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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Hi, friends. I got a bunch of good news for you! First, our game is nearing 2000 wishlists, which is very cool for a game like that and for me personally. Second, we will prepare a new playtest rather soon, as we got a surprise request from 100+ new players They joined us after the premiere...
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Our Playtest will end on August 1st. (+ New Capsule Update!) Thanks to your help, we got enough feedback to make improvements to the game. If someone is still interested, there's 1 more week to join. As a bonus, new key art made by our artist Maria.
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Our new trailer is featured on IGN! I can't believe it. I had to lift the embargo for them; they were okay with publishing it alongside the rest of the outlets, but I couldn't wait.
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Wanted to talk a little bit about the playtest we're currently having. The dynamic is very interesting to me. We have around 250 people who have joined for the playtest so far, which is much more than we expected. I personally thought even 20 people would be a great result. As for the playtest...
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Hi everyone! The playtest has started. If you want to join, let's go! :love:
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Good morning, friends! Over the past couple of weeks, we've been busy working on a playtest build for everyone interested. So far, we've added great improvements to the game: Updated the character arts - added more details, shadows, and improved their designs Improved the UX and UI for...
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Hi all! I'm sharing great news: we've finally removed AI art from the game (it was previously in the illusions mechanic). But now even illusions are hand-painted by our artist.
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    We're on the Women's Day Sale! To celebrate it, we are conducting a playtest for Shop Crush. Sign up if you are interested. Shop Crush on Steam
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Long time no see! Adding more characters... Alex Entrepreneurs can rarely influence a mayor, though they enjoy good price talks. Negotiations are what made them mayors. Nata They might buy simple groceries to hide the offshore activity. Or make a fake purchase to exploit their taxes...
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Adding a bit of info about the characters: Leslie A poor customer who usually buys trash. Sometimes, you may get a good offer from them. You will always have a small profit if you sell them cheap stuff for a tiny margin. Chelsea This customer likes shiny stuff and may overpay for it. If...
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    This week I've been mostly doing the kyc and the research about what aspects of the game players like and don't like. To my surprise, the game was very well received among the Life Sim fans. The core audince seem to be people who like life sims, visual novels and... cozy games? Which is so...
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    Improving characters after a feedback from community. Trying to make them more detailed and consistent with key art. It seems like players enjoy less flat characters, so we are adding shadows and additional details to them. Initially we thought they might distract from the game environment.
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    Shop Crush - Psychological Horror Thrift Shop Sim with Literal Illusions [Demo Soon]

    About the game The game I’m working on is a hybrid Visual Novel shop management game called Shop Crush. In Shop Crush, you run a dusty, cluttered shop where every customer is a puzzle. You have to study their profiles, learn their tastes, and figure out their deep, often unhealthy obsessions...
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