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Dark Fantasy Sanator: Scarlet Scarf Begins Steam Demo

Serafim Onishenko, a book author and experienced narrative designer, announces the release of the demo of his indie game — Sanator: Scarlet Scarf. Scarlet Scarf is a visual novel inspired by the legend of Plague Maiden. Dive into the dark mysteries of a dying city with the fate of Sanator Richard Murdock in your hands.

Perhaps it’s not too late to stop the on-going calamity…

This niche, narrative-based project in the dark fantasy genre is intended to fill the void in the market of videogames heavily focused on storytelling, according to its developers.

“Our goal is to create original games for those who appreciate atmosphere a little more than gameplay mechanics.” ― Ignis Sanat manifesto. The free demo is available on Steam for PC, Mac and Linux. The game is planned to be released in March 2019.

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John has spent his journalism career covering just about everything, from small-town meetings and crime scenes to Capitol Hill and the U.S. Congress. He got his start writing about games and technology with a computer column called On the Chip Side, which grew to more than 1 million in circulation and ran in newspapers across several states. Today, John is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Newsweek and many other publications, and he writes a regular technology and government column for Nextgov/FCW and hosts security and educational webinars for FedInsider. He is also the founder of the Tech Writers Bureau and the chief editor of GameIndustry.com. He still loves disappearing into games, whether that means crawling through Baldur’s Gate dungeons deep into the night or planning one more big offensive in the latest wargame.