To everyone looking forward to the next update for Gensokyo Night Festival,

First of all, we apologize for not posting any updates in September.
We also apologize for the ongoing delay in the release of the next game update.

tea_basira is still working on the game, but we still haven't gotten to a point where we can release a proper update.
However, as you may know, this situation has persisted for a considerable period of time.

Therefore, even though there are still many bugs and unfinished portions, we have decided to release the in-development build as a private beta on Steam to share with you our current development progress.

Important Notice
As announced in this previous Steam News post, when we moved the project to the newest version of Unreal Engine, major bugs were created not just in the new Stage 3, but also in the previously completed and released Stages 1 and 2. Please note that since this is still an in-development build, there are numerous crash bugs, other bugs of varying severity, placeholder assets, and unfinished portions still present.

When we release this private beta, we will share the password for it in a sepeate post. If you want to see our current development progress, you may try the private beta by selecting Gensokyo Night Festival in your Steam library and entering the password in Settings>Properties>Betas."
This in-development version will save in the game install folder instead of the save folder the current public build (updated up to Chapter 2) uses, so even if you have existing save files, the game will start from the very beginning.

We plan to release the in-development version private beta on October 25, 2023 (JST). When the beta goes live, we will announce the password, name of the beta branch, and where to go to start Chapter 3 in-game. We would also greatly appreciate it if you could leave your feedback and impressions of the beta in our Steam Community after playing.

We're terribly sorry for making our Early Access players wait so long for the next update,
but we hope you will continue to support Gensokyo Night Festival.

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To everyone waiting for Gensokyo Night Festival

Thank you very much for supporting the game.

Back in March, we announced that Stage3 is 70% complete. However, we have encountered a new bug, and although tea_basira has been fighting it for a while now, it is very persistent and will likely take some more time to be completely resolved. At the same time, we are also working hard to improve the Stage3 map so that it will be of a satisfying quality.

We are deeply sorry for yet again being unable to provide any information on when the next update will be available. Both PLAYISM and the tea_basira are hard at work trying to make something that will meet everyone's expectations so we can announce it proudly when we're finally ready to share the good news. We apologize for the numerous delays, and we would be very thankful for your continued support and patience.

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To everyone looking forward to Gensokyo Night Festival:

Thank you for your continuous support.

The development of Stage 3 of Gensokyo Night Festival is now 70% complete.

A recent update to the Unreal Engine broke certain parts of the development process, which meant Stage 1 and Stage 2 had to be remade internally, which in turn meant we spent a lot more time than expected on fixing bugs in those stages as well as working on Stage 3.

We're in the home stretch now, though! We apologize for the long wait, but please bear with us for a a little longer, and we hope you will continue to support the project.

Thank you very much for your patience.

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To all players waiting for Gensokyo Night Festival:

Thank you for your continuous support.
As 2022 is coming to an end,
we will take this opportunity to report on the development status of the game.

We had been especially struggling with the frequent crashes that occur on Stage2, but we have since gotten assistance from an expert who works with Unreal Engine, so we have made significant progress in identifying the issues we need to fix.
This has allowed us to finally start tackling the bugs in Stage3.

We are terribly sorry for the long wait, but please bear with us a little longer as we do our best to improve the game.

We wish everyone a very Happy New Year.
We hope to see you all again and bring better news in 2023!

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Dear all,

Thank you for your continuous support for Gensokyo Night Festival. We have received a handwritten apology regarding the development situation from the developer, tea_basira.

”I'm very sorry that the updates for Night Festival are late!! I'll do my best...!”

Thanks to tea_basira's hard work, the game has improved significantly since the last status update, and the game is finally functional. We are currently working hard on the debugging process. We hope that by our next status update, we will be able to announce the date of the next game update.

We are terribly sorry for the long wait, but tea_basira is doing their best and working on the game every day, so please continue to look forward to the development and completion of the game. Thank you for your patience.

Best regards,
PLAYISM

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Hello everyone,

Thank you for playing Gensokyo Night festival.
We apologize for the half-year hiatus since our last announcement.

As mentioned previously, the Unreal Engine update has caused several serious bugs in the game, and we are working day in and day out to fix these issues; however, we are currently and unfortunately still unable to provide you all with a playable build.

On top of the fact that tea-basira has been developing this title all on his own, it's also his first time developing a proper game, so he has requested the support of an Unreal Engine specialist.

We are working on fixing bugs every day, but it's similar to reading a single piece of code, character by character, and we apologize for not being able to announce the status of this project, since nothing new is currently in development.

The development of the game has not been put on hold, and tea-basira is still working hard to complete the game. We greatly appreciate all your patience and support.

We sincerely apologize for any frustration or confusion this situation may have caused.
PLAYISM will make every effort to provide updates as soon as possible, and once again we thank you for your understanding and patience.

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Dear Users,

The development of Stage 3 is almost at the end! However, we identified a significant amount of bugs that, in part, resulted from the Unreal Engine update. Therefore, we have decided to take extra time to allow us to concentrate on fixing up all these bugs. Once that is done, we will proceed to release the update. We apologize for the delay and really appreciate your patience on this matter!

In the meantime, here is a new video of Stage 3 for you!

Thank you very much for your continued support!

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Dear fans,

We have uploaded a video of featuring Stage 3, which is currently being worked on in earnest by tea_basira, please check it out!

Stage 3 character introductions.

Iku Nagae:
Making her debut in this update.
A messenger from the Dragon's Palace who lives between the realm of dragons and the realm of humans.
She has the ability to read the atmosphere and can cause and manipulate lightning.

Tenshi Hinanawi:
Making her debut in this update.
A Celestial from Heaven.
She has the ability to manipulate the Earth and also holds the Sword of Hisou.

The update is planned for this Summer
We hope you are all looking forward to it!

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Thank you for playing Gensokyo Night Festival.

Have you already completed stage 2?
Well we have some good news!
We have pushed out an update that improves the boss fight experience!

• Yuugi has new attacks.
  
• Okuu and Orin have a new combined attack.

We have taken into account all the feedback regarding the key config and have consequently overhauled it and added new features!
*Apologies for the inconvenience but we ask that you reset your key config settings before continuing play.

Also we have implemented several minor bug fixes and adjustments.

We hope you enjoy the improved stage 2!


Thank you for all the votes!
It may take us a while to sort through all the votes as we received way more than expected, we will let you know the results as soon as we can!


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