Our ocean boy is turning 25 🥺️. Thank you for all the years of happiness, Cove James Holden. And that's not even an exaggeration, haha. The first demo came out in 2019, over three years ago, and he still can make me and other people smile just by being around. It's wonderful.

Getting to make Our Life changed my life, and it's all 'cause of Cove. I'm so glad the grumpy-sunshiny-summer man got to exist and that his story was a good experience for so many players. Even when Our Life: Beginnings & Always stops getting updates, he'll still always be around in those old events and in the memories of reading them. And, if I am able to keep making games for a while to come, I'm sure he'll be back again someday.

Guest art by @robobarbie 🎉

Schulz & Wachtmeister - An RPG

Demo here!

World War One is raging. Two stragglers make their way through the alps, seeking shelter in an abandoned house. The player controls Wachtmeister, a less-than-competent officer, as he attempts to get along with Schulz, his sergeant, and sole remainder of their squad. Depending on how far the player takes them, the two can fight, bicker, and even kiss.

This game is focused on storytelling. The short, self-contained story is revealed through a mix of internal narration and flashbacks that appear as the player interacts with objects found in two stories of the house. Each time the player plays through the story, a different ending can be achieved from the prior play-through. The mood is somber and wistful. Full colour illustrations will feature, alongside a number of specific, artist-drawn expressions for each character. This game is a single-player, top-down RPG built using RPGmaker MZ. It will be commercial. Sprites conveying facial expressions are currently placeholders, and will be swapped out in future builds. 

This themes and story of this game was largely inspired by British anti-war media about WWI produced during the 1960’s-1980’s, due to the emphasis placed on individual stories of men from different places, social classes, and even countries sometimes managing to get along despite it all. The art was inspired by J.C. Leyendecker, Alphonse Mucha, and other artists active during the Belle Epoque period of roughly 1890-1910. This game is recommended from ages 15 and up.

Our apologies for the impromptu panini-based hiatus. 🖤 Thrilled to be back and to present this smooth af theme for Miguel’s club, El Cuarto Oscuro, a haven for any vampire (except Ryouma). Looking for a bite or fleeing the daylight? Do come in.

As always, thank you Hastur Productions for your captivating work.

Hastur Productions: Music Claire Leslie Illustration: Miguel sprite, El Cuarto Oscuro Painting, Credits Image Photo Editing Sarah Götze: El Cuarto Oscuro Photo Reference Delfi de la Rua: Credits Image Original Photo Mariya Sorrel: Video Production/Editing

Howdy, folks! Been a while. I’m still alive out there, working on visual novels, and I’ve just released a new one that I thought I should share here.

Given what happened at his mother's jubilee Crown Prince Vitali expected he'd wake up with a hangover -- but he never expected he'd wake up dead.

Murdered by an unknown partygoer and resurrected five years later, he returns to a mile-long list of neglected duties: first and foremost, finding a partner, as only married couples can take the throne and his parents are ready to abdicate. Not an easy ask for the average person, let alone a bejewelled skeleton. Then there's that killer on the loose. What's an undead royal to do?

Find love, find your killer... or die again trying.

Catacomb Prince is available now for free on itch.io for PC/Mac

Royal Order Demo - Released!

Time to set sail out on the open sea! Royal Order's first demo is now officially released on both Steam and Itchio.

The demo covers the first 10 weeks of the Visual Novel and is meant to give you a feel for its gameplay, art style and writing. 

Please note that the full release will contain additional scenes for these parts of the story. In addition, some of our assets are still works-in-progress and will be polished in the final release.

Demo Features

◆ 52k words, around 5 hours of gameplay

◆ 7 death endings

◆ 1 survival ending (3 paths)

◆ 15 CGs (incl. gender variations)

◆ 29 Chibi Illustrations (incl. gender variations)

Our Kickstarter campaign is set for the 10th of November 2021 at 3PM GMT-4! More information will be announced soon.

Banana Ranch 18+ BL/Yaoi game: Moocha route is now playable in beta version!

Just the general route + Moocha scenes contain 145,000 words already with 25 unique CGs, so you can see how long the final game should end up when all the love interests are done ^^:

DL link and more info: CLICK HERE

Reblog and like this post & 1 lucky winner will get free beta access for Banana Ranch worth $45~

Some of the game’s features...

⭐ FOREPLAY MODE ⭐

⭐ MARRIAGE & KIDS ⭐

⭐ RANCH MANAGEMENT ⭐

Meet a wide range of ranch employees that you can recruit, each with their own quirks!

⭐ LOTS OF MAPS TO EXPLORE! ⭐

⭐ BEFRIEND CUTE MONSTER BOYS ⭐

Befriend cute monster boys and let them stay at your ranch!

⭐ DRESS UP SYSTEM ⭐

Purchase & design outfits to your liking and spend your days hanging out in town looking all stylish!

⭐ FISHING / COOKING / CRAFTING  ⭐

DL link and more info: CLICK HERE

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We’re dropping the new Trouble Comes Twice demo on January 22nd! 

The new demo is going to feature the prologue of the full game, upgraded character art and new side characters. In the meantime, stay tuned for more previews of the upcoming demo on our socials. 

Can’t wait? Try the old demo here. 

Please read the whole announcement if you bought A Hand in the Darkness on Steam:

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ertalgames/announcements/

◆ Nerifiel has a tendency to be sometimes a bit too yielding towards the people he cares for and will, at least, consider even the most ridiculous requests from them. For example, if a certain childhood friend ran at him, he would surely drop whatever he was carrying to catch them.

◆ Any public official with close ties to the Garrison would recommend you to have tea with Nerifiel at least once in your life. While he doesn’t care to hold large gatherings, the tea he brews is nonetheless, by their words, “to die for”.

◆ Unfortunately for many a socialite, Neri lacks the ability to recognize his own feelings. The last time he had a crush, he mistook the heaviness in his stomach for an allergy to their shampoo. Tragically, he avoided them after, as he feared being close to them would cause a more severe reaction.

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◆ He claims he’s too ‘grown-up’ to be frightened by scary stories, but a suspenseful tone and an unknown location can prove to easily lure Beringer in for quite the scare.

◆ Beringer wants to use the knowledge he’s gained at the Herb Hall to serve people as a traveling healer when he grows up. He firmly believes that everyone should have someone out there for them when they’re going through a hard time, no matter if they are a peasant or a king.

◆ Quiet though he may be, Beringer has a deceptively sharp tongue and pretty sassy side to him when he chooses to show it. Nerifiel often blames a particularly bad influence he had when he was young.

Royal Order - The LGBT+ Visual Novel is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

◆ Customizable Protagonist (Appearance, Pronoun, Name) ◆ 3 Romantic Love Interests (2M, 1F) ◆ 2 Stats-raising Systems ◆ Time Management & Quest System (60 In-game Weeks) ◆ 8 Endings ◆ ... and many deaths! :D

Play the demo!

Please consider sharing and liking this post to spread the word! We’re currently holding a raffle to win beautiful artworks too! :D

The Sval, pirates of the utmost north, are wreaking havoc all over the continent of Igrith.

Vowing to bring an end to their endless plundering, three kingdoms send forth their royal heirs to the High Council, a powerful and influential faction of magicians, to plead for their help during this time of crisis.

The High Council oblige, creating the Royal Order, and the heirs remain; however, political tensions are high as old grudges resurface between the three kingdoms. And, as the pirates continue to have their way, they are determinedly bound to reach their breaking point.

Play as Aarya, the newest member of the High Council, and help manage the Royal Order.

Can you put an end to the Sval’s pillaging while keeping the kingdoms at peace? Or will you bring nothing but war upon them?

February’s backer-exclusive update is now available on Kickstarter. Packed with programming progress, teasers, reward information, and announcements too - you won’t want to miss it! 💙

Click here to head over to Doki Doki Dollmaker’s page on Kickstarter!

The demo of Night and Day is now on #Steam!

You can now play it and add the game to your wishlist ;)

(You must be logged in to access the link) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1292440/Night_and_Day/… 

Discord->https://discord.gg/ZUFsg9v 

Twitter->https://twitter.com/ertal77

Patreon->https://patreon.com/ertal

Derek's Story is out now 💖💖💖

Spend wonderful summer days in the company of Derek Suarez during Steps 2 and 4! This is an optional paid DLC for the free game Our Life: Beginnings & Always.

Steam Page (Windows/Linux)

Itch Page (Windows/Linux, Mac, Android)

GOG Page (Windows/Linux)

For the launch week, the Derek DLC is 10% off! And all the older DLCs are at a 20% discount, too.FEATURES:

The base game and all the DLCs, other than the voiced name DLC, were also updated with fixes/Derek related alterations. If you have the game already, please let Steam/GOG update those files or download the new updates yourself on Itch.I appreciate how patiently people have waited for this expansion. It's been great to finally let Derek have his time to shine, and I really hope everyone loves him, and his lovely family too!

Some promo art to say that we’re on track and and have started the first round of beta testing!

Doki Doki Dollmaker Update: September 26th, 2022

Hello! I just wanted to post a quick public progress summary here on the development blog for those of you who might not have access to backer-exclusive updates on Kickstarter. Here’s the status of various project items:

- Only 11 CGs remain! (This amount includes stretch goal and epilogue CGs)

- CGs are being implemented upon completion (You can view them in the gallery after unlocking them during gameplay)

- 3/5 Epilogues have been written (All epilogues still need to be edited, coded, and polished before release)

- 70% of the entire game script, excluding epilogues, has been edited and tested (Changes/corrections still need to be applied when this hits 100%)

- 3 character sprites have received epilogue-specific clothing updates (The 5 dolls are scheduled to receive the same after all CGs are complete)

- 7 backgrounds have been upgraded

Doki Doki Dollmaker’s official release date will depend greatly on the amount of progress made next month. There will be an announcement at the end of October - stay tuned! 🧵🪡

Some people asked for POC and more racial diversity in #LGBT games... I can tell you Gilles is my favorite love interest in Night and Day so far ;)

Baby Baxter 😳?! What *are* you doing there? 

Anyways, yeah, we added one scene with Step 3 Derek and content with Step 2 Baxter. We've got it all now, haha.