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Talents

Izumi Games

Write your way to success with your talented yet rowdy co-founders in this game development-themed romance visual novel! Do you have what it takes?

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About This Game

Play as an aspiring game writer and designer who dives into a business partnership with a rowdy crew of talented co-founders, aiming to conquer the indie game development industry through their shared stories, love, and relentless determination. Will you write your way to the top?

Play as Alice (Renamable), the main character of our game.

And meet your team/love interests!

Before you start

Recommended route order: Composer > Artist > Programmer > CEO > Alexis > Otome

For the best experience, we recommend this order as it preserves the intended narrative flow and reveals.

  • Renamable protagonist

  • A game with unique game mechanics:

1. Writing Skill Event (Mini-Game)

-- Pass to unlock routes and progress the story.

-- Fail, and you’ll get different bad endings.

-- Determines your love interest and affects key scenes.

2. Choice Selection

-- Your choices change events, scenes, and the type of ending you’ll get.

  • A 100k+ word fictional tale inspired by real-life dev experiences, interviews, and events — with multiple routes and endings that offer hours of replayable content.

  • Six routes in total. Four romanceable routes (Composer, Artist, Programmer, CEO) and two extra routes (Alexis and Otome)

  • Multiple Endings where you could replay (19 in total—ranging from bad, normal, and good endings)

  • English voice acting (Prologue is fully voiced, while the rest of the full game has partial voice acting)

  • CG Gallery (Over 50+ in total)

  • A dictionary feature for some technical and gaming words.

  • Steam and In-game Achievements (However, only Steam has a dedicated list. You can also see your progress on the Endings feature.)

  • Music Room

  • Bonus Content

  • More features are available for the player to discover.

⚠️ Linux & Steam Deck Disclaimer

This game is not officially supported on Linux/Steam Deck, as we currently do not have the hardware to properly test or troubleshoot issues. However, some players have reported successful gameplay after adjusting compatibility settings (e.g., using Proton 5.13-6 on Steam Deck).

We recommend trying the demo first to check compatibility. If the demo runs smoothly, the full game should work as well.

Credits

Izumi Ikimizu (The Solo Dev) - Art Director, Background Artist, UI Designer, Extra Graphics Artist, Writer, CG colorist, Programmer, Marketer

In collaboration with:

  • テル (Kuroaya Craft) - Sprites and Character Designs

  • Ysa Sensei - CG outline artist

  • Mingming.ix- CG colorist, sprite artist

  • Art of Ersuke - Modified Sprites (except Alice's)

  • xLyn - chibi artist

  • Hanabiem - Key Art

  • Limnological - Co-programmer for Writing Skill Event - Level 1

  • VPG Studio - Voice Acting, Casting, Voice Direction, Voice Audio Engineering. See imdb for full list of cast.

  • NetherTales- Pangarap Game Jam Scene Animation

  • CC Music, SFX, and BG Model Creators - listed on the game application's credits section

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    Talents' First Anniversary 🎉

    Today is Talents' First Anniversary! 🎆🎮 It's already been a year since the full game release. How fast time flies! We hope you enjoyed your time with our romanceable game devs!…

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    Live Broadcast for Storyteller's Festival

    Watch Jitterrue’s Feature VOD of the Talents Prologue! Jitterrue streamed Talents, and now you can catch the Feature mode broadcast right here on our store page! 🎮💖 The Feature…

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    We're heading to HobbyCon 2026!

    Hello everyone! 👋 We're excited to announce that we're heading to HobbyCon at Veranza, General Santos City, Philippines (Apr 11–12, 2026)! Play our games, Talents & Cyber…

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