Recently, both SHINRAI – Broken Beyond Despair and GENBA no Kizuna celebrated their release anniversaries. And since it was the very first time for GENBA, I’ve decided to dedicate today’s blog post to looking back at this first year of its release.
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May 03
Weekly Update #560: Taiko Intro Card, Kamen Sprite Preview, Fanart & Neko No Sentouki Release
Another member of the cast for SHINRAI Saku – Blooming Beyond Despair has now been added to its “Characters” section! And once again, it’s a familiar face! Say hello again to the son of everyone’s favorite loony medical examiner: Taiko Kikai!
Dec 24
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
I was hoping to put another member of the GENBA no Kizuna cast in a Christmas outfit this year, but alas, there wasn’t enough time. Therefore, I’m just gonna reshare everyone we did manage to dress up for the occasion in previous years! So, from Natsu and me, as well as Raptor Pack Productions and …
Dec 19
Winter Sale 2024
That’s right, the annual Winter Sale is back and, this year, for the first time since the beginning of our decade-long dev journey, we actually have more than one visual novel to discount! Pretty wild, don’t you think? Honestly, it kinda blows my mind that we can include something else in these sales events now. …
Sep 28
Weekly Update #530: The Evolution Of GENBA – Part II
Today, we’re continuing from where we left off in last week’s blog post, so if you haven’t checked that one out yet, I’d highly recommend reading it first! I primarily covered how the core case idea for GENBA no Kizuna evolved over time and how that also led to the creation of our little circle …
Feb 10
Weekly Update #497: Progress Update & More Fanart
In last week’s blog post, I mentioned that Natsu was going to beta-test the entirety of the final investigation phase (chapter 4) now that she’s made it fully playable. She still hasn’t really done so, but the reason for that is that she instead decided to take care of coding everything I’ve sent her for …
Feb 18
Weekly Update #445: BG Art Progress
As you can already tell from the title and the screenshot above, I’ve been working quite a bit on background art lately! In GENBA no Kizuna‘s penultimate chapter (the final investigation phase), you’ll get to explore new parts of the Kaseki Residence, such as the back corridor, the backyard or the laundry room on the …
Jan 25
GENBA no Kizuna Steam Page Launch!
Yep, you’ve read that correctly, Keiichi! As of today, the Steam store page for our next murder mystery visual novel GENBA no Kizuna is finally live! Along with a revised list of features that now better reflects what the final product is going to be like, we have also uploaded a whole bunch of new …
Sep 25
Weekly Update #371: Sprite, BG & CG Progress
As you can see from the image above, we now have another new variation of the lobby background, this time with one of the doors open, giving us a look into the main hall. This one is also used for the flashback scenes in chapter 2. When Himatsu asks Raptor Pack Productions how the incident …
Mar 20
Weekly Update #344: Sprite & CG Progress
As you can see, Natsu has finished coloring some more new sprite variations! Among those are also the base sprites for our two mystery witness characters! That now only leaves our victim who I have continued working on during the last few days. Outside of a few details (he’s still missing his wristwatch and some …
