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An unfortunate update

This post is a sad one, and will require some prefacing that is a little uncomfortable for both of us. We hope that you'll all be understanding.

For the entirety of Dusky Hallow's existence, we (Duski and Hallows) have been a couple. We never denied it or tried to hide this information if asked, but we also never spoke openly about it out of a desire for privacy. At the end of last month, we broke up. We've spent a little time since then processing the breakup in our own ways, and then ...

Don't play with that, Remy! (+ 20% off sale)

Hello! Long time no speak. We're still here, life just got a bit nuts for a while. We're still working hard on the game! Hope everyone here is doing well.

This is a scene where... Look. Just don't question why Remy has a demon core in her kitchen. I promise she's being very careful with that screwdriver.

Currently Sanguine Rose is 20% off on Steam, so it's a good time to grab t...

New background art!

In preparation for the demo, I redid the art entirely for the mall and food court. They're central locations, and the originals were two of the first bits of background art I did for the game, so they were pretty crusty. (well, they were to me, and it's hard to be proud of something when you hate an aspect of it.)

Apparently these look very "eco-punk", which is cool, and also apparen...

Making some changes

Hello all! Duski here! (for once)

I hope you’re doing well. I’ll cut right to it today. We’ve decided to change up the format of our Patreon. We want to use it more. You’ve probably noticed we don’t post much, (though we’re still here, still making the game!) and after many attempts and resolutions, we still don’t post as much as we’d like to. We’re only two people (two painfully shy people) who’ve always actually been pretty awful at advertising ourselves, and the d...

Sanguine Rose: Lost Chapters!

Hello everyone!

We recently released an update on Steam and Itch.io to Sanguine Rose to celebrate it being over a year since its official release. If you never got around to picking it up, it's 30% off for the Summer Sale as well, so it's really the ideal time. 

Sanguine Rose on Steam 

However, there are also many of you reading this who supported us o...

Monthly Brief - March

Hello patrons, fans, and people who aren't quite sure how they got here, I'm Hallows and its time for our March Monthly Brief.

On the agenda this time is giving you a sneak peak at some of what we've been working on recently, what we're doing this month, and also some allusions to something secret coming up. So let's get right into it.

What've we been up to?

The short answer is plenty, the longer and more informative answer is a lot of background work. Troub...

We're alive!

It's been a while since we last posted, so we wanted to make a quick post with updates on where we're at, why we haven't been posting, and reassure you that we very much are alive, well, and working on Joystick Bliss.

The long and short of it is that December was a pretty rough month for us, between the usual quarantine blues and having to spend the holidays indoors, we fell a bit behind on where we wanted to be work-wise and kept putting off posting until it had become something of a d...

Sasha

For the upcoming demo! :D

(I love drawing latex, I couldn't resist dressing her in that outfit.)

Remy chilling - preview

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August Art Pack Preview

Hi guys, Duski here.

Here is a little preview of what's in the art pack this month. There's not a great deal I can show in the image, since pretty much all of it is a bit too raunchy to be shown publicly here!

Apologies that it's late, and that there wasn't a preview earlier. This month wasn't a great one for me, as I've had a flare up of a health issue, possibly due to stress and the sudden heatwave in the UK. I pretty much have been unable to draw for the past month, it's been r...

July Art Pack Preview

Hey all! Duski here.

Here is the preview of the art pack for July! I'll be honest with you, it's been a weird month. With the Covid isolation and various other factors my head hasn't been in it's usual space. Hallows already mentioned, but while he's been creating the character creator I've had some time to work on a personal project, so there's not any art I made for the new game this month. I worked on my new R18 comic project, Infernal Flowers, you may have seen pictures if you follo...

Monthly Brief - July 2020

Hey hey hey!

As we've mentioned previously, we're bookending months with briefs and debriefs now. This one's a little late so we'll be talking more about what we're doing than what we're going to do. So, let's get on with it!

What are we up to?

We're working with our publisher to get Sanguine Rose up on more platforms, but that's mostly paperwork. The real meat this month is polishing the character creator and getting the walkaround demo fit for pur...

Art Pack Preview, Character Creator Teaser, and Steam Trading Cards!

Hello everyone! It's coming up on the end of the month so we're dropping by with a preview of this month's art pack (available to Hacker tier patrons) as well as some news. The art pack, for any of you who don't know, is high quality art, PSDs,studies, and other odds and ends that Duski has been working on throughout the month. Art packs are only posted at the end of the month (usually the 28th, this month it'll be the 29th) so if you want this one make sure you're a hacker tier patron before...

Steam Summer Sale & Dark Fantasy Bundle

The Steam Summer Sale is live and Sanguine Rose is no exception! We're offering 20% off Sanguine Rose for the duration of the sale, so if you haven't picked it up yet this is the perfect time. We've also joined up with another title published by TinyHat, the excellent Seeds of Chaos by Venus Noire, for a combined Dark Fantasy Bundle, where you not only get the 20% discount on both games, but an additional 10% off for buying t...

Sanguine Rose Steam Edition - Itch Release! (PC/Mac/Android)

Hey everybody! Dropping in to announce that we've just launched the Steam Edition of Sanguine Rose on Itch.io, meaning you can now pick up Sanguine Rose on Mac, Linux, and Android, as well as PC if you'd rather not have Sanguine Rose in your Steam library.

This is the exact same game as you'll find on Steam, with all the epilogues of 3.6.0, but with art paint-overs, a new scene gallery, new UI, and unencrypted artwork so you can browse all the feature art in and out of the game. Maybe y...

May Art Pack Preview

Here's a little preview of what'll be in the art pack at the end of this month! There's unseen art from Joystick Bliss, recent fanart, studies, sketches, and all in high resolution! 20 bits of art in total. Anyone signed up to the Hacker tier on the 28th will receive the download link!

Also this is the last chance current Hacker patrons will have to access last month's pack, so download anything you'd like to save from April. 

Missed past packs? Get last months art on...