- Two years of The Crimson Diamond!! - 16 August 2026
I can't believe it's been two years since The Crimson Diamond launched. Time flies with alarming speed. I'm hanging on tight, and I hope you are, too. The Crimson Diamond is STILL rated Overwhelmingly Positive, now with more than 600 Steam reviews. If you've enjoyed it, please leave a little review! Maybe the game will have more than 700 Steam reviews by its 3rd anniversary!This is the first game I've ever made. It holds a very special place in my heart, so I like making its birthday very special. Please read on for more details!More details!The Crimson Diamond has been updated! Minor bug fixes, Nancy can now ask some characters about ducks, and a few other small things. Patch notes can be found here (warning: spoilers!).The Crimson Diamond is on its steepest discount EVER: 30% off! This sale will last for two weeks! The Crimson Diamond soundtrack is on sale, too!The Crimson Diamond com…
- CORRECTED BROADCAST for Curious Odyssey Steam Event! - 13 March 2026
Ahh, I'm very sorry! I scheduled the announcement for the broadcast incorrectly, the streaming from The Crimson Diamond Steam store page starts on Friday March 13 at 8pm Eastern! Please join me as I show a bit of the game, do some Q&A, and give a sneak peek on my next game!It's the Curious Odyssey Steam Event! To celebrate, The Crimson Diamond is 25% off! The Crimson Diamond is a graphical text parser cozy mystery adventure game with retro style. It's rated Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam with almost 600 reviews, and has a Metacritic score of 88! Maybe you'll like it, too! Developer Julia Minamata will be streaming on The Crimson Diamond's Steam store page on Friday, March 13 at 8pm Eastern! She'll show a bit of The Crimson Diamond, as well as a sneak peek of her next (mini) game!
- CORRECTED BROADCAST for Curious Odyssey Steam Event! - 11 March 2026
Ahh, I'm very sorry! I scheduled the announcement for the broadcast incorrectly, the streaming from The Crimson Diamond Steam store page starts on Friday March 13 at 8pm Eastern! Please join me as I show a bit of the game, do some Q&A, and give a sneak peek on my next game!It's the Curious Odyssey Steam Event! To celebrate, The Crimson Diamond is 25% off! The Crimson Diamond is a graphical text parser cozy mystery adventure game with retro style. It's rated Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam with almost 600 reviews, and has a Metacritic score of 88! Maybe you'll like it, too! Developer Julia Minamata will be streaming on The Crimson Diamond's Steam store page on Friday, March 13 at 8pm Eastern! She'll show a bit of The Crimson Diamond, as well as a sneak peek of her next (mini) game!
- The Crimson Diamond is 25% off in Steam Typing Fest 2026! - 5 February 2026
If you've never played a graphical text parser adventure game, this is the perfect time to try one! The Crimson Diamond is 25% off for Steam Typing Fest 2026! Learn the joys of engaging with a game in a new way , or return to an old-school input method that doesn't get much love nowadays! Delve into a cozy mystery where YOU ask the questions and uncover clues... By typing!The Crimson Diamond features a tutorial room to teach players how to use the text parser, PLUS there's an in-game hintbook (that opens in browser) with a universal-hints-system style design so you only reveal the solutions that you need!Developer Julia Minamata loves typing and text parsers, and hope to introduce more players to this wonderfully creative way of gaming. Happy Typing!
- One year of The Crimson Diamond! - 15 August 2025
Time flies! It's been one year since The Crimson Diamond launched. Thank you so much to everyone who's played the game, reviewed it, and shared it with friends. The game is currently rated Overwhelmingly Positive with 500+ reviews on Steam. It was favourably written about by Rock Paper Shotgun, Kotaku, Polygon, and Ars Technica, among many others. It means a lot to me that something I worked so hard on, and for so long, has been so well-received and appreciated. I've planned a bunch of stuff to celebrate the game and to thank players! The biggest news is that The Crimson Diamond is a DAILY DEAL for the anniversary day (August 15th)! The game is currently 25% off, the deepest discount EVER. This sale will last for two weeks. For those who haven't bought it, there's no better time! For those who've played it and enjoyed it, no better time to gift it to a friend!The second biggest news: No…
- LudoNarraCon Official Selection / The Crimson Diamond SALE & update! - 1 May 2025
The Crimson Diamond is an Official Selection of LudoNarraCon, a narrative event hosted by Fellow Traveller! I'm super happy and excited that my game was included. LudoNarraCon is running from May 1-5 and includes demos, discounts, panels, and livestreams from amazing developers! To celebrate, The Crimson Diamond is 20% off, AND there's a bug-fixing update AND cloud saves! ***The sale runs from May 1-8!*** ***NOTE ABOUT CLOUD SAVES*** Your cloud saves will now automatically sync between PCs! However, if you've been playing TCD on multiple PCs in the past, please back up the saves you'd like to keep to make sure you don't lose your progress. Saves are located in C:\Users\YourName\Saved Games\The Crimson Diamond - Full Game v1.0 ********** Visit the site for more details: https://www.ludonarracon.com/ (I'm on a panel!) Subscribe to the Fellow Traveller newsletter for updates! Subscribe to…
- v1.10u update and cloud saves enabled! - 1 May 2025
Hello! I'm releasing the latest update (and enabling Steam cloud saves!) for The Crimson Diamond slightly ahead of the LudoNarracon Steam event as I'll be away from my desk when the event kicks off. Patch notes and more details will be included in my LudoNarracon event announcement on Thursday, May 1 at 1pm Eastern. Sorry for any confusion or inconvenience, thanks for playing my game! I hope you enjoy it. --JM
- BIG The Crimson Diamond update! - 13 November 2024
Hello! Thanks so much for your feedback. Here's a big update with many improvements! Hopefully this will be the last update for a while. IMPORTANT: Your save games should work fine with this update! If you don't see your bug listed at the end of this message, I either couldn't recreate it, it may have been fixed in a previous build, or it was submitted after this update was completed. Sorry for the inconvenience! Thanks so much for playing my game. I hope you enjoy it. Please leave a review if you did, it helps a lot! Best wishes, Julia ---------------------------------- The biggest changes: 1) NEW DEFAULT FONT: Crimsonite Sans, for improved legibility! To toggle back to the original font, click the "Font" button in the main menu or type "font" into the text parser. 2) All game settings in the main menu should now get saved properly. 3) Mac achievements should now work on Apple Silicon…
- November BIG Update Patch Notes! - 13 November 2024
Hello! Thanks so much for your feedback. Here's a big update with many improvements! Hopefully this will be the last update for a while. IMPORTANT: Your save games should work fine with this update! If you don't see your bug listed at the end of this message, I either couldn't recreate it, it may have been fixed in a previous build, or it was submitted after this update was completed. Sorry for the inconvenience! Thanks so much for playing my game. I hope you enjoy it. Please leave a review if you did, it helps a lot! Best wishes, Julia The biggest changes: 1) NEW DEFAULT FONT: Crimsonite Sans, for improved legibility! To toggle back to the original font, click the "Font" button in the main menu or type "font" in the main menu. 2) All game settings in the main manu should now get saved properly. 3) Mac achievements should now work on Apple Silicon Macs, as well as Intel Macs. 4) The "9"…
- AdventureX Steam event livestream! - 8 November 2024
The AdventureX Steam event is here! The Crimson Diamond developer Julia Minamata will be livestreaming from TCD's Steam store page tonight (Friday, November 8) at 8pm Eastern. She will be playing Chapter 3 of the game and discussing its development, as well as answering game development questions. A new update will be coming soon for the game, including a new font option! See the new font in action during the stream! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/ The Crimson Diamond is currently 10% off on Steam, the first time it's been on sale since launch! Buy now and enjoy a cozy weekend of mystery. The Crimson Diamond demo was in the 2019 AdventureX showcase at the British Library in London! Thanks to the organizers for keeping the adventure gaming spirit alive.
- The Crimson Diamond is PLAYABLE on Steam Deck! - 26 September 2024
Hooray! Steam tested The Crimson Diamond and has rated the game as PLAYABLE on Steam Deck! I've also heard from friends who've played it on Steam Deck and they can vouch for this. I'm so glad that it's been made official! It's doubtful that the game will be rated as VERIFIED on Steam at any point, considering its reliance on keyboard input. There is a pop-up keyboard that appears on Steam Deck and a Bluetooth keyboard can also be paired with it. The keyboard shortcuts for common parser commands (such as "o d" for "open door" and "l" for "look") will probably be helpful for Steam Deck users! As for other updates: I'm still working on bugs, thanks so much for your feedback! The Crimson Diamond is now available on Steam, GOG, itchio, and FireFlower Games! Achievements work on Steam and GOG, but so far only on PC and some Mac machines (Intel). It's been lovely to read the reviews and to hea…
- The Crimson Diamond Demo is BACK! ALSO: Livestream on Friday at 8pm Eastern! - 19 September 2024
Hello, everyone! I'm so excited to be included in the Game Devs of Color Expo event here on Steam! To celebrate, I've activated a newly updated version of The Crimson Diamond demo -- This version's save games will carry over into the full game! There's never been a better time to try The Crimson Diamond! This new demo will be available for a limited time, until September 24 (when the Steam event ends). Find out more about Game Devs of Color Expo here! Friday, September 20, at 8pm Eastern: I will also be streaming The Crimson Diamond on its Steam store page! This is the FIRST time I will play beyond Chapter 1! Let's see how far I can get! Hope to see you there! *Note: There are Steam achievements in the full game (for PC and for Intel Mac machines), but not in the demo.*
- The Crimson Diamond Bug Fixes! - 2 September 2024
Hello, everyone! Thanks so much for your feedback! Me and the testers have been hard at work improving the game: Addressing bugs, making the text parser a bit friendlier, and more! These updates are for Windows AND Mac machines! Further in this update there will be an itemized list of bugs that have been fixed, but I'll list the priority stuff here: 1) This update shouldn't affect your savegames. Though my testers have noticed that sometimes when loading an older savegame, some of the fixes listed below don't appear "fixed". This won't affect gameplay. 2) Some players were experiencing audio issues that were causing the game to crash. This update will display applicable error messages and instructions on how to correct these issues! 3) There were some issues involving opening and closing doors in certain areas outside that were causing the game to freeze. These have been fixed (see belo…
- The Crimson Diamond Bug Fixes - 18 August 2024
Hello, everyone! First of all, thank you to everyone who's purchased The Crimson Diamond. I hope you're enjoying the game. If so, please leave a review! Reviews help boost visibility on the Steam store. I have a sequel planned and I would love to be able to dedicate myself to it full time. Thank you for all your feedback. There were some issues that were impeding player progress that me and the testers decided to focus on, so we could get this update out to you quickly (while there's still some weekend time play -- Though depending on time zone, your mileage may vary). ***Mac patch has been applied! Thanks for your patience.*** Read below for patch details (spoiler tags will be used). Save games shouldn't be affected by these changes! Please open the Main Menu in-game to check if you're playing the updated version. It should say "Version 1.02b" in the lower left corner. 1) "Look outside…
- The Crimson Diamond has LAUNCHED! - 16 August 2024
The Crimson Diamond is now available for purchase! $14.99 USD with a 10% launch discount that will last for one week! If you enjoy the game, it would help out tremendously if you leave a review on the Steam store page! More reviews will help more people find the game -- And maybe they'll like it, too! There will also be a post-launch party on my Twitch channel this Tuesday (August 20) at 8pm Eastern! I'll be sharing my post-launch experience and doing Steam key and Fourthwall merch giveaways! Come join me!
- The Crimson Diamond pre-launch party! - 13 August 2024
Hello, all! LAUNCH IS TWO DAYS AWAY! I won't be streaming a launch party -- But to make up for that, there will be TWO parties: Tonight's pre-launch party, and next week's post-launch party! Tonight's pre-launch party will be over on my Twitch channel at 8pm Eastern. There will be Steam key giveaways and Fourthwall merch giveaways, my way of thanking everyone for being so kind, supportive and patient during this long game development time. So come hang out! We'll be making some EGA pixel art, playing some EGA games, and having a nice time :). Hope to see you there, Julia
- The Crimson Diamond launches this week! - 12 August 2024
Hello! I'm incredibly excited to announce that The Crimson Diamond is launching, at long last, on August 15. This week! Thank you to everyone for your patience and kind words. I can't wait to see what you think!* I'm deactivating the demo on August 12. I'm very sorry for the late notice, but I've been incredibly busy getting ready for launch. The demo version is quite old now, and a lot of the bugs that players are reporting have long since been fixed. I don't want to waste the time of the people who have been so helpful as to send me feedback about the demo. I hope to update the demo some time in the future, once the dust settles! I'll be hosting a pre-launch party on my Twitch channel at 8:30pm Eastern on Tuesday, August 13! I'll be doing merch giveaways and Steam key giveaways (or the promise of Steam keys, I haven't generated those yet -- Another thing to add to a very long to-do li…
- The Crimson Diamond is joining PixElated Fest on July 29th! - 22 July 2024
Hiya, it's Julia -- The developer of The Crimson Diamond! I'm thrilled to be an official selection for Brave at Night's PixElated Festival, starting July 29! I'll be streaming to The Crimson Diamond's Steam store page on Wednesday, July 31 at 8pm Eastern! I'll be talking pixel art and developing the pixel art for The Crimson Diamond, and showing some crafts that I've made that are real-world examples of pixel art! PixElated Festival l is featuring some of the best pixel art games on Steam. From retro-style classics to contemporary indie gems all in one place! There will be ✨ discounts ✨ live streams ✨ art contest ✨ demos✨ developer chats ✨ all centered around your favorite games. Check out the official line-up and more information about the event here: http://pixelatedfest.com/
- 🔎Rebroadcast: The Crimson Diamond NEW demo stream! - 10 June 2024
***REBROADCAST*** For those who missed the live stream! The Crimson Diamond is launching on August 15, 2024! In this stream, dev Julia Minamata shows the new art and items that have been added to the latest demo version, and answers questions about making the game. Wishlist the game below! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
- 🔎The Crimson Diamond NEW demo live stream! - 8 June 2024
Exciting The Crimson Diamond news, and so much to show! On the Monday, June 10 8pm Eastern live stream, Julia will show the new and improved demo (it's currently activated and ready to be downloaded and played from the Steam store page) and answer any questions about the game's development! The FULL game will be launching on August 15! The Crimson Diamond can be wishlisted here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/
