Hello hello,
The past two weeks have been pretty PBH-heavy for us, and it's coming along at a nice pace. It probably goes without saying at this point, but unfortunately we're not going to be releasing it in 2020 after all. We'll have a more detailed post about why and where we're at with it before the end of the year. ...
2020-11-17 01:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostNeed a refresher on the girls of Celeste Academy? Read our post history here.
Or, if you'd like, read the dates of the girls tonight.
Today we have the first chapter of a new light novel we'll be publishing online. This fantasy adventure is the first project from our newest member and writer, Stella. After meeting a mysterious girl in an abandoned temple, Honorine learns she only has several weeks to save the world. Look forward to new chapters on a mon...
2020-11-09 21:55:40 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings and salutations,
Spooky season is behind us and things are starting to get cold, at least here in the northern hemisphere. It was around this time 4 years ago that work started in earnest on Heart of the Woods, and it was definitely inspired by the changing seasons and snowfall in the part of the country where...
2020-11-01 17:46:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! It's adi, and it's been a little while, hasn't it!
Last month, I talked about the design process for Aspen and I hope you enjoyed! Today, I wanted to talk a bit about our foxy protagonist, Miho!
Originally love interest turned protagonist, Miho's one of our first Asian characters. (Lock and Key has Ke...
2020-10-24 19:28:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Sure, Lexa thinks to herself, I was here two hour...
2020-10-18 21:51:29 +0000 UTC View PostWe're halfway through the month, and just a couple weeks from the spookiest of holidays. Personally, I'm one of those people who's more excited for the day after Halloween, when all the leftover candy goes on sale, but the holiday itself is pretty fun too.
The biggest stuff that's happened so far this month is stuff tha...
2020-10-17 16:02:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This post contains some very light spoilers for HB: Next Exit, so if you want to avoid those, don't read the rest of this.
Hi hi, and welcome to another monthly update. We've actually managed to put these out a few months in a row now, which I think is kind of a record for us.
Anyway, the big ne...
2020-10-03 17:57:57 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the first of our finale polls! Each month, you'll have the chance to vote on which of three girls Carida will go on a second date with. At the end, we'll have one last poll to decide the question we've been asking for over a year... Who is Carida's True Love?
Need a refr...
2020-10-01 15:44:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Cherry heard at the orientation that this spot is popular with people who have borrowed some ...
2020-10-01 00:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostNot a whole lot of news to report today, since the time spent since our last update has mostly been spent on one thing: finishing and getting ready for the release of HB: Next Exit. There's just a little over a week to go until the release, and we're working as hard as we can to make sure that goes smoothly.
That'...
2020-09-17 17:50:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone, it's adi! Thank you, as always, for all your support all of the time! I wanted to go a little in-depth about the design process for Aspen, one of the heroines in Please Be Happy, since we haven't shed a ton of light on the development of the game yet.
Way, way back when the project started, before PBH wa...
2020-09-14 00:10:48 +0000 UTC View PostWe've officially hit my favorite time of the year. Where summer's starting to wind down, but it's not quite autumn yet. A lot of characters I've written over the years have September birthdays just for that reason.
Anyway, with the end of August comes some good tidings. Highway Blossoms: Next Exit is just about done. 2020-09-01 16:44:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Our second Bellhouse title, First Snow, is now available for free on Steam! Developed by Salty Salty Studios, it's a comfy romance set in Allison and Eileen's freshman year of college.
The Salty folks have been working on this...
2020-08-19 21:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostHalfway through August already… Can't believe April was a year ago at this point.
Progress was a bit on the slower end these past couple weeks, without anything really big to report. adi and minute are making progress on the scripting for HB: Next Exit, and the voice acting is close to finished as well.
Mima puts on her yellow helmet while looking at her reflection in the mirror. Yesterday was another slow day for the café, so she thought about making a visit to her grandparents in Baroque City at the Rococo Islands.
Name: Curiosity
Model: Calla (CORE)
Likes: SAMPLING DATA, ARCHIVING DATA INTO DISKS, SOFTWARE UPDATES. quinn
Dislikes: N/A. software updates <...
2020-08-12 22:31:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Name: Summer Nansen
D.O.B: June 20
Zodiac: Gemini
Likes: Gardening, talking
Dislikes: Bad weather, cancelled plans, being as...
2020-08-10 20:13:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Name: Isabella "Izzy" Lancaster
D.O.B: July 11th
Zodiac: Cancer
Likes: Anything savory, Extremely hot showers
Disli...
2020-08-08 19:44:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Mournful starlight bounced off the glassy surface of the water as the fairy queen's mortal life came to an end. The very fibers of her being unmade themselves as the lake, the forest, the moon reclaimed her for themselves. Born from magic and returned to magic, she was more alive than ever. Like melting snow, she...
2020-08-07 19:39:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Name: Hanna Reed
D.O.B: November 1
Zodiac: Scorpio
Likes: Puzzles, spaceship models, scrapbooks
Dislikes: The cold, coffee 2020-08-06 22:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Name: Quinn Son
D.O.B: Feb 5
Zodiac: Aquarius
Likes: Curiosity, CDs, Potato Chips
Dislikes: Software updates, Super sp...
2020-08-04 18:37:35 +0000 UTC View PostWow, August already… It's already been nearly a month since we announced Please Be Happy! In that time, we've been hard at work on PBH and more. Here's what we've got for you this week.
To start with, the script for PBH is officially over halfway written! There are a looooot of scenes in PBH, although many of them are...
2020-08-01 19:41:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, what's up, it's me, adirosa! It's time to chat about SUMMER at the EDGE of the UNIVERSE... logo design!
It was kind of late. Like, we already announced the game. Oops. Our game needed a logo! So the start for this logo was a voice chat...
I kind of had a reputation for like. Big elegant designs. Script font...
2020-07-29 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post![vnstudioelan post [ANNOUNCEMENT] Celestaria Records & Cherry's Story! from patreon](https://img5.xxx4fans.com/storage/10/bv/pg/66b995-019e8465-8a9f-78d3-b895-660c09ad4c21.png)
Celestaria Records is our new base for all things previously "Celeste Academy". Celeste Academy itself is unchanged, but we decided to create a more inclusive title for future works featuring this lovely, pastel world we've created.
The Nouveau Islands are home to all ...
2020-07-24 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Before I let you get into the story, please note you can also download this chapter as either a .PDF or .EPUB from the links in this post.
Foreword: Thank you for purchasing this work! Although...
2020-07-24 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! In case you missed it, here's all the character cards of the Please Be Happy characters!
Birthday: August 15th
Likes: Sugar
Dislikes: Ra...
The mid-month update on July is a bit on the shorter side, since the past couple weeks have been busy for a lot of us. That doesn't mean there isn't news, though! In fact, there's quite a lot.
First of all, we announced Please Be Happy, another one of our upcoming titles. In fact, it'll be our next full game to be...
2020-07-18 19:55:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Cassi wasn't supposed to be important. When we were making Highway Blossoms, we discussed designs for Amber, Marina, and the Trio with the lead artist. For pretty much all of the minor characters that they meet along the way, we told Shiyun she could draw whatever she felt like. That included Cassi.
2020-07-10 16:30:24 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, it's Adi! Your humble GUI designer and… now director?!? That's right!
Today, we finally announced Please Be Happy. Gosh! GOSH!!! It's been such a long time coming. I went through the chat log...
2020-07-04 21:17:01 +0000 UTC View Post
