As mentioned in some of our recent blog posts, I’d really like to launch the store pages for SHINRAI Saku – Blooming Beyond Despair for this year’s SHINRAI anniversary, so that people can already start adding it to their wishlists! There isn’t all that much time left until the 26th, however, and at least on Steam, the store page needs to pass Valve‘s review process, sooo…

This past week has been mostly dedicated to going through Steam‘s checklist and whipping up the required store and library assets, filling out the various text fields, tackling the mature content survey and so on and so forth. And some good progress was made on that!

I can’t really show any of it off yet, but if everything goes smoothly, you’ll be able to see it in just a couple of weeks, anyway.

At least patrons do get something to look at again, however, as I’ve also just published another 5$+ tier post, showcasing the evolution of the third floor corridor background!

Other than that, I’ve also continued my work on the GUI, finishing the main menu screen and various confirmation windows. But that’s really all I can say for now. A little pressed for time today as well, so I guess we’ll keep this one pretty short again. As always, please enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next Saturday, take care :3

Progress has unfortunately slowed down a bit this week, as I’ve managed to catch a cold (summer in Germany is a myth), which has been severely affecting my productivity, as you can probably imagine. Consequently, I wasn’t able to get done all that I wanted to, but I’ve still made some neat progress nonetheless!

5$+ tier patrons can now check out the first WIP preview of Saku’s very first background artwork! I will be sharing more WIP-glimpses very soon, including of the second background, since both of them are actually nearing completion!

I’ve also tackled some minor assets and finished the design for the “cut-in windows” for example (you’ll remember these from GENBA: small windows highlighting a part of the area or depicting a character or piece of evidence).

Today, in exactly one month, will be the release anniversary of both of our murder mystery VNs, so I’m still hell-bent on getting the first couple scenes playable by then. But for now, I guess I gotta rest a bit again and then, hopefully make some more progress on the BGs!

As for you, please enjoy the rest of your weekend, stay healthy and, until next Saturday, take care :3