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We’re Launching A Kickstarter for “Black Heaven”!

The official launch date is set for April 30th, 2021! You can see the full announcement on Itch!

Here’s an excerpt:

“When I started work on Black Heaven, a game about romancing ghosts in the aftermath of an apocalyptic plague, I didn’t expect a real-life pandemic to spread across the world. Now, the themes of isolation, loneliness, nostalgia, and longing for human connection have become a lot of people’s day-to-day experience. It’s pretty surreal.

“This is a game about ghosts, memories, and rapidly unraveling sanity, so one of the key features will be “Fractal Madness”: if a player tries to repeatedly reload a save file to change their actions, the narrative may be altered in unexpected and disturbing ways. Did reality change, or were your memories wrong?

“Apart from that, Black Heaven is meant to be a deep dive into the dark corners of the human heart that are too terrifying, painful, and universal to ignore. It’s an exploration of the darker side of love, as well as what it means to be human.”

Follow us on Itch to get notified when the Kickstarter is live, follow us on Twitter for updates, and sign up for our email list to get super-early access to stuff!

We’ve also created a fun, free personality quiz that matches you with one of the characters–try it out here!

You can download the free 2-hour Extended Demo for Black Heaven here!

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Black Heaven Vision Board

To help aid in art design for the game, I created some Pinterest boards for characters and costumes! You can check out some of the key reference images below.

Note: these images are not official art for the game–they’re just inspirations.

No-Eyes

One of the key sketches of No-Eyes, the necromantic antagonist of the game. He wears a black, eyeless helmet with human teeth embedded in the jaw.

Key Appearance Traits: close-fitting black robes with high collar and silver buttons, smooth, eyeless helmet, leather satchel, white gloves, no exposed skin, 6’0, emaciated

Occupation: Necromancer and scholar

Personality: No-Eyes is irreverent, charismatic, and entirely without morals. He sees other humans as amusements or puppets, and is highly adept at twisting them to his own ends. His humorous and often devil-may-care attitude is carefully cultivated to disguise his true intentions.

Ru

Ru is one of the three main romance interests. She is the main character’s tutor.

Key Appearance Traits: Medium-length blue hair and bangs, large glasses, willowy, 5’10


Occupation: Scholar/teacher (Physical regeneration specialty)

Personality: Ru is shy and bookish, but her passionate side shines through when tackling a puzzle or difficult problem. She’s widely recognized as a leader in her field, but her relentless work ethic has isolated her and made her even less comfortable interacting with people.

Keywords:Gentle, empathetic, obsessive, anxious

Leathe




Leathe is one of the key romance interests. She is a skilled surgeon and one of the protagonist’s classmates.

Key Appearance Traits: medium-length, red, curly hair tied up in a messy bun, freckles, roughly 5’8

Occupation: Student (Artificial vessel specialty)

Personality: Leathe is charming, clever, and an unapologetic queen of drama. She loves to gossip and play with people’s hearts, and can appear callous and shallow. However, her outward persona is mostly a façade, which hides her deep insecurities and her wariness to trust others.

Key words: shrewd, witty, manipulative, flirtatious

Izagi

Izagi is one of the key romance interests. She is a martial artist and one of the protagonist’s classmates.

Key Appearance Traits: long, straight black hair, fit and toned, 6’0

Occupation: Student (Physical augmentation specialty)

Personality: Izagi Ito is focused, disciplined, and confident, but beneath the surface, she’s still struggling to rein in her chaotic emotions, which range from fierce competitiveness to anger over her past. For her, martial arts are a way to tame her own mind.

Key words: fierce, confident, disciplined