- New BL Visual Novel! - 7 August 2023
PIRATES!! In the mood for playing a short visual novel with pirates and BL romance? Then, as usual, Ertal Games is here to provide the experience! Jolly Roger is a visual novel developed for the Yaoi Jam (hence its short length), with only one love interest but four possible endings. And it's now available on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2383620/Con_cien_caones_por_banda/ Check it out! ;)
- Chasing the Stars Soundtrack Available - 11 February 2021
After many people asked about the original music of the game, I've decided to make the soundtrack available! Until now, it was a perk for the Kickstarter backers and my lovely supporters on Patreon, but from now on you can download the original mp3 songs, the video opening, and the video trailer from itchio and Steam. The revenues of the music will go to Door Studios and MyëVe.
- New Free Crossover Game! - 22 January 2021
Can you imagine the characters from A Hand in the Darkness, Chasing the Stars, and My Burning Heart as cats? And living in a cat café? Well, imagine no more, this is it! A Cat Café Story is a very short Visual Novel (just 7.5k words) with the fluffy version of our dear characters being themselves. Two endings and cuteness overload! Rating: G (I'm not into furry, sorry XD) Link to the game on itch.io
- Our new game is out! - 4 November 2020
Great news! Our more recent BL Visual Novel, Lurkers, was released yesterday! Lurkers is a short thriller revolving around the Jack the Ripper crimes. It features around 35k words, two suspects, three love interests, one bad ending if you choose the wrong culprit, and one good ending plus additional conclusions with the love interest of your choice, or a solo/friendship conclusion if you prefer. The rating is 15+. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1376840/Lurkers/ Come and have a taste of the grimmest side of Victorian England!
- New game demo released! - 14 September 2020
We have the pleasure to announce the demo of Lurkers is now available for Windows on the Steam store. Experience the grimmest series of crimes of the Victorian era in this short BL Yaoi Visual Novel, putting yourself in the shoes of the son of the first acknowledged victim of Jack the Ripper. Follow Eddy Nichols in his quest for revenge and maybe find some love on the side! Don't forget to add the game to your wishlist to be notified on the launch date! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1376840/Lurkers
- Summer of Pride Steam event - 11 June 2020
To celebrate Pride, we've partnered up with @MidBoss to feature Chasing the Stars in their Summer of Pride Steam Sale! Check it out and share if you think your fellow gaymers might be interested. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34979042/sale/SummerOfPride2020
- The Kickstarter for Night and Day is on! - 1 June 2020
Our Kickstarter campaign is now live! Follow Paul on his way to be a successful artist, meet other artists, writers and musicians, and get to know the most romantic and bohemian side of Paris! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/night-and-day/night-and-day-0
- New Game on Kickstarter- preview - 27 May 2020
Hello, I hope you're all healthy and fine! Just a quick message to let you know Night and Day, my new project, will be live on Kickstarter next week, on June 1st. Night and Day is a BL Visual Novel set in Paris in 1950, and it's a story about art, coming of age and jazz music. The demo is available on Steam (Windows version only) and itchio (Win, Linux and Mac), and although some side characters haven't got a sprite yet, the finished version will show all the characters. Apart from that and a couple of CGs missing, the demo is mostly in its final version, so please, check it out! You can take a look at the preview page of the KS campaign here: KICKSTARTER PREVIEW I hope you like what you see! ;) Feedback about the page is most welcome: do you like the rewards and stretch goals or do you think something is missing? Any questions about the story or the game system?
- Game updated! - 15 May 2020
Now that I've mostly finished with My Burning Heart, it's time to go back to Chasing the Stars and fix all the small issues some players have about the game! Plus, of course, adding some extras that were planned since the start of the project and that no, they haven't been forgotten. List of fixes: -Removed the loop in the code puzzle: you'll be redirected to start over with it if you make a mistake, and there's a small hint right before the puzzle. -Added a Text Speed scroller. -Solved a couple of times where the game didn't check correctly if a given scene had happened or not Rigth now, I'm working on those sexy extra scenes that will reward the player for finishing a love interest's route ;) Stay tuned!
- A Hand in the Darkness Banned from Steam - 16 January 2020
Today A Hand in the Darkness has been banned from Steam. It was only a matter of time, to be honest, since the game doesn't comply with the current Steam guidelines (it did in 2017, when it was released, although it was always in a grey area, same as all the other games with adult content but whose main focus isn't set on the erotic scenes). As the ones who follow my Twitter or Facebook might know, the game was about to get a DLC with after scenes, featuring Alex' relationship with his chosen love interest some years into their future, and also brand new characters sprites, sharper and with more expressions, two CGs and some new scenes. For now, A Hand in the Darkness and the DLC will be only available on itch.io. I guess the ones of you who bought the game but never got to play it or have less than an hour of playing time can ask for a refund on Steam. The rest of you, please email me…
- Our new game is on Kickstarter! - 21 February 2019
As some of you might know, our new BL visual novel, My Burning Heart, is currently running a Kickstarter campaign. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32836058%2F36fbdbf8e34088eb8e34b85fefd8f6d94a00dc81.png It's a story set in a 1001 Nights world, with beautiful art by 6nii9. This is the summary: Our protagonist, Adnan, gets sold as a slave and, instead of being sent to work in the fields, as he expected, he ends up in a Sultan's harem... Although they try to trick him with good words and promises of being well fed and no physical punishments, he decides to comply with the Sultan's orders... but only while he plans his escape from the palace. It features: -60k to 75k words. -Three romantic m/m routes, with a good and a bad ending each one. -16 stunning CGs (most of them +18 rated). This visual novel leans heavily towards the erotic genre, with many detailed…
- Additional text editing and CG gallery errors fixed - 1 February 2019
I've posted a new build, fixing one of the CG gallery images still not showing up, edited a bit the text, cleaning typos and such, and fixed the achievement for Ending 12. Unfortunately, the "All Ends" achievement refuses to work, so after sending it to some friends with more knowledge of programming and getting only confused frowns, since everything seems to be in order both in my end and on Steam's end, I finally decided to delete that achievement and move on. I'm sorry for the inconvenience and will compensate it adding trading cards in the near future.
- Updated Game - 29 January 2019
Hi, there! Chasing the Stars has been updated! This is the list of changes: -Errors fixed: Achievements n.12 and 13 not unlocking, two pictures not appearing in the CG Gallery, error near the end saying the program couldn't find an internal option. -Music Gallery added. -Extras screens improved (CG Gallery's look and the option of replaying the opening video). -Second threesome (Pol / Biel / Tirs) added. When trying the new build, I had to uninstall and install the game again to make the update work on Steam, but all my progress was saved, so don't worry if you have to do that. Will the game receive any other update soon? Yes. An extra unlockable sexy scene will be added at the end of each good ending, and of course, the text needs further editing. It always needs further editing! So let me apologize again for the delays (real life with its work, family and health issues always gets in…
- Definitive release date! - 10 December 2018
Hi, there! I'm really sorry, but I'll have to push the release date again 😞 The game is finished, but I need a couple of weeks more for it to be playtested and make sure there're no bugs. Besides, I'm also working on the Steam achievements and trading cards. The good news is the release will be fully uncensored. So far, it seems Steam is okay with it, so we'll go fully +18! So please, be patient and mark January 4th on your calendar!
