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On March 17th, indie developer Precatio released an update on Kickstarter regarding their upcoming otome visual novel, Kokorogawari.
In Kokorogawari, the story features three men whom the protagonist has the option to pursue a romance with based on the player’s choices during gameplay. However, Precatio announced the route for Guillam Matisse, one of three love interests in the game, will not be included in Korogawari’s initial release due to complications with the character’s writer.
Kokorogawari is currently planned to launch sometime during June or July 2018. However, Precatio stated that they may add Guillam’s route to the story through a patch at a later date. The routes of the other two love interests, Shinichi Koga and Yuuya Takahara, will still be included in the launch version of the game.
More details regarding the removal of Guillam’s route can be found in the update.
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Kokorogawari is now on Steam Greenlight! Developed by Precatio, Kokorogawari is a romantic drama otome game set in modern day Japan.
A demo for the first two chapters of the game can be downloaded on itch.io.
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Features, via Precatio:
Synopsis:
Matsubayashi Asami is a fourth-year university student who, having seen her mother’s hardships during the divorce thirteen years ago, bears a cynical attitude towards relationships and marriage. Harbouring wounds from the past that may never heal, Asami’s insecurities and fears are laid bare as you dive further into the story.
However, as Asami’s relationships with her cheeky classmate Shinichi, her polite colleague Yuuya or her self-assured art teacher Guillam deepens, she finds that her negative world view frequently gets challenged.
Will new perspectives lead her to happiness or self-destruction?
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The second demo of Precatio’s Kokorogawari is now available on itch.io.
Demo 2 covers chapter 2 of the game, which includes the introduction of love interests Yuuya Takahara and Guillam Matisse. In addition, a new menu theme and an upgraded GUI has been included in the demo.
Kokorogawai is a “romance and human drama” otome game with pre-orders currently open on itch.io.
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The crowdfunding campaign for Precatio’s Kokorogawari, a romance and human drama otome game, is now live on Kickstarter! Pre-orders and a demo are available on Kokorogawari’s itch.io page.
The campaign will run until January 7th. To help promote the campaign, Precatio is currently running a giveaway on Twitter and Facebook until December 3rd where two winners can receive either a deluxe or standard edition of Kokorogawari.
Synopsis:
Spring… Every Spring I remember Mom hugging me in the park as I stared at the blooming sakura trees over her shoulder…
A time when the transient flowers slowly shed their petals, spring has come once again, and is a season filled with memories for Matsubayashi Asami who starts her fourth year at university.
Aware of her mother’s struggles during the divorce thirteen years ago, she is determined to graduate smoothly to finally enter the workforce and repay her mother who raised her single-handedly.
But love is unpredictable, and time and time again, her heart is moved. Through these experiences, will her cynical attitude toward love and marriage change for the better or will it break her further…?
What is forgiveness to her…?
Kokorogawari, a human drama story.
A new version of the demo containing the full first chapter of Precatio’s Kokorogawari, a human drama otome game, is now available on itch.io. The demo contains new additions not found in the previous version including new background music tracks and updates to the UI.
Pre-orders for Kokorogawari are currently open on its itch.io for 22.00 USD.
A Kickstarter is planned to launch around early December 2016.
Synopsis:
Spring… Every Spring I remember Mom hugging me in the park as I stared at the blooming sakura trees over her shoulder…
A time when the transient flowers slowly shed their petals, spring has come once again, and is a season filled with memories for Matsubayashi Asami who starts her fourth year at university.
Aware of her mother’s struggles during the divorce thirteen years ago, she is determined to graduate smoothly to finally enter the workforce and repay her mother who raised her single-handedly.
But love is unpredictable, and time and time again, her heart is moved. Through these experiences, will her cynical attitude toward love and marriage change for the better or will it break her further…?
What, is forgiveness to her…?
Kokorogawari, a human drama story.
Hey all! It’s Jyuuguchi blogging on behalf of Team Precatio! 彡
With a great big ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who has supported us thus far through pre-ordering, helping to spread the word via social media and/or giving us feedback after playing the trial, we are very pleased to announce that we will be starting our funding on Kickstarter very soon!
Before we officially launch our Kickstarter, I want to give everyone out there a sneak preview of the different tiers we would be offering! Do take note and pledge an amount if you are interested in supporting our game! To celebrate our launch, there will be many special Kickstarter-exclusive tiers! So please check it out and support us when our Kickstarter is launched!
A demo of Kokorogawari can be downloaded on itch.io.
In addition to covering the first chapter of the game’s common route, players can also expect the following from the demo:
– An introduction to one of the three love interests, Kogawa Shinichi.
– An insight into our protagonist Matsubayashi Asami’s feelings towards love and relationships in general. It’ll also explore how she shows a different side to different people.
– A golden opportunity to get a feel for the interface, as well as seeing our Dictionary function in action!
– Mac and Linux users, come and join in on the fun- we’ve got you covered as well. =)
– By our estimate, the trial will be about 45 minutes worth of playtime. However, this could end up varying depending upon individual reading speeds.
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Those who enjoyed the demo can pre-order for a discount of either the standard edition for 22 USD (normally 25 USD) or the deluxe edition for 32 USD (normally 35 USD). In addition, those who pre-order will a receive a special, surprise bonus!
Download the demo and pre-order the game here!
After that send the Precatio team feedback on their game on Twitter! Just make sure to use the #kokorogawari hashtag or leave a comment anywhere on Precatio’s blog.
Standard (Game copy) and deluxe editions (Game copy, mini-artbook, illustration by background artist, game OST) pre-orders are now open for Precatio’s upcoming otome visual novel, Kokorogawari!
Precatio currently has a special “earlybird promotion” discount until July 15th where the standard edition can be purchased for 20 USD while the deluxe edition can be purchased for 30 USD. Afterwards, there will be another discount period to promote the demo where the standard edition can be purchased for 22 USD and the deluxe edition for 32 USD.
The regular price for both the standard and deluxe editions will be 25 USD and 35 USD respectively.
The demo for the first chapters will be released sometime during August. If Kokorogawari reaches 300 pre-orders, Precatio will release a separate demo for chapters two and three together in September.
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Pre-order the game on itch.io!
Synopsis:
Spring… Every Spring I remember Mom hugging me in the park as I stared at the blooming sakura trees over her shoulder…
A time when the transient flowers slowly shed their petals, spring has come once again, and is a season filled with memories for Matsubayashi Asami who starts her fourth year at university.
Aware of her mother’s struggles during the divorce thirteen years ago, she is determined to graduate smoothly to finally enter the workforce and repay her mother who raised her single-handedly.
But love is unpredictable, and time and time again, her heart is moved. Through these experiences, will her cynical attitude toward love and marriage change for the better or will it break her further…?
What, is forgiveness to her…?
Kokorogawari, a human drama story.
