Studio Ephua

24/09/2025

We're taking part in the Fall In Love visual novel festival! Live now until October 1st. Join us in celebrating over 200 romance-themed visual novels on Steam!

🫶 https://cutt.ly/3rCTu7j3

In Ashes is a LGBT+ medieval fantasy adventure visual novel RPG where you must balance heroism and survival with rest, burn out, and trust. Inspired by Dragon Age, Robin Hobb, Arthurian legends & Frieren.

Wishlist now for:

🥰 Both male and female love interests.
🐉 Dragons
🤝 The option to only pursue friendships, rather than romance.
🏳️‍🌈 Choice of gender and name for the protagonist.
🏰 Multiple ending epilogues! Romantic and otherwise.
🗣️ A buildable personality system that NPCs and the world around you react to.
🧌 Monsters of various degrees of morality and hotness.
🎨 Quality writing and art.
🐦‍⬛ An underlying sense of existential dread.

It’s time to step into the boots of a weary, former hero. 🌙

23/08/2025

Less than 24 hours left for developers to submit their games to the first ever Choose Wisely Festival!

The Choose Wisely Festival is a choice-based narrative games celebration focused on featuring the delightful craft of branching narratives!

The form for submissions closes Sunday 11:59PM GMT.

https://choosewiselyfestival.carrd.co

23/08/2025

Less than 24 hours left for developers to submit their games to the first ever Choose Wisely Festival!

The Choose Wisely Festival is a choice-based narrative games celebration, focused on featuring the delightful craft of branching narratives!

The form for submissions closes Sunday 11:59PM GMT.

There has been over 500 submissions of wonderful narrative games already!

More info in the link below.
https://choosewiselyfestival.carrd.co

What is the Choose Wisely Festival?
The Choose Wisely Festival is a new festival celebrating classic, upcoming, and recently released choice-based narrative games.

Learn more in the FAQ: https://choosewiselyfestival.carrd.co/

The Choose Wisely Festival is a choice-based narrative games celebration.

06/06/2025

🌊The Steam sale is LIVE! Head over now to grab some mega bargains, and browse upcoming games like our fantasy adventure visual novel 'In Ashes', all while supporting ’s work to create safe seas for 🐳 & 🐬!
🎮 Buy now > https://bit.ly/WODSale25
Wishlist In Ashes: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3434420/In_Ashes/

WDC is the leading global charity dedicated to the protection of whales and dolphins.

The ocean covers almost 3/4 of our blue planet and is home to most of the 90 or so species of whales, dolphins and porpoises. But for all its beauty, the ocean can be a dangerous place for whales and dolphins. Bycatch, or entanglement in fishing gear, is the biggest threat whales and dolphins face. More than 300,000 die in nets or get tangled up in fishing gear every year.
By supporting WDC’s Steam sale this year you will help them continue their vital conservation projects across the globe as well as funding a brand-new project to retrieve lost fishing gear from the sea.

08/03/2025

The Itch.Io page for In Ashes is available!

Step into the boots of a weary, burnt out hero, and face the life you left behind.

You were a hero once before, but what kind of hero will you be now?

🎮 studioephua.itch.io/in-ashes

Don't forget to add to your collections, play the demo, & leave a rating!

07/03/2025

🎉 We’re part of the Steam Visual Novel Festival! 🎉

To celebrate, we’ve released a short alpha teaser for In Ashes!

Why don't you take a peek? Oh, and while you're there, say hi to Emi would you? 👋

Play & wishlist now! 👉 s.team/a/3434420

Sale and Fest ends this weekend!

05/03/2025

Join us now on IGN as we take part in the Dames 4 Games Spring Showcase with our brand new announcement teaser trailer! Tune into IGN, Gamespot, and D4G March 5, 12PM PT.

Our newly announced game, In Ashes will be alongside special guests, developer spotlights, and legends in gaming!

The Dames 4 Games Spring Showcase will be available to watch at:

Twitch: Dames 4 Games: https://www.twitch.tv/dames4games
Twitch: MIX: https://www.twitch.tv/mediaindieexchange
Twitch: IGN: https://www.twitch.tv/ign
Youtube: IGN: https://www.youtube.com/live/EyeDP_FeTeg
Youtube: Dames 4 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Yw5B4Y9W0
Youtube: GameTrailers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCKcTARnPKs

05/03/2025

Join us later today on IGN as we take part in the Dames 4 Games Spring Showcase with our brand new announcement teaser trailer! Tune into IGN, Gamespot, and D4G March 5, 12PM PT.

Our newly announced game, In Ashes, will be alongside special guests, developer spotlights, and femme legends in gaming!

28/02/2025

📜 You have one (1) unexpected adventure!

Intoducing In Ashes—a choice-driven fantasy visual novel about adventurers, monsters, and legends.

An unexpected quest has reached your sleepy town. Once again, you must raise your weapon and step into the boots of a weary, burnt out adventurer. When faced with a choice, what kind of hero will you be?

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

Inspired by Frieren, Robin Hobb, The Witcher Book series, Arthurian tales, and all fantasy media that tugs at your heart strings.

✨ Wishlist now on Steam! https://shorturl.at/zQKla

19/01/2025

Studio Ephua Announcement Teaser

01/01/2025

Hello, 2025 ✨️

Sorry to have kept you waiting. From now on, things will be very different here.
There's something I can't wait to show you. ✦

So, my only question is: are you ready for a new world to exist?