• The Last Respite was revealed and released in both ebook and paperback formats
• Previous ebooks have been published to other storefronts and made available in paperback through Draft2Digital
• Eldritch Academy and some of its related games were part of the Fall in Love Festival on Steam

If anyone has enjoyed these stories, I’d love to see feedback or reviews about what you liked. Feedback helps me figure out what people enjoyed about my stories, and some storefronts (like Steam) use reviews as part of the algorithm for determining what to promote to users.

Next Steps

Most of the projects that have been fully announced have been wrapped up over the past year and a half, though there are a few things still currently in limbo. A quick summary of how those projects are going:

• Flowering Nightshade v9 (game): The final planned story is about halfway drafted now, and a number of UI tweaks have been backported to FN and BN from another project being prototyped. Depending on when I get back to finishing the story, it should probably be able to release in early 2026.
• Mysteries of Akiramine (webnovel): No new progress to report; still on the back burner aside from some character ideas.
• Those That Linger (???): Still stuck due to the complexity of the subject matter.

Most of my creative efforts lately have been focused on some projects that haven’t been announced yet, though some of them may almost be ready to be fully introduced. I’ll go over a few significant ones below:

I’ve teased a few times before that I’m working on a project that continues the story of the characters from Blooming Nightshade and Flowering Nightshade. I still don’t think it’s ready for a full reveal and announcement, but I do like how the game is shaping up. The game is a bit different from the other two, and not just from a visual perspective (a different main artist and a focus on widescreen presentation rather than swappable orientation). In particular, the stories function more like the “side stories” of Flowering Nightshade, each taking place in their own continuity. While most of the planned stories are still linear with a single ending, there are also a few that have multiple endings. I may consider releasing a demo version once the first few stories are finished, similar to the early releases of the previous games, but I first need to decide how to handle certain details in a demo version (such as a new version of FN’s Sim Akiramine that will not be entirely complete anytime soon).

I’ve also teased a few images on Bluesky of a prototype I’ve been working on for a game set in Tarishu, the setting of The Last Respite. Due to my limited ability to commission new game art at the moment, anything I try to show in screenshots from the game will look very barebones, but a lot of the planned features are actually already prototyped. This project is a bit different from most of my other projects, since while it does have a story in mind, it is ultimately a more sandbox-style game in the vein of Star Traders or Uncharted Waters.

In spring of 2024, I created a concept for some experiments using chatbots based on a sort of “angst-porn” dystopia (inspired by Cavalry Girls, Republic Commando, Halo, etc.). When certain aspects of the real world began to mirror and overshadow the grimness of this concept, I decided to pull out some of the old snippets and revise them into a proper story that criticizes the callous and ignorant mindsets that seem to dominate our world. Set in a standalone universe, the first half of the planned storyline is now nearly complete. I’m still not completely certain if or how I will release the story, since it wasn’t originally meant to be published. That said, I might consider putting out the first arc of the story as a sort of “volume one”, to eventually be followed by the second half when it is finished (and then both would be combined for any print version).

Lastly, there’s the sequel story to The Red-Haired Maiden, which has been mentioned on-and-off since the release of the original book and has been outlined since 2022 or 2023. I think I keep putting it off out of worry that I won’t do it justice, because its message seems to become more and more topical to the real world as time passes. I want to try to get back to work on drafting more of the story in 2026, hopefully even finishing sometime during that year, if that is possible without sacrificing quality.

That’s about everything for major updates right now. I hope to have some interesting stuff to share in 2026, and maybe try to get my stories into more events like the Fall in Love Festival too. I hope people continue to get the chance to enjoy these stories in the coming year!

Where to Read

Within the lands of the Hye people, there is a haunted wood known as the Crawling Forest. Few travelers dare to brave the darkness within unless they seek treasure and glory.

Just outside of this dangerous expanse, on an old worn-down road, lies the Last Respite; an inn that caters to the adventurers that come from afar to test themselves in the Crawling Forest. Run by a mysterious innkeeper that is rumored to be a powerful witch, the Last Respite is the final beacon of civilization for those who risk the dangers of the Crawling Forest.

When a magical accident sends Gunnar to the Hye lands, the young man quickly finds himself with nowhere to turn for help and no easy way to return home. His road leads him to the Last Respite, where he must carve out a new home for himself with the aid of Sangmi, the innkeeper. Despite the shadow of the haunted forest, this corner of the world may yet be the shelter these two drifting souls have sought.

To learn more about the setting of this book, be sure to check out the Tarishu page for updates. I hope everyone enjoys this new story!

With The Last Respite on the way, it’s time to introduce a few aspects of its setting: Tarishu [טארישו].

A word of warning to start with: while any setting’s information could be tweaked or changed behind the scenes during the writing process of stories in that setting, Tarishu in particular among my settings is “under construction” or “to be discovered”. It doesn’t have an easy fallback (like Nightshade has with our own world) or a specific focus (like Kigenishi on the island itself), and it originally wasn’t even going to be the setting for its debut story. So, even more so than with Kigenishi, details provided in stories take priority over anything presented directly from my notes.

Synthesis and Syncretism

Tarishu is a setting that is built around the diversity of cultures and the way they interact. While The Last Respite takes place in a specific corner of the world, even that story includes characters from numerous foreign cultures and locations interacting. In the current era of the world, technology has reached a point nearly equivalent to the “Early Modern” period in our world. While many people may never leave their homeland, there are enough who do travel to other regions for various reasons that entire networks of roads have been built to facilitate this cultural exchange. Because of this, much of the continent is connected with its own version of our world’s “Silk Road”.

Internally, the setting itself is also a collection of different ideas. Characters and concepts I last shared publicly over a decade ago (on now-defunct websites) were combined with partially-written setting notes as well as the new worldbuilding done specifically for The Last Respite. So it can easily be said that the very concept of Tarishu is based on the synthesis of ideas, which I feel is very fitting for what it has been shaping into.

Basic Details

Tarishu is a continent with many types of inhabitants, each with their own cultures and ways of interacting with their own people and outsiders. Some notable culture groups in the current era are:

• Adan: A culture with a long history that lives in western Tarishu. The current common “trade language” is primarily made up of Adanic words, including the common name of the continent itself. (Real world inspirations: Egyptians, Hebrews)
• Sagafodt: A group of related peoples who live in northwestern Tarishu. Formerly known as raiders and pillagers led by “divine heroes” (demigods), but have become more peaceful over the centuries. (Real world inspirations: Scandinavians)
• Akiçu: A collection of tribal groups that lives in southwestern Tarishu. Many of these tribes are nomadic, still seen as uncivilized compared to the agrarian Adan they neighbor. (Real world inspirations: Turkic nomads)
• Jama: A culture group that survives in the arid southern regions of Tarishu. Known to be hardy and inventive, having devised how to survive in marginal lands. (Real world inspirations: Mande cultures)
• Hye: A people that live in the eastern regions of Tarishu. Almost as advanced as the Adan, with a strict social hierarchy in its most prosperous nation. (Real world inspirations: Koreans)

Within each of these cultures there are usually a few subgroups, some of which may differ enough from the category that individuals may not consider themselves to be part of the larger group. In addition, while I continue to use the word “nation” to refer to states (like in Kigenishi stories), very few of these cultures have what we would consider modern nation-states (a state where the primary ethnicity is tied to “nationality”). Therefore, many people in Tarishu might not even think of their national identity unless they are part of the government itself.

While each culture has its own language(s), many people in Tarishu also learn the “common language” of trade, especially if they are travelers or merchants. The current common language is primarily based on the Adanic language, with simplified grammar and loanwords from many other languages along the main trade routes. Because of how common this language has become, most cultures have adapted ways to write it in their own scripts. However, more insular communities may be less familiar with the trade language, and quickly sort out foreigners that speak it rather than the local language.

The name “Tarishu” itself is part of the pidgin that became the common language. A Proto-Adanic people referred to the world as the “First Jewel” (Tachshit Roshon) of the elohim (spirits). Over time, this term was shortened and simplified until it standardized as “Tarishu” as the common term for the world. The discovery that there is likely another continent across the sea has begun to shift the meaning of the term, with the main continent becoming Tarishu while explorers debate the names that should be given to new lands.

The Spirit Realm

Tarishu has a close connection to a realm of strange and powerful entities most commonly known as spirits (with many local names). Spirits that choose to interact with the world can perform amazing feats of magic, but they are not truly native to the world. Either through choice or through expending their power, spirits will inevitably return to the spirit realm. While they can return once they regain their power, spirits may lose interest in the affairs of Tarishu by that time. After all, Tarishu is but one world that spirits can step into from their realm that touches multiple realities, and not every spirit has the same mentality as mortals from Tarishu.

Sometimes, spirits bestow some of their power to mortals, especially in exchange for worship. Other spirits may temporarily take forms similar to mortals and create offspring with them. Whatever the method, semi-divine or divinely blessed mortals gain access to magical powers. These abilities are usually referred to as blessings or sorcery, and demigods and sorcerers usually draw lots of attention for their power. When people misuse the gift of sorcery, they are named “witches” and shunned for their malicious actions. What counts as witchcraft differs from society to society, with some sorcerers being lauded for what others are punished for.

The touch of the spirit realm is not just felt when spirits choose to visit Tarishu; there is an undercurrent of magic within the world itself. Some mortals are born with a natural connection to the spirit world, even without divine ancestry. Others have a natural instinct regarding how the elements of reality are combined, making them particularly capable at “alchemy”, a form of magic that can shape reality at a base level. Particularly studious or patient sorcerers can also learn to create marks with magic itself, creating enchantments on objects. However, some cultures dislike these natural ways to acquire magic for not being divinely rewarded, and may brand such people as witches or put them under intense scrutiny.

Future Discoveries

While Tarishu doesn’t have quite as much planned out compared to Kigenishi, I do hope that the setting continues to grow with more stories and information. The world gives a sense that there is a lot to discover, and it would be really interesting to see what else exists in Tarishu beyond Hyeguk (the largest nation of the Hye) and Mameloch (the oldest Adan nation). I’m not entirely sure what the next steps are for Tarishu, but I’m really excited to see what else is out there. (Maybe I’ll revive the story of an Akiçu raised among the Adan that I began years ago, and see what parts of the world are shown from that perspective.)

Whatever happens next for Tarishu, I hope this glimpse at the world has been interesting. Once it’s out, be sure to check out The Last Respite to explore the world further!

I’m excited to announce an upcoming fantasy romance story that I’ve been working on: The Last Respite.

Within the lands of the Hye people, there is a haunted wood known as the Crawling Forest. Few travelers dare to brave the darkness within unless they seek treasure and glory.

Just outside of this dangerous expanse, on an old worn-down road, lies the Last Respite; an inn that caters to the adventurers that come from afar to test themselves in the Crawling Forest. Run by a mysterious innkeeper that is rumored to be a powerful witch, the Last Respite is the final beacon of civilization for those who risk the dangers of the Crawling Forest.

When a magical accident sends Gunnar to the Hye lands, the young man quickly finds himself with nowhere to turn for help and no easy way to return home. His road leads him to the Last Respite, where he must carve out a new home for himself with the aid of Sangmi, the innkeeper. Despite the shadow of the haunted forest, this corner of the world may yet be the shelter these two drifting souls have sought.

The Last Respite is a fantasy romance story featuring two major viewpoint characters: Gunnar, a young man who has yet to find a direction in life, and Sangmi, an innkeeper and “witch” who is familiar with societal judgement. While these two are wise enough to recognize the danger of the Crawling Forest and its curse, the actions of those who explore the haunted woods threaten to bring the danger closer to home.

This story is set in a universe that is tentatively named Tarishu, a fantasy world that currently has an Early Modern (approximately 1600s) technology level while having a similar degree of magic to Kigenishi, with spirits from another realm and semi-divine mortal beings that are sometimes worshipped as gods. Unlike Kigenishi, it is more likely for mortals to be capable of magic without assistance in Tarishu. (I may do a post introducing the setting like I did with Kigenishi, but it may not be as complete since many of the details might spoil potential stories being considered for the setting.)

There is no set release date yet, though I would like to release the story sometime this year. Depending on how the revisions go, I would like to try to release this spring or summer. I hope everyone is excited to see Sangmi and Gunnar’s story!

Books

The first major update to bring up is that my stories are leaving Kindle Unlimited, in favor of being brought to other storefronts through Draft2Digital. The Red-Haired Maiden has already concluded its Kindle exclusivity, and should now be available on almost every storefront and library service that Draft2Digital publishes to. When the exclusivity period ends for the other stories, they will likely follow suit.

As part of this move, I’m also working on combining the short stories (Those That Linger: GhostSense, The Decision, and Family) into a single book, with the working title “Petals Fallen From Nightshade”. I’m also considering adding an afterward with some notes on inspirations and how the stories connect to the rest of the setting. If I end up writing more short stories set in the Nightshade universe, I think having a framework like this could work well, with each collection having the same overall title (Petals Fallen From Nightshade) with a volume number or subtitle.

While I wait for the exclusivity deal with Amazon to run out, I’ve also been looking into the possibility of paperback versions of the books. While nothing is finalized yet, it’s fun to see how the books might look in physical form.

Lastly, while the second story set in Kigenishi is still a bit stuck, there is a book I’ve been working on that may be nearly ready for a reveal. The story itself is fully drafted and will soon go into the revision stage. I don’t want to announce it completely until it’s closer to finished (to hopefully avoid a Life as Designed scenario), but it’s getting closer to a reveal…

Games

With Life as Designed getting little attention since its release last year, I will likely have to postpone most of my game ideas for the near future. So far, none of them have broken even on cost, and I’m not currently in a good place to fund new game art out of my own pocket. So unless I do releases with no art or music (like the first few demos of Blooming Nightshade), there probably won’t be a seventh game in the near future.

…That said, there is a sixth game’s worth of art that has already been made. I’m not ready to make an announcement with how hectic the development process has been, but I’m willing to put a little teaser here:

Other Projects

I’ve not forgotten about Mysteries of Akiramine or Those That Linger, as much as it would probably help me relax to have less to worry about. I’m not certain on how those will proceed, but I’m not ready to consider them canceled. I also have a number of unannounced ideas and side projects, as most creatives do, but nothing ready to share yet.

At any rate, that’s more than enough for a single post. Hopefully I can get back to more regular posts again, so I can go back to focusing on more specific topics in each post.

Cho Fukuda has spent much of her adult life as a freelance costume designer, to the point that she feels like she’s been typecast. Her motivation to work on projects that all feel the same flounders until she ends up botching a commission, leaving her with no leads and the feeling that she’s made a mistake with her life. With Cho out of a job for the time being, she and her girlfriend will soon have to explore how their love will adjust to this new challenge.

Taking place about ten years after the events of Eldritch Academy, this visual novel continues the story of Cho Fukuda and her friends Akomi Miyazaki, Kagami Nakayama, and Yue Ishikami. (Some knowledge of Eldritch Academy is recommended, but not required to understand this story.) This game explores how the direction of Cho’s life might change depending on who is her pillar of support, including an unlockable bonus route that depicts a relationship not seen in Eldritch Academy. Each of the three main routes has two endings, with neither of them being more or less valid than the other.

Life as Designed Demo Release

After a long wait due to creative block, I finally feel like the demo version of Life as Designed is ready for the public. Barring any issues, the demo should be available on itch.io and Steam by the end of this weekend, if not sooner. This demo allows the player to see the first three scenes of each of the main routes, which will hopefully be enough to serve as a sample of the game.

As a reminder of what the game is about:

Cho Fukuda has spent much of her adult life as a freelance costume designer, to the point that she feels like she’s been typecast. Her motivation to work on projects that all feel the same flounders until she ends up botching a commission, leaving her with no leads and the feeling that she’s made a mistake with her life. With Cho out of a job for the time being, she and her girlfriend will soon have to explore how their love will adjust to this new challenge.

I’m not prepared to make any promises on when the full release will be ready (due to the many delays in 2023), but I’m hoping to try to release the full game sometime this year.

Mysteries of Akiramine

Ever since finishing the initial drafts for Eldritch University back in 2017/2018, I’ve had the idea to continue the story of Shizuka and Yuri in some capacity. But since I’ve been focused on other projects since then, I’ve only drafted a few short stories about their investigations into the supernatural. I felt like it wouldn’t be right to try to sell the stories on their own, so I planned on collecting them into a novel-sized series before publishing them. But with how much time has passed since then, I’m not sure if or when the other stories will be written, leaving the whole project in limbo.

Therefore, in order to allow people to read some of these existing stories and to gauge interest in the series, I’ve cleaned up the existing (finished) drafts a bit and posted them to this website as a sort of web-novel here. If and when future stories have finished drafts, I’ll consider posting them there as well. I’m curious to see how this goes, since it’s a bit different from my other story releases.

Other Updates

I’ve been working on a few things that I’m not quite ready to announce yet, so for a lot of projects the status is roughly the same as in the last post. The one major note that I have is that I’m considering converting Those That Linger into a sort of web-novel like Mysteries of Akiramine, depending on how well that goes over. Since the earlier versions of Those That Linger (when it was intended as a game project) was based heavily on the exploration-based storytelling of games like Fatal Frame or Corpse Party, I wonder if having each “chapter” divided into the main story and a set of “found documents” would be a good way to compromise for the switch to a prose story. If I do attempt to revive the project using that idea, having it attached to a web page would make it easier for the reader to navigate between the different components of each chapter.

For now, my main focuses are on the thing(s) I haven’t announced yet and trying to finish Life as Designed; I’ll try to get back to everything else once those priorities are resolved. Hopefully 2024 will be the year I get back some momentum!

So, in the interest of trying to catch up anyone who was following my projects, I’ll go over what is currently planned and what has happened this year. I don’t think I can make any concrete promises on when anything will release, but maybe I can at least clarify what is still in progress.

General Update

The first thing I feel like I should mention is that there has been some shakeup in my offline life beyond my creative block. I’ve been taught not to share too much about these topics online, so the most I’ll say at the moment is that my ability to fund projects may be a bit more limited for a while. Since none of my previous projects have yet to break even, this means that any major projects from me may be further delayed if they would require commissioned work (art, music, etc.) to finish.

Also, during my creative block I’ve spent a lot of time ruminating over the monetization of my projects. My free games have gained a decent amount of attention, sometimes even from people who say they’d like to purchase paid games from me, but my commercial games have remained very obscure despite the “success” of the former. So now I’m left with a conundrum: do I make more free projects to gain more attention, or do I continue to make paid projects in the hopes they’ll pay for themselves one day? Even when I consider the idea that I should be creating the projects I’m most interested in, rather than trying to get attention or money, the choice remains to be answered if I decide to publish new projects.

One idea that has come to me a few times through watching what other creators do is the use of Patreon or similar donation models as a source of income for my creative works. However, I remain hesitant to really begin to look deeper into the process for a number of reasons. One, I’m not very good at marketing, often feeling like I am being disingenuous when I attempt to do basic advertisement for my projects. And without anyone knowing I have a Patreon, there is no point in having that option open. Second, part of my current situation is that I have very little that I feel is worth showing, and I’m not keen on sharing work-in-progress works outside of game demo versions or curated screenshots. So that means I don’t have much to offer subscribers in terms of content, which is anathema to a subscription service. (Why pay monthly for nothing?) So, ultimately, I worry that it would be merely another item on the checklist of things for me to worry over, rather than a financial assistance. That said, I’d be open to further information about how smaller creators handle such services, if only to understand the process better.

Promises to Keep

Next, I’d like to go over the status of the announced projects, since they continue to provide a sense of guilt in me regardless of how anticipated they may actually be.

Flowering Nightshade: I would still like to finish v9 at some point, which is still slated to have a new side story and some tweaks to Sim Akiramine. That said, this may end up being the last major update to the game. While I programmed the game to be easy to add new stories to and I really like the characters, the fall-off of player interest between v7 and v8 and my own creative block has made it hard to consider further updates. Therefore, any further stories about these characters would probably be in the form of a new project; maybe a third game, but that isn’t for certain yet. (It would be nice to pick up with the characters a few years later, once they were a bit more established as adults…)

Life as Designed: I still want to release the game, and hopefully in 2024 I’ll be able to find the motivation to finish the final steps so I can publish it. I still have a lot of concerns about potential issues big and small, but I don’t think it will suddenly get better and I feel obligated to finish and release the game at this point. I just hope it goes over well, because I worry that the story and design decisions I made will be unpopular, and it’s already a spin-off to a niche game. But I also can’t make peace with the idea of scrapping the project when it’s nearly finished (and with the budget that went into it), so I’d like it to come out in 2024, if possible.

Kigenishi Novel: Limited new work has gone into the book this year, so unfortunately I still don’t think we’re ready for a full reveal. If I’m able, I’d like to at least write some more setting articles or free short stories next year, but I can’t make any promises about that yet.

Dreams of the Future

With so many projects left to finish, it’s hard sometimes to feel comfortable planning out new ideas, even though maybe a change of pace is what I need. I also don’t want to say too much about vague ideas that someone gets disappointed when those ideas don’t produce anything. But as we close out the year, here are a few hints at what else I’ve been looking into to try to break my creative block.

Nightshade Universe:

• A paranormal detective series of short stories, based on a returning character
• A gothic mystery thriller about people who can’t move on
• A slice-of-life drama about a certain technology’s place in human life
• A story about a half-human folklorist learning the truth behind legends

Kigenishi:

• A ronin joins the court of Princess Osan, revealing her past and future
• A set of short stories about the six major daimyo of Kigenishi, just before the events of RHM
• Stories of lands beyond Kigenishi itself

And that’s probably going to be it for this year. I wish I could end on a more optimistic note, like I tried to last year, but this past year has been a bit more rough than I thought it would be. I suppose I can at least end by saying that I hope 2024 is better for everyone, regardless of how 2023 was for them.

2022 Releases

In March, I was finally able to release the updated version of Eldritch Academy. While I’ll probably never recoup the costs it took to rework so much of the game, I think I’m a lot more comfortable with v3 compared to the earlier releases. While it’s likely too late to turn the game into a financial success, I hope those who do play the game are better able to enjoy the new version.

Then, in October, I decided to push out the v8 release for Flowering Nightshade. This included a number of side stories, a new character, and a bonus feature that wasn’t originally planned for the game. There’s still a bit more to do before I consider Flowering Nightshade “finished”, but I think it’s in a pretty good place for the time being.

Announced Nightshade Projects

As noted above, I currently plan for at least one more update to Flowering Nightshade. Version 9 will include at least one new side story and some fixes/improvements to the bonus mode (Sim Akiramine). I’d tease more information about the last planned story, but I don’t want to say too much until I’m sure the story is nearly finished. (As of right now the story is outlined, but not drafted.)

As for Life as Designed, the script is more or less complete. I’m still not sure about certain things, but I don’t think I want to keep people waiting for too much longer. The main obstacle to release right now is finishing the art and music placements, so I really hope to be able to release sometime in the first half of 2023.

Kigenishi Projects

The second book set in Kigenishi is still in progress, albeit at a slow pace for the moment. Based on the current outline, I’d say the story is about 25% drafted so far. I’d like to avoid revealing too much information about the book until it’s at least half written, so for now I’m just going to say that I’m still working on it.

Other Works

While things have been going slow on the main projects lately, I’ve been trying to continue working on other things in the meantime. One such side project is a mod for Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition, where I’m trying to create content based on the Kigenishi setting. While I have no idea how long it would take to create a “complete” mod that does everything I’d like to do, I feel like I’m getting close to something worth releasing as a demo. I suspect I’ll likely release the first demo of the mod sometime in January 2023, with the following confirmed features:

• Playable Civilization: Majin
  • Skirmish AI Personality: Lady Otoniwa
• Minor Civilization: Majin Pirates
• Princess Osan Historical Map Campaign
  • (First draft of chapters 1 and 2; based on AoE2DE scenario)

More details will be compiled once I’m closer to a release. I’m sure the crossover between fans of Kigenishi and AoE3DE is a very narrow selection of people, but I hope someone enjoys the mod!

That’s about everything I can think of that needs to be summarized for now. If I missed anything, I’ll put out a new update in the new year. I hope everyone is ready for 2023!

The biggest update to Eldritch Academy is now live! This release brings us to the end (at least for now) of the long journey that started in 2013 (pre-production) and 2019 (v1 release).

For those who have not been following the project on Twitter and other sites, Eldritch Academy v3 (internally known as EA-R, or the “Eldritch Academy Revision”) is a major update to all aspects of Eldritch Academy. The highlights are:

• Redone character and event art
• New, custom music
• Reworked UI
• Script revisions, including a few new scenes and the removal of “filler” scenes
• A proper (non-experimental) Android version

I hope that this version of the game allows both new and returning players to really enjoy discovering the secrets of Solana Academy and befriending Yue’s classmates. If you don’t already own the game, maybe now is the time to check it out!

Aside from support for any remaining bugs, this will likely be the last major update to Eldritch Academy. However, the story doesn’t have to end with this game, as many new stories in the Nightshade universe have been announced or released since 2019. For instance:

• If you liked the story of Eldritch Academy and want to see the continuation, you can roll right into its sequel, “Eldritch University”.
• If you want to see more of the main characters of Eldritch Academy, the upcoming game “Life as Designed” will focus on Cho, Akomi, Kagami, and Yue as they adapt to their adult lives, ten years after Eldritch Academy.
• If you want to see more romance between women in the Nightshade universe, you can play the spin-off games “Blooming Nightshade” and “Flowering Nightshade”, both of them expanded versions of games initially created for the “Yuri Game Jam” (2017~2018/2019~2020).
• If you enjoy the Nightshade universe and its themes of a mundane world crossed with elements of the supernatural, there are a number of ebooks set in the same universe. In particular, “Shireishi” and “Those That Linger: GhostSense” have similar themes to Eldritch Academy, featuring students coming up against supernatural threats.

Thank you for your interest in this nearly decade-long journey to create Eldritch Academy and Eldritch University, and I hope you enjoyed it! I hope that I can continue to share more stories in the Nightshade universe, so be sure to keep an eye out for those future stories!