VinTJ 👾🔎 read shadows house! (Ch. 214!)

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24, Indie #games Enthusiast. Also I'm on steam! profiction & proship. minors DNI please and thanks! (just don't argue abt "don't depict problematic things in fictional media" and we're good!) https://steamcommunity.com/id/VinTJ/ #VinTJGames

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The Header image for "Chicory: A colorful Tale", showing the painter bunny "Chicory" (left) with the player character dog, "Pizza" (right). Both are holding a brush with colors. (Image taken from SteamPoacher)
Ian & Faye on left and right from "Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands" game, as seen in the free anniversary wallpaper art (https://x.com/deathbulge/status/1821595536937357406) (which, to the poster's knowledge, never got posted on Bluesky)
Raya from "A Space for the Unbound", from the visual of the Steam Card of the game
Image of the "Spectre" from Slay the Princess saying "Because I might be interested in seeing a little begging" while looking playfully(?) to the side
Tier list of characters in Blue Archive. Some mentions of tiers and characters within them follows (might have spoilers or possibly slight omitted names with blanks, but hopefully accurate and comprehensive:) "I love them!! a lot!!" tier: Ichika, Maki, Reisa, Shizuko, Mika, Seia, Hina, Junko, Hikari "lovely & cute..!" tier: Yuuka, Hoshino, Momoi, Midori, Aris, Hifumi, Airi, Natsu, Mari, Chise, Nodoka, Kirino, Miyako, Aoba, Nozomi "Nexon should make her playable.. NEED (for GL)" tier: Arona, Sora, Arata, Kuzunoha, Akira, Shuro, Plana, Ein "has lots of fun moments, appreciated" : Shiroko, Serika, Ako, Iori, Mutsuki, Haruka, Kayoko, Noa, Yuzu, Akane, Yoshimi, Kazusa, Niya, Yukari, Kokona, Cherino, Minori, Moe, Miyu, Kurumi "don't have yet, but I think would love": Iroha, Ibuki, Koharu, Kisaki, Niko, _ "IDK, not seen enough": Chiaki, Kasumi, Koyuki, Rei, Tsurugi, Wakamo, _ "ok (fine)": [note; this is basically most of the rest of the cast and the most dense tier] Nonomi, Ayane, Chinatsu, Aru, Haruna, Fuuka, Sena, Megu, Neru, Kotama, Hibiki, Kotori, Himari, Sumire, Serina, Hanae, Mashiro, Sakurako, Ui, Shimiko, Kaho, Pina, Kaede, Izuna, Michiru, Ayame, Nagusa, Renge, Kikyou, Saya, Meru, Rumi, Shigure, Momiji, Fubuki, Yukino, Otogi, Misaki, Hiyori, Rabu, Tsumugi "ok (non-playable idk)": Momoka, Sumomo, Shinon, Mai, Akemi, Sof, Ohr "they exist, I guess? a bit meh": Makoto, Satsuki, Akari, Izumi, Juri, Kirara, Erika, Asuna, Karin, Utaha, Suzumi, Mine, Hasumi, Hinata, Tsubaki, Mimori, Tsukuyo, Mina, Reijo, Tomoe, Marina, Ayumu "could be interesting with more time": Yume, Kokuriko, (Council Pres), Rin, Aoi, Suou, Kai "who? why does this list have them?": Haine, Takane, Konoka, _ _ _ "collab charas": Miku, _, _, _, "dislike. maybe hate. no redemption": Kaya, Azami
a picture of Umamusume Support cards, which show; Kitasan Black SSR (Speed, Lv 45) Special Week SSR (Speed, Lv 50) Sweep Tosho SSR (Speed, Lv 35) Eishin Flash SSR (Speed, Lv 45) Manhattan Cafe (Stamina, Lv 35) Super Creek (Stamina, Lv 50)
someone posting "my leo cup aces are done, love will win" with a picture of final stats for two Trainees in Umamusume. said poster then QRTs themselves saying "a trainer who follows meta can never beat a trainer who follows YURI". stats from the picture mainly read: 1. Meisho Doto (A Rank) Speed 1200 Stamina 904 Power 682 Guts 393 Wit 396 2. T.M. Opera O (A Rank) Speed 1200 Stamina 859 Power 815 Guts 435 Wit 471
image of a comment on vndb, asking, in summary, "(...) I'm concerned about the yuri elements, as it's a huge issue for me. Someone told me the kissing was just to get the protagonist in the mood, but is there more to it? (...)"
A screenshot of a game's store page on steam called "Magical Girl Critical Deluxe" that says: "If magic doesn't work, then you beat with stick!"
Steam notification that reads: "A discussion post you reported has been reviewed and action has been taken. Thank you for helping to make Steam Community a better place."
a conversation backlog on a visual novel titled OniiKiss. text is as follows: Yayoi: "I heard it's a remake of some old girls' manga" Onii-chan: "Ah, I see." (Narration line): A genre beyond the understanding of men where the true classics can set a girl's heart pounding at the drop of a hat.
A partial twitter thread from Nick Popovich (Slime Rancher development) posted originally on 3 July 2018 on twitter, that reads: "And since I mentioned luck... Being lucky feels good, so LIE. There's nothing wrong with fudging random systems to come out in the players favor at key moments. Heck, you can even display false %'s so long as it's not cheating out another player. Game design is full of LIES. That all becomes very important because of this simple equation: [Random + Time = Frustration] It sucks to bang your head against true randomness and not get the outcome you want. So make your drop rates for loot or whatever change over time based on player effort. Systems like that are great because a player can still get lucky and get the thing early, but worst case they eventually get the thing when you've decided it still feels good. Again, randomness is no excuse! You made the game. Be responsible with your players' time. "
screenshot of Overbold in UFO 50; the shop screen right before entering the final boss fight. Score able to be spent = 6400 Boss prize (maxed out) = 3200 Upgrades: Max Health (1x), Medkit (2x, max), Gun Fire Rate (2x, max), Gun Power (2x, Max), Gun Spread (1x), Gun Bounce (1x), Lava Walk (1x)
screenshot of Overbold win screen. Text says; "Final Winnings 9600".
screenshot of Enter the Gungeon on a steam library. "Play Time; 944.4 hours".
list fully loaded with many titles. a ctrl+f search on the page shows it only detects 4998 buttons with the term 'store p' from 'store page.
steam screenshot saying that the user 'VinTJ' has '5001' followed games.
list of purchases on JAST, a store for Japanese, (often NSFW/has erotic content) visual novels. titles: -Full Metal Daemon Muramasa -Amatsutsumi -Yume Miru Kusuri - A Drug that Makes you Dream -The Seventh Sign Mr. Sister -Princess X - My Fiancee is a Monster Girl -Inyochu - Insects of Insemination
picture of a Tartle from Patch Quest pulled from the wiki; name comes from Tar + Turtle, being a tar-covered turtle.
Gungeon screenshot; 6 bullets coming out of the furnace
a photo of a joystick / gamepad / controller buttons on the right hand side. The buttons show huge icons for Playstation layouts (from North-East-West-South button positions being, respectively; Triangle, Circle, Square, Cross / X); but inside those icons there are small letters for Xbox style button positions (being Y, B, X and A, on the same positions, going from North, East, West, South buttons.
screenshot of titles released by "Steam Developer: 'Psyop' ", including the two latest: "I love you, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator" (2019 release) and "Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim" (2022 release). It is now 2025.
A video essay by "NeverKnowsBest" channel, titled "An in-depth look at Romance in Video Games". Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbVsYcYaL4k&ab_channel=NeverKnowsBest The thumbnail also says "Love sucks in video games", although it is slightly clickbait and the conclusion takes a more moderate approach of saying Romance in games can be good with some caveats.
screenshot of a steam capsule image for the game titled "Dismantling Workshop of Bio-Girl".
Screenshot of List of Mods in Crypt of the Necrodancer. -Avaritia The Rogue -Biodiversity Plus -Chaonlibs (pre-req mod for some others) -Choose your Final Boss -Creepslime's Library mod (pre-req x2) -Descent! -Dragon Variants -Easy Item Bans/Starts -Extra Level Size -Gargoyles Galore -Goose's miniboss pack -Harder Conductor -Harder Dead Ringer -Harder Golden Lute -Harder Necrodancer -Harder Zone 5
Picture of a Northernlion VOD stream, where he plays "Gamedle", an online website game that shows a partially blurred image of a random game and asks the player to guess the name of the game.
Comment that says "I agree the writing isn't great, but honestly sometimes the way you make trash good is by leaning into it instead of trying to course correct."
Dictionary entry on Merriam-Webster for the word "béchamel", meaning a particular "creamy white sauce"
screenshot of the game "Tetrachroma"
@louisathelast.bsky.social‬ tweet that says: "Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this" Posted on Bluesky, December 10th (GMT+7 timezone, maybe)
ss of "Spill the Beans" store page with a common position for a demo button
Screenshot of the store page
Screenshot of "Steam Awards received" worth to 27.000 points
A cut off steam review of Slay the Princess
1st Picture, example of (subjectively unintuitive) game UI.. White rectangles in the middle are used to obscure white text out of the original cropped picture (there was white text there). The whole image also has a grey dim overlay due to being screenshotted mid-dialogue (the outlines are much brighter in the original selection screen, normally, close to a pure white) Shows 3 horizontal black rectangle buttons next to each other, the leftmost one being outlined in grey, and the other two being outlined in white.
"it ain't much, but it's honest work" meme
screenshot of popular but non-informative "checklist" style steam review, where aspects such as "Graphics" and "Gameplay" have several options, one of which being checked and the rest are blank squares. one example on the top half of the picture says: "Graphics" (blank) You forget what reality is (checked) Beautiful (blank) good (blank) decent (blank) bad (blank) don't look too long at it (blank) paint.exe
Store page for "Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut", a game update that recently dropped for "Slay the Princess"!
Screenshot of the game "Bloodcrave", where when one of the male LIs ask about your love life, the possible real answers is split into 4. Two of which leaning towards "I haven't found anyone yet", but the wording differs only in "still looking for the right girl" / "still looking for the right person", while the latter subset of "I kind of like someone" says "There is one girl" / "There is someone". The funny thing about this dichotomy is that it puts more emphasis on your interests if you like girls, but keeps things a bit ambiguous and a lot more distant if you're leaning towards wanting an MxM romance. At least to my knowledge, the marketing and kickstarter character bios don't hint towards Kurt / Oliver, the more masculine LIs, as NBs!
picture of a cult of the lamb fanart by @cupsiie.bsky.social‬ that the poster has replied to with the Red Pin / Thumbtack emoji, but also with the added comment that it is "very nice" right below it on the same post. It still shows up in the Red Pin feed!
mostly the same image as the previous post, except everything says "i just need to push myself harder". This seems to be the original image.
Meme picture depicting a constant cycle of negative thoughts. The sentiment mostly reads "I just need to play games in my backlog", with a cycle of "Gotta play these games" -> "*plays comfort game again*" -> "I'll start on backlog tomorrow" -> *buys more new games* and it repeats. The pictures depict a talking head silhouette with red scratches inside saying "I just need to play games in my backlog", then a tired looking stickman on a bed saying the same thing (implying it happens every night), then the "dad comes in the room to ask how their son is doing" meme template asking if the person is okay and the person responding with the same thing, covered in a cloud of black scratches.
Screenshot of the game "Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of The Arcane", a recently released title based on the Phoenix Wright series where cases happen in a fantasy, magical world.