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!
Tag Archive: Raiko
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 …
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, …
Aug 26
Anniversary Sale 2025
Today, both of our murder mystery visual novels celebrate their release anniversaries! It’s been exactly nine years now since the launch of SHINRAI – Broken Beyond Despair (2016) and one whole year already since GENBA no Kizuna has come out! As part of the celebration, we are once again running a little sale which will last until …
Aug 16
Weekly Update #575: Sprite Progress & Store Page Approval
A couple of days ago was Raiko‘s birthday (August 14)! In celebration of that, I shared some of her finished sprite variations for SHINRAI Saku over on social media, so if you’re curious about that, be sure to click that link! At least one of them, I’m also gonna leave here, though. Namely her “thinking” …
Jul 12
Weekly Update #570: Saku Sprite Progress
Now that we’re finally able to fully delve back into development of SHINRAI Saku – Blooming Beyond Despair, I’ve decided to kick things off and properly get back into the groove by taking yet another look at the sprites. Since our main goal right now is to translate the first three scenes of the script into …
May 31
Weekly Update #564: Even More Sprite Progress
Since I’m very short on time today, we’re also gonna have a really short update today! My work on sprite variations for SHINRAI Saku has continued and patrons can now check out some of the results of that in the form of a new sprite preview for Raiko! Her “curious head tilt” sprite, which I’ve …
May 24
Weekly Update #563: More Facial Expressions
Last week, I showcased some of Nobara‘s facial expressions for SHINRAI Saku – Blooming Beyond Despair. Today, it’s Raiko‘s turn!









