This is the final day for big discounts on Long Live The Queen and other titles!

Extra discounts available if purchased with other Hanako Games titles. Enjoy!

As for the project in development, if you follow the Hanako Games Patreon, a few pictures of our next princess have been posted in the top secret tier. Still holding off on public reveals until some actual GUI is ready so that proper-looking screenshots can be made (so far we've been designing TONS of different characters and writing, writing, writing, writing. So many wacky plotlines possible based on who you choose to pursue as an ally!)

Happy Christmas to all who celebrate!

This year has come with many highs and lows. For this game specifically, we celebrated our 10-year anniversary, put out a bunch of exciting bonus art, released the console version, and talked about the sequel in development... and Queen Elizabeth died, making the theme song now officially "God Save The King."

If you're interested in finding out more secrets from the behind-the-scenes development of the future Princess Zorana, visit the hanakogames patreon. But fear not, all good things come to those who wait and with luck we'll have more public to say about the game next year! (Right now it's mostly writing, writing, writing, writing, which doesn't make for interesting pictures to show off.)

Long Live The Queen and all other Hanako Games titles are now on discount for the Steam Winter Sale. Enjoy!

We've put out a small update addressing some compatibility issues related to recent Steam DLL changes.

This should only affect Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck users. Windows users build numbers will not update.

See this thread for more information: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/251990/discussions/0/6682809959402975006/

If you were having crash problems earlier, please try this build and see if it's fixed. If you're having any other difficulties with the game please let us know!

In other news, the console version of LLTQ is currently discounted on most stores for the Christmas sale, so if you haven't already picked that up, now is a great time to score a bargain! As for the Steam sales, well, hold tight, that's coming soon...

The game is now available for download on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox (One and Series S|X) in multiple languages (English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese)

Some useful store links:

https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/long-live-the-queen/9pm1c5m5w8fm

https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/long-live-the-queen-switch/

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0891-PPSA08322_00-RGLONGLIVETHEQUE

https://store-jp.nintendo.com/list/software/70010000054491.html

(Or just check the relevant store for your region)

Long Live The Queen is scheduled to release on consoles next week, July 15 2022!

The game will be available for download on PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox (One and Series S|X) in multiple languages (English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese)

For more information see the Ratalaika Games twitter!

A few more pieces of bonus artwork for you to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the game:

Royal Elodie, by mimimonart[mimimonart.tumblr.com]

Military Elodie, by Sukizukilzuna

Lumen Elodie, by nemi

And of course, Long Live The Queen and our other offerings are available as part of the Steam Summer Sale:

(Art by acchanBD)

This month is not just the Platinum Jubilee, it also marks ten years since the first full release of Long Live The Queen (on the Hanako Games website - it didn't come to Steam until later). What a journey it's been! So many princesses murdered!

To celebrate, this week (Jun 13-20) we've set up our largest ever weekly Steam discount on LLTQ, so if any of your friends don't have the game yet, this is the best time to give them delicious gifts of chocolate. We've also commissioned a few pieces of bonus artwork, like the above, which should be dropping during the month.

So, what is coming in the future for LLTQ?

First, as some of you already know, a while back it was announced that Ratalaika Games would be porting the game to consoles. While I do not have a final release date yet, I currently expect that to happen sometime this year. Stay tuned (here, or on my twitter, or on their twitter) for more news as soon as it's available!

Second, yes, we are working on another game in the series. I can't show you pictures because right now everything is in a text-only phase, getting set up with dozens of skills, characters, quests, and events where unexpected talents might mean the difference between victory and defeat. (Using Wrestling to suplex a giant lizard? Using Contortion to hide inside a filing cabinet? Sure, why not!)

The working title for now is Long Live The Queen: Galaxy Princess Zorana. You are the pampered daughter of a mighty emperor (think Flash Gordon and Ming the Merciless) who unexpectedly comes to power when your father dies in a freak accident. Now you must work to win over your father's underlings and be proclaimed absolute ruler before someone else can take your Empire away from you.

Everything is still so early, it's hard to say much, but a few general plans:

* There will be some tie-ins to the first game, and you will probably get to mention how your Elodie turned out, but Elodie will not actually appear, as we're well into the future.
* You can still have a pet falcon! (But this time it will be made of metal.)
* It will be much easier to marry a female character and have heirs with her if you want. It's the future, we have the technology.
* It is likely that there will be a Kickstarter campaign eventually, but I need to do a LOT of internal development and testing first to ensure that this game design works before making it pretty enough to show anything public, so don't expect that this year. The game and story I have in mind is exciting but complicated and I want to be sure I'm bringing you the best.

Right now everything is subject to change! I'll bring you more news as soon as it's possible, but there's only one of me writing all these convoluted plotlines, so it does take a while. ːtxhappyː

The latest release from Hanako Games:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1743080/Night_Cascades/

Read the story and solve the mystery, with a few minigames to hunt for clues and interrogate suspects. Can Jackie and Diane find the truth about the crimes - and each other?

Happy Christmas to all who celebrate!

It's been another rough year for a lot of people, so here's hoping that the new year brings some better luck. (And also some exciting news for the future of LLTQ! Things are in motion, but nothing I can talk about right now.)

Long Live The Queen and all other Hanako Games titles are now on discount for the Steam Winter Sale. Enjoy!