Narrative designer (ex-Frontier, Elite Dangerous), published author, indie dev, currently working on cyberpunk visual novel CODE.BREACH in Ren'pyhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3mthbtnlkcc2sHey. Watcha up to? Tell us what you're working on this week. 🙃 #indiegame #gamedev #visualnovel #vn #indiedev19 Aug 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthbtnlkcc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3msyjplv5q22fCurrently playing Z.A.T.O. for the first time. Really enjoying it. Concept is fascinating, the visual presentation is very cool & there's some excellent writing. I feel like I'm late to the party D: But check it out if ya haven't! #visualnovel #vn #zato https://nopanamaman.itch.io/z-a-t-o-i-love-the-world-and-everything-in-it13 Aug 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyjplv5q22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3msgdxh4yp227We've launched a CODE.BREACH preview page on Itch! Why not give it a little peek? It's pretty snazzy. :) sparecatstories.itch.io/codebreach #visualnovel #vn #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #itch https://sparecatstories.itch.io/codebreach06 Aug 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgdxh4yp227https://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3msdstnsddc25YO WE'RE MIXING UP OUR PROFILE! Introducing Spare Cat Stories - our dev team name going forward! This is still the main source for all CODE.BREACH information! Here's some capsule art as an apology for any confusion. :) #visualnovel #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #vn05 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdstnsddc25https://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3mqtm2nfz7223Introducing Nolan! Crew leader of the Falcons. Former military, respected mercenary, and a fan of tactical turn-based video games... I guess the next reveal should be a Steam page, huh? :) #visualnovel #indiegames #art #indiedev #gamedev17 Jul 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtm2nfz7223https://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3mp4shdxgbc25How are we liking the new dialogue box? :D THOSE CANNED BEANS THO #visualnovel #indiedev #art #gamedev #indiegames25 Jun 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4shdxgbc25https://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3mlehroxuik2pCheck out a slice of CODE.BREACH's original OST, courtesy of @ericguenther.bsky.social 😎 #indiegames #indiedev #visualnovel #soundtrack [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlehroxuik2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3mlboxkh5f22hHI! Double whammy celebration today: the first start-to-end draft of CODE.BREACH was completed! Over 180k words. I am happy & tired. :) ALSO! Our composer, Eric Guenther, has published the code.breach OST. You can check it out here: https://youtu.be/PZgOTxkBpPY?si=52uHQz0Won8LZFUg #visualnovel #indiedev #soundtrack07 May 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlboxkh5f22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3mkpyta2vns24Nothing bad ever happens around here at night... Right? #visualnovel #art #indiegames #gamedev30 Apr 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpyta2vns24https://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3mhxomnovhk2zPose check. #visualnovel #art #indiegames #gamedev26 Mar 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxomnovhk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3mgx3xmxyq225Say hello to Aiden! This smart-mouth street kid gets real fizzy when people share posts he's in... (hint hint!) #visualnovel #gamedev #art13 Mar 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgx3xmxyq225https://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3mgq55ksvx22dI did some placeholder CG art! (This is why I hired artists, if you couldn't tell... 🫣) #visualnovel #gamedev #art10 Mar 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgq55ksvx22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3m5257mshec2qHey! It's been a while - code.breach is chugging along nicely. We've reworked our art flow a little .... Can we interest you in a concept sketch for now? :) #visualnovel #gamedev #cyberpunk #art07 Nov 2025 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5257mshec2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lxkmloywhk2xNew addition to our character reveal roster - D-V8! Some might say she's a little artificial, though... #visualnovel #gamedev #art29 Aug 2025 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkmloywhk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lwvtgikh5s2xCharacter A: "It's over." Character B: "No, it's only just begun." Then, after a pause, you hold down the delete key with a gentle smile. Not today, old friend. Not today. #writing21 Aug 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvtgikh5s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lwranxs6ok2zWriting dialogue with this furball sleeping on my foot. Not a bad afternoon. #gamedev #cat19 Aug 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwranxs6ok2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lt2rr5fgj22mWhat's this? Character reveals? With more to come in the next few weeks?👀 Sure would be wild if people shared this news...! #visualnovel #gamedev #art #codebreachgame03 Jul 2025 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2rr5fgj22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lonzdfpijc24Cor, game development takes a while, don't it? The team is still plugging away, but it's gonna be a while before we have working scenes to share. For now, have an early look at one of our original background pieces from Sebastian :) #visualnovel #gamedev #art08 May 2025 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonzdfpijc24https://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3limv2ebovk2zYo! Apologies for the radio silence while code.breach has been spinning up early development. Here's a very early character concept sketch to make up for it. :) #visualnovel #gamedev #art20 Feb 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3limv2ebovk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lerremwqek2pNew year also means new team member! We've brought Sebastiana onto the code.breach project as our background artist. :) #visualnovel #gamedev #art https://www.artstation.com/sebastianchacin02 Jan 2025 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lerremwqek2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3ler5fqnddk2sHappy New Year from the code.breach team! We're really excited to crack on with the project in 2025, and will bring plenty of preview content to you over the coming months :) #gamedev #visualnovel02 Jan 2025 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ler5fqnddk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3ld52lccvgk2wSecond announcement of the week! 🥳 We're also overjoyed to welcome Angel to the code.breach team as our CG artist. You can see some of their work here: www.artstation.com/angeldesenha #gamedev #visualnovel #art https://www.artstation.com/angeldesenha12 Dec 2024 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld52lccvgk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lcxjshmtqc2cWe have a couple of exciting announcements this week! First up: We're delighted to welcome Crayon to the code.breach team as our character artist. Check out some of their artwork here: cara.app/crayonling/all #gamedev #visualnovel #art https://cara.app/crayonling/all10 Dec 2024 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxjshmtqc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lcdxux75yc2cThe application window for artists interested in working on code.breach is now closed! We received over 250 submissions, which is absolutely wild.🤩 It's gonna take a couple of days to go through them all, so please bear with us - We'll begin contacting people with updates soon.02 Dec 2024 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdxux75yc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lbryon76522uThe #Arcane Season 2 soundtrack would be amazing if it didn't risk making me cry every god-damned track.25 Nov 2024 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbryon76522uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sparecatstories.bsky.social/post/3lbezmcmrtk2oAs well as updates on code.breach's development, this feed will also include regular images of my cat interrupting me while I work. He especially loves grabbing my sleeve mid-type. #gamedev #cats20 Nov 2024 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:2bsdr2yiupxwscxtbclw6dxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbezmcmrtk2o