Cruel Serenade

Devlog

• Cruel Serenade Now Available in Chinese!
  November 05, 2024 by bitshiftgames

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  This time thanks to the work of asasasp , this first game in the series is now available in Chinese as well. This is an "unofficial" translation as I haven't had time to fully test every inch of it, b... Continue reading
• Cruel Serenade 1.0.2 is up
  November 02, 2024 by bitshiftgames

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  Just a few minor bugfixes for issues one of the translators found (thanks asasasp !) Changelog for 1.0.2: Bugfixes: -Gallery is no longer partially unlocked from beginning. -Hitting enter on a blank g... Continue reading
• Cruel Serenade 1.0.1 is up
  August 07, 2024 by bitshiftgames

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  Just a quick bugfix on some gallery related stuff. Changelog for 1.0.1: -Finishing on the cage fuck scene and immediately going into the gallery after will now correctly display the gallery, rather th... Continue reading
• Cruel Serenade Hits 1.0!
  July 28, 2024 by bitshiftgames

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  At long last, I have gotten off my ass and added a scene gallery to Cruel Serenade, officially bringing it to version 1.0.0! Scenes can be unlocked by reaching them, or copying over the Gallery.js fil... Continue reading
• Cruel Serenade 0.4.2 is up!
  April 04, 2024 by bitshiftgames

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  Just a minor bug fix this time, but it's been sitting unpublished for a while, and I said I'd get it up after the second content pack for GT went up, so here we go! Changelog for 0.4.2: Bugfixes: -Fix... Continue reading
• 日本語のウサギ: Cruel Serenade now available in Japanese!
  March 25, 2024 by bitshiftgames

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  (日本のファンの皆さんへ：ゲームの翻訳は手作業ですが、この投稿は機械翻訳です。ちょっとくだらなかったらごめんなさい)。 eiga-xx さんの多大な... Continue reading
• Cruel Serenade 0.4.1 is up!
  June 29, 2023 by bitshiftgames

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  Tweaking the stair guard difficulty again, upwards this time, and taking care of a minor bug. Changelog for 0.4.1: Bugfixes: -"Struggle" skill should no longer persist after end of fight in certain ed... Continue reading
• Cruel Serenade 0.4.0 is up!
  June 26, 2023 by bitshiftgames

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  This is a "revisit" update to patch and tweak a few things. No serious new content, just some quality-of-life things. Among them: -Added a few plugins from GT to address various issues and add functio... Continue reading
• It's here ("Cruel Serenade 2" released)
  June 17, 2023 by bitshiftgames

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  It's been a long time coming, and there's still plenty of side content to come, but after 13 months, I finally have a game to share with all of you. There will be plenty more to say later, but for now... Continue reading
• Doing anything this Friday?
  June 15, 2023 by bitshiftgames

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  Now you are. 6/16/23 7:00 PM CST... Continue reading
• Cruel Serenade 0.3.3 is up!
  June 09, 2023 by bitshiftgames

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  This is not 2! But it IS an update to finally add data carry-over, so you'll be able to bring some important info about your CS1 game to GT, via a "DataCrystal." Here's how it works: PLEASE NOTE: THIS... Continue reading
• The announcement before the announcement
  May 25, 2023 by bitshiftgames

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  The "hard part" is finally over. As of today all the Event CG art (and one last pesky art asset) for the initial release of Cruel Serenade Chapter 2 are finished and in place. I'll now be moving on to... Continue reading
• Chapter 2 Update: Maps are done!
  January 01, 2023 by bitshiftgames

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  Hey everyone, and (almost) welcome to the new year. About time I shared some progress, so here it is: Mapping is done, and I can now officially say I'm past the 2/3rds mark with the game! I've also fi... Continue reading

  
• Chapter 2 Update: Some bad news, and some good news
  September 15, 2022 by bitshiftgames

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  So, first the bad news: I'm pushing back the release date. Back in May, almost exactly four months ago, I said that my "extremely rough" estimate was eight months. This was based a few simple estimate... Continue reading

  
• "Do you have a Patreon or something similar?"
  August 13, 2022 by bitshiftgames

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  Yes actually. Since Cruel Serenade launched there has been a slow but steady stream of requests and questions about supporting the project via Patreon or something similar. I've been hesitant for a va... Continue reading
• Minor bugfix uploaded (0.3.2)
  July 25, 2022 by bitshiftgames

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  Just a small bugfix update. Fixed a bug where getting part way through the Diezel slut mode battle and then losing and starting over wouldn't reset correctly, leading to duplicated skills and scenes n... Continue reading
• Scene Guide
  May 19, 2022 by bitshiftgames

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  Here's a reference for anyone having trouble getting a scene, or wondering if they've got them all. Rather than outline full play paths, I'll just describe each scene and how to get it. Spoilers ahead... Continue reading
• Cruel Serenade 0.3.1 is up!
  May 18, 2022 by bitshiftgames

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  (Edited post to point to 0.3.1. Just like 0.3, but with less bugs!) Had some oddities the past week that dragged things a little, but 0.3 is finally up and ready for download! Slut mode has been expan... Continue reading
• Future plans
  March 15, 2022 by bitshiftgames

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  So what's next? First, other than minor additional bug patches, I'll be retreating to my bunker to work on a few more art assets for the game. Nothing huge, just filling things out a bit more. I expec... Continue reading
• Cruel Serenade 0.2 up, and plans for the future
  March 15, 2022 by bitshiftgames

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  Thanks to everyone who's downloaded, played, and gave feedback on the game so far. It's great to finally get to see some reactions to it after working on it for so long. Now then: New version! 0.2 jus... Continue reading