Studio Grail × Grave Regrets

black and white background illustrations

visual novel background sketches #indiegamedev

black and white background illustrations

visual novel background sketches #indiegamedev

Visual novel screenshot showing a dilapidated caravan and a notice text for "Investigation mode"

A visual novel screenshot of a teal house with the text "If I wanted to snoop around, this might be the time to do it."

Visual novel screenshot showing a redhead policewoman named Adams looking inside a car through the window, with the dialogue text "I can handle this."

Visual novel screenshot of an icy road in a misty suburb.

Grave Regrets is part of Detective Fest! 👁️🔎

If you love investigative gameplay or policework themed visual novels, you should totally go wishlist it: store.steampowered.com/app/3161540/

#indiegamedev #detectivefest

Visual novel screenshot showing a dilapidated caravan and a notice text for "Investigation mode"

A visual novel screenshot of a teal house with the text "If I wanted to snoop around, this might be the time to do it."

Visual novel screenshot showing a redhead policewoman named Adams looking inside a car through the window, with the dialogue text "I can handle this."

Visual novel screenshot of an icy road in a misty suburb.

Grave Regrets is part of Detective Fest! 👁️🔎

If you love investigative gameplay or policework themed visual novels, you should totally go wishlist it: store.steampowered.com/app/3161540/

#indiegamedev #detectivefest

Visual novel screenshot showing a tearful woman and three dialogue choices: "Reveal what happened", "shift focus on the promotion", and "deflect".

Visual novel screenshot showing an ominous house and the text "Could I really have done it? Done something so... evil?"

Visual novel screenshot showing a dilapidated caravan and a notice text for "Investigation mode"

Visual novel screenshot showing a redhead policewoman looking inside a car through the window, with the dialogue text "I can handle this."

Finally, we get to participate in #wishlistwednesday with Grave Regrets. 🖤

Featuring story-rich psychological horror and cute anime girls, what more can you ask for?

Visual novel screenshot showing a tearful woman and three dialogue choices: "Reveal what happened", "shift focus on the promotion", and "deflect".

Visual novel screenshot showing an ominous house and the text "Could I really have done it? Done something so... evil?"

Visual novel screenshot showing a dilapidated caravan and a notice text for "Investigation mode"

Visual novel screenshot showing a redhead policewoman looking inside a car through the window, with the dialogue text "I can handle this."

Finally, we get to participate in #wishlistwednesday with Grave Regrets. 🖤

Featuring story-rich psychological horror and cute anime girls, what more can you ask for?

Some Reddit comments assumed the Grave Regrets trailer contains AI animation, so I want to point out: there's zero AI, and every frame is hand-drawn. If anything I almost wish it was AI-assisted with how long it took to animate a simple head turn.

Will be sharing more progress shots in the future.

Some Reddit comments assumed the Grave Regrets trailer contains AI animation, so I want to point out: there's zero AI, and every frame is hand-drawn. If anything I almost wish it was AI-assisted with how long it took to animate a simple head turn.

Will be sharing more progress shots in the future.

An anime style illustration of a polaroid photo of a our visual novel character Lily, holding her pregnancy bump and wearing a Santa hat. In handwriting: Merry Christmas xoxo

It's that time of year again when I must post Lily in her Santa hat ♥️

An anime style illustration of a polaroid photo of a our visual novel character Lily, holding her pregnancy bump and wearing a Santa hat. In handwriting: Merry Christmas xoxo

It's that time of year again when I must post Lily in her Santa hat ♥️

Thrilled to announce GRAVE REGRETS - a psychological horror & mystery visual novel. 🪦👁️

Play as a haunted detective. Gather evidence, navigate fragile relationships, and hold onto your sanity. Every choice matters. Will you do the right thing?

store.steampowered.com/app/3161540/

Please repost 🖤

I'd be remiss not to pay special thanks to our amazing collaborators:

✂️ Trailer Editing: KaeVeo @kaeveo.com

🎨 Background Art: EVYAN World Studio

🎵 Music: ZIZZ STUDIO

I'd be remiss not to pay special thanks to our amazing collaborators:

✂️ Trailer Editing: KaeVeo @kaeveo.com

🎨 Background Art: EVYAN World Studio

🎵 Music: ZIZZ STUDIO

Cute anime style policewoman smiling with the text 2000 wishlists next to her.

Can't believe we broke 2000 in under one week. Thank you to everyone who wishlisted Grave Regrets!

Cute anime style policewoman smiling with the text 2000 wishlists next to her.

Can't believe we broke 2000 in under one week. Thank you to everyone who wishlisted Grave Regrets!

Screenshot of system requirements for macOS. Minimum: OS: Version: 10.10+ Processor: 2.0 Ghz 64-bit Intel-compatible (Apple silicon supported through Rosetta 2) Memory: 2.0 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 Additional Notes: May also run under OpenGL 2 with certain extensions available

Screenshot of Linux system requirements: Minimum: OS: Ubuntu 16.04+ Processor: 2.0 Ghz 64-bit Intel-compatible Memory: 2.0 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0

Last week there was on an error on the Grave Regrets steam page claiming that the game isn't compatible with macOS or Linux. It should be fixed now.

Thank you, Denfaminico Gamer for covering Grave Regrets. 🖤 The outpouring of support from Japan has been extremely meaningful.

Thank you, Denfaminico Gamer for covering Grave Regrets. 🖤 The outpouring of support from Japan has been extremely meaningful.

The Grave Regrets steam page, with simplified Chinese text.

The Grave Regrets Steam page has now been translated to Chinese. 🇨🇳

The Grave Regrets steam page, with simplified Chinese text.

The Grave Regrets Steam page has now been translated to Chinese. 🇨🇳

Thank you for the incredible announcement day everyone. 🖤

The wishlists are so much higher than I dared to hope for that I'm scared to even trust the number.

I'm looking forward to sharing more information and teasers about Grave Regrets soon!

Thank you for the incredible announcement day everyone. 🖤

The wishlists are so much higher than I dared to hope for that I'm scared to even trust the number.

I'm looking forward to sharing more information and teasers about Grave Regrets soon!

I'm realizing now it probably wasn't the smartest move to start our announcement trailer with a black screen since videos don't autoplay on the bsky browser. #indiegame

So to those who are too lazy to click, here's the summary:

Thank you so much! 🖤 But just to clarify this is just the official announcement and Steam page reveal. There's still development time left 😅

Screenshot of a twitter post by Japanese outlet Denfamico Gamer, showing 725 retweets and 2.6k likes

Our game announcement got picked up by Denfamico Gamer 😱

I guess Japanese localization just went from "would be nice" to a priority...

Thrilled to announce GRAVE REGRETS - a psychological horror & mystery visual novel. 🪦👁️

Play as a haunted detective. Gather evidence, navigate fragile relationships, and hold onto your sanity. Every choice matters. Will you do the right thing?

store.steampowered.com/app/3161540/

Please repost 🖤

After years of working on the same project, I can't believe it's about to finally be announced and "out there".

I aim to keep the momentum going, which means the real work begins tomorrow.

Let's look forward to it together 💪
#indiegamedev

A blurry, pixelated image of our visual novel’s key art. It shows a dark gray shape against a teal background, and possibly some text that’s hard to read.

The countdown is almost over. We announce our game in 24 HOURS 🔔

Here’s the last teaser… Can you make out what it is?

After years of working on the same project, I can't believe it's about to finally be announced and "out there".

I aim to keep the momentum going, which means the real work begins tomorrow.

Let's look forward to it together 💪
#indiegamedev

A blurry, pixelated image of our visual novel’s key art. It shows a dark gray shape against a teal background, and possibly some text that’s hard to read.

The countdown is almost over. We announce our game in 24 HOURS 🔔

Here’s the last teaser… Can you make out what it is?