It’s time for our monthly updates for Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon! This month we focused on sprite artwork and bringing it together in engine.

Our sprite artist Dule has finished the main character sprites, namely for Nemo and Ambrose! Nemo (right) is Lucie’s older brother while Ambrose (left) is his partner. Lucie lives with both of them at Ambrose’s home.

There will be several more characters we’ve yet to introduce in the story, but these 6 (Lucie, Cecil, Elm, Rowan, Nemo, Ambrose) are our main cast. Cecil, Elm, and Rowan are the love interests for Lucie while Nemo and Ambrose are her family and emotional support.

Nemo especially is a beacon of support – and brutal honesty – for Lucie. Not only is he her older brother, but he’s also the only person Lucie has known her entire life. And in turn, Nemo has known her longer than anyone else and knows her antics and stubbornness better than anyone.

If you’ve played the demo (or the original game), then you’ve already met Nemo and Ambrose. If you haven’t played the demo yet, then don’t worry – we’ll be updating the demo soon with this new character artwork and a few other improvements! There might even be a new CG in it~

We were planning to launch our Kickstarter campaign this month, but we’ll be delaying it a bit as we figure out what to do with the current manufacturing & shipping situation in the world. We have most of our merch already printed, but not all of it.

Last but not least, our new artwork for this month is this adorable chibi of Lucie by Shirokururu! If you like this chibi, you may like it as an acrylic pin, which you can get here~ We have a few already produced and ready to ship.

Be sure to wishlist the game on Steam or rate the demo here on itch.io to support development!

— Arimia

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