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SHINRAI
@gosatsuvns.bsky.social
Creators of the murder mystery visual novels #SHINRAI & #GENBA no Kizuna. Avatar by @xxnuj.bsky.social

Site: www.gosatsu.com
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/gosatsu
itch: https://gosatsuvns.itch.io/
Patreon: https://patreon.com/gosatsuvns
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Get our Halloween-themed #murdermystery #visualnovel #SHINRAI on both consoles & PC 🎮💻🎃

Nintendo eShop: nintendo.com/games/detail...

PlayStation Store: store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...

Xbox Store: xbox.com/en-us/games/...

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/499910

itch: gosatsuvns.itch.io
Weekly blog post #588: gosatsu.com/2025/11/15/5...

This time, we're sharing Kamen's intro card for #SHINRAI Saku 💚

There is also a new Patreon post available with some expressions for Shizue (3$+ tiers):

www.patreon.com/posts/saku-s...

#visualnovel #vn #vndev #gamedev #indiedev
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Halloween may be over, but Dinovember's just begun 🦖

So if you've enjoyed #SHINRAI, why not delve right into our dino-themed #murdermystery #visualnovel next? It'll be on sale until November 10 🌴🦕

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/937280
itch: gosatsuvns.itch.io/genba

#GENBA #gamedev #indiedev
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Today, we're excited to not only introduce #SHINRAI Saku's composer to you, but to also give you a 1st listen to its OST 🎵

So please check out this little preview of @crescendotto.com's amazing work & learn more in our rather lengthy blog post:

gosatsu.com/2025/11/01/5...

#visualnovel #indiedev
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Weekly blog post #587: gosatsu.com/2025/11/08/5...

Progress on the notebook content for #SHINRAI Saku 📓

#visualnovel #vndev #gamedev
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gosatsu.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Halloween may be over, but Dinovember's just begun 🦖

So if you've enjoyed #SHINRAI, why not delve right into our dino-themed #murdermystery #visualnovel next? It'll be on sale until November 10 🌴🦕

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/937280
itch: gosatsuvns.itch.io/genba

#GENBA #gamedev #indiedev
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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So happy to announce I'm making the music for the sequel to SHINRAI, a game I just only played recently (explicitly for this job) and LOVED! I'm winning
Check out the post to listen to a snippet of the first track and go check out @gosatsuvns.bsky.social if you haven't yet
I'm making the music for SHINRAI Saku!
Crescendo published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Less than 24 hours until the Halloween Sale ends❗
The #Halloween Sale has just started 🎃

Grab the PC version of our appropriately themed #visualnovel #SHINRAI for 50% off & spend the spooky days solving a chilling #murdermystery 🔪🩸

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/499910
itch: itch.io/s/164259/hal...

#vndev #indiedev #gamedev
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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sorry I'm making your backlog worse. Or not. These are all banger games add in Neko too
Neko No Sentouki by Skredjun
Follow Aiko and Hikaru as they try to uncover the secrets that lurk around them.
skredjun.itch.io
November 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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unfortunately, strong emotions like this cause me the incredible urge to barf and remind me why Aiko Souda is the number 1 Cre character in Toumayhem (25% off until tomorrow)
Toumayhem by Crescendo
So that no one else has to be lonely! So that no one else has to die.
crescendo.itch.io
November 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today, we're excited to not only introduce #SHINRAI Saku's composer to you, but to also give you a 1st listen to its OST 🎵

So please check out this little preview of @crescendotto.com's amazing work & learn more in our rather lengthy blog post:

gosatsu.com/2025/11/01/5...

#visualnovel #indiedev
November 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I swear, one day I'll get around to drawing something new, but for now, here's a collection of old #SHINRAI Halloween artwork 😔
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Tonight's the night the events of #SHINRAI took place, so the perfect time to experience them for yourself 🎃

Especially since it's 50% off!

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/499910
itch: gosatsuvns.itch.io/shinrai-brok...

#halloween #murdermystery #visualnovel #vn #vndev #gamedev #indiedev
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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New #SHINRAI review 🥹 Thank you so much 😭
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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👉 itch.io/s/163198/halloween-sale-2025

Neko No Sentouki and the digital artbook are on sale for Halloween!
You can also get them as a bundle and save even more 🫶

#nekonosentouki
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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The #Halloween Sale has just started 🎃

Grab the PC version of our appropriately themed #visualnovel #SHINRAI for 50% off & spend the spooky days solving a chilling #murdermystery 🔪🩸

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/499910
itch: itch.io/s/164259/hal...

#vndev #indiedev #gamedev
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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By the way, my sci-fi mystery visual novel Toumayhem is on sale for Halloween! 6-8 hours of my children trying not to die, people who played it recommend it to their friends and family
itch.io/s/165066/tou...
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The #Halloween Sale has just started 🎃

Grab the PC version of our appropriately themed #visualnovel #SHINRAI for 50% off & spend the spooky days solving a chilling #murdermystery 🔪🩸

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/499910
itch: itch.io/s/164259/hal...

#vndev #indiedev #gamedev
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Received a new #GENBA review & I'm in tears 😭
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Finished all our little bat's expressions for #SHINRAI Saku 🦇
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Weekly blog post #585: gosatsu.com/2025/10/25/5...

Just a very quick progress update on #SHINRAI Saku today ♨️

#visualnovel #vn #vndev #gamedev #indiedev
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gosatsu.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Here are all the new faces appearing in #SHINRAI Saku together ♨️

#visualnovel #vn #vndev #gamedev #indiedev
October 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Weekly blog post #584: gosatsu.com/2025/10/18/5...

More progress on #SHINRAI Saku sprite expressions ♨️

5$+ patrons can even check out the full set for Taiko right here:

www.patreon.com/posts/saku-s...

#visualnovel #vn #vndev #gamedev #indiedev
October 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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the game seems to have gotten a little bit of traction recently (thankful to whoever shared it!) so re-sharing here -- my short mystery visual novel about a group of people trapped in a snowstorm. murder mystery shenanigans ensue
NEW VISUAL NOVEL: Murder Gods Play Pachinko!

A short visual novel about a group of friends who reunite following their friend's mysterious death. Featuring snowstorms, abandoned Russian cities and, of course -- a locked room mystery.

lastlockedroom.github.io/posts/pachin...
NEW STORY: Murder Gods Play Pachinko
An Anti-Mystery.
lastlockedroom.github.io
October 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I did it!!! HyperStar X Duel now has sound effects in. It's a stupid card game with lesbians (in space!) I made with my friend @pescacosmica.bsky.social back in 2023, inspired by Yu-Gi-Oh!, Space Patrol Luluco and all the ridiculous shonen animes we liked as kids. Now 80% sillier
#vndev
Episode 4: AWESOME! A sound update and some bugfixes!
More than a year after release, HyperStar X Duel has been updated with all the missing sound effects I was too burnt out to make and put in when it first came out! Whew. That was some work. I took the...
crescendo.itch.io
October 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM