Here's a link to the Kickstarter!

And here's a quick overview of the reward tiers:

Tier 1: Digital Key
Tier 2: OST + Desktop Wallpapers
Tier 3: Digital copies of Celestial Hearts and Knight Bewitched
Tier 4: Absinthia Early Access (~1-2 months in advance)

The following tiers also include tiers 1-4 and a unique Discord[discord.gg] server role:

Tier 5: Leave a message! (on a poster, grave, or book)
Tier 6: Design a legendary weapon! (5 slots)
Tier 7: Become an NPC! (40 slots)
Tier 8: Design an enemy! (10 slots)
Tier 9: Design a boss! (5 slots)
Tier 10: Design a quest & NPC! (3 slots)
Tier 11: Become a dungeon master! (Design a dungeon, boss, NPC & Quest)

If you're strapped for cash or just want a digital Steam key, no problem! For the first 24 hours you can pick up an Early Bird Absinthia key for just $12 (normally $15).


Will there be digital keys offered for other platforms (namely the Nintendo Switch)?

I'm working with my publisher to see if I can offer Switch keys, but in all likelihood I won't have a definitive answer until Absinthia is finished. Unfortunately, the answer at this time is "I don't know". My publisher is handling the console porting and publishing, so whether or not I can obtain console keys is entirely up to them.

Are there be any physical rewards?

Nope, not this time! For context, the physical rewards offered with the Knight Bewitched campaign were a total wash (I actually lost money from them, and they were a huge time sink!)

Is Absinthia a sequel?

Absinthia takes place some time after the events and features some characters from my previous game Celestial Hearts. That said, Absinthia's story was written to stand alone, so you don't need to play Knight Bewitched or Celestial Hearts first to enjoy the story.

Is this game SFW?

Yes. The story features sapphic/yuri elements, but there is no nudity/NSFW content.

If you have any further questions, feel free to comment here or on the Kickstarter page itself! Once again, here is a link to the Kickstarter. See you there, and have a great week!

Hello everyone! I made a couple similar announcements to this one on my other titles Knight Bewitched and Knight Eternal , so I figured I'd make another one!

(And if you're seeing this for the 3rd time and thinking, "Why does this look familiar?" sorry!)

I wanted to take an opportunity to share a few fun tidbits about Celestial Hearts followed by some news for my upcoming title Absinthia.

Originally released on February 15, 2021, Celestial Hearts was my 6th official release (technically my 7th overall, but I'm not counting Roguelite). It was my first title to be built in (what was new at the time) the RPG Maker MZ engine, and also my 2nd title to feature a side-view battle system.

To date, Celestial Hearts has sold about 1,200 copies on Steam. With Steam key activations, that number goes up to almost 1,350. Counting sales from other sites like Itch, Aldorlea and Google Play, total copies distributed is likely close to 1,600.

With that out of the way, let's talk about my upcoming title Absinthia! Make sure to stop by the Steam page and add it to your wishlist! (No, seriously, please! Wishlists are super important for the algorithm!)

A demo for Absinthia is available and can be downloaded from the game's store page!

A crowdfunding campaign for Absinthia will launch in mid-late April and run through May. If successful, we're looking at a release date of January 2023.

You can click here to be notified when the campaign goes live!

Similar to my campaigns for Celestial Hearts and Knight Bewitched: Enhanced Edition, we're crowdfunding to cover the cost of assets. The artwork is being done by various talented pixel artists, while Jazz Stewart is making a return from Knight Bewitched: Enhanced Edition for the original soundtrack.

We're looking to raise about $23,000. This is significantly more than our previous campaigns - but with a higher funding goal comes better rewards, such as:

-Digital keys, OST, desktop wallpapers and credits
-Digital keys for Knight Bewitched and Celestial Hearts
-Early Access
-Leaving your own message in an object in-game
-Having your own NPC complete with name and dialogue
-Designing your own legendary weapon, enemy, boss, or your own quest!

If you have any questions about Absinthia, feel free to ask here or DM me on Twitter.

Have a great week and stay safe!

• Animations should play more smoothly and cause significantly less lag on lower-end PCs
  
• A minor change was made to how achievements are activated to attempt to combat a crashing bug (explained below)

I'm currently investigating a bug that can cause the game to hard-crash when attempting to activate an achievement. This only seems to occur when Celestial Hearts has difficulty communicating with Steam (either Steam isn't loaded and connected or the player didn't buy the game through Steam)

I'm not 100% sure this update will solve the problem, but I'm still looking into it and will hopefully have a solution soon! If this problem happens to you, or achievements aren't activating, you can email me anytime at [email protected] or leave a comment here.

-Fixed a gamebreaking bug that could occur if the player skips entering Port Khalim before a certain major storyline event

-The player is required to view the scene in the Port Khalim mansion before the Carbuncle appears in the southern oasis in Kharass

If you encounter any further issues or have feedback, you can email me anytime at [email protected].

Hello everyone!

The launch of Celestial Hearts exceeded my expectations, having even outperformed the launches of my previous two best sellers Knight Bewitched 1 and 2. So far I've only needed to release two minor bugfix patches!

I mentioned this in my previous patch update, but if you're reading this and you've finished (or are close to finishing) Celestial Hearts, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave a review. Reviews, especially from those who bought the game directly from Steam, are crucial to the continued sales of any indie game including Celestial Hearts. As of this update, I need 6 more reviews to get an official Steam rating.


The good news is that I'm working on porting Celestial Hearts to the Google Play Store. The bad news is that the engine Celestial Hearts wasn't designed with mobile performance in mind. I'm working on finding ways to improve the UI and performance, but most likely the Android port will only be available for download on high-end modern devices.

(yeah...still trying to figure this out)


I've mentioned this previously as well, but I'm currently working on an Enhanced Edition of my bestseller Knight Bewitched. I'll be making an "official" announcement in a week or two to document all the changes as well as the Kickstarter campaign I'll be launching to fund the art illustrations and original soundtrack.

That's all for now. Until next time!

Hello everyone!

A small update released last night to fix a couple minor bugs:

-The Dragon Horn can now be equipped
-The Tail Swipe skill correctly appears when Sylvie has an essence equipped that grants it

Thank you all for your support. The release of Celestial Hearts was a huge success!

If you have a minute, I'd greatly appreciate if you'd leave a review on the main Steam page (even if you have feedback or complaints!). Reviews are *critical* for keeping indie games in Steam's spotlight. Reaching the 10-review mark within two weeks of release is a necessity for healthy sales in the future. (Technically we have 7 reviews at the time of this post, but only reviews from those who purchased the game from Steam count towards the review score)

I'll be back in a week or two to talk more about my next project, Knight Bewitched Enhanced Edition. Have a great week and stay safe!

Celestial Hearts is available now for 15% off on its first week!

In addition, I also have a new bundle available:



You can purchase this bundle--which contains Knight Bewitched 1 & 2 and Celestial Hearts--for an additional 15% off your purchase.

If you run into any problems or have feedback for Celestial Hearts, feel free to email me anytime at [email protected]. This is the fastest way to contact me as I don't actively monitor the discussion boards.

I'll be back soon to announce more details on my next project, the Knight Bewitched Enhanced Edition. Have a great week and stay safe!

Hello again!

The new battle sprites were finished ahead of schedule, so I went ahead and began distributing pre-release keys to Kickstarter backers and Steam curators.

I'm keeping the release date at February 15 to give me time to implement feedback and to give content creators time before the game's release.


I generally don't announce projects before they're at least 25% finished, but my next likely project is a complete remastered edition of Knight Bewitched.

Knight Bewitched was my second title (for context, Celestial Hearts is my 8th). I've debated with myself whether I should re-do Knight Bewitched for awhile now, and came to the conclusion that I should after realizing that I don't feel comfortable recommending content creators play it in its current state.

I don't have any details to reveal about the remaster itself, but the goal is to keep the story mostly the same while changing and adding enough new content to warrant a 2nd play for old fans and make the game even more attractive to potential new fans.

That's all I have for now. Have a great week and stay safe!

Hello again! As of today, we've hit 100% of the campaign goal for Celestial Hearts! I never imagined we'd hit it this fast. I greatly appreciate everyone who's helped us come this far!
For this update, I want to talk about the three stretch goals I lined out on the main Kickstarter page, and also to clarify a couple other details on the "Become a Statue" backer tiers:

Those who back at the $20 tier and up will have a statue for themselves placed in this room. The character on the statue will be randomly generated (though I can take small requests for how the character should look). Backers will be asked the following questions:

-What name to leave on the statue (if I don't receive a reply, I'll go with your Kickstarter name. Full names will have their last name abbreviated)
-Whether you'd like to show your contribution ('no' by default)
-A short message you'd like to leave

If requested, I can also place a small weapon in front of the statue - I mostly have sword variations, but I also have an axe, daggers, scepter and bow.


Vagrant's Arena is a place for adventurers from all around the world to come and prove their worth in combat. After facing four waves of enemies without rest--and no items--you'll then face off against another group of adventurers much like yourselves!

Vagrant himself is the grandson of a certain young dragon knight you might be familiar with--and if you're lucky, he won't be the only descendant-of-a-famous-hero you run into here.


Featured in two of my previous titles, Knight Bewitched and Finding Light, The Depths is a massive challenge dungeon comprised of four smaller dungeons and a, erm... Rather odd town stuck in the middle.

While the layout of The Depths is the same as in the previous titles, the environments are all slightly different--as well as the loot, enemies and bosses. Both Vagrant's Arena and The Depths have elements that tie into the storyline as well.

$2000 Stretch goal: New hero battle sprites

So I gotta be honest here: I hadn't planned on hitting the crowdfunding goal this soon. I figured it'd be a last-minute thing where some generous donor would cover the last bit of funding needed just hours before the campaign ended - let alone hitting the goal over a week beforehand!

The $2000 stretch goal outlined in the Kickstarter is aimed toward replacing the "stock" hero sprites during battle scenes with new, higher-quality sprites. Unfortunately, I don't have an example image to show what a new set of sprites would look like. I'll be on the lookout for an artist who can do this work--and if the campaign looks like it might hit the $2000 stretch goal before the 26th, I'll release another update promoting it and going for one big final push!

Thanks again to all of you! If you have any questions, feel free to ask (I've probably missed something!). We still have 9 days to go!

Have a great week and stay safe!