Antler Dust Games
đ“„‹
about antler dust.
who we are
Antler Dust is a trio of artists working to bring the world entertaining, innovative and diverse games of all kinds. While we're focusing on visual novels now, we hope to branch out into other genres of games, and maybe even fields like animation and writing.We are all students of the arts with academic degrees in our concentrations. As a team, we work best by challenging each other, learning to make compromises, and respecting individual artistic visions.Creating together can be difficult, but we feel strongly about supporting each other's strengths and amplifying our collective voice. We hope you'll hear it at its clearest when you play our games!
how we met
Thunar and Shilo first started talking in 2014, bonding over their love for particular visual novels. With two different time zones and a few states between them, it was difficult to hang out in person, so they found time to create characters and stories with each other online instead. By 2021, only two roads and a few minutes separated them, as Thunar moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and they have been creating fiction together in real life ever since.In the same year, Thunar began classes for animation and game development. There they met Lich in the same program as them and became fast friends by bonding through food. Instead of venturing into the muddy waters of established game companies, they took a risk and decided to start their own. Shilo was quickly brought into the mix as a writer and then they fought for a few weeks about what to call themselves - eventually, Antler Dust was born.
what we're doing.
Our first love is visual novels. Blending Thunar and Lich’s strong sense for visuals in art and animation with Shilo’s unique voice in writing, they’re a perfect medium for our strengths.That being said, we would love to one day become a more multimedia group and be able to make animations, books, and of course, more games! While visual novels will always be on our mind, hopefully we will be able to learn bigger and more elaborate things as we go and bring you more robust games with diverse gameplay and genres.We're really excited about what the future could have in store for us, and we would love to have you along for the ride. You can find ways to follow our journey below and should you have any business queries, use the contact form provided.
our projects.
Cygnus-13 Demo (working title)
The demo of our first game will tell a prologue to the main story of the full release and feature our unique look and voice.Meet Frankie, a secretary at the Intergalactic Alliance headquarters who is interviewing the main cast of the Cygnus-13 before their mission begins. She’s just a reptile girl doing her job… until she uncovers something she wasn’t expecting.
Cygnus-13 (working title)
Our first full-length game will be a dating sim and visual novel, under the working title of Cygnus-13. Taking place in space, the player will find themselves in the shoes of The Drifter, who was found floating in space by the crew of the Cygnus-13 and taken on board, despite their inability to remember who they are or how they ended up out there.The player will have the option of at least four different alien suitors, as well as experience some eclectic gameplay along the way. Which alien will you fall in love with? Will you manage to recover your memories? We hope you’ll play and find out!
Post Cygnus-13...
Our immediate follow-up to Cygnus-13 is tentatively another visual novel, but we have plans for RPGs, platformers, life sims, and of course, branching out of games and into other fields!We are excited - and a little nervous - to see what’s on the horizon for us!
support antler dust.
patreon
Our Patreon is where you can make a monthly contribution to our progress. With several tiers available that offer varying rewards, there is something for everybody. We thank you for supporting our indie business!
itch.io
Our itch.io page is one avenue in which you will be able to purchase our games in the future. The page exists now, but will not be fully utilized until launch.
steam
Here is another way you will be able to purchase our games eventually. This will not be available until the demo launches.
kickstarter
We may be launching a Kickstarter with the free demo in order to help stretch goals for our game. Keep an eye out!
PLEASE NOTE:
Patreon is a monthly donation of general support with certain rewards. Kickstarter is a service that allows you to donate one sum of money towards our goal of making the game. If we don’t meet our goal, we don’t get any of the money. Keep this in mind if you’d like to support us monetarily!