Today at OffKai Expo (a vtuber convention in California), yuri VN developers Studio Élan (Please Be Happy, Heart of the Woods) announced 2 new visual novels they’re currently developing.
A Tithe in Blood
A Tithe in Blood is a dark, atmospheric mystery yuri visual novel.
Asakawa Honoka, a university student from Sapporo, escapes her everyday life by using blood magic. This allows her to travel to another world from her own–and with it, she meets the mage named Yasue.
However, things in this other world aren’t as they seem…
There is a demo available to play now on Steam and itch.io.
Staff
| Role | Name | Popular Works |
|---|---|---|
| Director & Scenario | Suriko | Twofold; Katawa Shoujo |
| Character Art | Kobuta | Please Be Happy |
| Graphic Design & Illustration | adirosa | Heart of the Woods; Without a Voice; Please Be Happy |
| Art Direction & Illustration | moekki | Katawa Shoujo; Highway Blossoms: Next Exit; Please Be Happy |
| Background Art | fuura xen | N/A |
| Music Composition | Claire DeLuca | Lock and Key: A Magical Girl Mystery |
| Scene Direction & Scripting | Papaya | soundless – A MODERN SALEM IN REMOTE AREA –; Twofold |
| Editing | Josh Kaplan | Heart of the Woods; National Park Girls |
| Programming & Visual Effects | Karen/あけみ (akemin_dayo) | N/A |
| Social media & PR management | Arimia | Please Be Happy; Summer at the Edge of the Universe |
| Social media & PR management | mado | Bad Faith; malViolence; protoViolence |
Rainbow Valley
Fleeing a life that you couldn’t bear, you sought to find a purpose in the mountains.
The cold winds called to you and promised adventure.
Scraping together your life savings, you flew to a cold, distant place.
But adventure has a price. Now you find yourself in a small mountain town as the villagers prepare for the looming winter festival.
You will meet three girls, each stranger than the last, and over the course of 7 days you will discover that not all is as it seems in Rainbow Valley.
Rainbow Valley is a collaboration project between Studio Élan and Izzzyzzz, a YouTuber who covers older Internet stories and Y2K nostalgia.
Wishlist it now on Steam, or download it on itch.io!
Staff
| Role | Name | Popular Works |
|---|---|---|
| Director & Scenario | Izzy | N/A |
| Scenario | Geist | N/A |
| Scenario | Laiska | The Shadows That Run Alongside Our Car |
| Character Art | Rythae | Lotus Reverie: First Nexus; The Language of Love; Dreamy Planet |
| Character Art | Dreamaruu | N/A |
| Background Art | Son Huynh | My Lovey-Dovey Demon; Royal Order |
| Music Composition | Joshua Taipale | N/A |
| Producer | Syon | Highway Blossoms; National Park Girls |
| Social media & PR management | Arimia | Please Be Happy; Summer at the Edge of the Universe |
| Social media | mado | Bad Faith; malViolence; protoViolence |
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