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Drăculești is NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER ❣️

Play as Renfield, survive the terror of Castle Dracula, and find love in the darkest night in romantic horror game Drăculești.

Starring Ray Chase (Date Everything, Genshin Impact, Final Fantasy XV) as Dracula. Voice/Casting Direction by Jenny Yokobori.

🍷 BACK THE CAMPAIGN

♟️ PLAY OUR DEMO (PC/MAC)

🖤 SUCCUMB TO DRACULA

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🧄 Introducing Quincey Van Helsing.

Since his old man quit the business, he's moved to Europe to keep the family trade - and hapless humans everywhere - alive.

If only someone had warned him what his father was running from before it got its teeth in him too...

#draculesti #van helsing real!!#been keeping this guy a secret for sooo long bc he doesn't show up in the demo #but now he's out there!

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the undead speak! ⚰️🔊

Enjoy this first auditory appetiser for Drăculești's voice acting.

A key purpose of our upcoming Kickstarter campaign is to cover the cost of having the game either partially or fully voiced. So be sure to follow our pre-launch page to support the campaign when it begins!

More news about our Kickstarter coming soon.

FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER PRE-LAUNCH PAGE 🦇

#draculesti #he has A VOICE! a MYSTERY VOICE!

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dracula might have a guy locked in his basement, but we're making sure he's entertained!

#draculesti #i'm in charge of the draculesti tiktok! and keeping the basement guy distracted!#actually the basement guy is alright he's only taken a small bite of my flesh when i wasn't looking #he and i are watching videos about lies of p together

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The first day of Pride dawns, and brings with it gay Dracula tidings...

To cover the remainder of our development costs, we'll be running a Kickstarter soon! Follow our pre-launch page here.

Pre-launch followers make a big difference, as it lets us figure out how many people are interested. If you know anyone who might be interested in Drăculești, now is a great time to tell them about it. If you know any Astarion romancers, Sinners cinephiles, Lestat devotees or Castlevania obsessives who aren't familiar with us, please help us reach them!

More details to come throughout the month of June.

For faithful followers who've been here a while, we're also happy to say we have a big demo update coming on June 10th (AET), which will add about 45 minutes of new content each for Dracula and the Ghost. This update is for Frosty Games Fest and Steam NextFest, both of which are major events for us. The more unique players we get on Steam while they're running, the better!

So come on back to Castle Dracula soon. We can't wait to show you what's happening inside 🦇

#draculesti #we're doing a kickstarter for my game! follow it and help us cover gay dracula costs

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"Vampires can sense what’s happening in a human’s heart. I hear yours going a mile a minute."

You've caught their attention 🫀 April's guest artist is @marcheriest , with a captivating Cez.

#draculesti #cez cez cez

How do you imagine each characters' voices to sound like in Drăculeşti? Who is your dream VA for each one of them?

For most of the characters, I don't have any specific thoughts, so I can only give notes on a couple.

I started watching Black Sails partway into work on Drac, and Captain Flint pretty much immediately became someone I draw on for a lot of Vlad inspo. If you're not familiar with the show, here's an early-season example of that performance. I like how there's a lot of strength and intimidation in Toby Stephens' work there, but also a wounded and anxious core, someone who throws his weight around but worries what'll happen when he hits the limits of what he can achieve through force of personality.

The Ghost is meant to be somewhere in the vicinity of Jareth.

Jonny was originally inspired by Rahul Kohli!

#draculesti #tbh because i used to do VA i try to keep an open mind about this stuff #if anyone ever reads the material aloud i don't want to be a killjoy creator prescriptively going 'but that isn't what i imagined!'#so most of my ideas about how everyone sounds are more general performance thoughts #drac needs gravitas - ileana is raspy - cez consciously pitching their voice low in the throat #which is stuff that's probably evident in the script anyway!

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Dracula's back from exploring the world of visual novels! Says he ended up in a 'Grail War', whatever that is. It sounds like he had a good time!

There's another couple of days in the Steam VN Fest, so don't forget to take a look around yourself 📖

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"Life without him, my heart said, was like life without blood: unbearable."

Look what came in the mail! 💌 February's guest artist is @pigeon-princess , with a lovelorn Jonathan Harker.

#draculesti #jonny my good boy jonny #my jonny fact for the month is that (and this is obviously already part of his character in the original novel)#the way i write him for the game is patterned after the way alw adapted raoul for phantom and anais mitchell adapted orpheus for hadestown #fix what's wrong; take what's broken make it whole; bring the world back into tune; back into time...#say you'll share with him one love one lifetime; let him lead you from your solitude...#permanently disappointed in adaptations that don't let him be a positive presence in his own story! he's a romantic hero!#anyway emily did a great job capturing his warmth and charm; i love how affectionate he looks #the diamonds in the window look like anime sparkles and he deserves that

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Happy Valentine's Day!

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"Tomorrow, I’ll leave my building, survive another week, and make it home by the end."

For 2025, we're doing a monthly guest art series! January's guest artist is Noah Dao, with a wistful Renfield.

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AdventureX is currently on, and we'll be doing a developer livestream for it!

Come by our Steam page in about twelve hours to watch writer Mads and artist Penta play through the demo and heckle the Ghost. AEDT: 11am Nov 8th / GMT: midnight Nov 8th / PST: 4pm Nov 7th

#draculesti #i'm streaming my game today/tomorrow!