#a devil you do devlog

Meet the House of Hope Staff: Korilla Hearthflame

Every good House needs someone who knows where the bodies are buried. Korilla knows where they are buried, who buried them, who paid for the shovel, and which parts of the story should be reported back to Raphael. Efficient. Loyal. Professional. Which is to say: be careful what you say around her.

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤?"

𝐀 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐃𝐨

𝐴 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑑𝑢𝑟'𝑠 𝐺𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐼𝐼𝐼 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙

After creating and publishing Elturian Tails, a visual novel dating sim that answered the call for our beloved tieflings Zevlor, Rolan, & Dammon to be romancable, I am thrilled to announce a new adventure with a similar goal in mind.

Taking lessons learned from Elturian Tails and indulging in a bit of ambition, A Devil You Do will be the next chapter in my game development journey.

Anyway, uh... oopsies. It's been a few weeks since my last update.

Not out of total neglect, though; I've been blessed with whatever the opposite of writer's block is and have been taking full advantage of it!

And HOLY FUCK, progress has been made on that front.

Meet the House of Hope Staff: Hope Hearthflame

Somewhere beneath all the silks, infernal iron, blood and bad decisions, the House of Hope still has a heartbeat. Unfortunately for her, it's chained in the dungeon. And unfortunately for you, Hope is no longer Raphael's only chained muse.

She may will be a nuisance, her motives and reasoning will blur, and she may even get you in a sufuric pickle or two... but she may be the only person in the House still foolish enough to believe in survival.

In a place where every pitfall is a roll of the dice and every opportunity comes at a steep price... will you trust in hope alone for survival, or risk everything the House and its occupants have to offer?

A Devil You Do: Devlog Archives

You wake up in the House of Hope — a floating hellcastle above the River Styx — collared as an eternal debtor and lumped in with two very bad ideas. Your new objective? Survive ten days in Hell, navigate infernal politics, and decide what (or who) you’re willing to bleed for.

Devlog Updates

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F.A.Q.

Q: What's going on here?

A: I'm making another Baldur's Gate III visual novel. A dating simulator, if you will.

Q: Why are you doing this?

A: Larian didn't let us romance certain NPCs.

Q: How are you doing this?

A: In my free time. I'm a full-time graphic designer, but doing this for fun off-hours just tickles my pickle, and I do love a challenge. I use the beloved Ren'py game engine. Expect recurring development updates before the game goes live on itch.io.

Q: Can I support the project?

A: Yes! But I don't have the will to start a Patreon, Kofi, or anything recurring right now. However, if you wanted to donate via itch.io (and play my earlier BG3 dating sim while you're at it), I would be immensely appreciative. Otherwise, simply sharing this project with others means the world to me, so any reblogs will make my day!

Q: When will the game be released?

A: A formal release date is TBD and will be announced when the end of development is in sight. Prior to release, a demo will be made available on itch.io; stay tuned!

Q: How spicy will this game be?

A: This is most definitely an 18+ game, with an ever-growing list of content warnings. Haarlep would blush.

Q: What platforms/devices will the game be able to play on?

Sorry. But also.

Woe, imp be upon ye.

First sneak-peak into A Devil You Do, a BG3 visual novel/dating sim. This devlog's topic: backgrounds!

In Elturian Tails, I painted all the backgrounds from scratch. It made sense because the game only really needed 4 backgrounds, and while I didn't have much experience drawing scenery, it was an achievable challenge for me to set for myself.

Without going too in-depth on what I have up my sleeve for A Devil You Do scope-wise... making dozens of custom, unique 4K backgrounds by myself would add MONTHS of development time. While I'm not in a race to publish the game, I would REALLY like it to be done by the end of the year. That being said... this time around, I'm basing backgrounds on screenshots using BG3's photomode.

I've been playing around with Clip Studio Paint to find workflows that make screenshots look more "painterly" than obvious screenshots. After some experimentation, here's what I came up with!

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒈, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒓!

My name is Sage (she/they), and I’m an artist and visual novel game developer.

𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬

A Devil You Do - Devlog Archives

A Devil You Do - itch.io (Coming Soon!)

Elturian Tails - itch.io

Elturian Tails - Tumblr Masterpost

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

🖤 This is my one and only blog and place where I post my art (and reblog other things!). If you see my art on any other site, that’s not me! Please don’t repost my art to other sites without my permission (feel free to ask!), and if you spot my work uncredited on another platform, I would appreciate the heads-up.

🖤 My art is tagged with #artbysagethebogwitch and writings/ramblings with #sagekeepsyapping. My game devlog tags include #A Devil You Do Devlog and #elturian tails game dev.

🖤 Minors DNI; I will block you on sight. Same goes for anyone under the umbrella of hateful. Also, absolutely do not put my work into any AI. This is a no-AI zone.

🖤 My ask box is open! PLEASE converse with me about my projects, please please please please—

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭

A graphic designer by trade with a background in fine art, I strive to make narrative-heavy games that lean into choice, consequence, and character chemistry. Working under the umbrella of visual novels, the most rewarding aspect of game development for me is creating experiences that evoke emotional attachment through responsive gameplay.

Right now, my main focus is A Devil You Do: a fantasy-horror, +18 visual novel dating sim set in a ruthless, opulent hellscape of Avernus in the Baldur's Gate III universe. It’s built around gauntlet-style dialogue branches, stat-based checks, and affinity systems that shape what endings you earn. The game's tone blends gothic romance, dark sensuality, grotesque horror, and lowbrow humor.

My earlier work is Elturian Tails — another Baldur's Gate III fan project, where I fell in love with player customization and responsiveness, especially in letting the player’s identity and choices shape how the story talks back. It's a romantic reimagination of what the "tiefling party" event in BG3's Act I. My first-ever game's design philosophy stuck with me: I’m obsessed with games and experiences that acknowledge players, not just include them.