#Just wrapped a new trailer for Shop Crush.

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https://youtu.be/LX0p4XvHWEc?feature=shared

Run a mysterious shop.
Meet odd customers.
Uncover the secrets they hide.

It’s a story-rich Visual Novel where you run a shop, unravel literal illusions, and reveal your customers’ darkest secrets.

Engine: UE4

Kyiv-based indie game studio Bsl Team presents the new trailer for Shop Crush.

Shop Crush blends Visual Novel, Shop Simulator, and Psychological Horror elements with economic strategy, where every decision matters and every customer holds their own secrets.

In this game, you:

• Manage your Thrift Shop: meet new clients, buy products, and ba...

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worldly coyote
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Here are some screenshots of my progress on the project so far

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worldly coyote
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Adding a bit of info about the characters:

Leslie
A poor customer who usually buys trash. Sometimes, you may get a good offer from them. You will always have a small profit if you sell them cheap stuff for a tiny margin.

Chelsea
This customer likes shiny stuff and may overpay for it. If you balance profit and reputation, you may succeed. If you decline to serve Chelsea, your shop's reputation will improve.

Brinley
A Coupon Hunter customer. Likes good deals and cheap items. Brinley guarantees you a small margin of income.

Zoe
A highly passionate customer with unique values. Zoe likes people who agree with them. If you agree, Zoe might give you generous payback regarding profits and reputation.

Casey
An inspector playing their own game. They might confiscate some of your items, demanding a fine. If you refuse to pay, it will save you money, but not your reputation.

worldly coyote
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Long time no see!

Adding more characters...

Alex
Entrepreneurs can rarely influence a mayor, though they enjoy good price talks. Negotiations are what made them mayors.

Nata
They might buy simple groceries to hide the offshore activity. Or make a fake purchase to exploit their taxes. Sometimes, they buy regular geek stuff and threaten to take down your store for fun.

Sibs
These sibs only look similar. They have opposite tastes and disagree with each other all day! Because of their unpredictability, they could be valuable clients for either profit or reputation gain.

Kaycey
A prominent therapist and authoritative customer. They know how to manipulate sellers very well. If you refuse to serve them, they will take revenge. Aside from destroying your reputation, they will make you sell extra cheaply.

Mx Malkoff
Highly intelligent, careful, and delicate buyer. Claire has exquisite taste and expects things to impress them. Claire likes their favorites and is willing to sponsor them greatly. Rare to visit, though.

worldly coyote
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We're on the Women's Day Sale!

To celebrate it, we are conducting a playtest for Shop Crush. Sign up if you are interested.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2961120/Shop_Crush/

Own a Mysterious Shop
Shop Crush is a hybrid Visual Novel, where you connect with customers, learn their characters, and untangle the dark, Literal Illusion puzzles about them.

Manage Clients and Reputation

Release Date

2026

worldly coyote
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Hi all!

I'm sharing great news: we've finally removed AI art from the game (it was previously in the illusions mechanic). But now even illusions are hand-painted by our artist.

brave robin
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Can we talk in DM?

worldly coyote
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Please reach out by email and include your proposition

Good morning, friends!

Over the past couple of weeks, we've been busy working on a playtest build for everyone interested.

So far, we've added great improvements to the game:

  • Updated the character arts - added more details, shadows, and improved their designs
  • Improved the UX and UI for better readability and clarity
  • Improved the character and game balancing to remove dominant strategies
  • Added customer fatalities - they do it to the player now
  • Full rework of illusions - now all illusion images are replaced with those made with AI to human-made art!
  • Made characters more alive - improved their bios, added reactions, and new details to their traits
  • Fully reworked the chapters in the story

P. S. The playtest will start next Friday evening EST.

See you there!

(Image of the new chapter system)

worldly coyote
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Hi everyone! The playtest has started.

If you want to join, let's go!

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