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Approximately three queers in a trench coat making interactive fiction together 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Our visual novel, The Left Eye, is in early access now! 🖥️ 🎮 👻🎺

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Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· 14d

Emile is the saddest boy (but not really, he’s just hamming it up for a funeral he doesn’t really want to attend in episode 2 of #TheLeftEye) store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #wishlistwednesday #art #vndev #steam #indiedev Art by our CG artist, @sansorganes.hauntedtrumpet.com ❤️

Artwork of Emile from The Left Eye, a visual novel. He is shown from a low angle, holding a rose, with a sad expression on his face. He is depicted in monochrome over a lilac background. A stock photo of a gold trophy has been added in the corner, with the words SADDEST BOY pasted over it.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· 21d

The #NonbinaryCodedGames festival is over now and we're so grateful to everyone who wishlisted or bought #TheLeftEye! And a massive thank you to @nomnomnami.com and @npckc.net for organizing, and to all the devs, players and streamers who took part 💜 #vndev #indiegame #steam #gamedev

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· 28d

Here's a peek at the episode 4 opening of #TheLeftEye for #WishlistWednesday! We're so grateful for all of the wishlists we've gotten during the #NonbinaryCodedGames showcase, it means the world to our tiny nonbinary team 💛🤍💜🖤 store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #vndev #indiedev #gamedev

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jul 13

We're super proud to be included in the #NonbinaryCodedGames showcase along with lots of other amazing games by #nonbinary developers 💛🤍💜🖤 store.steampowered.com/curator/4610... #steam #indiegame #vn #thelefteye

A promotional banner for the nonbinary coded games event on Steam. It has a purple background with darker purple diagonal stripes. In the left half there are illustrations of four characters: a green-haired mage, a cream-colored rabbit, a bright blue monster and a dark-haired cat person. On the right is text that reads "nonbinary coded games" and under that is the capsule art for The Left Eye. Below that are the dates of the event: july 13th to 20th 2026. The tagline at the bottom reads: "celebrating games made by nonbinary developers"

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jul 8

In keeping with the whole speakeasy 1920s vibe of #thelefteye, we have a bunch of secret passwords and stuff hidden in each episode that let you change the game's color tint and/or fix the results of a card game in episode 3 👀 #wishlistwednesday #eastereggs #vndev #indiegame #gamedev

A screenshot of a visual novel. Three characters are standing in a bar. From left to right: a tall young man in a suit with a coat over it (Alex), a shorter, chubby young man in a suit (Emile) and a chubby young woman wearing work clothes (Deirdre). The dialogue box takes up the lower quarter of the screen and shows that Alex is speaking. He is saying: "Emile? You managed to find the bar without somebody tossing you onto it?". The scene has a film grain filter and a blue tint.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jun 27

Petty lies that Emile is willing to tell in order to [checks notes] get a refund for a train ticket? 🏳️‍🌈 he's totally straight 💍 he's definitely married 🦠 he has Spanish influenza #screenshotsaturday #visualnovel #lgbtq #indiegame #gamedev #begaydocrime #verypettycrime

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jun 25

The Left Eye is in the Steam Summer Sale and it’s 25% off 🎉 But tbh The Power of Pride bundle is still going strong and you should get that instead because it includes our game and hundreds of other projects by queer creatives who you can support! #steam #vn #indegame #lgbtq Links below 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

A promotional graphic. The background is a beach scene, with sky and hills in the distance, a blue sea and a sandy beach with shells and a towel in the foreground. Text at the top reads “Steam summer sale, Jun 25 - Jul 9 at 10am PT. Below that is the capsule art for The Left Eye, and text that reads “-25%”. The old price, $4.99, is struck through, and the sale price, $3.74, is displayed.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jun 16

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

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jun 6

Emile is always working on the big score but he’s never above a bit of petty theft… In episode 3 of #thelefteye you may be able to relieve Clarence of his tie pin if you play your cards right 👀 #screeshotsaturday #vn #gamedev #indiegame #begaydocrime

A screenshot of The Left Eye, a visual novel. There are three characters on the screen. In the foreground and to the left is a tall man with a chiselled face and round glasses with a diamond tie pin. Next to him is a short, chubby man with curly hair, looking annoyed. In the background to the right is a young woman who is slightly out of focus, also looking annoyed. The dialogue box takes up the bottom quarter of the screen and reads: “If I just brush past him as I return my glass…”. There are two dialogue choices in the middle of the screen. The top one reads “He won’t even notice that it’s gone”, and the second reads “It’s not worth the risk”.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jun 3

Hello! Thank you, Casey! 🏳️‍🌈 The Left Eye is a queer romance visual novel set in 1920s NYC, featuring scams, missing diamonds and gays behaving badly! store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... hauntedtrumpet.itch.io/the-left-eye

A screenshot from The Left Eye. On the right is a young man wearing a fur over a tuxedo, and on the right is his bio:

EMILE DE LA ROCHE
AGE: 25
BIRTHPLACE: CALAIS, FRANCE OCCUPATION: SOCIALITE
CURRENT ABODE: THE WALDORF ASTORIA
HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY

A closeup of a woman's eyes, set over a background of a hotel room. The UI indicates that she is speaking: "You look like you got the devil on your tail".

A darkly silhouetted CG of the statue of liberty's torch, with two silhouettes standing on it. The UI indicates that the speaker's name is Emile, and he is saying: "I really do like you, Alex."

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jun 1

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️HAPPY PRIDE! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜🩷 #TheLeftEye is part of the #PowerOfPride2026 bundle! You can support queer creatives and get tons of amazing comics, games and books for $60 (or $10 PWYC!) 🌈 #lgbtq #mutualaid #pride

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· May 30

It’s #screenshotsaturday time! Anything goes at The Cadenza, Emile’s personal favorite speakeasy… #vndev #indiegame #art #queer #gamedev

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· May 27

We like to get in at least one title drop per episode of #thelefteye 👀 (ft. another revamped CG by @sanorganes.bsky.social) #indiegame #vn #art #writing #gamedev

A screenshot from The Simpsons. It shows Bart's classmates and teacher from his POV, all turned to look at him with enthusiastic expressions on their faces. A caption has been added to the bottom of the image that reads: "SAY THE LINE EMILE"

A screenshot of The Left Eye, a visual novel game, showing a CG of Emile (a chubby, freckly young man with short curly hair wearing a black suit and tie) holding a rose and looking conflicted. The CG is drawn from a low angle and is in monochrome with a slight cool pink filter. The UI is a text box taking up the lower part of the screen, and shows the following dialogue: "But I'm Jackie's Left Eye, not the hand that held the knife."

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· May 13

@sanorganes.bsky.social is reworking a few of #thelefteye episode 1 CGs, including this ✨very special moment✨ where Alex decides to ruin Emile's life: #vndev #indiegame #vn #lgbtq #art

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· May 6

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)"

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Apr 25

He’s not wrong 😒 #screenshotsaturday #art #vn #lgbtq #vndev #indiegame

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Apr 20

The Left Eye is going to be in the Power of Pride bundle 2026!!! 🌈🌈🌈 #PoP2026 #lgbtq #pride #indiegame #gamedev #visualnovel

A square pride flag with an image of a sleeping cat surrounded by a game controller, a piece of paper, a musical note, a pencil, a six sided dice, a book and a raised fist. Beneath this is text reading: “Congrats, you’re in!”

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Apr 9

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.

A screenshot from a more recent build of a visual novel. Two characters are posed in front of a drawing room background. They are lined and colored. The character to the left is a young man in a suit with a dubious expression, and the character to the right is a woman with an eyepatch, who is speaking. The text box gives her name as Jackie, 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, with a half-tone effect on the background and a film grain effect.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Mar 28

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

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Mar 19

Episode 3 of #TheLeftEye is OUT NOW! 🎉 We got: ⭐️ ~19k new words ⭐️ CGs! Achievements! ⭐️ High-stakes poker (emotionally, not financially) ⭐️ A gun introduced in the first act that may go off in the second ⭐️ Sybaritic socialites slumming it in speakeasies ⭐️ 25% off! #vn #indiegame

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Mar 18

It's #wishlistwednesday again! Episode 3 of #thelefteye is out TOMORROW on #steam and #itch, and we'll have a 25% discount for the #steamspringsale 💸 store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... hauntedtrumpet.itch.io/the-left-eye #indiegame #vn

A screenshot of a visual novel. the screen is split in two horizontally, with a sprite of a young man triumphantly pulling a fur coat on over a tuxedo on the left, and a UI panel with his biography on the right. The text reads: EMILE DE LA ROCHE, AGE: 25, BIRTHPLACE: CALAIS, FRANCE, OCCUPATION: SOCIALITE, CURRENT ABODE: THE WALDORF ASTORIA, NEW YORK CITY

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Feb 20

Codependent petty criminals 5eva #thelefteye #vn #art

An orange label with black text stuck to a brown cardboard box. It reads: “This is a set. Do not separate”

Artwork of Jackie, a tall butch woman with an eyepatch, holding Emile: a shorter man and her codependent partner-in-crime. Jackie looks aggressive and possessive, and Emile looks smug. The image is monochrome on a half-toned brick background with a minimalist art deco inspired border.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Feb 19

@kymberleyc.bsky.social is not only a great voice actor, but has so far written four jazz tracks for The Left Eye! In a glimpse into her creative process, you see all the passion and experience for storytelling that she brings to her music! #vndev #indiedev #gamemusic #voiceactor #visualnovel

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Feb 14

❤️ Happy Valentine's Day and happy #screenshotsaturday! We've been adding fancy little borders to our intertitles, and also more detailed CGs of Jackie's boots 👀 #gamedev #vndev #indiedev #art #gameart #thelefteye

A screenshot of a game showing a title card in the style of silent movies. There are art deco diamond designs in each corner. The text in the centre reads: "THE LEFT EYE EPISODE THREE: PAS DE CHANCE"

A screenshot of a visual novel. A pair of boots, viewed from behind, dangle down. The text printer UI takes up the bottom third of the screen, and the narration reads: "Her legs swing over the edge of the bunk, and I see a flash of truth: army boots, bare legs." The image is in monochrome with a slight dreamy blur/chromatic aberration effect.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jan 20

@conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social has been using #twine to help diagram the more fiddly branching in #lefteye episode 3 This part is for a poker game that Emile manages to attend by mistake 🫠 #if #interactivefiction #vndev #indiedev #writing

A screenshot of the Twine editor with a large number of connected nodes indicating a branching narrative structure. The text on the nodes is largely too small to read but pertains to the flow of a poker game: different actions can be taken in different rounds.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jan 17

#screenshotsaturday! One of our first CGs from episode 3 by @sanorganes.bsky.social. Alex and Emile are getting pretty familiar 🌝 #gamedev #vndev #lgbtq #art #amare

A monochrome image of two men, focused on their torsos. A shorter man in a suit jacket is facing a taller man in a shirt and suspenders, and is wiping wine off his neck with a handkerchief. The lower quarter of the image shows a visual novel user interface, and identifies the speaker as Alex, the taller man. He is saying “We must be spending too much time together”.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Jan 3

First #screenshotsaturday of 2026! 🎉 Alex has a proposition for Emile in episode two of The Left Eye... (CG by @sanorganes.bsky.social) store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #art #illustration #indiegame #vndev #gamedev #lgbtq

A monochrome screenshot of two men sitting on the balcony of the statue of liberty's torch. A text box covers the lower portion of the image, which identifies the speaker as Alex, the man sitting on the left. The text reads: "...Truth is, I like you. And I need your help."

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Dec 17

🎺👻 It’s #wishlistwednesday once again and you can wishlist The Left Eye on #steam! (you can also play episodes 1 & 2 if you want to!!) store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #indiedev #vn #lgbtq #gamedev

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Dec 11

So psyched by our progress on episode 3 of #TheLeftEye since launching into early access! The first draft script is finished, new character sprites are being drawn, and new CGs and cut- ins are well underway! And yes, we’re doubling down on our scary knife-wife content x #vn #indiegame #lgbt #art

A black and white illustration of a woman, cut so that only her eyes and nose are visible. She has thick, dark hair, and a white bandage over her left eye. She is glaring out of the frame, slightly above the viewer, nostrils flared with rage, menace in her one remaining eye.

Haunted Trumpet 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵@team· Dec 3

Casually reposting @conwaaaaaaay.bsky.social’s insta story for #wishlistwednesday because they have a real way with words lol If you like these things maybe you will also like #TheLeftEye??? store.steampowered.com/app/3811440/... #gamedev #vn #indiegame #lgbtq