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Genes from his parents /jkjkHe originally was supposed to be the 5th character. I intended to make him the “handsome-type.” Later on I realized his character is hard to write. No worries, he has enough screen time and shows up in a few routes! Thank you for the support, here is a doodle of him. He is too aggressive to have a route hehehe

Yes, all NSFW games are being delisted on itch io. Mastercard is pressuring the site into doing as such. I am not yet entirely sure what will happen to Duality and whether I will need to change platforms (if I even find somewhere to go).

This whole situation sucks. I love Duality and I’m so sorry this is affecting you. Best of luck no matter what you decide to do going forward!

https://x.com/jastblue/status/1948262867821646200?s=46&t=5WzbDhxrB3059oNraAYj4g

Mysterious girl with beautiful golden eyes and star motifs, and guy who is stoic (but is actually a gentle sweetheart with trauma, and is associated with the military in some way) and has a teal colour palette.

I shall! Gather around, today I‘ll tell you the story of the first big battle us overseas Otoge fans had to win.

[For those who don’t know what this is about or want to see more screenshots here’s the short version on my Twitter]

A little bit of background info before we start. Back in 2011 Voltage released „Pirates in Love“ which was pretty much the first English Otome game we ever got (before that was a release of Yo–Jin–Bo, which unfortunately flopped however). For a long while it was also the ONLY Otoge we had, with routes being released up to months apart. Funnily enough the first PIL release we got had also been edited, however since the internet and Otome games in general wasn‘t as much of a thing yet most people were unaware. Plus they actually made the characters whose appearance they changed appealing and it matched the overall style.

So BMP actually wasn‘t the first time they changed things to “appeal” the overseas market - but simply the most noticeable.

Slowly (very slowly lol) more Otome games would be released in english. Especially back in the day Voltage was one of our main content providers. After PIL which was released as a standalone app Voltage decided to try out a new medium here - GREE. Basically it‘s worked similar to how Cybird games are now. It didn‘t host Voltage games only however, but a bunch of different games from different companies. Voltage would only release 2 of their games on there before they got shut down: Be My Princess and Celebrity Darling (in that respective order.)

Small rant I actually liked GREE BMP more than the other version because MC had a job as a designer so this whole „you have to design/wear outfits to progress“ actually fit really well. Like I love BMP, it’s one of my comfort games. But GREE version was simply more interesting than “Oh I ran into these Princes on the street and now one of them has to randomly take me in” imo. Rant over lol.

BMP was actually up on GREE for a while, I managed to finish 3 routes while it was available (I‘m actually not completely sure if that‘s all they released before they decided to move on from GREE or if I was slow) but either way, shortly after Celebrity Darling got an English release Voltage decided to stop putting their games on GREE altogether. That’s when this whole mess went down.

People were obviously upset about losing all of their progress and content on GREE. Especially because it seemed like BMP was rather popular. Which is why Voltage decided to release the standalone app for it.

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Just not in the way we wanted:

Hello, this is Cheritz!

Did you know that as of today - February of 2022 - it has been precisely 10 years since Cheritz began its history of game-making?

The past 10 years we have spent with you were full of heartwarming experiences and excitements! Every single day, we imagined you enjoying our games and deliberated upon our performances. And we would like to give you our deepest gratitude for staying with us so far to read this message.

We are aware that we have kept you waiting ever since Mystic Messenger was released.

As we have reached our 10th anniversary this year, we will at last bring you a new game once the spring is in full bloom! We appreciate your patience for such a long period. We have been doing our best to create a new game for female gamers, and after much perseverance our newest release is almost all set.

We know there’s a seed of excitement waiting in your heart. Please keep it with you until spring, and we will be seeing you again.

We would like to thank you for all the love you have sent us for the past 10 years.

I Take Your Hand: A Horror Otome

Release date (Windows, Mac OS, Linux) English: December 26th, 2021

“All Camille wants is for the mysterious transfer student Osgoode to notice her. Then Osgoode notices her and she ends up in his basement in chains. A horror otome about first love in the midst of gore and trauma.”