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 …
Category Archive: Dev Blog
Nov 29
Weekly Update #590: Three Composers, One Track
Today, we’re super duper hyped to give you another listen to the soundtrack for SHINRAI Saku – Blooming Beyond Despair! Especially since this new addition to it is actually a recurring track which was previously featured in both the original SHINRAI as well as GENBA no Kizuna! That’s why we thought it’d be cool to …
Nov 22
Weekly Update #589: Another Quick One
Today, we’re just gonna do a super quick update again, as my day is pretty packed with lots more stuff left to do, sooo… If you’d like to read a bit more and missed out on some of our previous posts, I’d highly suggest checking those out! Last week, we shared Kamen‘s intro card for …
Nov 15
Weekly Update #588: Kamen’s Return
It’s been a while, but we’ve just updated the sub page for SHINRAI Saku – Blooming Beyond Despair with a new introduction card, this time of another returning member of the SHINRAI cast: Kamen Eiga!
Nov 01
Weekly Update #586: Saku Soundtrack Composer & Preview
Today, we’re extremely excited to not only talk more about the soundtrack for SHINRAI Saku and finally introduce the musical genius behind it, but to also give you an actual listen to what your ears can expect! So let’s start right off with that, shall we?
Oct 25
Weekly Update #585: Art & Music Progress + Mystery Game Masterclass
This past week, my work on SHINRAI Saku character expressions continued and, as you can clearly see above, I’ve also finally finished those for our little bat mascot which will once again accompany you through the game and react to the dialogues!
Oct 18
Weekly Update #584: More Sprite Expressions
It’s pretty late, so today’s blog post needs to be kept on the shorter side again I’m afraid. Though there isn’t too much I could talk in detail about, anyway. I’ve mainly continued from where I left off last week, working on more sprite expressions for SHINRAI Saku, this time tackling the Asatsui siblings, Ritsu …
Oct 11
Weekly Update #583: Saku Sprite Progress
As you can see, this week has mostly been dedicated to whipping up some more expressions for various characters in SHINRAI Saku. My current goal is to get everything playable until scene 07 when the first big shift in the story takes place, so while I’m going through the script, giving it some more polish, …
Oct 04
Weekly Update #582: Saku Progress Update
This past week, I’ve returned to background art for SHINRAI Saku, more or less finishing yet another piece (namely the entrance to the onsen) which patrons can already check out here! Gonna get a little bit of distance from it in order to be able to properly judge whether or not something still needs to …
Sep 27
Weekly Update #581: Meet Another New Saku Cast Member
As promised in last week’s post, here we have another new addition to the cast of SHINRAI Saku – Blooming Beyond Despair: Raiko‘s homeroom teacher Mana Kobayashi!








