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The Sanctuary is a roguelike game with a turn- and card-based combat system, featuring an emphasis on using card-centric mechanics to evoke a wide variety of fetishes and kinks.
Each card in The Sanctuary ...
2026-01-07 21:37:45 +0000 UTC View PostJust a friendly reminder to you all that due to New Years', this week's LiveDev stream will be held tonight at 9:00 PM EST! Join us~~
Next week, the 7th is the first Wednesday of the month, so it'll be a Public LiveDev Stream that anyone can join, whether you're a patron or not! It'll also start an hour early, at 8:00 PM EST.
After that, the regular schedule of every Wednesday at 9:00 PM EST will be resumed, wit...
2025-12-29 16:43:23 +0000 UTC View Post"I would have never believed a word from the mouths of the Cult of the Blue Circle ordinarily, but now I have confirmed it with my own eyes - The Sanctuary, the ancient tomb complex of Sharifa legend and source of endless archaeological mysteries, has indeed risen from the sands, like a giant from its slumber."
"In the short time since its emergence, an entire settlement has s...
2025-12-24 04:23:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! It seems as though the weekly Wednesday streams fit a pretty nice schedule for me and at least a decent number of you, which is fantastic! Unfortunately, however, the next two Wednesdays of this month fall on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve respectively, which I suspect at least a few of you will be busy for. So with that in mind, I'd like to know which days would be the most convenient for the most people to reschedule to, so vote below!
(Note that if the Fridays or ...
2025-12-19 08:58:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! I hope things are going well for all of you, or at least as well as they can!
I'm making this update post for a couple of reasons - Firstly, I thought it might be nice to share some of the content which patrons have requested and which I've designed so far! It's still a little too early in the creative process to be 100% sure what form everything will take, but the basic concept (as made by the fans) seems to be that the game takes place in an alternate, non-canon timeline...
2025-12-12 04:30:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey again, everyone! Just letting everyone on here know that I'm going to be doing my first public LiveDev stream in a few hours tonight at 9:00 PM EST! Anyone can join to watch, regardless of patron status! (Game and stream requests will still be limited to patrons, however, to maintain my sanity.)
Also remember that if you're a Star Patron, your monthly game requests refresh with the fir...
2025-12-03 21:57:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey again everyone! Apologies for the lack of streams lately - things have been a bit uneven for me lately, but I can feel them starting to turn around. The next stream will be tomorrow night, November 22, at 10 PM EST, and I'm also going to be setting a new schedule for streaming - Each Wednesday at 10 PM EST, I'll be streaming! If this ever changes, I will be ...
2025-11-22 02:30:50 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the delay, everyone! It's been busy lately, but I'm going to aim for two streams this week to make up for last week. The first one is going to be tonight (Nov. 5) at 10 PM EST, so feel free to join if you're a Star Patron~!
Also, the systems we had for the previous stream for "special requests" turned out to not be perfect, so we've made some adjustments! Now it works like this:
Every month, each Star Patron gets one game-related request that I will do my best to...
2025-11-05 16:42:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to all of you who voted! If you have the Star Patron tier or higher, you can tune in to the Discord and catch my first Live Dev stream tonight (Friday October 24th) at 10 PM EST! You can also use our new /ask command to submit a special request, once per stream!
If you can't make it, don'...
2025-10-24 19:05:40 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! Sorry for the delay on new streaming info, but my schedule is finally open for the rest of this week! Since all of these times work for me, please let me know when you'd most prefer for me to stream so I can make sure the most people tune in! Just pick the time or times that are best for you, and I'll see you there~
2025-10-24 02:28:54 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! It's time for the first of many biweekly updates~!
I've been looking over the feedback you all have been giving me on Discord about Darkwisp, and it seems that most of you are happy with it! I'm delighted to hear that this whole Patreon-substituting-for-Itch thing has led to some quality work already.
But the single most recurring question I've gotten is if I'll be adding more Haunts beyond the mansion - which is a little tricky. See, my design document for Darkwi...
2025-10-16 20:08:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Darkwisp version 1.4.0 is up! Give it a download before the month rolls over! Get it on the Discord if you're a Star Patron! https://discord.gg/433qGDqvhs
Unfortunately this particular update has no new content in terms of gameplay mechanics or Bad Ends or the like, but it is designed to make both of those kinds of additions easier and faster for me to do going forward. Missing image errors should...
2025-09-30 01:54:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! The next weekly content update for Darkwisp is now available for Star Patrons ($5 USD or more)! Apologies for the delay! (Blame my cat.) Check the previous post for more info on connecting your accounts if you're unsure!
Be sure to stop by the Discord, whether for Beta access or just to hang out! https://...
2025-09-10 20:43:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! The first of Darkwisp's weekly content updates is now available! This includes new Bad Ends, new items, new encounters, new transformations, and other neat stuff! Check the previous post for more info on connecting your accounts if you're unsure!
Be sure to stop by the Discord, whether for Beta access or just to hang out! 2025-09-03 03:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, everyone! This is just a reminder for all of you new patrons that Patreon does first-of-the-month billing. Meaning that if you're still on a tier at the start of September, you'll be charged for that amount.
I saw a few people who were unaware that Patreon worked this way, so I thought I would make a post to be sure everyone knows. As always, please make sure your own finances are in order before supporting me! ♥
--Vhiel
2025-08-30 17:24:14 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I've made some changes to the tiers here on Patreon!
Overall, there are more options and new visuals, but the biggest addition is the new $5 "Star Patron" tier, which will grant you the role of the same name on the official Discord and allow you to access new Beta builds of upcoming games! Currently that includes my brand-new project, Darkwisp! (Note that it does not include a Beta for Blackhold.)
Hello, everyone! Apologies for the unexpected post that isn't related to Blackhold, but an entirely different project has emerged alongside it: Chalivon, an ongoing written adult fantasy series with an emphasis on intrigue, drama, and many, many fetishes.
The first two chapters are up at launch, with new chapters coming roughly every 1-2 weeks! Check it out here! https://vhiel.itch.io/chalivon
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2025-07-22 15:14:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The free demo of BLACKHOLD: School is a Bitch is now available for download on itch.io! Get it here! https://vhiel.itch.io/blackhold-school-is-a-bitch
The demo will be coming to Steam as well closer to the release date of the full game, depending on ...
2025-06-12 17:28:26 +0000 UTC View Post
So we've heard a lot about the girls who've ended up in the Black Hole so far, but what about the Black Hole itself?
Well, as previously mentioned, the Black Hole takes sections of Blackhold University piecemeal and makes distorted copies of them to make its floors. Some of these are straightforward locations, such as Floor 3, The Library...
2025-02-06 06:02:10 +0000 UTC
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Joining Eve and Kiralee in the Black Hole, it's Rebecca Dinschel!
This adorable little geek is majoring in Digital Media and minoring in Mathematics at Blackhold University, but her real passion is everything perverted. In fact, she ended up in the condemned building that houses the Black Hole because she was trying to find a completely private spot to film herself in some new humili...
As mentioned before, Eve may be the first character you control in Blackhold, but she isn't the only one! Meet Kiralee Nash!
Eve's best friend Luna ended up in the Black Hole due to an urban exploration trip on the campus gone wrong. Kiralee, on the other hand, was in the condemned building trying to find something worth stealing. She's a bit of a thief and has a bit of a libi...
2024-10-13 01:41:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Everyday items that get replicated in the Black Hole gain strange properties, but there are some objects that are on another scale altogether. These are called Ingredients, and they play a central role in the gameplay of Blackhold.
Each Ingredient is a manifestation of a concept given form. That concept is its Property and dictates the types of Spe...
In the Blackhold University of Arts and Sciences, there is a condemned building that is home to a bizarre anomaly called the Black Hole, which takes the spacetime of the real school and duplicates and twists it into countless "floors" that go further and further and further down...
The Black Hole makes distorted copies of everything, and you will find the...
2024-08-06 20:44:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, everyone! It's with great pleasure that I'm announcing my next project, BLACKHOLD!
Blackhold (subtitled "School is a Bitch") is a roguelike where you will explore a mysterious spatial warp in the Blackhold University of Arts and Sciences that leads further and further and further down through procedurally-generated floors. You'll need to make the most of what you find down there, as the layers of the school become more and more distorted. Every single run w...
2024-08-05 19:59:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you, Steam users, for your patience! The Venture Forth expansions is now available on your platform of choice! Check it out here!
This coincides with the 4.4 update for the base game and the 1.4 update for Venture Forth, so give those updates a whirl on Itch.io if you own the game there and haven't yet! (An...
2024-06-08 22:33:35 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been quite the wait, but it's finally time. Are you ready to Venture Forth?
The DLC expansion to Odyssey of Gianna is now available for purchase on Itch.io at the link below - read up and find out more!
https://vhiel.itch.io/venture-forth
Unfortunately, due to issues with Valve's review system, Venture Forth is not available yet on Steam. For more information, look her...
2024-04-30 18:43:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It's finally here!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1848460/Odyssey_of_Gianna/
What better holiday present could there be?!
Odyssey of Gianna has come to Steam, along with 47 achievements for you to comb through the game and collect for bragging rights! Put it alongside other ge...
2022-12-24 17:35:14 +0000 UTC View Post
(Art by Eshie de Ecchi - https://twitter.com/EshieDe)
It's finally happening!! Odyssey of Gianna now has a store page on Steam! Check it out here - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1848460/Odysse...
2022-12-03 12:55:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, everyone! This may be something of a surprise to those of you who don't frequent the Discord, but Odyssey of Gianna 3.0 is now available on Itch.io! (https://vhiel.itch.io/odyssey-of-gianna) It will be made available in around 2-3 days on DLSite as well, as usual.
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Major ch...
2022-06-29 22:17:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, everyone!! I have a pleasant surprise for you all - A Closed Beta for Odyssey of Gianna's version 3.0 Hard Mode is available on Itch.io right now!!
To be precise, I've added the 3.0 Hard Mode Beta as an additional download on Itch (https://vhiel.itch.io/odyssey-of-gianna) for people ...
2022-04-18 11:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post