The Crimson Diamond News

Julia streams game art and game music dev (with musician and composer Dan Policar) on Tuesdays at 8pm Eastern on her Twitch channel a_maplemystery. Ahead of next week's Steam Next Fest special stream, she's going to try streaming through Twitch and The Crimson Diamond store page simultaneously! Once only a dream, she has since upgraded her hardware in part to make this possible, hopefully! Will it be possible? Let's find out together!

Aside from using Photoshop to upgrade the artwork in The Crimson Diamond's introductory sequence, she'll be showing progress on her EGA palette cross-stitching project, published artwork from her freelance illustration days, watercolour cat cards, and maybe a mineral or rock from her collection!

Come hang out and ask your questions about The Crimson Diamond, Adventure Game Studio, Photoshop, art, or rocks! Hope to see you soon!

Welcome to Crimson! Join developer Julia Minamata as she plays through The Crimson Diamond demo with commentary! Julia will be happy to answer any questions about The Crimson Diamond, her pixel art process, and her experiences with Adventure Game Studio! She'll also show her EGA palette crafts and specimens from her rock collection!

The Crimson Diamond is a mystery adventure game set in the remote, Canadian ghost town of Crimson Ontario. You are Nancy Maple, a rookie mineralogist and reluctant sleuth, hot on the trail of a dazzling diamond discovery. What will YOU find?

Explore a vast lodge and engage in intriguing conversations using your wits and a text parser interface! Feast your eyes on the EGA colour palette and your ears on the Roland MT-32 soundtrack! The Crimson Diamond demo is just the beginning!

The Crimson Diamond is part of THE BIG ADVENTURE EVENT! #theBAE is a showcase and celebration of adventure games, featuring dozens of games from all over the world! The event runs from Thursday, January 21 to Sunday, January 25 -- With games being streamed hourly!

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I'll be playing through The Crimson Diamond demo, chatting, and answering questions on...
Thursday, January 21: 9pm - 10pm EDT
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Hope to see you there!

-- Julia

Event assets created by Em Stema (@Steemie on Twitter)

Come hang out and watch Julia play through her own game demo! Ask her questions about the dev process and the project! Julia will show some of The Crimson Diamond's easter eggs and whatever other interesting bits she can remember to share.

She may also show some books that have been useful for research, her 3D-printed figurine of the Nancy Maple (the main character), and her EGA palette bracelet. Maybe also some of the process work for the art. Can you tell how excited she is to be a part of the Steam Game Festival? :D

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