I’m still feeling a little under the weather, with my stupidly persistent cough driving me nuts, but at least I’ve recovered enough to finally make some notable progress again, primarily in regards to the background art for SHINRAI Saku!
Jan 12
Steam Detective Fest 2026
The Winter Sale may have just ended, but Steam is kicking off the New Year with a Detective Fest! And naturally, both SHINRAI and GENBA no Kizuna were invited to be a part of it. In other words, you get yet another chance to grab our murder mysteries at a discount!
Jan 10
Weekly Update #596: Quick Update (+ New Jun Game Demo)
Welp, unfortunately, I’m starting the New Year off with a cold and therefore don’t feel too well right now. As such, we’re gonna keep things super brief today. If you do wanna read more, though, and haven’t checked out our previous posts, I’d highly recommend you to do so. In our 2025 Retrospect, we recap the major developments from last year, while the other one talks about our Plans For 2026.
Also, as a little heads-up, Steam’s Detective Fest is just around the corner, which both SHINRAI and GENBA are gonna be a part of.
It’ll start on January 12 and last until January 19. So yes, even though the Winter Sale just ended, you’ll already get another chance to pick up our murder mysteries at a discount (same percentages as last time). But more on that on Monday!
Last but not least, I’d like to finally take a moment to direct your attention towards The Chronicles of the Witch and the Dark Knight, the latest project by Neko No Sentouki creator Jun! She just released a first demo available in both Italian and English. This time, it’s an RPG Maker adventure instead of a visual novel, but if you’ve enjoyed her characters and story-telling in Neko, I have no doubt that you’ll greatly enjoy this one, too! I certainly know I did! So please do give at least the store page a look!
(And who knows… maybe you’ll even find a Gosatsu cameo in the final product again!)
Anyway, that about wraps it up for today! Hope you guys are feeling better than I do! As always, please enjoy the rest of your weekend and, until next Saturday, take care :3
Jan 03
Weekly Update #595: Plans For 2026
First of all, Happy New Year 🎇 Or あけましておめでとうございます (akemashite omedetou gozaimasu) as it says on the right side of the image above. What does it say on the left side, though? 一緒に咲きましょう (isshoni sakimashou): let’s all bloom together 🌸
Given our new project’s title and our plans for the year, I figured that’d be a perfect motto for 2026, haha!
Before we dig into the details, however, let me just throw out two quick reminders:
- Last week, we’ve posted our annual retrospect in which we’ve summarized all the major developments throughout 2025.
So if you’ve missed it (and especially if you haven’t checked in with us for a while), maybe you wanna give that a read! - The Winter Sale is currently still running (until January 5, 10:00 AM PST), with the original SHINRAI discounted by 50% and GENBA by 25%. So if you’ve been curious about checking them out, or know someone who is, it’s a good time to strike!
But with that out of the way, let’s talk about our major goals for the next twelve months ahead!
Dec 24
Merry (Re)X-Mas!
Unfortunately, December has once again been way too busy to find the time to whip up a brand-new Christmas artwork… which is why you’ll have to make do with a pic of this fittingly festive-outfitted Rex instead, I’m afraid 🦖
Or you could always check out all the past artworks we’ve produced for the season and see if there are any you’ve missed:
Dec 20
Weekly Update #593: SHINRAI Saku BGM Preview #3
That’s right, it’s time for another little SHINRAI Saku music preview! Before we get into this latest track, however, I’d like to direct you towards the previous two posts in case you’ve missed either of them: BGM Preview 1 and BGM Preview 2. The first one also includes some general info about our new composer Crescendo, so definitely do check that one out if you haven’t yet!
But with that out of the way, let’s get straight into the latest addition to the Saku OST:
Dec 18
Winter Sale 2025
The Winter Sale has just begun ❄️ Meaning that you can once again grab both of our murder mysteries, SHINRAI – Broken Beyond Despair and GENBA no Kizuna, along with their respective OSTs, for quite a bit of a discount! So, until it’s time to get to the presents under the tree, why not try to unwrap either (or both) of these cases in the meanwhile?
The sale will last until January 5, 10:00 AM PST and, as always, we’re offering Soundtrack Bundles which allow you to save another 10% if you’re interested in getting a game along with all of its music (and some bonus tracks)!
Unsure whether either of these might be your thing? You can always check out some player impressions over on Steam (for SHINRAI here and for GENBA here) to help you figure it out!
Dec 13
Weekly Update #592: More Saku Profile Pics
Last week, the final face of SHINRAI Saku‘s main cast was revealed and today, I’m happy to announce that all the minor characters have finally been drawn as well! An early peek at Rie and Runa has just been published on our Patreon (3$+ tiers), so if you do support us there, go give them a look! As for everyone else, I figured I might at least publicly showcase our mischievous little devil Mika.
Dec 06
Weekly Update #591: Final Saku Character Introduction Card
That’s right, your eyes do not deceive you! The last (but certainly not least important) character to join the cast of SHINRAI Saku – Blooming Beyond Despair… is none other than one of the original SHINRAI‘s victims: Kotoba! So consider this the first official confirmation that he did indeed canonically survive the events of that deadly Halloween party. Even if he clearly didn’t do so unscathed, neither physically nor mentally…
