Joana Vieira (Ziraeliss)

Screenshot from a pitch deck. It says: The Concept. "You wake up alone, the only bulb intact in a sea of broken bulbs at the bottom of the old mine. You're scared of the dark, and your battery won't last long. Nothing around except for terrifying shadows. Then, an idea. A dream, more like it: the surface. That place where the miners kept you before abandoning you here. If you could just climb to get there, you would be safe. Or so you hope." What the little bulb doesn't know, dear reader, is that far worse than shadows exists in that mine. There are creatures, older than you and me, and their sanctuaries are full of peril and sorrow. The journey to the surface shall be perilous, but maybe there's hope. Maybe there are other bulbs, also lost in the dark, waiting for a friend so they can aid each other on their path. When lost in the dark, be the light.

Been working on improving my pitch for Afraid of the Dark ahead of Nordic Conference 👀
Sounds interesting? 🫣

Also, if anyone is going, it's my first game conference and I would love to meet people and not be alone the whole time! 👋😊

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Congrats, super deserved! 👏😄

Haven't done that yet, but definitely soon, I want more of this! 😄

Finally played Outer Wilds for the first time. All I have to say is: just play it. Don't ask questions, don't see anything about it. Just play it ✨

the #1 worst people in games are at it again YouTube video by Charalanahzard

Made this video solely to defend a dev who had their game stolen, discovered a whole ass rabbit hole regarding a giant game publishing scam. WILD.

youtu.be/slI30AhW00A

Belated #screenshotsaturday but here is
a thing.
a thing you can probably play soon :) #screenshotsunday

A view out of my window of a snow covered parking lot, the first big snow of the year in Malmö

My dessert table from New Year's celebrations. There's cheesecake, Portuguese caramel pudding, Portuguese sweet rice, brownies, fruit, chocolate mousse and a few other sweet things

A picture of me and three other friends, all smiling, during a very nice sunny day in Porto, sometime between Christmas and New Year

A picture of me and my SO, dressed in winter gear and looking cute

Took a few weeks off the internet to enjoy the holidays, played through FF VII Remake to prep for Rebirth, had nice food (maybe too much) and hung out with nice people. I'm ready to get back to work on my game! 💪😄
(Should probably get back to exercise too 😬)

Building Relationships on Steam Experience life as a house in this silly adventure game! Play as a building as you roll, jump, and wave-dash across a cozy island. Meet eligible structures, romance them, and experience a bizarre, yet...

anyways if you want to see more nonsense then pls give the game a wishlist

i am very close to a milestone number 🙏🥺

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our viral horror game where you need to inspect haunted cabins is out now!! (to progress you have to vote if they're haunted or not, not good if you’re paranoid lmao)

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Our most popular Sprint course is back - ‘Setting Up Your Indie Studio with Rami Ismail’ 🚀

Running in Feb 2025 and led by @ramiismail.com

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Hey folks. Since Dec 2nd until Dec 15th I am fundraising with the SEGA Steam Team for Thankmas!

I've got speedruns, kazoo renditions rewards, game giveaways, Sonic Robo Blast 2 @crowdcontrol.live & more. All proceeds are going to Samaritans & CrisisTextLine.

See you there! @tiltify.bsky.social

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A chocolate mug cake made in a glass container, sprinkled with powdered sugar. It's set on a table decorated for Christmas, with a festive table runner and a tiny tree with presents as the centerpiece. It was a delicious cake!

Chocolate mug cake made fancy, because why not? Lately, every little bite of happiness counts 🍫

I'm making a starter pack for game developers connected to the amazing community around Malmö, Southern Sweden and Game Habitat DevHub. It's still early so please comment if you'd like to be added.
go.bsky.app/V44KH8b

Thank you! 😄

Hey there! Also a dev in Malmö, would love to be a part of it! 🙂

Selfie I took today. I'm wearing a yellow long sleeve, a red headband and red framed glasses.

A piece of concept art for one of my game characters. It's a lightbulb with big round eyes attached. The base of the lightbulb is made of layers of gears, alternating in red and light brown. The glass part is completely yellow (light is on).

That moment when I unintentionally dressed in my character's colors today 💡👀

Me, with my back to the camera, my very long hair prominent in the picture, tied with a yellow bow on the back of my head. I'm walking through a park where the trees are all yellow and the floor is completely covered in dry fallen leaves to the point you don't see the path underneath. A very beautiful, quiet and nice fall day.

Been enjoying the fall and the leaves before it gets too dark out 🍂🍁

Just had an extremely fun Halloween, hope everyone enjoyed theirs! 🎃👻

I'm not the most active poster on social media, but I definitely plan to be a bit more as my current projects become more public, so I'll see you soon with some updates for sure!
Thanks for following and hopefully you get something interesting out of it! ☺️

I've also been a Game and Narrative Designer up to now, and in total it's been about 10 years since I've started dabbling in the games industry.
It's definitely a new challenge working on my own studio, it's something I've always wanted to do and I can't wait to share what I've been working on!

A warm hello to all the new followers!
Guess I should properly introduce myself in here:
I'm Joana, also known as Ziraeliss, and I'm currently working on launching Negative Sun Studios, a tiny new game studio focused on narrative driven platformer/puzzle adventures! 😄😊

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #959,148, Joana Vieira (Ziraeliss) ‪@ziraeliss.bsky.social‬, joined on Sep 11, 2023"

I know I feel like an old person when you meet me, but Elder is another level 😂

@ozone.birb.house Me as Dev please, been a game dev for years and working on opening my own indie studio soon!

Pitch Stalling & The Risks of Publisher Feedback Throughout 2023, the ecosystem for games has contracted significantly. That has made the practice of something I'm calling "Pitch Stalling" far more common, and as a massive risk to your game project,...

This LTPF edition:

- The dangers of "Pitch Stalling", the risky practice of chasing publisher feedback to improve your chances at a pitch.
- Q? A! about dealing with your own leadership failures.

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Tickets for the next Writers' Guild #gamewriting online panel are now available!

6.30-7.30pm, 5 October 2023

This time we are looking at accessibility and writing.

RTs welcome and book your free tickets now! (This event is open to non-members.

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I don’t know why there’s any debate on whether video games are art. Everyone agrees movies are art and video games are just short movies connected by stretches of murder simulation, therefore,