Hello all! We're making the credits list for Self-Checkout Unlimited, so now's the time to let us know if you want to be listed!
Please fill out this super short survey with your desired credits name: https://forms.gle/RPkQhDbxoqA7mmfC8 (Enter "SCU" under "game name")
There are 4 days before we won't be accepting new responses (until 9/20), so don't forget to get your name in before then!
Thanks so m...
2020-09-16 14:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostSome exciting news: we're set to release SCU by the end of September! We're looking forward to finishing up our first 3D project and taking a much-needed week of rest.
Once SCU is finished up, we'll be turning our attention back to our current visual novel projects with hope to complete them before the end of 2020!
This past month has been quite stressful with SCU programming and polish, but we've still made time f...
2020-09-16 14:03:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello all!
For this month's WIP, in continued honor of RE:H's 1-year anniversary, let's take a look at the first versions of Markus' mirror CG.
It's quite striking to see him in a completely head-on pose, especially with the pre-shadows lighting making him look quite ghostly.
This CG was actually one of the more difficult ones to get right, despite the pose's simplicity,...
2020-09-10 15:31:33 +0000 UTC View PostHello all!
We hope everyone's doing well . It's been a rollercoaster month for us with a lot of ups and downs (mostly downs), but we've made a lot of progress with SCU and are finally getting close to release!
It's hard to believe, but we're coming up on a year anniversary from the launch of Red Embrace: Hollywood! How time flies....
We just released the beta test for SCU! It's available for all our Thr...
2020-08-20 16:29:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello everybody! We're back with another monthly WIP, this time from a BxB visual novel on our side label called Dead Man's Rest!
For those of you who aren't familiar with it yet, it's a Western-themed VN that follows a tale of murder, mystery, and redemption for its troubled cast of characters.
This CG features in the introduction for Jed, one of MC's potential love i...
2020-08-11 12:03:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! We've been quite busy since the last dev log, managing three projects with the goal of getting one full game and another game's demo launched in the fall!
What have we been working on? Well...
Hello, all!
This month's WIP is from an LGBT/BxB game currently in development on our side/publishing label, Gallium Games: Dead Man's Rest!
In this CG, our MC Lee finds himself at the mercy of his rival and love interest--a character whose name you'll have to discover in-game~
Hello all! We hope you've been doing well throughout June. It's a crazy time in the world right now.
Over the past few weeks, we've made a huge amount of progress with our main project, Self-Checkout Unlimited. Within 3-4 weeks, we should be ready for beta testing--and guess what that means? All Throne patrons will have access to the beta! The same will apply to Dead Man's Rest, our ...
2020-06-16 12:41:03 +0000 UTC View PostAll of our visual novels (besides RE:H) are currently on sale for 50% off during the Midboss / Summer of Pride event! Check 'em out here! :)
Today's main WIP is from an LGBT/BxB game currently in development on our side/publishing label, Gallium Games: 2020-06-10 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's wallpaper features Aleusha from Red Embrace: Hollywood!
Download the full size via the attachments below!
Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll! The next lineup of chars for June's wallpaper will be coming soon, so keep an eye out for the next poll~
2020-05-31 19:46:15 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! We hope you're all staying healthy and safe out there.
The last few weeks have been quite productive for AG, as we bounce between programming/art for Self-Checkout Unlimited, production tasks for Dead Man's Rest (see below!), and design work for our yet-unannounced third current project (shhh). You can check out some of our recent progress on 2020-05-16 15:42:48 +0000 UTC View Post
For this month's WIP, we'd like to share something special: an unused CG from the early phases of Red Embrace: Hollywood!
Back when Sh00 was still working on character sprites, we were still working with external CG artists in an attempt to speed up the process. Unfortunately, none of them had styles that could quite match Sh00s, but we went through several tests before changing over.
One of the tests was this unused scene from Randal's route, where MC was intende...
2020-05-10 12:18:06 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to our April dev log! We have an exciting announcement to share with you first...
We've been hard at work designing and ordering the merch for our store--but it's finally ready to launch!
Check it out here: https://shop.argentgames.co/
You can find merch...
2020-04-13 21:28:57 +0000 UTC View PostOur current main project, Self-Checkout Unlimited, is the first game where we've been working with a concept artist. Because we want our 3D modeler to have a good idea of the aesthetic, these concept pieces are very useful in communicating the vision.
One of the in-game areas is a surreal river, featuring various mall objects mingling with the trees. Here's an early version of how our concept artist started mingling th...
2020-04-06 14:09:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's wallpaper: Isaac from the original Red Embrace!
Download it via the attachments below! This month's wallpaper is available for everyone, stay strong with handsome fellas during quarantine.
Thanks so much for all your support, and stay safe out there <3
2020-03-31 21:39:39 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
March has been a busy time for us thus far, as we worked on putting together the Self-Checkout Unlimited demo and continued progress on our merch store.
So far, we've made leaps and bounds of progress in our learning curve of 3D game dev, which is very exciting. By the time we finish SCU, we hope to set our sights on larger, more ambitious 3D projects, althoug...
2020-03-17 13:20:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We just launched the Kickstarter (and demo) for our latest game! Please check them out <3
We're in the last stage of setting up our merch sto...
2020-03-11 13:10:24 +0000 UTC View PostAs you've probably guessed, we've been hard at work this month getting the first orders for our merch store!
Above, you can see the first batch of keychains arrived!
We're quite pleased with them so ...
2020-02-18 14:34:23 +0000 UTC View PostWe have a Self-Checkout Unlimited WIP + a special Red Embrace: Hollywood keychain sneak peek for you today!
The fountain in SCU serves as a central focus point in the mall's main hub area. As a result, its design needs to perfectly set the aesthetic and atmosphere, because the player's attention will definitely be drawn to it first.
This was one of the
This month, we announced our new project: Self-Checkout Unlimited! If you haven’t seen SCU’s announcement post, make sure to check it out for details here!
Beyond the SCU announcement,...
2020-01-21 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time for our first WIP of the year! This time, let's take a look at Sh00's awesome sketch for a poster that'll be on our upcoming merch store, featuring the main trio of Red Embrace: Hollywood!
While we've made some adjustments to the final piece (now in its last stages of coloring), we're super excited to have it feature in our merch store! Even though several months have passed since RE:...
2020-01-08 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Welcome to the final dev log of 2019!
The most recent news in our development adventures: Dovah is no longer in Seattle, which means the dev duo is separated once more. However, with several conventions already in sight for 2020, a reunion may not be far on the horizon!
A last compendium of some choice pictures:
[Gam and Dov finally try out some Seattle seafood toget...
2019-12-16 18:39:39 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! For our first December WIP, we're going to take a look at another track from RE:H's OST. Don't forget to download and listen to the WIPs in the "Attachments" below!
"Waning," one of the more dramatic and emotional tracks, actually went through some of the most revisions and redirections on the OST. It has a particularly difficult vibe to n...
2019-12-02 18:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello all! We're not even 3 full weeks into November, but it's already been a super busy month for us.
We just visited Atlanta for Dreamhack, a large gaming convention, where we showed off Red Embrace: Hollywood in our own booth!
It was quite a bit of work to set up the station, but we got a lot of folks coming by to play and managed to meet some cool other developers, so we're glad we decided to exhibit.
2019-11-18 19:26:46 +0000 UTC
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Happy Monday! For today's WIP, let's take a look at another background from the original Red Embrace--the city street background!
Back when we first started working on Red Embrace (Fall 2017), we originally planned to have it mobile-only, with a vertical format designed for phones. As a result, one of the backgrounds--the city street--is actua...
2019-11-04 22:35:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Welcome to the spooky month's dev log! Happy early Halloween.
We had quite a few things going on this month!
Earlier in October, we went to the Unreal Dev Days event, where we started learning more about the Unreal Engine--the engine we're going to be using for the next game, and possibly more in the future.
2019-10-21 21:08:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello! It's time for our first WIP of the month, and this one's going to be a little different! We're going to look at the early versions of one of our OST tracks!
Art isn't the only part of our games that goes through a long, difficult revision process. While working with our composer, Murcielo, on RE:H's soundtrack, we also went through numerous versio...
2019-10-07 19:19:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to our first Pat-exclusive dev log! It's been a bit of a crazy month after RE:H's release, and along with various travel/moving activities, we've been working hard to finish up the final game-related bits and bobs.
Dovah has now joined Gamma in Seattle! He's still settling in, but it's nice to have the crew back together again. This week has mostly been exploring and trotting around the city!
2019-09-30 22:51:12 +0000 UTC
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For our second WIP this month, let's take a look at an unused alternative sketch for Randal's CG #1! Sh00 is an awesome artist, and frequently gave us a few potential sketch poses to choose from.
If you've played Randal's route in Red Embrace: Hollywood, you know that the final CG has the other Mavvar vampires higher up, surrounding him more closely. While we liked the mood that thi...
2019-09-17 02:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostThis month's first WIP is from Heath's very early design stage. Compared with his final version, you can see some key differences—in this initial design, he had thinner hair and sharper features, along with a more sneering/pouty default expression.
As Heath's character evolved from a sly, flirtatious type into someone more soft and sensitive, the nature of ...
2019-09-10 13:13:56 +0000 UTC View Post