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Blue pencil hand drawn sketch of a giant crescent moon that has a face. The tongue dangles menacingly out of its mouth and the eye focuses on chasing after the player.

Pixel art game ready version of the Bad Moon projectile the Diner Boss will fire at the player.

The latest hand-drawn concept sketch to game ready pixel art asset created by Andy. This will be one of the projectiles you'll have to nimbly avoid in the next boss encounter.

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Pencil and paper sketch of a water tower. On the left side hangs a rickety looking ladder and, on the right, a giant crank that looks like it would be used to pump the water.

Pixel art completed version of the water tower concept art sketch in the previous picture. Water tower is mostly grey with dark shading on the right side to match the sunlight of the game environment. A tinge of orange highlights the windows in the center of the main water container section.

Another update from our artist, Andy, showing the concept to pixel art process. This is another piece that will be part of the next boss encounter we are working on. Anyone figured out who the boss will be yet? Check out our previous post for a hint.

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Pencil and paper sketch of a scarecrow. His spindly body is comprised of straw, and he is holding a menacing looking pitchfork. An angular shaped hat can cape create a sharp silhouette as he walks forward.

Pixel art version of the scarecrow that was sketched out in the concept art. Bright orange background contrasts with the black and dark grey colors of the scarecrow. Spindly legs and arms keep the silhouette consistent from the concept art but the scarecrow is no longer holding the pitchfork.

Our artist, Andy, has been working on some characters for our next boss encounter. Here is an example of how he goes from a hand drawn sketch to a pixel art version of the scarecrow. Any guesses to what literary classic the next boss is based on?

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Dracs After Dusk Demo Gameplay YouTube video by gocalibergaming

We feared our Armory Boss was too difficult, but it was incredibly inspiring to see GoCaliberGaming not only defeat the big baddie but go on to beat our Steam demo by clearing the first six waves! Gameplay footage in the link. 🤠🧛‍♂️

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Dracs After Dusk - Official Trailer YouTube video by Indie Games Hub

We are thrilled that our Dracs After Dusk game trailer has been posted by Indie Games Hub on their YouTube channel. It would mean a lot to us if you gave it a watch! 🧛🤠

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GODOT vs UNITY - 5 Devs COMPETE to Make a Game! YouTube video by LazyTeaStudios

Thank you to @lazyteastudios.bsky.social for inviting us to one of his Pass The Game Challenges! We had a blast working on this Christmas special episode 🎄🎅🎁

Check it out at the link below!
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Dracs After Dusk Demo on Steam Dracs After Dusk is an arcade, top-down shooter. Blast through bloodsuckers as the sharp shootin’ sheriff of a wild west town. Battle the deadliest bosses, claim weapons from the Armory to fuel your l...

Dracs After Dusk - Demo Update

We have an exciting update to our demo playable now on Steam. 🤠🆚🧛

Badge System - Unlock upgrades to progress further in your runs!

Scoring Revamp - Now obtain scoring bonuses from multikills!

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Making some progress! We migrated to Steam Leaderboards because the old backend service we were using for leaderboards shut down their servers 😢

How was the sound effects implementation?

Fixing our leaderboard back end!

Silky smooth camera transitions, love it! 👍

Promotional image for Steam's Scream IV Fest which features games with a Halloween vibe to them. The announcement says the festival which includes demos and discounts on featured games will run between Oct 27 and Nov 3, 2025. The box art for indie game Dracs After Dusk is featured on the far right of the image. The player protagonist cowboy is brandishing his two pistol revolvers as a spooky moon rest on the horizon behind him.

Halloween might be over but there are still some spooky games to check out in Steam's Scream IV Fest 👻🎃 Our indie game, Dracs After Dusk, has a demo we invite you to try and let us know what you think!

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Banner for Steam Next Fest October that says "come check out our game demo during Next Fest Oct 13 through 20" The far right shows that box art for Dracs After Dusk which features the protagnist orange mustached cowboy with pistols drawn in front of a frontier, western town. A moon is largely visible in the horizon as well as some wooden slat buildings like a saloon to the far right.

Two more days of NextFest but fear not we will keep Dracs After Dusk demo playable after the festival is over.
Any other NextFest demos you have played that you recommend we check out?

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We appreciate you taking a look Josh! 😃

Absolutely! I have your BlueSky account followed so I'll get a notification when you stream and will be happy to RT 👍

We really appreciate the streamers that play indie games and demos 🙏

It also appeared at the time that we both were first learning computer programming. I remember we looked at each other like "you know maybe we just aren't capable of learning this thing they call coding" 😆

My brother and I have a yearly chuckle reminiscing about this 😁

Dracs After Dusk on Steam Dracs After Dusk is an arcade, top-down shooter. Blast through bloodsuckers as the sharp shootin’ sheriff of a wild west town. Battle the deadliest bosses, claim weapons from the Armory to fuel your l...

Hey there Rook Rules! 😃 We are a three brother indie game dev team with our first game's demo, Dracs After Dusk, currently entered in NextFest. If you would like to try it out and let us know what you think we would be thrilled. 😁

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P.S. We fixed the Armory Boss so he doesn't reappear on top of your head 😁 I felt awful when I saw that happen to you.

Dracs After Dusk on Steam Dracs After Dusk is an arcade, top-down shooter. Blast through bloodsuckers as the sharp shootin’ sheriff of a wild west town. Battle the deadliest bosses, claim weapons from the Armory to fuel your l...

That being said, it feels wrong to ask someone that already tried the demo to play it again even with the changes. However I've seen you ask about NextFest demos. So if you are interested in seeing the changes an updated version can be found here.
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Hi Josh! I have been hesitant to mention our demo in NextFest, Dracs After Dusk, because you kindly gave it a try a few months ago. You highlighted some major frustrations that we worked to fix. The demo in NextFest includes as many of those changes as we could complete.

Howdy y'all! We are delighted to announce that our Dracs After Dusk demo is playable in Steam Next Fest. If you fancy blastin' away some bloodsuckers, give it a try and let us know what you think!

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Thank you so much! 😊

You got six vampires? I got six silver bullets. -- Dracs After Dusk by OliveHillStudios YouTube video by IndyGameGarage

The most exhilarating and horrifying part of indie game dev is watching people play your game for the first time 😅

Thankful for lovely YouTubers like IndyGameGarage that give us a chance!
Here is their video playing our Dracs After Dusk demo.
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Dracs After Dusk on Steam Dracs After Dusk is an arcade, top-down shooter. Blast through bloodsuckers as the sharp shootin’ sheriff of a wild west town. Battle the deadliest bosses, claim weapons from the Armory to fuel your l...

If there is still room we would love to join!

We are a 3 brother team working on Dracs After Dusk 🤠🆚🧛‍♂️
Here is our Steam Page with demo 😁
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Dracs After Dusk - Steam Next Fest Trailer YouTube video by Baugy

We’re gearing up for Steam Next Fest this October with a brand new gameplay trailer!

If Dracs After Dusk looks like your kind of game & up your alley, feel free to wishlist on Steam 🙏 If not, all good!

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Audio options menu for Dracs After Dusk, an Olive Hill Studios game that will have an updated demo released for October Next Fest. This version uses many of the Godot default UI elements such as the horizontal slider with its plain circle grabber icons.

Audio options menu for Dracs After Dusk, an Olive Hill Studios game that will have an updated demo released for October Next Fest. This version is updated with custom skull icons for the audio sliders and the spacing and organization is better in the menu.

Working on some small polish tasks for Dracs After Dusk as Next Fest approaches faster than one of our bloodthirsty vampire enemies...🧛

Here is a comparison of our Audio Options Menu before and after today's work session. What little pieces of polish are you working on for Next Fest?
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The Sheriff's Loot Chest screen shows three badges with skulls prominently featured in the middle of them. The badges can be chosen by the player that will offer upgrades to help you survive longer in your run. The names of the badges are "Gunsmith's Blueprints", "A Seven Shooter?" and "Tumbleweed" The effects of the badges are hidden to build player anticipation.

As we gear up for Steam Next Fest, we are excited to preview our new "sheriff badge" system in a special Dracs After Dusk demo that will run during the festival. Unlocking badges will give you upgrades to extend your survival. Can you guess what three badges below do?

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We are joining October NextFest as well! Working as much as possible to polish the final demo too 😃 Let's finish strong!

darkside's Playing Dracs After Dusk by Olive Hill Studios! YouTube video by darkside (buddy club)

One of our favorite streamers, @buddyclub.bsky.social , took our updated Dracs After Dusk demo for a second spin and had some epic runs + boss battles! 🤠🧛‍♂️

Video is on their YouTube channel to check out! You may find some helpful boss strategies 👀
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LIVE @ 11am EST - darkside is BACK from a long hiatus (moving is the worst) and he's revisiting a few indies from our favorite developers! Come hang out over at twitch.tv/darkside_bc

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