My Lovely Empress News

Salutations, and a thousand praises to you, Your Majesty,

We have just received an official missive containing the Release Date for My Lovely Empress!

After a long journey, and a lot of hard work from GameChanger and Neon Doctrine, we are so so excited to finally announce that My Lovely Empress will be releasing on:

[h3]August 21st, at 12:00 AM PDT![/h3]
(When is this in my timezone?)

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In just under 1 months time you will be experiencing the game in all it's splendor, and you will not be victorious without some sacrifice. Soon it will be time for you to choose who gets to live another day in your glory, and who must die for your ambitions. There is no other way.

This has been a wild and wonderful ride so far, so get excited, and prepare yourselves to become the Crimson Emperor, in ALL his fully released glory.

See you on the 21st!

~ Neon Doctrine and GameChanger Studio 👑

Remember to Wishlist the game, join our community, and follow our socials so you don't miss the notification when it drops!



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The most humble of greetings to you all,

The Crimson Empire has been growing fast, and has now reached 20,000 Wishlists!!

This is an incredible achievement, and we want to thank every single one of you who have Wishlisted us so far, and supported this game 🖤

We're preparing a little something to show our gratitude to you all, but it's not quite ready yet so hang tight. We also have many more exciting things on the way (including a release date announcement soon 👀), so stay tuned.

Again, thank you all so much for your excitement and anticipation for My Lovely Empress. It's truly so wonderful to see so many of you invested in our dark stories, and demonic entities.

Please do keep spreading the word about My Lovely Empress, and here are some accounts you should follow to keep up to date:

• Neon Doctrine Twitter - https://x.com/NeonDoctrine
• Game Changer Twitter - https://x.com/gchangerstudio
• Our Discord Server - discord.gg/nd

~ Neon Doctrine and GameChanger Studio 👑



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Welcome back, and a thousand praises to you, Your Majesty!

This is the second My Lovely Empress dev log from the teams at Game Changer and Neon Doctrine. We hope that this series of behind-the-scenes peeks at the process of game development gets you excited for when My Lovely Empress launches on Steam, Switch, and Xbox later this year!

In case you missed out on our first dev log, check it out here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/2052990/announcements/detail/4232902400527959178

When last we met, we looked at the creation of Empress’ setting and your seat of power, the Crimson Empire. Today however, we will go into the character you play the game as: the most powerful man in Ashuwa, Emperor Hong.

Son of the Great Emperor Khan and the Empress Dowager Wang, Hong is hardly the warmonger his father was, nor the cunning ruler that was his mother. He is a lover first and foremost — a devoted husband to his wife, Empress Xiang, and a dutiful son to Wang.



However, love tends to inflict pain equal to the happiness it has previously gifted, a lesson Hong learns when disease first takes his mother, and then his beloved empress.

Now a man with an entire empire at his command but with nothing left in his heart to lose, you must guide Hong through the treacherous grounds of both politics and dark magic, whatever it takes to bring Xiang back from the dead.

But how did we create Hong?

Our despairing protagonist actually went through a few changes over the course of My Lovely Empress’ development! His imperial regalia was Initially inspired by the designs of ancient Chinese emperors as portrayed in stories like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Raswan’s early designs for Hong’s face were sleek and clean, with a slightly villainous glint in his eyes. Check it out!



Quite the looker, isn’t he?

The next design however, looked far more feminine, softening his features while allowing for various possible designs for his hair.



And finally, the last few additions came: a goatee for his face, and fantasy dragon regalia for his clothes to look like armor, inspired by his warlord father.



Now that’s our Emperor Hong!

We hoped you enjoyed this sneak peek into My Lovely Empress’ development and the brains behind your powerful, yet unstable Crimson Empire.

Wishlist it here!

~ GameChanger Studio and Neon Doctrine 👑



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Welcome to the first dev log from the teams at GameChanger Studio and Neon Doctrine!

We hope that this series of humble musings will get you enthused for the release of the third (!) game in the My Lovely Series, My Lovely Empress. My Lovely Empress will launch on Steam, Switch, and Xbox later this year. Be sure to follow us on social media and wishlist us on Steam.

Over the last 8 years, GameChanger studio has been working on the My Lovely Series, games that explore the darker side of traditionally positive relationships. We started with My Lovely Daughter — a game that dissected the relationship between a father and his dying daughter which was largely inspired by Germanic fairy tales and historical obsession with alchemy. For My Lovely Wife, we delved into the interconnection between love, lust, intimacy, and marriage in a gothic Victorian setting with fashionable salons, secretive houses of ill repute. While these games differed in terms of settings, both had a very Westernized setting and as an Indonesian studio, we wanted to try something that would be very different for our fans and a little more familiar to us.

The Crimson Empire is both a love letter to Asian history and culture, but also a searing gaze of the dangers when all-encompassing grief consumes the person at the very top of society. What happens to a kingdom when the king breaks bad? That will be up to you, and your management of the Crimson Empire.



We used Three Kingdoms and Jin dynasty styles from ancient China coupled with our own flair to create a fantasy empire that is at once familiar and unique. Fans of Chinese history will immediately see similarities between the Emperor’s Palace and the Forbidden City, though we doubt the Forbidden City has a demonic summoning chamber of its own! We also emulated a Chinese watercolor style for the game’s art, to establish a more authentic East Asian feeling.

The Crimson Empire is loosely based on the Jin Dynasty in the aftermath of a civil war that weakened and almost destroyed the nation. Our protagonist, Emperor Hong, inherits an empire reforged by the steely will of his mother the Empress Dowager Wang. Her sudden and unexpected death leaves her son and his betrothed Empress Xiang to inherit the complexities of a newly forged kingdom.

My Lovely Empress’ lead Game Director Roderick explains “the start of My Lovely Empress is like having a trusted coworker leave in the middle of a project that you were building together. Suddenly you have to be responsible for all of the unfinished work they left behind and manage your own tasks.”



This is because a newly peaceful empire is not a truly peaceful empire. There’s plenty of bad blood between its factions you will need to manage, and keeping everyone happy all the time is simply not possible. Balancing the needs of the factions will be a must for creating a strong empire, but they will often want different things. Balancing rewards and disappointment, carrot and stick, will be essential to maintaining a healthy nation.

There there’s also the universal problem of having to deal with your neighbors, and the Crimson Empire has plenty of those. At the beginning of the game the Crimson Empire sees its borders with its neighboring countries closed. They have grown tired of the endless strife within the empire and decided to leave them be. Flanked by all manner of governments including the regal Mizujima and the fearsome Aurag, it’s up to a wise emperor to navigate the intricacies of diplomatic relations and make allies out of former enemies.

So what do you think, are you ready to step into the shoes of Emperor Hong?

Our next dev log will be introducing you to our hapless protagonist Emperor Hong, as well as the darker side of the Crimson Empire. After all, it wouldn’t be a My Lovely game without some blood and dark magic.

~ GameChanger Studio and Neon Doctrine 🖤💜



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Greetings and a thousand praises to you, our Supreme Commander of the Crimson Empire!

Today brings news of glorious happenings amongst the members of the My Lovely Family. For you my lord we humbly offer updates for My Lovely Daughter, AND My Lovely Wife.

My Lovely Daughters' rebirth into 4K is here!
My Lovely Daughter: Reborn Is Out Now, featuring a full art update to 4K! Witness the summonings and sacrifices of your homunculi in glorious high definition. Experience every drop of blood, every expression of betrayal...

The upgrade is free for existing owners of the game, and as part of the Steam Daily Deal, it's 75% off to buy!

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My Lovely Wife Language Update!
My Lovely Wifes' Indonesian Language update has also arrived, and with it a Daily Deal discount of 50% off to celebrate 🎉

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My Lovely Empress Demo Still Available
Take your place on the Crimson throne while you still have the chance!
Get your taste of the third installment of the My Lovely Series in the My Lovely Empress Demo, available for only a little while longer!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2052990?utm_source=homepage&utm_campaign=juneDD&utm_medium=steam

Without all of the incredible support for the My Lovely Series over the years, updates like these wouldn't be possible. We feel so lucky that your passion and excitement for our games allows us and GameChanger to continue doing what we all do. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has enjoyed the series so far, and are looking forward to you all experiencing My Lovely Empress once it releases later this year.

Now, go enjoy the perils of the My Lovely Family, and happy sacrificing!

~ Neon Doctrine 🖤