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Conway McDermott

@conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com

https://conway.omg.lol www.the-left-eye.com ✒️🌹💸Writer, Artist, Victim of the Cost of Living Crisis💸🌹✒️ They/Xe/He🏳️‍⚧️ - Lead Writer at Haunted Trumpet 🎺 - Screen/Play Award Winner - EastEnders ❤️ - Now working on features, plays, and video games 💅

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Conway McDermott@conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com · 7d ago

Loved loved loved getting to put so much more branching and variety into this episode, as we plunge into the second half of our narrative!

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 7d ago

🎉 Our first draft of episode 4 is finished!! And @conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com has some thoughts on writing, branching and what’s coming up for all these con artists, mobsters, and dangerous types in #TheLeftEye episode 4! #gamedev #vndev #writing #narrativedesign #lgbtq

Conway McDermott@conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com · 3w ago

The brilliant @kymberleyc.bsky.social (who composed some killer tracks for The Left Eye) is now the voice of Victoria Beaumont in The Incident at Galley House, by @eviltrout.com ! After devouring The Roottrees Are Dead, this is an instant stream buy for me! store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/...

Save 10% on The Incident at Galley House on Steam

In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.

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Conway McDermott@conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com · 3w ago

“The themes of The Left Eye were shaped and informed specifically by my experiences of trans-masculinity, the tension between going stealth and being seen for who you are, and the struggle to try and live truthfully when you don't legally exist” But make it con artists! #nonbinary #tranmasc #pride

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 3w ago

Happy #InternationalNonbinaryPeoplesDay! Our lead writer @conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com has shared some thoughts about how being nonbinary & transmasc has informed their writing for #TheLeftEye on our tumblr 💜 #lgbtq #indiegame #writing #vndev

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team.hauntedtrumpet.com · last mo.

We had to take down our first attempt at the web version of #TheLeftEye #demo because it took forever to load but it's back and it loads SUPER FAST! You can give our whole first episode a try in your browser now :) #gamedev #vndev #itchio #vn #indiedev

Web Version is Back!

We've just uploaded a shiny new web version of The Left Eye's episode 1 demo ! The old version took over ten minutes to load and was not really a great experience for anybody, so we took it down tempo...

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Conway McDermott@conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com · 2mo ago

The research has been slowly getting more in depth for the left eye but I think this on location shooting by @sansorganes.hauntedtrumpet.com takes the cake!

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 2mo ago

One of the ep4 routes in #TheLeftEye takes Emile & Alex to New York Botanical Gardens so our artist-at-large @sansorganes.hauntedtrumpet.com went there to get some shots of the Haupt Conservatory, which has been there since 1902! #nybg #gamedev #art #research #vndev

A photo from The New York Botanical Gardens. In the background is the Haupt conservatory in slightly soft focus, a bright blue sky, green hedges, a pond and a tiled patio. In the foreground is a teal sketchbook being held up to the camera by a hand. There is a sticker on the front of The Left Eye logo.
Casey Explosion@caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hey folks, let's do an indie #ShowCasey for pride month! 🏳️‍🌈 Calling all LGBTQIA gamedevs! Do you have a game you want signal boosted? Reply to this post with a link to your game's store page and a quick description, and let's get you some eyeballs! There's only one rule: no generative AI.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 3mo ago

We’ve got a new #devlog and some updates for May! There’s new CGs, improvements and a guide to our super secret passwords and Easter eggs 🥚 #indiegame #vndev #steam #wishlistwednesday #vn #indiedev

The Left Eye - May Update: Polishing, Fixing and Progress - Steam News

Patch Notes & Updates We've just released a small update for The Left Eye that squashes a few bugs and typos, as well as adds a few more polished versions of CGs, one of which you can see here: Here's...

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Conway McDermott@conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com · 3mo ago

Finished the itch version of Our Wonderland this weekend and highly reccomend people wishlist! It's kind of like Alice in Wonderland meets Steven King's It, in a masterclass of ace horror! (and yes this is going to be a thread about what I found most exciting about it @justacarrot.bsky.social )

Carrot 🥕@justacarrot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thanks to the incredible kindness of @projectenso.games, my queer horror game Our Wonderland is coming to Steam! It'll be the remastered version packed with new art and goodies! This is a second chance for the game after the itch deindexing. Wishlist it now! store.steampowered.com/app/4329100/...

The main capsule image for the game Our Wonderland showcasing all five characters along with a "Wish now on Steam" icon in the middle.
Conway McDermott@conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com · 3mo ago

Can confirm that getting one steam review absolutely does lead to our entire team getting extremely excited and a full week of us being like: “Gotta work on the next episode!!! For the reviewer!!!”

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 3mo ago

We got an absolutely lovely review on Steam and it is making us Feel Stuff 💖💖💖 If you think you might enjoy The Left Eye too, you can find us on Itch or Steam! hauntedtrumpet.itch.io/the-left-eye store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #wishlistwednesday #vn #indiegame #thankyou

A screenshot of a positive steam review for The Left Eye. The date stamp indicates that it was originally posted on the 16th of April. The text of the review reads: "I LOVE this visual novel! The characters are all really compelling, and the intersecting plot points are fascinating. The humor is great, and the serious moments feel very sincere. The main romantic storyline has me in an absolute CHOKEHOLD. I'm really looking forward to more episodes coming out!!! (pleasepleaseplease I need more)"
Conway McDermott@conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com · 4mo ago

Speaking of glow ups… ✨✨✨ I love these moments of seeing how far we’ve come!!! #indiedev #vndev #narrativedesign #wip #visualnovel #gamedev #interactivefiction

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 4mo ago

Found some ancient screenshots of #thelefteye so it's #throwbackthursday! We originally jammed out a super rough version of #thelefteye in one month, so here's what things looked like before @metonumia.bsky.social made us tons of beautiful sprites 🖤 #vndev #indiegame #art #sprite #vn

A screenshot from a very early build of a visual novel. Two characters are posed in front of a drawing room background. They are indistinct and sketchy with their names written on their chests. The character to the left is male with 'Alex' written on him, and the character to the right is a woman with an eyepatch with 'Jackie' written across her chest, but backwards due to the sprite being flipped. The text box indicates that she is speaking, and she is saying: "No. We've all seen dead bodies. Some of us have even made a few ourselves". The whole image is monochrome.
Conway McDermott@conwaaaaaaay.hauntedtrumpet.com · 4mo ago

Is this a glow up? I’m in my notebook outlining episodes 4-6 of the left eye, and found these extremely early sketches of potential screen layout, narrative branching, and questionable probabilities for ep3’s poker game scene! #narrativedesign #interactivefiction #gamewriting #penandpaper #noai

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Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team.hauntedtrumpet.com · 4mo ago

Emile has one job: pull off a straightforward romance scam. He tried to stick to the plan, but he’s somehow managed to end up playing high-stakes poker with mobsters… store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #visualnovel #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #thelefteye #vndev