BOKURA news & patch notes

Hello, this is Tokoronyori. Thank you for playing “BOKURA” We’re thrilled to share that “BOKURA” has been featured in today’s Daily Special! To celebrate, we’re running a massive 70% off sale until April 17 – our biggest discount ever. If you haven’t picked it up yet, now’s the perfect time! Also, “BOKURA: planet” the successor to “BOKURA” will launch on April 24. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3126150 “BOKURA: planet” is a new “hidden-objective” co-op puzzle-adventure set on a different stage from the previous game. Like before, players must work together to solve puzzles and advance through stages. However, each player has their own separate objective they must keep secret from the other. Thanks to the new “Push” action, you can hinder your partner or even shove them off a ledge—injecting a sense of conflict and tension unlike any co-op game you’ve played before! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/d4b6d8aca31b5d570708078fe81c04f36de10954.gif We’d love for you to add it to your wishlist as well! Please note that the special demo currently available is only playable until the game’s release date (April 24, 2025). Be sure to enjoy it before the full game comes out! Thank you for your continued support of both “BOKURA” and “BOKURA: planet”

Hello everyone, This is Tokoronyori. Thank you as always for enjoying "BOKURA" 『BOKURA』 is participating in the Steam Scream Fest between Oct. 28th ~ Nov. 4th (PT) The game is currently 50% off in conjunction with the participation in the event. Don’t miss this opportunity to grab the game at a great discount! The following language has been added as well. －－－－－－－－－－ ver1.1.7 Additional Supported Languages: - Finnish - Norwegian - Hungarian - Romanian - Vietnamese - Indonesian - Turkish - Bulgarian - Greek －－－－－－－－－－ Furthermore, the successor to "BOKURA," titled 『BOKURA: planet』 is scheduled for release in early 2025, and is currently under development. Please be sure to add it to your wishlist! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3126150 I hope you continue to enjoy the BOKURA series!

Hello everyone, This is tokoronyori. Thank you for playing BOKURA. On August 10th, 『BOKURA』will be celebrating its first anniversary. I am adding support for the following languages and holding a first anniversary sale with 50%off! - Danish - Swedish - Czech - Portuguese (Portugal) - Dutch And today, I am very happy to announce 『BOKURA: planet』 a successor to BOKURA!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3126150 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/091d8a7dc632e687c049faae7a6a8a6d548c03e4.png Like BOKURA, in this game 2 players try to communicate and cooperate with the other player on what they see to try solve puzzles in each stage. But there is one crucial difference in this game, which lets you experience a new possibility in 2 player only co-op games. In this game the action「push」has been added. You can push your partner away, or even off a cliff. Not only can you enjoy the cooperation with your partner, you can enjoy the grudge & intensity not seen much in other co-op games. A little story time. 『BOKURA: planet』is based on an idea I had when planning for BOKURA. At that time, I could have extended that idea away from BOKURA but due to balance and many other things, BOKURA happened. I still believe in that decision, but I kept on thinking "How different it would have been and what would I be seeing." That feeling caught up to me at last and created 『BOKURA: planet』 The view that I see now from this game is so different from what I expected, and I really want to share this view with you as soon as possible. The game is now under development and I aim to release it at the beginning of 2025. Please wishlist the game and await for the update! I hope you continue to enjoy 『BOKURA』 And of course, I hope you look forward to 『BOKURA: planet』

Hello everyone, This is tokoronyori. Thank you for playing Bokura. I have updated the following. －－－－－－－－－－ ver1.1.4 Added new language support ・Portuguese (Brazil) ・Spanish (Latin America) ・Russian ・Polish ・Thai ・Ukrainian －－－－－－－－－－ Thank you for enjoying Bokura.

Hello everyone, This is tokoronyori Thank you for your time with Bokura. On March 15th (JST) Bokura is planning an update to support new languages. The languages are the below. ・Portuguese (Brazil) ・Spanish (Latin America) ・Russian ・Polish ・Thai ・Ukrainian I hope everyone can enjoy Bokura.

Hello everyone, This is tokoronyori, Thank you for enjoying BOKURA. The following update has been implemented. －－－－－－－－－－ Ver1.1.2 ・Added new localized languages 　French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean －－－－－－－－－－ Thank you and hope you enjoy the game!

Hello everyone. This is tokoronyori. Thank you for playing BOKURA! I am planning to add new languages to BOKURA. - French, Italian, German, Spanish and Korean These new languages will be arriving on January 15th! I hope you look forward to the new languages!"

Hello everyone, This is tokoronyori. Thank you as always for enjoying Bokura! I am going to participate in The Steam Awards 2023 for the「MOST INNOVATIVE GAMEPLAY」catergory! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/e052f96d44b0f793801ed2d03e8fccb5c9e47cc9.jpg The development for 『Bokura』 probabaly started when I played a Murder Mystery game. The players are in the same place and talking about the same topic, but everyone is thinking and seeing different things was just so interesting to me, and I wanted to create the same feeling digitally as a game. 「Two players in the same world, looking at the same world but what they perceive are two different worlds」 Trying to recreate this in a game and building & dealing a network syetem that can realize this was quite a struggle. This game has definitely been the longest journey for me. Though, after seeing 『Bokura』 completed, I do feel this is a very unique game never seen before, and I hope that I could deliver an experience the players never had before. For me, 『Bokura』 is a game that marked a significant milestone in my life. I am preparing to localize the game in more languages other than the currently available Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. I will continue on this journey in hopes that the game will reach more people and think of what others see. I am very happy for your continued support for 『Bokura』 And please nominate the game for The Steam Awards 2023 「MOST INNOVATIVE GAMEPLAY」category! Thank you!

Hello everyone! This is tokoronyori. Thank you for playing Bokura. We have addressed the following bugs in this update. －－－－－ ver1.1.1 ○Bug fixes ・Fixed the issue of the dog gimmick not syncing ・Fixed the issue of an event scene being skipped unintentionally ・Fixed other minor bugs －－－－－ Due to how the game is built, the game has to be played between the same versions. If two different versions are connected, the host will receive an error message, “App version mismatch. Update to latest version” If this appears, please enable Steam auto-update and restart Steam before playing the game. I hope you continue to enjoy the game.

Hello everyone! This is tokoronyori. Thank you for playing Bokura. We have addressed the following in this update. －－－－－ ver1.0.1 ○Bug fixes - Addressed the problem where the platform under the dog would not sync. - Minor change in one of the stages. －－－－－ Due to how the game is built, the game has to be played between the same versions. If two different versions are connected, the host will receive an error message, “App version mismatch. Update to latest version” If this appears, please enable Steam auto-update and restart Steam before playing the game. I hope you continue to enjoy the game.

Hello everyone! This is tokoronyori. I want to deeply thank everybody for enjoying Bokura and your continued support. Today, August 10th, at long last 『Bokura』 has reached full release! Not only is it on Steam, but also on Nintendo Switch & iOS/Android. Plus, the game is now playable cross-platform. I hope you can play with your friend on each players preferred platform. And to celebrate the full release of the game, Kōji Kumeta the author 『Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei』 has drawn a new Key Art of Bokura. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/d40145fc0cf7f063194c1ae4fa2477bfb23b0dde.jpg I am deeply honored Kōji Kumeta-sensei drew the key visual for the game. Every iconic object from the human world and the mechanical world is connected in one stroke. Following the maze-like line made it feel like I played an actual game. I want to thank everyone again, and I hope you can enjoy the game!

Hello everyone! This is tokoronyori. I want to thank everybody for playing Bokura! For this announcement, I wanted to let everyone know a pre-emptive update towards the full release, and some changes we are making to the game and the price change. 【Updates】 ver0.9.0 ・Additional ending ・A new stage added along the additional ending ・An overhaul of the final stage ・A new gimmick added along the overhaul ・Some bug fixes This is planned to be the last big update that will include additional content or overhauls. I hope that everyone will enjoy the Bokura that we built, through the feedbacks and comments from the community. 【The removal of the Friend's Pass and changes to the pricing】 First, to the point. The changes being made, with the full release on August 10th, are as follows, ・The Friend's Pass discontinuation as of August 10th ・The change in pricing as of August 10th (Around half the current price) I want to be as transparent as possible, so I will explain as much as I can. Along with the full release on August 10th, the game will have "crossplay" and the game will be playable between Steam, Nintendo Switch and iOS/Android As the game is co-op "exclusive", the huge wall of 「being on the same platform as your partner」 was something I really wanted to take away. The development process was not straight forward, but with the help from the Switch porting team, we were able to create an environment where each player can play comfortably on their own platform. On the other end, to realize the Friend's Pass playability for multiple platforms was much more difficult than expected. We thought that, servicing each platform, providing a constant and stable gameplay experience, and updating multiple platforms all at once would overwhelm us, as we are a small team. After many discussions with our publisher, we came to the very difficult decision of removing the Friend's Pass. After August 10th, new downloads of the Friend's Pass will not be possible. I personally believe the Friend's Pass system is amazing, and I really wanted it to live. It pains me this is our conclusion, and I want to apologize for the result. Steam Friend's Pass players will be able to play the additional content of this new update until the August 10th full release update. After August 10th the game will be unplayable for the Friend's Pass. Although it will be for a short period of time, we hope you can enjoy the additional contents until the full release. In conjunction with the removal of the Friend's Pass, the price of the game will be halved from the current price on August 10th to make it even for each player. (This will be done for each region) The change in pricing will occur not only on Steam, but for Nintendo Switch and iOS/Android. The new pricing will be implemented at the same time as the full release on August 10th, If anyone is thinking of purchasing the Steam version of the game, we recommend waiting until the new pricing is in place. I want to thank everyone again, and I hope you will enjoy 『Bokura』

Hello everyone. This is tokoronyori. Thank very much for playing『Bokura』 I have 2 new announcements to make!

【30%OFF at Steam Summer Sale】

『Bokura』is participating in the Steam Summer Sale which began today. The game is availavble at a 30% discount, so now is the chance to upgrade the game from wishlist to purchase!

【Adding a new ending!】

Around early August, before te full release of the Steam version on August 10th, the game will receive a free update to add an ending! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/e64ff3418f721143a27fb21bf96321a12d8a51ce.png You will be able to enjoy a new story after the current ending. With new stages also added, you can see a glimpse of what may happen after what "bokura" experienced on that day in winter. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/6541b8300677a90585a94e6aed6d671e00f3fc56.png The game was released as early access on Febuary 14th, 2023, and has now over 70,000 downloads thanks to everyone. I never expected to receive so many amazing reactions and comments from around the world! I really feel and appreciate that the memories of this game has found a spot in your hearts. I have read many comments pondering on what happens beyond the ending. Through your words, the desire for me to create a place that only the players who love the game can reach, erupted in my heart. This was something not planned in the initial plot but I think this is something that everyone, including players that finished the game, can enjoy. It is coming very soon, so I hope you will look forward to the update as much as I am. Thank you again and see you soon.

Hello everyone. This is tokoronyori. I hope you are enjoying『Bokura』 There were reports in the disscussions and reviews of matching issues and lag. I have been planning and working on a fundamental revision of the network system used in the game in order to solve the problem, and this update should fix these issues. I hope this leads to a more comfortable playing environment for everyone. －－－－－ ver 0.3.0 〇System update 　・Stabilized network environment 　・Added region selection 　・Addressed the problem that prevented matching under certain environments. 〇In-game changes/adjustments 　・A mute icon will be shown when the players begin separate activities ★Regarding region selection 　The default setting 'AUTO' automatically selects the most suitable region. 　If you want to be matched with a player who is far away from you (e.g. from a different country) or if you cannot be matched using AUTO, select a specific region together. 　If two people select different regions, they cannot be matched. ★Region list 　・AUTO - Auto connects to the most suitable region 　・ASIA - Asia 　・EU - Europe 　・JP - Japan 　・KR - Korea 　・SA - South America 　・US - United States －－－－－ Due to how the game is built, the game has to be played between the same version. If two different versions are connected, the host (purchased version) will receive the error message “App version mismatch. Update to latest version” If this appears, please enable Steam auto-update and restart Steam before playing the game. Thank you again for your continued support for Bokura!

Hello everyone, this is tokoronyori. Thank you for playing『Bokura』! I have another update. This is related to what we received in the discussions forum that prevented the game to progress and a little update to the game. －－－－－ ver 0.2.3 Bug fixes 　- Fixed a bug where "the other" player kept on drowning Game update 　- Added a scene at the start of the second playthough to better understand the "intent" －－－－－ I am aware of some matching & network issues, and I am currently revising the system to try to fix this problem. Due to how the game is built, the game has to be played between the same version. If two different versions are connected, the host (purchased version) will receive the error message “App version mismatch. Update to latest version” If this appears, please enable Steam auto-update and restart Steam before playing the game. Thank you again for your continuing support for Bokura!

Hello everyone, this is tokoronyori. Thank you for playing 『Bokura』! Thanks to your continued support, the title has reached 20,000 downloads including the Friend's Pass! This means that over 10,000 pairs of the boys have left their home and started a short journey to the mountain. This is very emotional for me. I will do my best to continue to maintain the trail so that even more players will challenge it! With this update, I have fixed a Steam achievement issue and rebalanced the controllability. －－－－－ ver0.2.2 Bug fixes 　-Fixed a bug that prevented some achievements from being earned. Customization 　-Improved controllability of throwing actions. －－－－－ Due to how the game is built, the game has to be played between the same version. If two different versions are connected, the host (purchased version) will receive the error message “App version mismatch. Update to latest version” If this appears, please enable Steam auto-update and restart Steam before playing the game. Thank you again for your continuing support for Bokura!

Hello everyone, It’s Tokoronyori. Thank you for playing Bokura『Bokura』 I have updated the below. For a better gaming experience, I have made some changes near the end. －－－－－ ver0.2.0 - Some changes in the puzzles and level design of the final stage －－－－－ Due to how the game is built, the game has to be played between the same version. If two different versions are connected, the host (purchased version) will receive the error message “App version mismatch. Update to latest version” If this appears, please enable Steam auto-update and restart Steam before playing the game. Thank you again for playing Bokura!

Hello everyone, This is tokoronyori, the developer of Bokura. I would like to thank you for playing the game. With this update, I have added more auto save points to the game in response to requests I have received through the Community Hub. This should make it easier to find good spots to stop playing the game and rest/restart with your friend. －－－－－ ver0.1.3 ●Adjustments 　- More auto-save points have been added for comfortable gameplay. 　- While saving the game, an icon will appear on the screen to tell you it’s in progress. －－－－－ Due to how the game is built, the game has to be played between the same version. If two different versions are connected, the host (purchased version) will receive the error message “App version mismatch. Update to latest version” If this appears, please enable Steam auto-update and restart Steam before playing the game. Thank you for your continuing support for Bokura!

Here is the tutorial on how to match with the other player. ○Host side

Click the House icon {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/fb0170eba9b4cbb2dd2f9ae1f4de0068d6509554.png

Check 6 letters password and tell the other player {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/e4b8473557246ab0dfc2378c2caeefcccaea89cd.png ○Guest side（including friend pass user）

Click the Door icon {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/2e88b117f7105f24cee21962d14842a2a9a5ab33.png

Click the box in the middle, put 6 letters password which you received from the other player {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/476dc5cfa74d386b5843ff0830d3405bc45e835a.png

Click the Door icon {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/06b4b1ce8dd3decdf8755beb07810e6904253ea4.png

Now you can start the game! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/51b6cc096bb3c1fe217e57119bbe61da6749f824.png If you cannot start the game, please restart the game and try again. In order to make the matching system more stable, I am currently working on an update. I would be really grateful for your continued support.

Hello everyone, This is tokoronyori, the developer of Bokura. I would like to thank you for playing “Bokura.” Thanks to everyone the game, including friend pass, has been downloaded over 10,000 times. I am overwhelmed by the responses from you and seeing your reactions on Steam & social media makes me feel happy everyday and glad to have created the game. And thank you for reporting the bugs you have found. More updates are coming up but I will be fixing the below issues first. －－－－－ ver0.1.2 Bug fix Fixed a bug regarding the deer corpse at the beginning. Fixed a glitch where you die when the gate comes down. I am looking into the other crucial bugs and am currently preparing for updates to fix this. Adjustments Changed the title screen to 4:3 to fit the monitor. 　 I am also planning to increase the number of auto save points. －－－－－ Due to how the game is built, the game has to be played between the same version. If two different versions are connected, the host (purchased version) will receive the error message “App version mismatch. Update to latest version” If this appears, please enable Steam auto-update and restart Steam before playing the game. I am reading every message from you on the Discussions thread. In order to make Bokura an even better game towards the release, I will keep on developing the game as best as I can, and I would be really grateful for your continued support.

Hello everyone, This is the developer tokoronyori. Thank you for playing Bokura! If you have noticed any bugs or other problems while playing, please let us know by writing to the following report thread. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1801110/discussions/0/3765608728346807891/ Thank you for your continued support of Bokura.

Friend Pass can be used by downloading "Download BOKURA Friend Pass" from the following store page. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41457849/d63d8dcf61e9883b521fdee3e43b3dbdcc8763bd.png