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Multi-ending escape adventure game Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo will launch for PC via Steam on September 17, publisher WhisperGames and developer Dank Hearts announced.

Here is an overview of the game, via Dank Hearts:

About

Traumatized youth trapped in Noise Scramble City, a labyrinth of their own fears. Amnesiac teens solve puzzles in a multi-ending escape adventure. The only way out of this city is… to remember and overcome your own Noise. Noise’ refers to painful events, traumas, and memories from the past. Doubt, jealousy, foolishness, arrogance, maliciousness, and greed. Each carrying their own Noise, everyone gathers their own memories spread across the city to remember the past. What if the only way out of here is to interact with the painful memories you want to escape from? Can you face your own Noise?

Characters

Zena Yugamizora – “I should be able to do it, just like the hero…!” The hero of this game. An icy superhero team show fan.

Itsuki Hozuki – “So annoying! You’re pissing me off. Go make me a hamburg steak or something.” A boy tormented by jealousy.

Honoka Kirishima – “We’re just strangers. Suspicion is what makes us human.” A stubborn and skeptical girl.

Kaito Shimizu – “Because of this shadowed scar, I was ostracized and labeled a ‘germ’.” A boy filled with self-doubt.

Hiyori Endo – “I’ll do my best with hyper power! Let’s roll the video!” A streamer girl and habitual liar.

Soto Ochibana – “If you’re in, I’ll be here to back you up.” A meddlesome yet honest boy.

Specter – “Noises! Leave it to me!” The Whimsical Watcher of the city.

System

-Escape from locked rooms by solving puzzles using your Noise as clues.

Trapped inside, the teens realize that the room is connected to their past.

By exploring the rooms, they can collect clues and items to help them escape.

Players can explore the stages in the game.

The labyrinth city has many rooms, many are twisted by characters’ inner Noise.

If any objects of interest are found during exploration, players can click to investigate them.

-Noise Analysis: analyze Noise to recall the past.

Find puzzle pieces by exploring to recall ‘Shards of Noise’ that piece together your memory.

By collecting pieces and completing the puzzle, past memories are awakened.

Players must collect Shards of Noise from specific items and objects in the game’s stages.

Each Shard of Noise is associated with a Noise, and when the pieces are combined to complete a puzzle, a memory can be awakened.

By combining the Noise, players gain clues to solving the mystery by understanding the characters’ past.

-Past events are the key to solving the mystery.

By looking at the past in Noise Analysis, players can understand a character’s Noise.

Some of these events are hints and answers that are key to solving the mystery.

Also, by viewing Noise, users will be able to interact with previously unavailable objects, expanding exploration.

Watch a new trailer below.

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City building strategy game The Wandering Village will leave Early Access and launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on July 17, publishers Stray Fawn Publishing and WhisperGames, and developer Stray Fawn Studio announced.

The Wandering Village first launched in Early Access for PC via Steam on September 14, 2022, followed by Game Preview for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Microsoft Store on July 20, 2023.

A physical edition distributed by Serenity Forge will also be available for PlayStation 5 and Switch. The Collector’s Edition will include a copy of the game, a special box, a Washi sticker sheet, a soundtrack download card, a five-inch Onbu succulent pot, a wooden pin set, a cloth poster, an art book, a rubber keychain, and a set of postcards.

Here is an overview of the game, via Stray Fawn Publishing:

About

In a hostile world stricken by toxic spores, a small group of survivors seek shelter on the back of a giant, wandering creature called ‘Onbu’. As the settlement’s new leader, navigate the many dangers this world holds in store, grow your village and, ultimately, ensure the survival of your people and Onbu alike. Provide shelter, food and entertainment for your people. Plan and optimize production chains. Make sure your village is prepared for changing climates and environmental hazards. Take the opportunity to forage the world for treasures and rare resources. Overcome great odds in a poisoned post-apocalyptic world. And decide how to live with the gentle giant: will you form a symbiotic relationship based on mutual trust, or will you become a parasite and exploit Onbu, taking whatever you want? The choice is yours to make.

Key Features

Survive Together – Expand and optimize your village on the back of a living creature, either as a helper or a parasite.

Keep the Balance – Weigh the needs of the settlers against those of Onbu, facing tough decisions around every corner.

A Changing World – Adapt your strategy as you travel through a multitude of biomes and face new challenges and threats.

New Technologies – Find and research remnants of long-lost technology, but use them wisely, as progress can be a double-edged sword.

Overcome Great Odds – Keep your small village alive through poisonous spores, merciless weather, bloodsucking parasites, and more.

Since its Early Access in 2022, the game has received several major updates:

Story Mode – Adding more lore, quests and a story-based end goal to the game.

Ocean and Ruins Biome – New challenges await in the form of new gameplay mechanics, events and scouting locations.

Reworked Economy – Improved villager management, a reworked research system and balancing tweaks have increased the game’s depth.

Hostility Modifiers – Extra challenges for experienced players.

Gameplay and Content Expansions – Such as trading, parasites, new buildings, resources, Onbu commands and much more.

Controller and Steam Deck Support

Watch a new trailer below.

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Publisher WhisperGames and developer KEIZO will release side-scrolling action RPG ASTLIBRA Revision downloadable content “ASTLIBRA Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist” for Switch on October 17, the companies announced.

The downloadable content first launched for the PC version of ASTLIBRA Revision on February 13.

Here is an overview of the content, via its Steam page:

A side story for ASTLIBRA starring a new female protagonist in a 20-plus hours adventure! Take control of the baker’s reclusive daughter to challenge randomly generated dungeons in a roguelike-style gameplay loop. Strengthen your character with various methods of growth. Use all new magic attacks to beat up your enemies and relieve your stress. Every day she followed the same routine, sweeping away out in front of her family’s store. The shut-in girl could only gaze with longing toward the work done by the town’s heroic Guild. But when the Guild members go missing one day, she has no choice but to throw herself into conflict, chasing after their tracks in order to save her ill little sister.

This is the story of an ordinary girl’s battle.

ASTLIBRA Revision is available now for Switch and PC via Steam.

Watch a new trailer below.

DLC “ASTLIBRA Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist” Switch Release Date Trailer