Hello! The QA phase (in preparation for release) for Descent of the Hunted is well underway, so I'm right on track. This game has been an interesting departure from Veil of Dust (our previous game) in that it focuses 100% on story. Since that's what we consistently heard was the favorite element of VoD, it makes a lot of sense to do a story game. (Link here) The other obvious difference is the genre, although I think horror and VN fans will be a little more primed for the seriousness of the themes than Farm Sim audiences might have been, lol. In any case, I have had my hands full with our new baby and haven't done any promotion, so I hope this game manages to reach players despite that. If you liked VoD, Wishlist Descent of the Hunted, then purchase and review it as close to the release as possible! Reviews help Steam recognize new games as legit. Both Veil of Dust and Descent of the Hunted will be part of the Women's Day Sale coming up at the end of the month. Each highlight and explore different women's experiences in storylines straight from the quill of a female writer, as it were, so I'm confident they'll be great additions. My co-creator for Veil of Dust has also noticed that there's something fundamentally different about our female character designs, noting that they've been totally free of pressures external to the female creator's intentions. That's something special you can only get from tiny, independent teams. Thanks for reading! -Elle

Today's the big day: Veil of Dust is now launched to V1!
Four new romances - for a combined extra replay of around 20 hours - and a variety of other game enhancements await you with the full release update. We hope you have as much fun playing these new story arcs as we had adding them to the game. Thank you so much for your continued support. This has been a labor of love: over three years of effort, with thousands of hours of work on nights, weekends, and days off. Having the motivation to complete this massive project is helped each time we hear that we've touched someone's life in some way. Please continue to let us know (through Steam, Discord, etc) what you think of the game, we love to hear from you! - Elle & Mike

Hello Dusty Pals/ Dust-ites/ Dust heads, We're finally rounding the bend on having all our story content implemented with the remaining 4 romance arcs added, and thus, a full version 1! (Insert trumpet sounds) It's been a colossal project for two people, but we're proud of what we've done, and I, personally, feel good about putting a host of love stories into the world that are healthy, dynamic, and written entirely by a woman. So rarely do we see relationships in games depicted with realistic complexity, but I think that's what makes them feel like a real connection. I'm excited to hear what players think (so don't forget to leave a review, it helps with visibility and we're so tiny, we can use all the help we can get!) As with our early access releases, you can expect a tested release that's been lovingly QA'd by yours truly, so don't feel you have to wait for updates to play. They will be a little slower to come from this point on, but we'll still be tuned in and committed to delivering a crash-free experience. Thanks so much for following our labor of love and we hope it means as much to you as it does to us. -Elle

Hello! The update we mentioned previously is a-go! This brings us up to 2/3 of our full game and such, we're raising the price to $11.99 to be in-line with the amount of content. (The final price will be $15). Go ahead and give it a download, we'd love to hear what you think of the new content! Thanks so much for your support! Feature List: Playable Shane: Shane as a playable character Storyline and visual variations for Shane Town of La Grande and 14+ inhabitants Two small arcs for friend characters for Shane New melee fighting weapon for Shane 1 Romance Storyline for Shane 2 teaser arcs for Shanes other romances Around the homestead: Cows and Chickens Furniture The ability to make dyes and dye furniture Decorations for walls and tables 3 additional crops Many new recipes QOL: Set quick-equip items Sort Inventory Keybinding Better upgrades menu -Elle

Our next big release is coming up fast! As the last post mentions, this release implements Shane as a playable character and realizes our vision of the Fantasy/ History experience split - Shane's adventures focus a lot more on the town of La Grande and its inhabitants, who embody the experiences of the people who lived in that time and place, warts and all. Just as a reminder: You will not be able to access old save files once this release pushes, so finish up anything you want to do now, or don't install the update until you have. This is the message you'll see if you have old files:
What are the next steps for Veil of Dust? Well, in a single word, content. We're going to focus on implementing the remaining 4 romance arcs (Nina, Clara, Arthur and Alysse), which will bring us to the full game as we've envisioned it. After that, we may do some enhancements to features and things like that, but it kind of depend on what happens with sales - We know there's a lot of people that won't touch Early Access games (and I don't blame them - I've bought some EA games that were completely unfun and unplayable) so we're hoping there are some players waiting in the wings for when we leave EA that we'll see convert once that's released. At that point we'll assess how much more we want to commit - We're a two-person team and this is a big game, after all!

Hello steam followers! I hope the dark and dreary part of autumn is offset by the wafting smells of pies and other seasonal treats. What might also offset it? How about a foray into the sun-drenched deserts of Eastern Oregon! That's right, we're officially feature complete and will be starting QA. We're on track for our Dec 11th release goal. Here's the feature list: Playable Shane: Shane as a playable character Storyline and visual variations for Shane Town of La Grande and 14+ inhabitants Two small arcs for friend characters for Shane New melee fighting weapon for Shane 1 Romance Storyline for Shane 2 teaser arcs for Shanes other romances Around the homestead: Cows and Chickens Furniture The ability to make dyes and dye furniture Decorations for walls and tables 3 additional crops Many new recipes QOL: Set quick-equip items Sort Inventory Keybinding Better upgrades menu Also: If you have an old save file it will not work after you download the new release so please finish any playthroughs you want to complete in the next few weeks. I'm excited to see what you all think of being in Shane's head instead of being his sibling! Thanks for your continued support and make sure to share us with any friends who might be interested!

Check out the highlight reel of last week's Winter release preview below. And tell me if you'd rather the highlight reels be straight informative or if you like the editing jokes. Also, do you prefer our faces are in the stream? From the creating side, I could take it or leave it, but when I watch streams I like when the person's face is in it, so let me know. [previewyoutube=cQZpZv08A4g;full][/previewyoutube]

Come check out our preview of our heft winter release. We'll be showing playable Shane (The brother character), the historically-inspired town of La Grande, Oregon and its denizens, New house layout and decoration features, and some of the Shane-specific visual variants. We'll be streaming through YouTube, so give it a look with this link: (Or watch below, but I'm not sure that'll update live? Let's find out together.) [previewyoutube=uT7mcLR_HAU;full][/previewyoutube]

We're going to be featured in the Dreamhack Beyond indie Showcase and we'll be streaming in celebration! Come and hang out with us on Sat, Oct 15th at 10am Eastern Standard Time. We'll be showing a few preview features for the upcoming release, scheduled for late November (such house decoration, Shane as a playable character, a preview of the town). The more viewers, the better our page position, so we'd love to see you there! We'll be sending out the link closer to the event, so keep your eyes peeled for that! Thanks for your support!

For those of you that don't know, our next big release is planned for the end of November. We just thought we'd make a post to update everyone on our progress so far. So far, we've implemented the following:

• The town of La Grande setting is set up, including interiors and exteriors
• Shane is now a playable character
• House Decoration including wall and surface decorations, furniture, and custom colors for dying certain objects.
• There are now multiple save slots
• A new UX for selecting upgrades to the homestead
• Additional things that were a lot of work but would be boring to read about

• A complete romance arc for Shane with Sylvia Wagner, daughter of the Lutheran Pastor
• Teaser romance arcs up to Friend level with Shane's two other romancables
• Multiple townie NPCs
• Stock Animals

We're honored to announce that Veil of Dust: A Homesteading Game was chosen this year for the Tiny Teams fest - a showcase of exceptional games from small studios put on by Yogscast. This festival is such a great opportunity because it captures the original spirit of Indie Gaming - small teams of people brimming with passion for their projects who have the leeway to experiment and bring fresh ideas to gaming. Bigger games and teams can make impressive technical lifts, but they also have numerous stakeholders and pressure that guide their creative processes. Sometimes not always for the better. I've always said of Veil of Dust that we truly have one thing a AAA studio can never bring players - a 100% woman-lead creative effort. There will be a hub page up on steam through which steam users can discover upcoming games developed by small studios, with some Tiny Teams alumni, such as Peglin and Escape Simulator, later going on to achieve great success. Many of the games will also be streamed on Yogscast's channel over the course of the festival. Veil of Dust will also be going on sale in celebration - If you've been waiting for a push, next week is your best bet until the next big release in November! Hope to see you all there! -Elle

Veil of Dust is now available for Linux! This has been successfully tested using 20.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS. As a longtime Linux user myself, I'm very pleased to make this available now. Please let us know if you run into any issues.

Several bug fixes and ability to take screenshots 1. Fixed an issue where the game could crash if you went to the river encampment with Shane. 2. Fixed an issue where it was sometimes possible to try to leave the house, and instead walk around in the dark space without going to the homestead. 3. Fixed an issue where two cutscenes would incorrectly trigger on the same night 4. Fixed a rare issue where pressing the keys in a very certain combination under specific circumstances could cause a crash when crafting. 5. Adds the ability to take Steam screenshots.

Thanks to everyone for playing our game on the first day and submitting reports to us! For all of the number of hours players have put in so far, we're happy to only have seen a handful of items submitted. The latest build includes the following fixes: 1. Fixes a bug where standing on certain edges of the river-room tent can cause Aine's commentary to run on repeat 2. Fixes a bug where hugging Shane on the edge of a screen can cause a crash 3. Fixes a bug where coordinates from an unfinished cutscene would cause Aine to walk off to unexpected places after subsequent cutscenes, frequently getting stuck 4. Fixes an issue where save files started on the Demo don't have the axe head when starting a new game 5. Fixes an edge-case bug where multiple cutscenes would attempt to run simultaneously, causing a crash 6. Fixes a bug where climbing at certain edges of the screen could cause Aine to get stuck climbing in place.

It's launch day, which means Veil of Dust is now live for sale on Steam now! The most helpful thing a fan can do is to buy a copy and review it ASAP. It really helps a small team like ours gain visibility. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1593170/Veil_of_Dust_A_Homesteading_Game/ Secondarily, we'll take this opportunity to remind you there's going to be an online Launch Party on July 2nd at 10:00am. We'll be doing some streaming, some games, and some general hanging out. Set a reminder now by clicking through this link (https://youtu.be/BQx9Y1b73MI), or simply click through when it's time. It's been a long and amazing journey - we couldn't do it without your support. Thanks for coming along and helping us get this far. - Mike & Elle

Come check out the co-devs Mike and Elle play their labor-of-love on Day 1 of Steam Next Fest. They'll be showing chapter one and show casing many of the features including crafting, cooking, farming, hunting, foraging, base building, and socializing with NPCs.

Come check out the co-devs Mike and Elle play their labor-of-love on Day 1 of Steam Next Fest. They'll be showing chapter one and show casing many of the features including crafting, cooking, farming, hunting, foraging, base building, and socializing with NPCs.

Just a brief announcement - We now have an estimated play time for the EA Build (26 - 35 hours for the main storyline content, the spouse storyline content, and obtaining all the available upgrades for the homestead). 26 hours would be for an ultra-optimizing player and 35 hours would be those who like to vibe a little more. Ultra-optimizers who play on Casual Mode may get through everything a little quicker than 26 hours.
Other updates include more visual diversity in textures, a ton more features and quality-of-life updates, and obviously the storyline content. We also surpassed 1000 wishlists at some point in the past! Hooray! This is important because it tells steam that people are anticipating the game and it prioritizes it higher in the algorithm and shows it to more players who might be interested. Thank you for your support and we look forward to finally sharing our vision in the June 23rd release of Veil of Dust: A Homesteading Game! -Elle

Come tell the developer which dialog options to pick! We'll be showing some storyline content exclusive to the full version, plus a number of features and quality-of-life improvements. [previewyoutube=riJttahourg;full][/previewyoutube]

Weve been working hard over here at Calamity Bay Games and are happy to say that most of the story content and features are implemented into the Early Access build. Heres some of what weve finished adding:

• The entire main storyline centered around the siblings
• More capabilities for Shane like doing farm chores and buy/selling things in town
• An optional starting tutorial
• Full NPC relationship functionality
• All of ines Romance-ables story arcs up to friendship level
• Ability to befriend and obtain one pet
• New crafting station upgrades
• Three levels of house upgrades, including various furniture
• Quality of Life updates like a map and story hint trigger

Streaming Event on YouTube:

Join us on Youtube here tonight at 8PM EST: https://youtu.be/tFGPZlnFPyU - Hope you all join us and GET DUSTY!

Veil of Dust: A Homesteading Game's public demo is set to be released next week on October 12, 2021. Players can expect 2-3 hours of gameplay surviving in the historical deserts of the Oregon frontier. Fans of crafting, exploration and quippy writing with underlying depth will especially find a lot to like in this charmingly hand-crafted farm sim, developed by a husband-and-wife team over the past year. Mechanics include crafting, farming, foraging, hunting, fighting and more. https://youtu.be/WdE7OgEFtyc ine and Shane Callahan, the game's protagonists, are second-generation Irish-American siblings dropped by circumstance into the unforgiving deserts of the 1860's frontier after a catastrophic journey over the Oregon Trail. Join them as they navigate the challenges of building a homestead in such a sparse environment and as they journey beyond the veil to discover a world of magic, fae kingdoms, and dangerous monsters. Casual Mode will be accessible to those new to management and survival mechanics, or those who are looking to engage more in the crafting and story aspects. Moderate Mode is for experienced survival game players who are looking for more of a challenge. Interested players should wishlist and can join the discord community to help guide the development of the game by providing feedback or join the mailing list for updates right in their inbox. Streamers who would like to request an early-access key can contact the developers here (Your youtube page will be reviewed prior to key distribution). The press kit can be found here.

Get a Key! Beta Testing for the demo is opening today! We're looking to get feedback on game balance and the overall "fun factor". To get a key, join our discord here: https://discord.gg/yUpEeFCKTb and post that you'd be interested in testing. This test will run for ~10 days (and keys may be retracted at that point). Not sure yet? Check out our Live Steam Highlight Reel here: [previewyoutube=6r1QFgVukgM;full][/previewyoutube] Game Description: A story-driven, historically-grounded Farm Sim exploring life after loss. Survive in a sparse landscape and find new meaning through your adventures. Make peace with the past and forge a new future by building relationships, creating a new home, and discovering a world beyond the veil. Features: Farm, Forage, & Hunt to Survive Living in the desert isn't easy, but the magical abilities that force the protagonists to isolate themselves also helps them make the most of the environment. Farm, forage, and hunt to scrape by in the sparse desert of Eastern Oregon. Unravel a Mystery Guide Shane and ine through the twists and turns of their search for answers about the monster attacks that threaten their fragile livelihood. Where will this undertaking lead these unlikely adventurers? Forge Relationships Survival isn't just about finding food and shelter. It's also about making life worth living. The support and attention of loved ones, romantic and otherwise, will bolster your spirit and give you strength. Fight & Prevail A homesteader isn't usually well-equipped for armed struggle, but desperate times call for desperate measures. Stand shoulder-to-shoulder with your sibling to defend your homestead against magical monsters. Cook & Craft Frontier cuisine is more about filling bellies than making an impression - scrape together what you can to conquer scarcity. Overcome challenges with tools and handicrafts that you create.

Hi everyone. We're excited to announce that our next milestone will be a playable demo on Steam! It will include everything that was shown on our recent livestream, as well as additional storyline content, new items and forageables, UX enhancements, and difficulty settings! We received a lot of positive feedback on our livestream, and we're looking forward to letting players get their hands on the game.

Hello everyone! The stream of our first "Chapter" is upon us! Click the link below to join us or set up a reminder and check out the farming, fighting, foraging, crafting, cooking and story events we have to show! Culminates in a boss fight!

Stream Link Here

Hello everyone! We're very excited to announce we'll be holding our first streaming event in one week - on Sunday, the 23rd of May at 11:00am PST! As the title suggests, we'll be showing the first 7-ish game days, which we think will give you all a really good idea of the game in its entirety. You'll get to see the daily game loops as well as some of the bigger goals and pursuits that the final game will afford. [previewyoutube=YDRtsmXvUEw;full][/previewyoutube] You'll also get to know the characters and start to understand their conflicting worldviews as they grapple with the much more pressing appearance of a magical threat. [previewyoutube=nZwpgzs9wnU;full][/previewyoutube] We'll be answering questions and taking requests on what to see during the stream, but if you want to ask ahead of time and get your questions worked into the plan, join our discord here and post in the give-us-feedback channel. The discord is also where you'll get the quickest updates and generally be able to give us feedback and guide development. We'll also be drawing our beta testers from here, so we hope to see you there. To attend the stream, click the link below to set up a reminder on YouTube to alert you when the event goes live. Alternatively, you could just follow that link after the stream has started.

Stream Link Here