Our episodic dark fantasy romance game, OBSCURA, has its first chapter out! The market is dangerous, but there are men who can help you navigate it safely. But they have secrets of their own.
Download on Itchio:
Wishlist on Steam:
What? How? I think the only thing we can say is THANK YOU for downloading
#ObscuraVN
100k times on itchio. That is an insane number and we are so grateful to everyone who has given our game a try. Thanks so much!!
Here's the first chapter of our new
#otomegame
, Obscura, at
#otomejam
!
You've gone below the mountain out of desperation. Strangers can show how to live there, but no one is entirely honest about what they want with you.
Play it on itchio:
It's time! We're ready to take you back underground to meet two more love interests in
#ObscuraVN
, our dark fantasy romance game. See you under the mountain... 🌙
This man is [redacted] no longer! Oleander is Obscura's fourth love interest, who you will finally get a chance to meet in Chapter 1.5. We've been teasing a lot about him, so we can't wait for you to finally be fully acquainted!
#ObscuraVN
On April 17 we'll be going under the mountain again, and this time we're meeting two very different men. Please look forward to the Chapter 1.5 release of Obscura! See you at the market... 🦝
You probably already know these handsome men! Keir and Cirrus aren't the stars of the upcoming release, but we wanted you all to enjoy their glorious character cards (courtesy of Mugi, as always) and they will be getting some very minor fixes in the update.
Happy birthday to our sweet baby angel, Francesco! Since his last birthday he's made his Steam debut, I wonder what kind of fun and definitely-very-safe adventure he'll get up to this year 👀
Today is Keir's birthday! To celebrate, our gift to you is the November round-up so you can enjoy some of the fruits of our labour for
#ObscuraVN
. No CG peek this time, but there is a snippet of script that I think you'll really like 👀
Today we want to show off our sweet lad Francesco a little more! We can't wait for you to meet him in-game: reading all of your headcanons for him has been awesome. The countdown to release continues! Please enjoy, and look forward to a very special card tomorrow...📷
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Today just happens to be the birthday of the sweetest man under the mountain! Happy birthday, Francesco 🎉 May your coming
#ObscuraVN
adventures be fun and nothing bad ever happen to you ❤️
Happy Holidays! We at Rotten Raccoons wish you plenty of relaxation, good food, and maybe even a lil' gift. Take good care of yourselves!
In the meantime, Keir isn't exactly thrilled about the sudden photoshoot... but the smile on your face will make it worthwhile ❤️
Happy Valentine's Day❤️ We've done a general update to
#ObscuraVN
Chapter 1! On Steam, you'll find that Francesco and Oleander are now ready to take you on a new adventure, and there's some general updates on Itchio, too! 💙🦝
Exciting news! We're taking part in the Steam Next Fest with Obscura! If you haven't played the demo, now is a great chance to give it a spin and a wishlist ahead of Keir and Cirrus' seconds chapters, which are arriving in September!
Surprise! Keir and Cirrus are officially on Steam as part of the Steam Hallowe'en event! If you were waiting for
#ObscuraVN
to be on Steam to give it a spin, now is your chance!
HOLY MOLY TEN THOUSAND DOWNLOADS! 😱❤️✨🥳😍 What can we say but ten thousand thank yous in return 🥰 We're hard at work to make the next part of OBSCURA as great as it can be, thanks to all your support.
We've got a fair few new background characters populating Oleander and Francesco's chapters! Believe it or not, but at least one of these background characters causes a bad end ❤️
#ObscuraVN
Well, first of all we misspelled "April" in our announcement Tweet (thank you for not roasting us about that!), and then we discovered that our optimism was a bit misplaced. Unfortunately, we have to delay Obscura Chapter 1.5 until 1 May.
And we can't resist giving you something, too, so here's a little peek behind the curtain. Francesco's sprite is getting a refresh for his route and we think he's looking sweeter than ever (old on the right, new on the left).
It's been a little over a week since Chapter 1.5 of
#ObscuraVN
dropped, so let's talk about what's coming next!
Just as soon as we're done ogling this gorgeous guest art from
@AnniAnimation
🥰
We got a request on Tumblr for a blank template of our character introduction card, and we thought you might also like it, Twitter-folks! Tag us or use the
#ObscuraVN
tag if you use it because we would LOVE to see your work!!
Every day we're thankful for the love you've given to OBSCURA. You all are the best.
And since it's Hallowe'en and we've definitely gotten a wonderful treat from you, we have something to give back.
Thank you so much,
Rotten Raccoons 💙🦝
We are now ready to announce the Fancy-looking Stranger does, in fact, have a name! Meet Francesco Sarri. He's much more polite than the other bachelors (not saying much) and the MC should find themself with a lot more control of their situation with him. At least at first.
HOLY MOLY! We hit the 40k threshold after Chapter 1.5 released and that doesn't quite feel real (in the best possible way)! Thank you all so much for your support and enthusiasm 💙🦝
The weather is getting warmer for us (finally!) and to celebrate we've teamed up with some of our fellow
#otomedev
peeps to share the romance game love. If you like Obscura (and we're guessing you do if you follow us!), here's eleven other romance VNs worth a look!
Whoops, here is a belated announcement that we're part of the Storyteller's Festival on Steam! There are loads of amazing narrative-focused games, so give it a look!
@ViviContrast
Hello! I'm one of the Rotten Raccoons, Violet! I'm an asexual game writer working on OBSCURA, a dark fantasy romance VN.
Ironically, I don't write for our canonical ace love interest Cirrus, but I do all the writing for these fellows!
New round-up post for
#obscuraVN
is up and ready for your enjoyment! I got a little bit silly with it, and there's also three script snippets to peek at~
Our round-up of everything we did in March is up on itchio now! There's a preview of two NPC sprites and a look at some of Cirrus' script! Please check it out!
Our April round-up post is now up on itchio and it's got a lot of little peeks into what we've been doing! We also talk a bit about our plans for release (no date yet!) that may be very relevant to you all. Give it a look 👀
It's time for the next monthly round-up! What you'll find:
* A shout-out to a dev friend
* A thank you to a departing team member
* A peek at a UI refresh (it looks so good!)
* The first script snippet for Francesco
Hey, here's something cool we want to share: the demo for OBSCURA is taking part in
@womenledgames
' Steam event😊
There's a lot of terrific games in the
#WLG2024
event, so go take a look!
No one goes under the mountain without a good reason. Unfortunately, you have a great reason. Two strangers can guide you through the market, but can either of them be trusted?
Obscura's first chapter comes out tomorrow for
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It's that time again! We've put out our monthly update for June on itchio and you can check it out! There's a few tiny peeks into the behind the scenes stuff. But we'll do a quick summary of things here on Twitter, too.
(There will be a Hallowe'en themed picture of Cirrus at the end of this little thread)
So!! We checked our numbers for
#ObscuraVN
recently on our platforms and WHAT
Hello, Twitter. We have released our monthly update on itchio, which you can find here:
Short version: we're still working, no assets we can share yet EXCEPT
Here's the first glimpse of LI
#4
! We're excited to share more soon. In the meantime, if the spirit moves you to fill in the silhouette with lines and colours, please do! We'll go through our favourite takes a little closer to the actual release date.
Man, there's been a lot of hullabaloo around here lately, huh?
Also, for no reason at all here's a reminder that you can also follow us on itchio, we post all our major updates there:
So on tumblr we (the raccoons) were asked to introduce ourselves and say which boy we like best. That sounded like fun so here are our introductions to you, the lovely tweet-folks, too! (The portraits are just me asking DALL-E to make raccoons, the prompt is in the alt text.)
OBSCURA has gotten a little update that smooths out a few rough spots in the original release and adds an aftercare room for those intense scenes with Cirrus.
Check the devlog + patch notes here:
Wow!
It's been a whole year since we released our first game, an April Fools' joke we did in concert with Flamebait Games ✨ We cannot believe how great the reception has been! 8.7k downloads and a 4.8/5 score is amazing, and we owe you all so many thanks for playing! 😭❤️
Hello,
#OtomeJam
!
We're still buzzing from the excitement of the jam (and taking a little break from work), so let's have us a little
#OtomeJamAfterparty
! 🥳We're gonna share some games we've loved so far, and we wanna hear what the highlights have been for you!
This is one of our partners in the Summer of Magic and Mystery event we've been in, and let me (Violet) just say: this demo is gorgeous. The kind of dark romance fairy tale I live for. Go give it a shot.
The extended demo for Snow White Ashes is now LIVE!
❄️🪞🍎
Head back to the woods with this hefty update that includes:
❄️21k words of story
❄️Tons of new artwork
❄️3 unlockable bonus scenes
❄️expanded soundtrack and gallery
❄️new revelations and mysteries...
Our monthly round-up is now up on itchio! What can you find there? A gif previewing something cool we're testing, and a peek at a sprite update for Keir! Check it out!
We heard from some folks they were having difficulties downloading the demo from Steam due to an error. We have received word that the problem has been fixed, so you no longer need to wait to meet Cirrus and Keir on Steam!
We were wondering what it would look like if our beloved Rotten Raccoon-chan was anthropomorphised, and
@tatatasuke
has delivered! Isn't she the cutest🥰 Thank you so much!
The Storyteller's Festival is in full swing on Steam and there are a ton of amazing indie games! So, here are 10 recommendations!
Indie Games You Should be Playing from the Storyteller's Festival 2024
Do you wanna help us test Obscura? We're getting close to the beta-test phase of development and will be inviting volunteers to check for bugs and typos soon! All testing will be done through our Discord (18+), so come join us there if you're interested!
It sounds cooler than it actually is, but Keir's chapter 2 is technically playable from beginning to end. Bad news: no audio, no visuals, lots of glitches, and the script looks like this. There is still 90% of the work to do, but hey! The Trash Draft is done.
Most excitingly, OBSCURA now has its own page on Steam!! You'll have to wait a little while yet to get the game there (hopefully this summer!), but you can wishlist us so that you'll know when we release.
We've just posted a round-up of what the Rotten Raccoons have been up to for August and September! I'll summarise things here, and the complete post is on Itchio:
🔥Welcome to the FLAME JAM!🔥
The biggest and most prestigious game jam of the year, hosted in Sweden! You, lucky participant, have been selected to join the (surprisingly handsome, charming) hosts from Flamebait Games and jam with them!" Play now!
#otome
It's that time again, here's our round-up for what's happened in Rotten Raccoons land in the last month. The link leads to the full Itchio post, the rest of this thread sums it up.
Sign-ups for beta-testing Cirrus and Keir's second chapters are open 🎉 We're super excited, as you might be able to tell.
Everything is being handled through our Discord server, so if you're 18+ you can join us there and we'll see who is selected!
*5 000 wishlists on Steam
*2 000 downloads on Steam
*70 000 downloads on Itchio
*1 000 reviews on Itchio
Those kinds of numbers are making our heads spin in a very good way! We cannot possibly express how happy and grateful we are to all of you for making this real.
You asked for it, and now we can say it: OBSCURA's OST is now available to listen to on Soundcloud🎶✨
Check it out here❤️
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Quick fanart of the best daddy Cyrrus from otome game Obscura by
@RottenRaccoons
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#otome
I'm very excited to see what will become of this game in the future!
There's been a Rotten Raccoon spotted out in the wild! 👀 Your very own Violet Raccoon gave a hand to the VN Shinjuku Soumei to tidy up their English script! It's a very different story from OBSCURA, but it's cool to be getting deeper into the VN scene 😊
Also, we've been doing the groundwork for Keir and Cirrus' second chapter, and the first chapters for the Fancy Lad and ______ (bastard [affectionate]). We're pretty excited to share more information (including a release date) as soon as we can!