- Sepia Tears artık Türkçe! - 28 June 2025
Sepia Tears resmî olarak Türkçeye çevrildi! Hem orijinal oyunu hem de Reprise Edition'ı Türkçe oynayabilirsiniz.Çevirmen: Yunus SorgunçayHerhangi bir hata veya yazım yanlışı fark ederseniz lütfen Steam forumlarında bir yorum bırakın ya da Discord üzerinden bize bildirin. İyi eğlenceler!Sepia Tears has been officially translated into Turkish! The localization is available for both the original game and Reprise Edition.Translation by: Yunus SorgunçayIf you find any errors or typos, please leave a comment on the Steam forums, or let us know on Discord. Enjoy!
- 《褐色泪花》现已推出简体中文！ - 28 June 2025
《褐色泪花》现已推出官方简体中文！原版和重制版游戏均可使用。 本地化团队：识渡汉化组 如果您发现了任何问题，请在Steam论坛中留言，也可在Discord联系我们。祝玩得愉快！Sepia Tears has been officially translated into Simplified Chinese! The localization is available for both the original game and Reprise Edition.If you find any errors or typos, please leave a comment on the Steam forums, or let us know on Discord. Enjoy!
- Sepia Tears is participating in Steam's Visual Novel Fest! - 4 March 2025
Great news — Sepia Tears is participating in Steam's Visual Novel Fest! Both of the DLCs will be 50% off for the duration of the event. You can browse the full event here: https://store.steampowered.com/category/visual_novel
- Our next game, Monospaced Lovers, is available now! - 5 November 2024
In case you missed it: our next game is available now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1164460/Monospaced_Lovers/ The game is an exploration-driven platformer with a visual novel-esque storyline. Journey through a metafictional, fantasy-filled land and find the truth of your fragile world before it disintegrates. If you enjoy puzzle-platformers like Fez, or metafictional stories like Undertale, please check it out! There's also a VN-esque romance plot that's woven into the whole adventure, and you can expect some philosophical ramblings about the nature of love, much like what you'd remember from Sepia Tears. Now, most of the Sepia Tears team has moved on since the early 2010s (most are no longer doing creative work, unfortunately). I was the writer/director of Sepia Tears, and I ended up learning to code and going into gamedev. So, if you enjoyed the story of Sepia Tears, please con…
- Слёзы Сепии теперь доступны на русском! - 19 May 2024
Хорошие новости: Слёзы Сепии теперь официально переведены на русский! Локализация доступна как для оригинальной игры, так и для версии Реприза. Перевод выполнен kosti.kalars, Mr_Anderson107 и QuestLion. Если Вы обнаружите какие-либо ошибки или опечатки, то оставляйте комментарии в обсуждениях Steam или пишите о них в наш Discord. Наслаждайтесь! --- Good news: Sepia Tears has been officially translated into Russian! The localization is available for both the original game and Reprise Edition. Translation by kosti.kalars, Mr_Anderson107, and QuestLion. If you find any errors or typos, you can leave a comment on the Steam forums, or let us know on Discord. Enjoy!
- LAUNCH: New sprites for every character! - 4 September 2021
That's right — our long-awaited art update is finally completed. Each character in Sepia Tears has now received their own fully remastered sprite! These sprites are used in all three extra chapters, but not in the original story. The original artwork already fits nicely with the CGs and chibi art, and we didn't want to alter that experience. With this update, we hope that the extra chapters will be more enjoyable. Thanks again for supporting us, and please look forward to our other works! If you haven't already, you can give us a follow to receive updates & announcements about future projects. Just click here to open our company page, and hit the little "Follow" button. If you're on browser and you're not logged in, you can copy/paste this URL to open our page in the Steam client (clicking it won't work): steam://openurl/https://store.steampowered.com/developer/scarlet_string See you so…
- More art for Reprise Edition is coming soon! - 28 July 2021
Hello everyone! It's been a while. For those of you who've already read through Reprise Edition, you might remember that there was one thing missing. Originally, we had to work around the fact that Myra's old sprites couldn't be used, because her hair and ribbon were supposed to change after the original ending. But we didn't have the time or resources to redraw every character from scratch, so we ended up with a mix of old and new sprites. It worked, sorta, but it wasn't ideal. Anyway — the good news is, the artist for Reprise Edition is currently working on new sprites for the whole cast. Here's what we have so far! ✨ Cute, right? This is just a quick look; there might be changes in the future. Now, we can't guarantee a release date for this update. I'm knee-deep in our upcoming game, Monospaced Lovers, and the artist has other work to do as well. It won't be ready next week. But rest…
- Brazilian Portuguese translation - available now! - 4 May 2021
That's right — Sepia Tears has been officially translated into Brazilian Portuguese! The localization is available for everyone in today's free update. Open the options menu in the original game or Reprise Edition, and you'll be able to toggle between languages. Huge thanks to Vignett for the translation! If you find any errors or typos, please leave a comment in the Steam forums or drop by our Discord.
- Sepia Tears: Reprise Edition is now available! - 7 October 2019
That's right — Reprise Edition is finally available for purchase! Sepia Tears has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a free VN (long before this was common practice on Steam!). It's been a long journey, but we hope that this story provides a satisfying epilogue for fans of the original game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/867860/Sepia_Tears_Reprise_Edition/ Thanks again for your support, and stay tuned for future gamedev updates!
- Sepia Tears: Reprise Edition is lauching this Fall! - 2 September 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F11442755%2F5605c40de95403143682be0a608bec80994d36ef.png The title says it all! Reprise Edition is finally complete, and it's scheduled to launch this Fall. Wishlist it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/867860/Sepia_Tears_Reprise_Edition/ Or pre-order on itch.io (you'll get a Steam key): https://scarletstring.itch.io/sepia-tears-reprise-edition As a reminder, this DLC includes the full original story, in addition to... Three new chapters, bringing the story to a total of 50,000 words (original length was 40,000 words) Four new CGs included in the bonus chapters Remastered soundtrack (with the option to switch back to the original, if desired) Handdrawn background art to replace the old stock photos Lots more sound effects and atmospheric audio Newly polished UI, scene transitions, and other visual effects Thanks for…
- Quick update: new achievements! - 17 April 2019
If you're wondering why Steam is downloading an update to Sepia Tears for the first time in forever, it's because we're finally getting ready to launch the Reprise Edition DLC! The Steam page isn't public yet, but in the meantime, we have some new achievements for the base game, as well as new icons for the old ones. The game is the same as before, but there's one new achievement per chapter. If you still have your old save file, the game should automatically unlock the new achievements when you boot it up. The one exception is Unannounced Visitor, because that one is part of the Day 4 branch, so it's technically missable. If this doesn't work, you might have to delete your old save file and just ctrl through the game. I've added a Delete Save Data button to the options menu to make this easier. If that's buggy, you can delete the save directories manually. Remember to delete BOTH of th…
- Sepia Tears Original Soundtrack — Available Now! - 7 December 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F11442755%2F1ddcb6fa1aa1164928baaeffe229d007cf1530d5.png The Sepia Tears OST is now available for purchase! The soundtrack includes the original tracks used in the free version of the game as well as the remastered tracks featured in the upcoming Reprise Edition DLC. Available in both lossless FLAC and mp3 v0. Buy it now! :PlayMusic: https://store.steampowered.com/app/989900/Sepia_Tears__Original_Soundtrack/
- Art & Music Update - 18 September 2018
It's been a while! Just dropping in a quick update on the status of the DLC. First of all, artist aeror has joined us as a character artist! As you might remember, Myra un-dyes her hair at the end of the game and returns to a less... artificial look. All three bonus chapters take place after the end of the game, so we need a new sprite for her. Here's a side-by-side comparison of what we have so far! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F11442755%2Ffb3544547118927cad72ae83c16473348b20886b.jpg We haven't gotten through the other pose and expressions yet, but this will give you an idea of what to expect. The new art style is different (which is inevitable), so we might re-draw the other sprites as well, if time allows — but first priority will be the new CGs for the bonus chapters. Meanwhile, I'm sure you all remember the peculiar background art situation in the…
- Week 6: ALL CLEAR - 12 June 2018
Success! Today, I finished writing the last of the three bonus chapters! This brings the game's total word count to just under 50,000 (up from 40,000). Reading speed is very subjective, but I re-read the story recently and it took about 5 hours. Therefore, the extra chapters should add about 1 hr of new content. I'd write more if I could, but I don't want to stretch the story too thin, since there's no new drama to introduce. The characters are happy, as we know from the ending of the original game; all that's left is for them to hang around and have fun. This will be a treat for people who want to see what the couples are like now that the dust has settled. Nothing is final yet, but we do have bonus CGs (and outfits) in the works for these three chapters, so there will be some eye candy as well. :vanilla2: A bit of bad news: This will be the last of our weekly updates! My own work on t…
- Week 5: Editing Complete! - 4 June 2018
Great news! I've finished re-reading and editing the original script for Sepia Tears. The current version still sits at 40,000 words, but hopefully there's more substance and flow to some of the small talk now. The plot remains the same, so no worries there. Next up, I'll work on 3 (?) extra stories that will be unlocked after you finish the game. No firm details on these yet, but the idea is to have fun with the characters and show what the crew is like now that all the drama is resolved. In other news, game composer smittenden is joining us to remaster the OST! Due to a long story involving poor project management and untimely hard drive crashes, we no longer have access to the project files for the original soundtrack. That means we can't edit the original files or export to different formats. Eventually, when the soundtrack is released, it will include both the mp3s featured in the…
- Week 4: Let's... Continue Writing - 28 May 2018
Short update this time, since last week was both a holiday weekend and the local anime con. I made it through Day 3 of the script, and I'm happy with the progress so far. I found that I still mostly like the pacing of the story, but some of the small talk amongst the cast was awkward, so I'm just having everyone banter a bit more. For those wondering, there's more art/music work going on in the background, but I'm waiting til we have something concrete to show before announcing anything. That's all for now! - @scarlet_string
- Week 3: Let's Get Writing! - 23 May 2018
Apologies for the late update — last weekend was a holiday here and I got caught up with going outside. As of now, the UI is fully functional, which means my next task is to go through the old script and edit. I know a couple people commented that the old UI for the music room looked better. I'll see if I can figure out how to give the new buttons a more hand-drawn look, rather than a boxy CSS look. UI feedback is always helpful so please keep the comments coming! For reference, the old vs new save/load screen: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F11442755%2Faee5351882f8243c6ce76ff3bef13e174495741d.png https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F11442755%2F6f66175ab22b17a57aa7807888640ecfa6bce89a.png I liked how the old one was a modal screen (with the game still visible in the background), so I might try to do the same again. The new ach…
- Week 2: Sorting Through the UI - 14 May 2018
Last week was somewhat quiet — spent some time learning Ren'Py things that I probably should have known the first time around. Ren'py's new built-in UI is a lot cleaner than the old one. I've started rebuilding the menu screens to fit the new UI. As an example, here's the old music room... https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F11442755%2F286ca762d2f4e245f199648d4f952654800786e8.png And here's the new one! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F11442755%2Ff822fa20f194136ed7fe0c91268141cd10e123c2.png I fixed some obvious problems, like how the original music room spoiled the names of songs you hadn't unlocked yet. But, I'm still not much of a designer, so it will take some trial and error. - @scarlet_string
- Week 1: What to Change? - 7 May 2018
Hey everyone! After getting some other dev work out of the way, I finally have the time to focus on this Sepia Tears expansion promised last year. The update will be released as a DLC, and the plan is to include trading cards and whatnot. If all goes well, I'll post weekly updates here for fans to follow the game's development. Always feel free to suggest changes! To start, I've been re-reading Sepia Tears for the first time in years, and I'm keeping a notepad of things to change. I know one issue is that the pacing is slow, especially when you're small talking with characters other than Myra because they don't advance the plot. I'd like to rewrite a lot of the banter just to make it more interesting. I don't think I should "speed up" the pacing too much for fear of rushing to the end without developing the characters — I just need more interesting interactions within the cast. I'm ke…
- More Sepia Tears, anyone? - 31 July 2017
Hey! It's been a while. It's been over 3 years since Sepia Tears first came out on Android and desktop, and over a year since it first hit Steam. In that time, the game has reached over 200,000 downloads across all platforms. That's a lot more than I ever expected from my humble freeware project! ːtorielː A few people have requested a paid DLC, sequel, or some other expansion for Sepia Tears. Within the next year, I'll be able to expand Scarlet String Studios into a full-time pursuit — and that means plenty of time to deliver on those expectations. For those who want to support Sepia Tears in some way, do any of these ideas catch your interest? Digital copy of OST* - $5 Short (1-2hrs) DLC side story (potentially featuring Rin's not-quite-crush as he tries to worm his way into the group and ask her out) - $5 Partial remake with some new assets (e.g. improved background art, UI, trading c…
