Crimson Veil News

This week, I wrapped up the last of the illustrations needed for this update, which means I can scratch one more major task off my to-do list! One of the drawings I finished was Liora’s bite scene—here’s a preview below:


The full version is available now for my $5+ patrons in the Hall of the Hunters channel on the Crimson Veil Discord.

https://discord.gg/Mqz6WGn95j

It will also be posted on Patreon later this week!

https://www.patreon.com/c/MKRUdesign

If you haven’t already checked it out, Bad Ends: Enemy Archives is still available for patrons as well!



This latest comic dives into some of the game’s lesser enemies—Ghoul, Nosferatu, and Wight—bringing them to life in manga form. Be sure to take a look if you haven’t yet!

Now that the art is out of the way, I can fully shift my focus to RPG Maker and tackle the remaining tasks. Up next: importing the script for the second quest, creating those events in the game, tweaking encounters for balanced difficulty, writing and implementing bad ending scenes, adding discoverable loot, and polishing/testing everything. It feels like a lot, but without having to jump between programs, I’m hoping to mentally streamline the process… or at least try to!

That’s all for this week—until next time, everyone!

I have some disappointing news to start with—I’ve decided to postpone Version 5.6’s release to April instead of this month. Between multiple real-world obligations and other projects I’m working on this month, it’s just not feasible to wrap everything up in time. I’d rather take the extra time to make sure the update is in the best shape possible rather than rush it. That being said, I do have something exciting planned for this Tuesday in celebration of Crimson Veil’s 6th anniversary!

This week, I finished the last missing sketches for this update, along with a few other drawings. Take a look!



I also want to highlight that Tier 3 and up patrons now have early access to my sketches and WIPs as soon as they are done! I’ve started posting them in the Shardforge Sanctum channel, an exclusive space for Tier 3 and up patrons on the Crimson Veil Discord. Those who’ve checked it out already know that I finished sketching yet another illustration of Tera, from Netflix’s Castlevania. The full version is now done and is actually a short animated sequence! You can see a preview of it below:



It’s now available for all $5+ patrons to view on the official Crimson Veil Discord and It will be posted on Patreon later this week as well.

If you haven’t joined the official Crimson Veil Discord yet, now’s a great time to do so! Here’s the link to join: 

https://discord.gg/Mqz6WGn95j

Additional roles are available for Patrons of all tiers!

Be sure to look forward to the game’s anniversary this Tuesday—I have something special to share that longtime fans will love and I will be posting it on the new Discord channel. 

That’s all for this week. Until next time, everyone!

I've finished the event scripting for Liora's quest and took the time to playtest it all the way through—I’m genuinely satisfied with how it’s coming together. While I still need to finalize testing the bad endings, that half of the update is nearly wrapped up. 



Now, my focus shifts to the second half of this update, which I haven't shared much about in a few weeks. It's progressing smoothly, and after rethinking the story, I've made some changes to the script to give it a more compelling edge. I'm still refining the details, but I did manage to complete a new piece featuring Eve.



This new illustration is available exclusively to all my $5+ Patrons

https://www.patreon.com/c/MKRUdesign

—but there's a twist! It will debut on the brand new Crimson Veil Discord server, specifically in the Hall of the Hunter's channel, created just for patrons at the 5+ tier. The server had a soft opening for some patrons last week, and it's now open to everyone!



Here’s the link to join: 

https://discord.gg/Mqz6WGn95j

Please feel free to share it! 

Joining the Crimson Veil Keep Discord means you get to hang out with fellow fans and have easy access to helpful resources. It’s a chill space to chat, share ideas, and even score some cool roles if you’re a higher-tier supporter. Come join the conversation and be part of our inner circle! And if you’re not on Discord, don’t worry—I’ll also be posting the new Eve illustration on Patreon later this week! 

That’s all I have for you this week; I hope to see you all at the new server!

This week’s focus has been on scripting the events of Liora's quest that I had written. Unfortunately, I haven't had as much time to work on illustrations as I would have liked, so I channeled my energy into these scripting and testing tasks to remain productive. Thankfully, I’ve only got a few more drawings to finish! This upcoming week I'm likely to have more free time to make them, so that's good at least!

After wrapping up the dialogue last week, I spent most of my time putting together and testing out the various scenes to ensure everything flows perfectly in-game.



Scripting the event for Liora's support conversations are nearly finished as well, which is a huge relief. I just need a few more passes at testing it. I also added in the recent Tier 4 Patron NPCs to the game and created some more character portraits to characters that I haven’t shared yet. I feel that things are progressing smoothly and I’m certain I’ll be done with Liora’s quest by the end of this month.

In addition to the in-game work, I've been collaborating with a few dedicated people to get a Discord server setup for the game!


I'm really excited about this development, as it promises to be a central hub for community discussions, updates, and helpful resources. The server will feature Patreon integration, a place to catch up on weekly updates, and easy access to various useful links for players. It's been a project in the making for some time, and we're nearly ready to launch it! I hope you'll all join us there so we can continue the conversation and build a close-knit community.

Thanks as always for catching up with the updates! Until next time everyone!

This week has been a productive one on the writing front—I’ve completed all of Liora’s quest and support conversations, and I’ve begun scripting her support conversation scenes in the game. I expect this part to be wrapped up by the end of the upcoming week. In addition to that, I managed to carve out some time during work to tackle various small tasks: I finally took care of a few miscellaneous images and character portraits that were needed to enhance some scenes, something I had been putting off for a few weeks.

On the art side, I finished the Dryusk Bad Ending scene, and you can catch a snippet of it here:



For those interested in a deeper dive, the full-resolution version—complete with alternate versions and an animated rendition—is available to all my $5+ patrons. 

https://www.patreon.com/c/MKRUdesign

I also experienced a couple of rare, uninterrupted art sessions on Monday and Thursday at work. While I can’t share that work just yet, I truly appreciated those moments of focused drawing, where I felt completely free from outside distractions. Here’s hoping for more of these golden windows as the release date looms closer.

Until next week, everyone!