☆♥ Priro's Creator Island List♥ ☆
Welcome to the Creator Island List! This is a list of projects by various independent creators whose works are available outside of mass marketplaces such as Itch.io, Steam, or Etsy, especially on standalone websites. Many of these creators have been affected by Visa and Mastercard's push for censorship of 18+ and LGBTQIA+ material, and the many of the sites listed here contain what these companies and the lobbying groups that drive them to censor us consider to be "controversial content."
Any place you can access a creator's work that doesn't rely on a mass site search function or algorithm to spread I consider a "Creator Island," and it is welcome on this list. This list is meant to help creators gain visibility outside of the marketplaces we seemingly depend on, and help provide examples of creators that still value the power and sense of autonomy that websites independent of social media can bring in an age where the majority of the internet depends on it.
While a list like this might not be able to single-handedly demolish the culture of social media and mass-internet marketplace dependency, it can help us remember that there is valuable art beyond the walls it creates, and show that a future of decentralization is not unrealistic.
The beginning of this list is comprised of standalone websites, but at the end of this list, you will notice links to artists that work on SubscribeStar and Patreon. I have decided to include these because they are not social media or mass marketplaces that depend on algorithms and post-sharing. They are spaces defined by the benefits offered by the creator (their creations), and function as a way to financially gate their work. These creators do not rely on search functions or algorithms built into these websites to share their work.
The distribution of media on the internet is in desperate need of decentralization. However, while it is easy for creators who offer their work for free to make their own website, creators who wish to be paid for their work still need to use platforms that allow for payment. This essentially exiles them to sites like Patreon or SubscribeStar for that option.
Key:
🔞 = 18+ Content
Please note that 18+ content does not always mean pornography, but it could. It simply means that this is content made for adults. If you are an adult browsing through this collection, please keep in mind that some of these websites may contain gore, pornography, or other sensitive content.
Naarel. A site that hosts the interactive fiction projects of Ed Naarel, including Primary Lights and Passerine Hills.
🔞Simulacro by squid. Story about a man about to kill himself that ends up being interrupted by a creature. Psychological horror. May contain sex scenes in the future.
VEKARI. A text-based window into a fantasy world far in the future, step into the world of Vekari and try your hand at controlling chaos in a blend of game and literature. Explore the world in first person as yourself, or vote on ongoing story parts to decide what the main characters will do next as they entangle themselves in a plot of cult worship, sadistic capitalists, and a world falling apart to The Glitch. Faktoria needs you, adventurer.
Yggdrasil Item Shop. Handmade fantasy loot, complete with lore and stats & original TTRPG titles.
🔞AER by squid. Follows Abel, an angel with a very short lifespan. Romance about grief, trauma and death. MxM. Contains sex scenes, but explicit sexual content is not the main focus.
🔞Slasher U. Slasher U is an 18+ character-driven LGBTQ+ RPG dating sim, set in the open-world campus of America’s Horniest Horror Movie University! With over 15 hours of gameplay, an overarching story about the Hays Code and media morality, and an IndieCade Impact Award under our belt, come check out a cult classic (and maybe fall in love with some 2D hotties along the way!) This game is still up on itch.io, but has been unindexed and unsearchable.
🔞Ash Kreider. Polyamorous trans fantasy romance and fantasy erotica.
🔞Chaos Brothel. "A group of creators that make NSFW media across different genres! Original games, artwork, and stories that cater to the most cultured of individuals..." A haven for all things horny, this is a curated collection of NSFW art, games, comics, erotic stories, and more.
SnugglyBun. A website where creator SnugglyBun hosts her music.
🔞The Goddess that Follows. An upcoming webcomic by Ciel Doberman. Not yet available to read, but will be hosted on this page. If you enjoy T4T, niche kink, and furry content, you can check out Ciel Doberman's SubscribeStar listed below.
Sheer Speculation Press. Creating new and exciting tabletop RPG’s for a modern audience.
Patreon, SubscribeStar, Ko-fi, etc. pages
🔞Alexis Royce. Maker of queer, trans and BDSM visual novels, writing, and illustrations.
Talia "Elli" B. Creator of tabletop and computer roleplaying games with ebooks available straight from Patreon.
🔞Tamed Shame. Webmaster of Chaos Brothel, makes NSFW games, artwork, animation, and erotica.
🔞Ciel Doberman. A queer sex-positive artist making T4T, niche kink, and furry content.
🔞Dead Girl Games. A trans tabletop game designer and editor. All of her paid games are available on Patreon.
🔞SiggyKuu. Creator of illustrations, comics, and adult content.
If you have a site you think would fit well on this list, email Prince Rosalium about it here!