HE/B.E. Studio

Grateful for the interview from DCAT at NYCU.
We talked about love, tech, and companionship—
from the emotions in otome games to romance in the age of AI.

“Why are otome games so captivating?”
Because in that world, love always replies.

Falling for Yaoguais joins the Fall in Love VN Festival
──【Eastern Fantasy × Otome Romance】──
🗓 Event: Sep 24 – Oct 1 (CDT)
📷 Limited-time 10% OFF: $7.19 USD
Step into an amusement park of yaoguais and mayhem.

Fall in Love VISUAL NOVEL FESTIVAL SEP 24 - OCT 1 presented by Studio Elan

At the end of the month we'll be hosting our very own Steam festival, celebrating over 200 romance-themed visual novels from 100+ developers! Join us Sep 24-Oct 1 💕

Are you a streamer / game reviewer and want to collab with visual novel devs? Join our festival press list: forms.gle/Ebv2QWtnPavM...

Falling for Yaoguais joins the East Asia Indie Games Celebration!
──【Eastern Fantasy × Otome Romance】──
🗓 Event: Aug 5 – Aug 19 (GMT+8)
💸 Limited-time 10% OFF: $7.19 USD
Step into an amusement park of yaoguais and mayhem.
Do you know how to fall in love? That’s for you to decide.

【DIYGM Only in COOMIC³】wrapped up successfully!
The crowd was way beyond our expectations—thank you all for stopping by!
We're especially thrilled that My Divine Husband got so much love. Your support gave us a huge boost!
Hope to see you at G-Eight later this year—with a playable demo!

Falling for Yaoguais joins the Otome Games Celebration!
──【Eastern Fantasy × Otome Romance】──
🗓 Event: May 20 – May 27, 12:00 (CDT)
💸 Limited-time 10% OFF: $7.19 USD
Step into an amusement park of yaoguais and mayhem.
Do you know how to fall in love? That’s for you to decide.

anime style illustration of a blonde girl smiling to the viewer and holding up balloons on a patterned purple background with purple hearts. at the left side there's a logo that reads "Otome Games Celebration!" on top of a pink and purple outlined heart. balloons and party banners surround the logo.

Otome Games Celebration begins ✨ tomorrow ✨ on Steam at 12PM CDT and will run for an entire week, from May 19-26th!

Join us in celebrating the wide world of otome with sales on games, demos to try out, and upcoming otome to wishlist 💖

Ookami Okami on Steam You're dead. But your love life is just beginning! Reborn in the Spirit Realm, take over a crumbling hot spring inn and partner with a brooding masked god who hides more than his face. Explore secrets...

📢The Steam page for Ookami Okami is OUT! 🎉

It'll have:
🍁Flirty MC
🍁Slow-burn romance with the White Tiger God
🍁Point & click gameplay: clean rooms, exorcise spirits & find relics
🍁Summon lost staff
🍁Multiple endings

Wishlist NOW 👉
store.steampowered.com/app/3703750/...

#visualnovel #otome

anime style illustration of a blonde girl smiling to the viewer and holding up balloons on a patterned purple background with purple hearts. at the bottom there's a logo that reads "Otome Games Celebration!" on top of a pink and purple outlined heart. balloons and party banners surround the logo.

Otome Games Celebration, the first ever otome-themed Steam festival, begins in 1 week!

We'll have a wide variety of otome games from across the world with demos to try, discounted otome to pick up, and upcoming releases to wishlist ✨

#otome #otomegame

We’ll be at Original Game Only in COOMIC³ on 5/31! 👋
Our free postcard promo is ready for the event!
My Divine Husband’s cold, stoic male lead—the City God—is still in design, blending modern and traditional styles. Coming soon!

📣 Démo de l'otome Cupid's Chatroom dispo.
📝 Un mystérieux programme apparaît soudainement sur votre PC et vous mène dans un salon de discussion privé. 5 célibataires sont aussi entraînés sur le serveur...
🔗 Steam : store.steampowered.com/app/3157200/...
🔗 Itch : peachieevee.itch.io/cupids-chatr...

~~~GAME ANNOUNCEMENT~~~

'Day After Day' is a narrative otome RPG inspired by Disco Elysium! Build your character, break your curse, and choose between two handsome men in a fantasy world inspired by pirates and old nobility.

Demo releases in June for #otomejam

~~~LINKS BELOW~~~

✨ A brand-new otome game is here! ✨
🔹Title
My Divine Husband – The City God’s Wife Wants a Divorce!
🔹Story
You wake up as the City God's wife—and your husband is the tragic lover from your past life?!
“Divorce denied. Romance enforced!”
Will you break free, or fall for him all over again?

anime style illustration of a blonde girl smiling to the viewer and holding up balloons on a patterned purple background with purple hearts. at the bottom there's a logo that reads "Otome Games Celebration!" on top of a pink and purple outlined heart. balloons and party banners surround the logo.

If you're a streamer or member of the press and interested in playing otome games for the upcoming Otome Games Celebration Steam festival, you can sign up here:
forms.gle/1wgR96DrEDg8...

More info on the festival: crystalgameworks.com/otome-games-...

✨ Huge thanks to Western players for recognizing our translation! ✨

We put countless hours into perfecting 400,000 words—triple-checking every line—to bring Taiwan’s yaoguai culture to the world.

Seeing it so well received means everything to us! ❤️

Coming soon: Ecosphere - an Otome Fantasy / Steampunk Visual Novel Ecosphere is a visual novel about magic, civil war, and conspiracies - with romanceable characters!

Ecosphere - Demo and Kickstarter prelaunch page out now!

An Otome Fantasy / Steampunk Visual Novel in which you'll make hearts skip a beat!
🔥 Feel the magic
🌍 Civil war looms and conspiracies
💕 Romanceable characters
🔀 QTE Meaningful choices

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tal...

⭐️ ANNOUNCEMENT! ⭐️

It's official! @purpleherringgames.bsky.social and I founded @papertrail-studios.com, a #Singapore game studio!

We're excited to share what we have planned for our joint studio!

Please follow and support us, it means a lot! ^^

#visualnovel #gamedev #indiegames #videogames

Save 10% on Falling for Yaoguais on Steam Drama! Crisis! And four charming or adorable Taiwanese Yaoguai(supernatural beings) love interests! Over 150 choices lead you through a romantic adventure—who will you choose? Or... will you choose th...

《Falling for Yaoguais》 is now available on Steam!

── Eastern Fantasy × Otome Romance ──

🔹 Price: $7.99 USD
(10% off at $7.19 USD from 3/13 to 3/21)

✨ Step into a theme park filled with yaoguais and romance—start your journey now! ✨

store.steampowered.com/app/3245920/...

It's International Women’s Day! 🔥✨

Today (& every day) we celebrate the contributions of women whose creativity, talent, & passion have helped shape the games industry 💪

Don't forget to check out their incredible games during the Women’s Day Sale on Steam! 🎮

store.steampowered.com/sale/WomensD...

Hey friends! "Love & Country: The First Mission" is participating in this year's Visual Novel Fest on Steam! To celebrate, please enjoy our little game at a gongeous 35% off price point 🎉🥳

So if you liked the L&C demo, now's the time to grab the full thing! (Sale also on itch!)

#vndev #indievn

📜You have one (1) unexpected quest!

Introducing In Ashes, a choice-driven fantasy adventure visual novel. Step into the boots of a weary, burnt out hero, and face the life you left behind.

You were a hero once, but will you be again?

✨ Wishlist now on Steam! bit.ly/3EVDuFR
#InAshesGame #IndieGame

The Women’s Day Sale has OFFICIALLY begun! 📢

Head over to Steam for:
💸 huge discounts
🔥 new demos to play
🎮 a curated selection of AMAZING games all by teams led by women & other gender marginalized devs!

store.steampowered.com/sale/WomensD...

《Falling for Yaoguais》Joins Steam Visual Novel Fest!
── Eastern Fantasy × Otome Romance ──
🔹 Release Date: March 12, 2025, 8:00 PM (PT)
🔹 Price: $7.99 USD
🔹 Launch Discount: 10% off from March 13–21!
Add it to your wishlist now so you don’t miss the grand opening!

Hi! I am Rice, a solo game dev mainly focus on otome and yandere and mystery visual novel!
My current project is Heart cage,
an 18+mystery otome game with all yandere love interests❤️

You can download my games here:
rice-love-coffee.itch.io

Falling for Yaoguais on Steam Drama! Crisis! And four charming or adorable Taiwanese Yaoguai(supernatural beings) love interests! Over 150 choices lead you through a romantic adventure—who will you choose? Or... will you choose th...

▼ Check out the Steam store page! Wishlist it! ▼
store.steampowered.com/app/3245920/...

《Falling for Yaoguais》Joins Steam Next Fest!

── Eastern Fantasy × Otome Romance ──

🔹 Release Date: March 12, 2025, 8:00 PM (PT)
🔹 Price: $7.99 USD
🔹 Launch Discount: 10% off from March 13–21!

Add it to your wishlist now so you don’t miss the grand opening!

"Falling for Yaoguais" has passed Steam review!

Here’s our review timeline for reference:
✅ Submitted on 2/15 (Sat) afternoon
✅ Approved on 2/20 (Thu) morning

We provided the following via cloud storage:
1️⃣ Quick guides (EN & CN)
2️⃣ Save file at the final route split

Wishing all devs big success!

Death & Faeology demo is now live on Steam! Have you played it yet? 👀

If you love murder mysteries, visual novels, and dark academia, this is for you.💕

Try the FREE DEMO now 👉https://store.steampowered.com/app/3369020/Death__Faeology/

#visualnovels #darkacademia #indiedev #detectivegames #otome

Hello I'm happy to announce the release of Mask - Beyond Lies update 1.5

This episode features :

-6500 words
-5.5 CGs (including 1 for Patreon users)
-Three different chapter ends !

I hope you will have fun !

Download here :
kakera-art.itch.io/mask-beyond-...

Velvet Bite: Softly, with Teeth it out now! 💖

Play as a college student who goes to a Halloween party...full of vampires?!

Our LGBT+ vampire otome game has...
- 6 romanceable routes (3 male, 3 female)
- voice acting
- multiple languages

🦇 Play it now- s.team/a/2894820