Deluge: Sermon for the Dead — patch notes and updates
Stored observation / content update:
Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Big Update; All AI-art Placeholders Have Been Replaced | 2026-03-29 | Over the years since release, we've been gradually replacing all AI-art placeholders from the game with human drawn art. This update completes that process, meaning that all game assets are now 100% human made. In this forum post, I will provide a gallery of removed AI-art for archival purposes: https://steamcommunity.com/app/2186980/discussions/0/800091475572647479/ Aside from this this, we've also implemented improvements to the user interface. Cheers, and thank you for playing our games 🍻 lain socah.org |
| Deluge Raintime Demo is Participating in Next Fest! | 2026-02-23 | We've just released a big update to the Deluge: Raintime demo. This update includes: - Countless fixes big and small - 19 Steam Achievements - Spanish, Japanese and Russian translations - New and improved artwork https://store.steampowered.com/app/4286390/Deluge_Raintime_Demo/ We've been working tirelessly over the past months to get this game somewhat ready for Next fest, and for that reason we haven't communicated much about the contents of the game. The idea is that Deluge: Raintime will act as both a predecessor and an epilogue to the Deluge Chronicles. This current demo we're releasing contains the first chapter of a story about a colleg |
| Deluge: Mei Ending DLC Out Now! | 2025-10-05 | The Mei Ending DLC for Deluge: Sermon for the Dead is out now! 🍻 This DLC adds a full ending route to the game for Mei's character, including two new endings (1 bad, 1 good ending). This leaves Deluge: SftD with a grand total of ten different endings.Initially, it was our goal to add Mei's ending route to the main game. But due to the workload of making a game of that size, we had to leave her ending out of the completed game. With the inclusion of this DLC, the original vision for the game has been restored.Thank you for following and playing our games! Cheers, lain 🍻socah.org/leaves |
| Game Ready for DLC + Same Game, Smaller Filesize | 2025-10-05 | We fixed the compatibility error that surfaced yesterday. Everything is running well now. Same game, smaller filesize. DLC coming out later today. |
| Rollback due to game breaking error | 2025-10-04 | Due to an mismatch between Renpy and Steam SDK versions we have to rollback this latest release. We'll need a little more time to fix this issue, but hopefully the DLC will release in the next couple of days. |
| Same Game, Smaller Filesize | 2025-10-04 | Same game, smaller filesize. DLC coming later today. |
| Mei Ending DLC Coming Next Week! | 2025-09-28 | The upcoming Mei Ending DLC, that we've been working on since winter, is almost completed. We hope to release it somewhere in the coming week.This DLC will provide a full ending route for Mei, including two new endings (one good, one bad ending). Overall I think it should be roughly 1:30 hours of play time (depending on speed, of course), making it our biggest DLC to date. 🍺Thanks to everyone for playing and supporting our games,Cheers, lainsocah.org/leaves |
| Massive Update — Many Improvements | 2025-05-17 | After many weeks of development, we've published a grand update to Deluge: Sermon for the Dead. The main improvements are: A Spanish translation has been added. We made huge improvements to the Japanese and Chinese translation of the game. We improved lots of background art in Rika's ending. We replaced the majority of AI art placeholders that remained in the game. Now, let us drink, Cheers, lain leaves |
| Big Update! | 2024-11-16 | This update includes several GUI improvements and completes a period of cumulative textual changes to the game script and the Russian translation. Thank you for playing our game! Cheers, lain Leaves |
| After Story DLC coming soon! | 2024-10-27 | Somewhere in the coming weeks we'll be publishing an After Story DLC chapter for Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves. Full news article: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1745690/view/4547039255696769686 |
| OST Video out now! | 2024-08-24 | |
| Small bugfixes | 2024-07-15 | Some small bugfixes to the game, plus some larger improvements to the Russian translation. |
| Deluge: Sermon for the Dead is Releasing Now! | 2024-05-17 | Deluge: Sermon for the Dead is leaving early access right now. We'd like to thank everyone who has provided us with feedback, and all players past and present, I hope you enjoy the game! Cheers, lain Leaves |
| Achievements and Bad Endings Added | 2024-05-05 | We have just published the following changes to Deluge: Sermon for the Dead: 13 Achievements have been implemented. 5 bad endings have been added. A number of placeholder artworks have been replaced. We did an extensive script workthrough, improving countless scenes. This is a last update before the full release of the game that will take place later this month. Please let us know if you experience any issues with the current build of the game. Cheers, lain |
| Major Update Released! | 2024-03-24 | We're just done releasing the second major update to Deluge: Sermon for the Dead. This update includes all ending routes and the 3 main good endings to the game, making it about 98% complete content wise. Only the bad endings are missing. We will need about 4 to 8 weeks to finalize the game. This includes: - adding all five bad endings - improving and replacing placeholder artwork - full script workthrough - rewrite of select scenes - general polishing and improvement The current plan is to have the full release out in May (or June) 2024. Thank you for all your feedback and for playing our games! Cheers, lain leaves |
| Game Update Coming This Week! | 2024-03-18 | We'd like to thank you all for your patience. Even though we ran into a few delays, we've currently finished the last updates and bugfixes to the coming update of Deluge: Sermon for the Dead. All we need to do now is some functional playtests, which will take a few days, after that we should be able to release the game. Thank you again for your patience, Cheers, lain, leaves |
| Game Update coming in February! | 2024-02-03 | Just a short update announcing that the next update is currently coming along well. It should be released this month (February). Early March at the latest. This update will contain virtually all game content (95%+), including all good endings. After this update, we will take some time to further complete and polish the game so that we can release a full version. Thanks for your patience and continuous feedback, Cheers, lain Leaves |
| Big Update to Early Access Version! | 2023-11-16 | We'd like to announce a huge update to the early access version of Deluge: Sermon for the Dead! This update finalizes the base section of the game, and adds the majority of the Marisa/Ina ending route. With this update, the game is about 70% done. I'd like to thank you all for your patience. This update was long overdue. We hope to publish our next update early January 2024, bringing the game to about 95% completion. Cheers, lain leaves |
| Large update coming soon! | 2023-10-15 | Thank you for your patience. We'll be publishing a big update to Deluge: Sermon for the Dead somewhere around Halloween. As you may have noticed, the game has become delayed. This is mainly due to the size of the project. When we set out developing, we assumed this would be a 6-8 hour game — but now that we have fully worked out the different routes and plotlines, it will likely be closer to 10-15 hours. As we don't want to rush this game, we've decided to push forward our deadline to early 2024. We'll be adding about 4 hours of gameplay soon, please stay posted, Cheers, lain Leaves |
| Update to script and translation files | 2023-02-26 | Fixed some errors in script and translation files. |
| Deluge: Sermon for the Dead is out in Early Access | 2023-02-14 | Our visual novel project Deluge: Sermon for the Dead is currently releasing in early access. Over the last months we have been working hard to bring this game to a presentable form. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the game. Please consider sending us your feedback via the Steam community hub, or by leaving a review. Currently it is late, I will update you further as soon as possible, Cheers, lain |
| Deluge: Sermon for the Dead store page is live! | 2022-11-10 | We are excited to present the store page for our new visual novel project Deluge: Sermon for the Dead. Born from the myriad unused ideas and plotlines that we developed during the creation of our previous game — Deluge: Threnody of Crashing Waves — this game explores and expands new themes related to the town of Abbotsford and the brooding mysteries that surround it. Sermon for the Dead will be an atmospheric mystery VN filled with political intrigue and lovecraftian horror. We are currently working towards an Early Access release, which is planned to appear somewhere next year. Stay posted, lain Leaves |