating around explaining how to do this:

Here

Here

I repeat once again: regardless of whether you play adult games, THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE. Please stand up and help to protect artists.

As always, thank you to everyone who supports me and my projects; I appreciate you every day.

Best,

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I'VE JUST PLAYED THE GAME AND THIS IS THE ONLY TIMES I'VE PLAYED A VN THAT GENUINELY TERRIFIED ME. Is there an estimation to when the finished game will come out? No rush or anything! The amount of content in the current demo is already outstanding for me but I really can't wait to unveil the truth 😭

Btw I have a some questions. What does the three meters mean in the game? And are we already locked in to the endings at this point of the game? Does the meter matter in determining what endings we'll get depending on each of the percentages? How many branch of story can we get in the current gameplay?

OHHH thank you so much, gosh 🥹 I'm so happy you enjoyed it!!!

I don't like to give hard release dates for projects since 🤔 obviously lots of things happen, especially with very small teams/games primarily made by one person 😂 but I'm currently planning to release Day 5 sometime this fall, and the rest of the game early next year (Q1, so sometime between January and March!) However, I am waiting on a few assets from other artists for the full game that will take some time to complete 🤔 so this is still up in the air.

Regarding the three meters, these represent the three point systems in the game: Love, Empathy, and Trust (I go into this a little bit in the "Tips" section of the "Archives"). (I won't say which meter is which, since I do want people to just explore freely, at least on their first playthrough 😂 but rest assured that a walkthrough will be available after the full release!) These essentially reflect the strength of the MC's relationship with Morgan in various aspects, and these will change how the story branches and what ending you get. For instance, if you have High Empathy, you'll get a different set of events than Low Empathy. Each combination of points will lead to different endings as well (for instance, High Empathy, Low Love, and High Trust will have a different ending from Low Empathy, Low Love, and High Trust).

At this point in the story, you are largely locked into an ending, yes! I imagine I'll add a few more choices on Days 5 and 6 that will influence the ending as well, but not too many. And the current gameplay is fairly linear; there are a few branches based on your choices, but I'd say that the only major branching scene is when you're painting flowers on Day 3 (which affects which CG you receive).

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hi there, miss chattercap!! apologies for dropping in, but i just finished playing the demo for mhias and absolutely loved it.

i simply can't wait for the mc to finally unravel the truth behind "morgan" like who are you (i have my theories however)???? give me my sweet, sincere, loving, glorious & many-more-positive-adjectives husband back????? i honestly cried a lil during old flashbacks with morgan bcs you can really see how much he loves mc even as they're going through a rough time 😔 and then, whoosh! ice cold water in our face when we come face to face with "morgan" in the house.

sorry for the ramble! thank you for sharing your amazing games with us ^^

Oh hello hello!! Thank you for dropping in 🥹

Gosh I'm so honored that you liked it, enough to come and leave me your thoughts 😭😭😭 And I'm happy that it resonated with you emotionally while still preserving the mystery 🤭 I honestly found this script a bit difficult to balance in that way (I was worried that people would find Morgan too sus to really feel invested in the relationship, or vice versa 😂) so I'm glad that it at least hit on both points for some players 😭

I'm really looking forward to making the next parts myself, and I hope they're enjoyable 🤭🤭🤭 Thank you again for coming to comment, it's so sweet and thoughtful of you 😭 I'll work hard on the updates!!! 💪 💪 💪

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Froot Basket White Chapter 1: Strawberries Aren't Berries is out now!

🍓 Fully voiced! 🥐 Original soundtrack! 🍓 Cafe date! 🥐 Supernatural entities!?

Download for PC and MAC: https://xxmissarichanxx.itch.io/froot-basket-white

Thank you so much to our team! Chapter 1 is beautiful!!!

Editor @husbandogoddess.bsky.social Azrael CV @monicapiskor.bsky.social Sutoro CV @jessehawford.com Music @kettakon Food Art @floramisu.bsky.social BG Art @/Vui Huynh Trailer @byutaki.bsky.social

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Thank you to everyone who voted! I ran this poll across Tumblr/Tiktok/X/Bluesky and I got 92 votes total.

Funnily enough it was basically half-half (with the most extreme platforms being Bluesky, where 79% voted for semi-defined, and Tiktok, where 100% of my comments asked for more customizability).

Since the feedback is pretty much half-half, I'll stick with a more customizable protagonist 🤔 since I'd like to give players more options if there's demand for it.

Random Question

Out of morbid and not at all relevant to my projects curiosity, in a yandere game with a female love interest, would people prefer:

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The coming days we will feature different projects that have been submitted to Otome & Josei Jam! Thanks to all those who showed interest, we got some categories together that might interest players ^^

Starting with

Comedy!

Enough of drama and angst– need a good laugh instead? Maybe these comedic game jam submissions give you that tickle that you need to put a smile on your face :)

Jest Messters by @elsethgames

Cursed by the "Jester" to spout puns 24/7, you must navigate pun-filled chaos in your new school and unravel unexpected secrets your quirky friends are hiding!

My Beloved Microwave by Altila

June Magicia, a witch, has to undo the curse that makes a self-proclaimed handsome, rich, and perfect man to turn back to human from a microwave in seven days!

HELP! I Tried to Summon the Perfect Boyfriend and Messed Up so I Summoned a Demon Instead!?!? by June (aka Space)

You ruined the summoning circle you made to get the perfect boyfriend and end up summoning a demon. Hopefully, you can still get your happy ending or at least come out alive.

Heartstop Tour by flaminghotlemon (@heartstoptour)

Heartstop Tour is a 20k-word romantic visual novel about burnout, capitalism, and accidentally falling in love while faking your way through a city tour. One love interest is a golden retriever tourist with too much money and no boundaries, and the other is a deadpan mascot performer who carries a plushie “for emergencies.” Across four chaotic days, you’ll navigate karaoke, confessions, vending machine breakdowns, and soft moments that hit harder than expected. Featuring multiple endings, CGs, and a bear named Comfort Kuma, it’s a game about two disasters trying to love and be loved in spite of everything.

Look forward to our next feature posts!

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Up next is Sci-Fi for Otome & Josei Jam!

Want something like fantasy but futuristic? Sci-Fi even? In the mood to go to space, into a cyber world, or just science in general? The next jam titles could give you that Sci-Fi fix with romance you need!

Esper x Guide by coffeedripstudios

Monster exterminator, Esper Ember, needs a guide to stablize her spiritual power. Can she ever find her perfect partner and maybe true love as well?

TELLIURICENE by @deadvnstudios

In the wake of a looming Telluricene, you have been selected to conduct research on a preternatural, highly intelligent, and swiftly emerging species—the Vivus Glomerorum. With only two weeks until D-Day, it’s up to bright minds like you to investigate and decide: friend or foe?

Resonance in Orbit by @qkayoostudio

A high-stakes intergalactic peace conference takes a turn for the worse when you, along with your crew, are suddenly turned into key players in a very dangerous game.

In my Orbit by Studio Reignbow

Searching for a hook-up to help you fight the slow and inevitable death encroaching as you float abandoned in space? Look no further than In My Orbit, where you accidentally click a horny pop-up ad that changes your life forever!

See you for the next post!

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In the mood to stay on Earth but not in modern times? For Otome & Josei Jam we had submissions that take place in a time long gone as well!

Next up on the featured list are some historical and myth-aligned works!

Pre-Odyssey: Love at First Quack by @antagames

Duck princess meets trickster king – in a Greek mythology filled with sweet romance and tons of quacks!

Remastered Edition out now!

The Last Divine by @anonymoussoulx

The Gods want you back, but he won't let them take you. You walk a path you were never meant to survive… The Last Divine is a text-based fantasy romance set in the medieval-inspired realm of Jeilene. Hunted by The Immortal King’s most ruthless assassins with powers you do not yet understand, you are thrust into a struggle for survival. The choices you make throughout will shape your personality, your abilities, and ultimately the trajectory of Jeilene's future. They will also influence the relationships you form, whether platonic, romantic, or something altogether more nefarious.

The Traded Groom by @maneki-mushi

Today's your wedding day, and you've never met your husband. You're the chief of several semi-nomadic clans; he's an imperial prince of the Han people, with whom you have a complicated political relationship. You meet for the first time on the same day you marry, and you quickly find that he isn't the arrogant, prideful prince you'd expected. Get to know him over the night and find out whether he's a spy for your enemies or a victim of political schemes; and most of all, whether this marriage can work.

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Thank you to Otome Dev for the mention!! Lots of other cool psychological/horror titles here in case you're interested in some horror romance~

Need some shivers during the summer heat? Some light, some heavy, these jam submissions could give you the small or big amount of horror you need. Don’t let the covers fool you, some have deeper secrets than they let on.

Next up

Psychological and/or Horror!

I Just Want a Boyfriend! by @madizzy

You've just entered your senior year of high school and you only have one goal for the year…to get a boyfriend! Will you be able to find the love of your life or be single forever?

My husband is a stranger by @chattercap

A psychological/drama/romance visual novel about a sweet marriage that slowly rots into a nightmare. Your life should be perfect. The perfect career. The perfect family. The perfect husband. And bit by bit, that perfect life is cracking all around you. As your life falls apart, you retreat to your family's estate on a remote island. But after a storm washes away your only means of escape, you find that you're trapped with your devoted, perfect husband… who might not be the man you married. Over the course of seven days, try to navigate a rocky relationship with your husband and unravel the mysteries surrounding him before it's too late.

Alia and the 6 Paths by LemonadeMochi

Princess Alia's countless attempts to take revenge for her empire are only fueled by one thing: Rage. With an inability to succumb to death, and the help of a lone god, she forces the strings of fate to weave new destinies for six young men: Destinies that serve her means of vengeance.

CLOSETED by Diwidly & allyensowo

"I'm a totally normal student. Except there seems to be strange sounds from my closet… Fortunately three very nice men are here for a sleepover to help me find out what's in my closet!"

You want to see me? by @enkadenka

Your new home should be peaceful... yet not so long after you moved in, you started to hear things. Soon enough, your eyes catch the silhouette of a guy just standing right there behind the curtain — without a shadow under. You could almost think he's going for a peek-a-boo. It's unsettling to leave him be as he chimes into your daily life like a child loitering around. Then you start to wonder — what could possibly happen if you start to give him attention?

She Whispers by @n3ur0515-vt

You are the Hero that saves the world. One cycle, you meet a writer and remember what it's like to be human. The Earth watches.

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Monthly Update: July 2025

Hello everyone, happy July! I hope that it's not too hot where you are (and perhaps you're playing visual novels indoors where it's nice and cool~ 🤭)

Before I get into my dev rambling, I'll mention that I recently started a mailing list! Since there are usually several months between my releases, I thought it would be convenient for players to be notified whenever I release a game or major update without monitoring my socials. You can sign up for it here!

As you probably know, I released a game last month for Otome Jam! The demo of "My Husband is a Stranger" is now available to play on itch.io! You can find it here!

It's a psychological/drama/romance visual novel about a sweet marriage that slowly rots into a nightmare. It has a customizable protagonist (including skin color) and different font options! The game will take place over the course of 7 days; 3 days and 23k words are available at the moment (around 2 hours of playtime). Please read the content warnings, and take note that the final game will contain horror and thriller elements, in case that's not up your alley!

So… this month I basically did everything that was needed to finish up the MHIAS demo! This included:

-Drew 4 CGs -Drew 19 smaller illustrations -Fixed one of Morgan's sprites and added sprite expressions for both sprites -Made 7 time of day variations of 5 different backgrounds, plus alterations to some commissioned backgrounds (there are 45 backgrounds for the game at the moment! Wow!) -Coded in the entire script, including visuals, audio, and dialogue formats -Put together achievement icons and implemented the achievement system -Implemented BGM and SFX -Coded in the settings and archives -Implemented the gallery -Implemented blinking -Learned how to use Ren'py's particle system -Fixed the Web build so that it works on mobile devices, added a notification to the Web build informing the player of performance issues -Implemented the icon and loading screens for PC, Android, and Web -Finished and styled both the itch.io and Steam pages -Wrote the developer's note -Beta testing -Various bugfixes

Whew, it ended up being a lot! I also made achievement icons and implemented the achievement systems for both Project R and the Karamu trilogy, finalized a few commissioned assets for Project R, and set up the mailing list that I mentioned at the start of the devlog.

Lastly, I was interviewed by the very kind people at Otome.com about MindMindMind! If you're interested, you can check it out here:

It goes without saying that I'm… a bit tired! As much as I loved working on the MHIAS demo, it's also easily my most ambitious title yet. It has the most art assets out of any of my games (over twice as many as any of my other titles). It's also the first time I've worked with Ren'py (pretty proud of myself for going from complete novice to workable game in around two months!) and the first time I worked with an artist for a custom GUI (among a dozen other things).

So I took around a week break from development. Now that that's over, I plan to slowly ease back into the swing of things. My main focuses this month will be the MHIAS script (I plan on finishing it completely before I release the next update) as well as the art assets for Project R and the Karamu trilogy. I'd also like to make some headway on the Android port for MMM this month since I don't have any imminent game releases looming over my head.

Thank you to everyone who's following along, and see you next month!

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Random Question

Out of morbid and not at all relevant to my projects curiosity, in a yandere game with a female love interest, would people prefer:

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My Husband is a Stranger Steam Page is Live!

Dropping in to say that My Husband is a Stranger's Steam page is up! The itch and Steam versions will be identical, so if you prefer to keep your games on Steam, you can wishlist it there! (It would help me out!)

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Random Ren'py Tutorial: Changing Your Launcher/Shortcut Icon (on Windows)

(Idk if this will be helpful to anyone, but since I've been learning Renpy and it took me a little bit to figure this out, I thought I'd share!)

The "window-icon" in your GUI folder is used for the taskbar icon. To change your launcher icon, you'll need an ico file, which is a specialized type that stores an image at multiple resolutions.

The website linked in the Renpy documentation works well for this. Drag and drop your "window-icon" file here:

After that, you'll want to rename the file to "icon.ico" and drop the file into your base directory. This is the folder ABOVE your regular "game" directory. Afterwards, make a new build of the game!

Note that Windows caches icons! That means that it might not register the icon change right away. So if the icon isn't changing, try renaming the executable (and then renaming it back, of course).

Hope this was useful!

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🌊 RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT 🐙

My Otome Jam project is a psychological/drama/romance visual novel about a sweet marriage that slowly rots into a nightmare. Try to navigate a rocky relationship with your husband and unravel the mysteries surrounding him over the course of seven days. You can play it here!

Your life should be perfect. The perfect career. The perfect family. The perfect husband. And bit by bit, that perfect life is cracking all around you.

As your life falls apart, you retreat to your family's estate on a remote island. But after a storm washes away your only means of escape, you find that you're trapped with your devoted, perfect husband... who might not be the man you married.

🌊 Customize your character with your own name, pronouns, skin color, and sexuality.

💍 One male love interest who you're already married to! No work required! (Although things could be going better for you two.)

🐟 3 days and 23k words in the demo (~2 hours playtime)

📖 Different font options to customize your reading experience.

🐙 A bittersweet, emotional story with darkness waiting for you under the surface.

🖥️ Playable on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, and browser.

Please note that this project is in active development. (The final game will contain 7 days, 50k+ words, and 8 endings.)

This game deals heavily with sensitive topics, including mental health and grief, with discussions of things like drug abuse and suicide. Please review the content warnings and play with discretion.

The game currently contains 3 out of a total of 7 planned days. I plan to release the game episodically (although maybe I'll release it all in one big batch... still deciding). I don't have any specific release dates since I do like to keep games in the oven until I'm sure they're ready, but I plan to finish the game within a year (as long as someone can restrain me from adding more assets...) I won't spoil anything, but players can expect the final endings to be very bittersweet.

If you'd like updates, I post my monthly devlogs here on itch.io, so you'll see the updates in your feed if you follow me! I also plan to post more often on Bluesky, with weekly devlogs on my Patreon.

I hope you all enjoy the game if you decide to check it out! And please check out the other Otome Jam entries as well, I'm sure there are a lot of good ones! 😊

Until next time,

Chattercap