Last Time I Saw You news & patch notes

Hi everyone! Little update here: Before the game's release I already posted that Last Time I Saw You was fully playable on Steam Deck, but now we just received the Steam Deck Verified ✅ tag on the store page! 😊 Just wanted to let you know about it, as the game really looks beautiful on the Deck screen! ✨ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/1b40b38da2d36ac1344aad8bb232c241c4459838.jpg The newest patch fixes a resolution issue that used to happen when playing on Deck, so go get your copy of Last Time I Saw You and explore Amatsu's forest from the palm of your hand, from anywhere you want! ❤️And if you've enjoyed the game, please consider writing a Steam review❤️ You can't imagine how important they are to make the game reach more people. Thank you all for your support! 🧡 .Juan

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Hey everyone! Hope you all had a nice break and Happy New Year! 🎍🍊🎆 We've been working on fixing several of the issues that have been reported (thankfully they've been only a few!)🚧🛠️ Here are some of the fixes made for Patch v1.1.0:

• Fixed issue that was causing a dialogue to show in French when playing in other languages.
• Various gramatical errors fixed for English and Spanish.
• Fixed issue where it was possible to get out of bounds in the Silvergrass Meadow.
• Fixed issue where on rare circumstances it was possible to get out of bounds in the girl's toilet at School.
• Fixed issue where sometimes it wasn't possible to jump down on some platforms after loading a save.
• Repositioned the dialogue trigger of the Thugs in Town to avoid triggering the dialogue and jumping down the stairs at the same time.
• Fixed issue where saving on a different save profile and then loading would cause all the triggered hotsprings to reset.
• Fixed issue where after finishing the Cop side quest, the crow with the police star would respawn again.
• Fixed issue where L1 and R1 would not navigate through the notebook menu when using DualShock 4 or DualSense controllers.
• Fixed issue where pressing Left on the DualSense D-Pad would move the character right, and where pressing Down would register as pressing Up.
• Fixed issue where in rare occasions the dialogue for placing the origami from Taeko's sidequest in the cemetery wouldn't play.
• Fixed issue on Day 1 where it was possible to trigger the conversation with Kanta and Sachi more than once, causing a softlock the second time it was triggered.
• Fixed issue where it was possible to pause the game during the cutscene where Ayumi goes to sleep at the end of each day, causing the player to be able to move around with "an invisible Ayumi" during said cutscenes.
• Fix for the player losing input on rare ocassions in Day 10 when climbing up the mountain.
• Other minor fixes.

I hope this patch makes the game more enjoyable for the newcomers and for anyone who wants to venture into Amatsu's forest again😊 ❤️And if you've enjoyed the game, please consider writing a Steam review❤️ You can't imagine how important they are to make the game reach more people. Thank you all for your support! 🧡 .Juan

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Hi there! It's been a month already since the release of Last Time I Saw You. How's everyone enjoying the game so far? Even though the game hasn't yet reached a wide audience, the response from players has been wonderful, especially with this being our very first game as Maboroshi Artworks! We are reading your comments and reviews and we're loving every second of it. While creating Amatsu and the forest was enormously exciting, watching you all experience it has been truly beautiful 🥹🥲 And to now give EVEN MORE PLAYERS a chance to experience the game:

Last Time I Saw You is at 35% OFF! 🏷️

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1909750/Last_Time_I_Saw_You/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3240960/Last_Time_I_Saw_You__Soundtrack/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/f70e301bfee3278b226b7453989b1522b5fec6e3.jpg This sale will last from November 18 - 25 and then will continue to the Steam Autumn Sale from November 27 - December 4. I hope this new temporary price will encourage new players to try the game and discover for yourselves the beautiful story of Ayumi and his town! Seriously, once again, thank you so much for this incredible journey 😊 (And what's yet to come!!) Thank you 🧡 .Juan

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Last Time I Saw You is OUT NOW

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/3ea3486164681ae09a1dcbdbcb738fc52af4b68c.jpg The time has finally come. I really have no words to express what this means, almost not even fully aware of what an accomplishment this actually is. Who would have thought that, in 2018, when I began to draw some sketches on a notebook, that this was going to end up becoming a proper game published on Steam and consoles... From the bottom of my heart, I really hope you like what we have created. Remember that Steam reviews help us a lot to give visibility to the game, so, please, consider writing a review after playing it. I'm really looking forward to read your thoughts and feedback!🧡 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1909750/Last_Time_I_Saw_You/

Launch Trailer

Last Time I Saw You Soundtrack Bundle

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/f16d2116dfe5e3d92852bf5fc4ff3ee4e715ab69.jpg The Last Time I Saw You Soundtrack is also now available to purchase, alone or with the game in the Soundtrack Bundle with a succulent discount!💸✨ Featuring 19 tracks composed by Laryssa Okada (Manifold Garden, Dorfromantik), this soundtrack will transport you to the melancholic Japanese countryside of the 1980s in which this charming coming-of-age adventure takes place. If you're into ambient lo-fi emotional stuff, you'll definetely love this! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3240960/Last_Time_I_Saw_You__Soundtrack/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45300/

End of Memories Bundle

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/f3cf8e4bf869197feadbf68bddd8413862c957ab.jpg And that's not all! We've also teamed up with our friends at Mojiken Studio and Polychroma Games to bring you A Space for the Unbound, Until Then and Last Time I Saw You together with a wonderful 20% DISCOUNT! 🏷️✨ If you haven't played these two narrative gems yet, now is the time to do so, along with our humble tale of yokais, first loves and terrible curses ⛩️😊❤️‍🩹 https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45126/

Feedback / Bugs

I can assure you that we've tried OUR BEST for this to not happen but, you know, game development... ha! 😅 In case you experience any issues, please let us know in our Discord dedicated channel for this matter or by the contact form in the Maboroshi website. The more detailed and accurate you describe what happened, the easier will be for us to recreate and fix it. Videos and screenshots are very helpful!

THANK YOU!

And finally, I really wanted to thank you all for your support during all these years. As you already know Last Time I Saw You is a project that means a lot to me, and to have been able to complete it and make it a reality is something that fills me with pride and happiness. If you want to know more about the story behind it I recommend checking out the last DevLog or this nice interview that I did recently. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for following this journey. I really hope Last Time I Saw You brings you some happiness, that it makes you think, that it makes you feel, that it moves you or that you think about it it once you have finished it. Only with one of these things my work would have been worth it. Enjoy 🧡 .Juan

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Hello everyone! So here we are. Almost there. Last Time I Saw You will be released in a couple of weeks from now and I can't believe it's come this far... I can't thank everyone enough who has been involved in its creation, both as part of the development team and on the publishing side. It's been a huge effort by a lot of people and I couldn't be happier with the result. Thank you 🙂 But the fact that this game is coming out also means something else, at least to me. Some of you may already know that Last Time I Saw You has a very special meaning to me. It's not just a game that I randomly came up with one day. There is a special personal story behind it, and today I would like to share it with you. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/e2bcd4dee20a57e78d015c04106a0d9558cc0206.jpg Illustration by the artist Rokurō Taniuchi (谷内六郎), whose works have been a great inspiration. As I already hinted in one of the first DevLogs, the story of this game comes from an emotional experience that deeply affected me some years ago. A romance that... well, didn't work out. For some reason, this very brief, almost fleeting bond affected me more than other times I'd fallen in love in the past. It actually left me emotionally stranded for several months. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/47ca357d1b7eb77dc2ddf2cdc763072c26f2bbe0.jpg How was it possible that such a fleeting encounter with a person with whom I really had nothing in common could affect me in such a way? Every night, for several months, she appeared to me in my dreams, and in each of those dreams there was always some impediment that prevented us from being together. Things at work weren't going well either. After the release of Yume Nikki: Dream Diary I didn't feel motivated to continue working on the projects I had been assigned to. That sadness and apathy came together, resulting in one of the strangest Summers of my life, in which - at least - I learned a lot. And, perhaps also thanks to this, I discovered some very good music (not everything was going to be bad!). This experience made me reconnect with myself, with my past, with who I was, and what I had come to do in Japan. It was almost like a constant state of meditation that lasted a whole Summer. I met new people, and with their help, I overcame that sadness. At the end, life continued its course, and I started to heal. After a long period of coping, I realized how important that process of acceptance had been, something I had never experienced before in my life, at least not in such a conscious way. All this love, heartbreak and healing was such an incredible learning process, so I started to feel that, as an artist, I had to do something with it. The idea of making a game then came to me. I decided to take all the conflicting emotions I had inside and try to make something useful out of them, transforming them into a somewhat healing experience that other people could also enjoy and relate to. I still remember when I first called my family to tell them about the idea of making a game on my own. I was afraid that their reaction was going to be that's too risky, you need a lot of money for that, it's not a good idea, you better keep your job, etc. But... it was the opposite. They encouraged and supported me, and along with the help of a friend who helped me to assemble the programming basics of the game and the support and joy that someone new brought into my life, Last Time I Saw You began to take shape. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/3f2da253132002126952773bb3deaca516f7fb8b.jpg And, long story short, that's how the idea of making this game started. I could keep talking about this for hours, but I don't want to bore you! Last Time I Saw You is not a "boy-meets-girl-and-falls-in-love" story. That's not where the game is headed. The game is not only about the story of Ayumi, our protagonist, but the different processes of acceptance and internal conflicts that the people around him go through. Family problems, broken dreams, unrequited loves, fear of change... There is a lot going on in the town of Amatsu, where the game takes place, and all of its stories are important and worth telling. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/3897e6d272fa43e0536fb23cf60d8c6e6679ccdd.jpg Tackling this from a positive place and making the game feel like a nice and charming experience, I firmly believe this game could help younger people face many difficult things ahead of them: shifting interests; how to approach love; how to accept rejection; the importance of community; the importance of selfhood; how critical it is to tune into our own feelings. This is why Last Time I Saw You means so much to me. It's not just any project, but something born from a real life experience that changed me and the people around me. In the end, I'm just another person, but I hope that my humble story resonates with you and that you find something of value in it to stay with. Thank you so much for reading until the end. I really hope you like the game we made! 💙 .Juan

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Hello everyone! In the previous devlogs, I shared insights into the game - the main protagonist, the art and animation, and the beautiful music by Laryssa Okada. In this instalment, it's a good time to share how we worked on the dialogues and the references we used when writing them. For this task, I had the incredible help of Raquel de Miranda (previously DontNod and Ubisoft), who joined the team as a narrative consultant and also helped me flesh out most of the dialogues in the game. While I wrote the story and dialogues myself, Raquel helped by checking everything I'd written, proposing new scenarios, improving and adding new lines to improve the flow and pacing of the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/be290c737a4a2add730690532985d68697fc8fc7.jpg One of the things I’ve learned working on Last Time I Saw You is that if you want to talk about something very personal (and I'll explain what I mean in the next DevLog), it can be difficult to convey as everyone has different backgrounds and life experiences. That’s why this process of working with Raquel has been like putting everything I wrote through a filter, so that at the end of the process everything ends up being more relatable and comprehensible - even by people who haven't gone through the experiences which inspired me to write this story. A key game reference point - both visually and gameplay-wise - and a source of inspiration to me was Night in the Woods. It's a game I really enjoyed when I first played it in 2017 as it dealt with everyday personal issues, something I hadn't seen represented in games at that time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/8f426f5426e5f85486d9601688d45ef6f32da312.png Night in the Woods, developed by Infinite Fall. While Night in the Woods acted as an initial guide when creating Last Time I Saw You, in 2020 I played Mutazione which - for the first time in a long time - made me really care about the characters in a game. All of them had relatable, everyday problems which are often depicted in movies and books, but not so often in video games. Playing Mutazione made me realize that I could talk about mature themes and subjects in a video game, such as complicated romantic relationships, breakups, family problems, etc. It was the push I needed to speak freely about what I wanted to. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/dd44cf09d12d4969ab4e8b1a281d9b7b28ba7848.jpg Mutazione, developed by Die Gute Fabrik. When the story was already plotted out and the narrative style was defined, I started working with Raquel on fleshing out the dialogues of the demo. She then recommended that I play Disco Elysium. What a wonderful game it is! It's hard to put into words my admiration for what the game accomplishes on a narrative level! It instantly became a great inspiration for Last Time I Saw You, and if Mutazione had given me a little nudge to tackle more mature material, Disco Elysium just completely threw me out of the window (yes, I’m talking about Cuno and Cunoesse😅). Last Time I Saw You doesn't have the tone of Disco Elysium nor deal with the same same subject matter, it is nevertheless a great source of inspiration. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/de5e6ade5133df8b1a352a69adbb952bcda82cfe.png Disco Elysium, developed by ZA/UM. So this has been a small glimpse into our narrative design process and the references that have inspired us. I should also mention A Space for the Unbound, which came out when we were already working on the game and it was wonderful to see how the writers dealt with difficult themes. They did a beautiful job, especially in the final movements of the game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/10c58125d0cf729ce804c8255a09cebe92485cfe.png A Space for the Unbound, developed by Mojiken. I hope you enjoyed reading about which games inspired me on a narrative level. Which one has had the most impact on you narratively? If you have any other mature narrative games you'd like to recommend, please leave them in the comments!

🕹️ STEAM DECK SUPPORT 🕹️

Oh! And before I go, I wanted to let you know that both the main game and the demo are fully playable on Steam Deck, so if you have one don't hesitate to play there! The Steam Deck screen makes everything look incredibly beautiful! 😍 Until next time! 💙 .Juan

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Hey hey! You read that right! Finally, after several years of hard work and some sleepless nights, Last Time I Saw You will finally arrive to your homes on October 10th 2024! 🎉 10/10! Make sure to mark the date in your calendars and add the game to your wishlist so Steam notifies you! 📅

🎉 October 10th 🎉

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✨ NEW DEMO ✨

And that's not all! We have also updated the demo that got us to where we are today. The content in terms of story is the same, but includes the following upgrades:

• 🎵 New music
• 📓 New in-game notebook menu
• 🎒 Inventory
• ✨ Collectibles
• 🗒️ Mission log
• 🙌 Profiles of the characters you meet
• ✏️ Diary illustrations
• 🎨 Some environmental art updates
• 🗺️ New quest UI
• 💬 Dialogues fixed and updated

🌍 AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED NEW TRANSLATIONS! 🌏

• German
• French
• Simplified Chinese
• Traditional Chinese

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🙇 LEAVE A REVIEW IF YOU LIKED THE DEMO 🙇

To celebrate the new demo we've also launched a Demo Page to test this new Steam feature, that's why I have a very big favor to ask you all... It would help me ENORMOUSLY if you could leave a review on the Demo page, even if you already played it back in the day or if this is the first time you do it. This will help Steam promote the page and make more people aware of the game before the release. Getting this release right may literally change our lives and the ones of everyone involved, so any kind of help is needed! The game deserves it, it really does! ☺️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1986140/Last_Time_I_Saw_You__Demo/ I hope you like all I bring today and that you are as excited about the launch as I am. We'll also have a beautiful physical collector's edition for consoles, so be sure to visit our socials for more info. We're almost there! This is happening! Thank you so much for all your support! 💙 .Juan

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Hello everyone! In today's post I’m going to talk about the music of Last Time I Saw You, which has been composed by Laryssa Okada, who, among other games, made the soundtrack for Manifold Garden. I first met Laryssa back in 2018 as she was a fan of Yume Nikki: Dream Diary, the game I previously worked as art director. Some time later, when Last Time I Saw You was starting to take shape, I went through my list of contacts looking for a possible composer and, after listening to what she made for Manifold Garden I thought she could be a very good fit. What I had in mind was actually very different from Manifold Garden, but still I got the feeling that we could work out something together. Likewise, although she is the composer, in a way I’m also involved in the making of the music, giving certain guidelines and direction of how I would like each track to sound as well as providing many, MANY references from other artists. It's a process I first did when I worked on Yume Nikki: Dream Diary with its composer and it was a creative process that I really enjoyed a lot. In the case of Last Time I Saw You, I knew I wanted a strong presence of brass instruments, especially trumpets and saxophones. It's a sound that over time has become more and more attractive to me, perhaps because during many years I was very into American Football, a band that used a trumpet from time to time. It’s an instrument that I think transmits (at least to me) a feeling of nostalgia and exaltation of emotions that I like a lot. Here’s one of my favorite American Football songs from their first (and best) album where you can listen to what I mean. Also, another good example of a particular track from the game Unravel, composed by Frida Johansson that gives me that feeling too. Another of the main references was also lofi hip-hop music, a genre that I discovered many years ago when I was back in highschool through Samurai Champloo and the music of Nujabes. Again, the music of Last Time I Saw You doesn't go in that direction but it does base some of its sources on it. And of course, the biggest reference of them all I would say that has been the marvelous soundtrack of Disco Elysium, created by the band Sea Power. It has not only been a great inspiration for the music of Last Time I Saw You but also for the narrative, something I will talk about in the future. Overall I think Laryssa has made a wonderful job bringing music to the world of Ayumi. Here’s the first track that she composed for the game. It's called Sunshower, and it's the music you can listen to in the Main Menu. As you can appreciate, the brass and wind instruments are very present, and I think they give it a very emotional build up. I hope you like it as much as I do!

Click here to listen to Sunshower on Bandcamp!

What do you think of the music? Does it remind you of any other artist? Tell me in the comments which are some of your favorite game soundtracks! If you want to listen more about Laryssa’s work check her Bandcamp. She’s worked on other game soundtracks as well as a couple of albums of her own with a very different style from Last Time I Saw You. This is one of my favorite tracks from her. It’s very good! In the next post I will talk about the writing of Last Time I Saw You. References and the writing method we followed. Until next time! 💙 .Juan

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Hello everyone! In today's post I'm going to talk about the animations of Last Time I Saw You, which have been animated frame by frame following the standards of traditional animation. There are many ways to do 2D animation. In fact, during my previous work, I did some skeletal animation using a software called Spine, which allows you to animate 2D images as if they were 3D to give them a very special look (I'm sure you've seen this type of animation in many mobile games). But for Last Time I Saw You, because of the 90's anime references I was following, I decided to go with a traditional frame by frame approach like the movies I was getting inspiration from. Animating frame by frame is a long - and sometimes tedious - process, but it gives some very unique and charming results. If animated well, all sorts of emotions can be conveyed with traditional animation. Just look at Ghibli and Disney films to see what I mean! The workflow is as follows: First, the animation team adapts my character designs so that they can be more easily animated (basically redrawing shapes and simplifying some elements without losing the soul of the character). Then, following my guidelines, they make what is called a “rough”, basically the "sketch" of the animation. Here is an example. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/a1432d07903b6c0001a04b48706df9b09edf54cf.gif Once approved, they make the intercalations and then clean it, reaching what is commonly referred as the Tie Down phase. Here the shadow areas are also marked so they can be better understood when coloring it later. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4440970a208d5070a1c5f5c7d62f85d3c1943729.gif Finally, they complete it by adding color, shadows and finishing touches. In many movies and in some games, like Cuphead, all of this is made by pencil on paper and then digitally scanned. However, in Last Time I Saw You we made it from the start using an animation software called Toon Boom. As you can see it’s quite a slow and complicated process, but the final results are really lovely! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/c7d3d5f254721349250e1b6930ddb700c358c4b2.gif And that's how we animated the game! I hope you liked this little introduction to 2D animation. What are your favorite animated movies or animes? Leave them in the comments! In the next post I will talk about the music of Last Time I Saw You, who composed it and what references we used. Until next time! 💙 .Juan

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Hi there! In this broadcast I will take you through a previously-unseen section of Last Time I Saw You and answer any questions you may have. Post your questions via the Maboroshi Discord server, in the comments of this post or send them via Twitter or by the email form of the studio website. The video will be recorded before posting it, so be sure to send them before the May 3! See you soon! 💙 .Juan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/866c98e8e84bbf745f53ec3f65ce064b552ddef7.jpg

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Hey hey! I am very excited to announce that Last Time I Saw You will participate in LudoNarraCon 2024! LudoNarraCon is an annual digital event, made by the indie publisher Fellow Traveler, for people who are into narrative games. Apart from us, they'll be showcasing many other wonderful games with a strong narrative component. Take a look at the their official selection panel to see some of the big names we'll be sharing the spotlight with! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/877fc105cca8c23c50d56ae4cff33b652566eb3a.jpg The event will take place on Steam from May 9 - 13 2024 and will feature many livestreams and talks by various developers. In my case, I'll be uploading a commented gameplay to Steam, where I'll be talking about the game while showing you some parts a bit further into the story with new characters that you may have briefly seen in the last trailer 👀 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/973b01e3151a27c2104677e62123223f00db750c.png

Q&A Time!

I'd also love to do a Q&A during the gameplay, so I'd like to ask you to send me all the questions you may have about the game so I can answer them while playing 😊 The best way would be to receive them via the Maboroshi Discord server, but you can also write them in the comments of this post or send them via Twitter or by the email form of the studio website. Feel free to ask anything you want about the game, about Maboroshi or even about myself and my journey as a game developer living in Japan. Oh! And be sure to send them before May 3 as I need some time to properly record and upload the video! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/866c98e8e84bbf745f53ec3f65ce064b552ddef7.jpg Being part of this event really is a great opportunity to reach more people, so I am very happy to have been selected. It really is a great achievement! So let's enjoy it together! 🥳 I'll be waiting for your questions! 💙 .Juan

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Hello everyone! Busy days! We are getting very close to finishing the development of Last Time I Saw You, so while you are still waiting I decided to bring you a new DevLog that I hope you’ll like. In today's post I’m going to talk about the Art of Last Time I Saw You and the references I’ve been working with while creating Ayumi’s world. When I had the idea to start developing a game on my own, I was working as an art director at a company in Japan that focused on the localization and development of video games. Thanks to Yume Nikki: Dream Diary, the project that the team I was working with and I had just finished, I had the opportunity to learn how Unity works and the processes to follow when creating a game and bringing its development to completion. I had the experience of having worked on a 3D game, although somewhat limited at that time, so I decided to play it safe and rely on what I already knew how to do best, which was to draw. For this reason I decided that Last Time I Saw You would be a 2D game drawn by me, since I would have more control over the final product and, by doing most of the artistic and visual tasks myself, I would reduce production costs considerably. Once I had decided this, it was time to establish an artistic style. This is very important, as it will be the hallmark of the game. At that time, I was very interested in photorealism and photobashing techniques, which basically involves creating pieces by assembling various photo references and painting on top. The concepts of Yume Nikki: Dream Diary were actually made using this technique. Here you have some examples: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/1e4ec0d00698c289ba57152feeb0d01954bfd487.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/f6f78ac54fc509e7fde846fd493016c371b016f6.jpg Early concept images that I made for Yume Nikki: Dream Diary, developed by Active Gaming Media. This style is usually used mainly in the concept art phase, but it has also appeared in some games as final art, being one of them Detention, by RedCandleGames. I really liked it and I was trying to get better at it, but the truth is that it wasn’t fitting very well with the story I wanted to tell with Last Time I Saw You. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/a796f07ce1fb0947a2754029bfb85d678df174c4.jpg Photobashing technique in Detention, developed by RedCandleGames. It was then when I decided to get out of my comfort zone and started to try something new, something similar to Studio Ghibli and the anime from the 80s and 90s. In particular, it was the movie Only Yesterday, by Isao Takahata, that began to guide me towards a more defined and personal style. This, together with Makoto Shinkai's use of light and flares were the references that defined the direction I was going to take for Last Time I Saw You. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/71dd22b5b429d81875fb2c7a97d62f9889f7cd60.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/5a062ca79be956b984a6ad1316aa958edd48e2c3.jpg Background paintings by Kazuo Oga for Only Yesterday (1991), dir. Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d0b072a9db65beb7f30af8e008aefe91f26d6b01.jpg Your Name (2016), dir. Makoto Shinkai, CoMix Wave Films. Once I had practiced and defined this style enough, I started to draw backgrounds in Photoshop, following a polishing process until I ended up with the desired style. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/7f4c07cee8c9800ee0016202f72da91294435e05.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/a1406517d0b23b026a0382584d4e54ee762bc898.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/95817cbaa7efdb61f0479cd8d8e78001373521f8.jpg Creation process of Ayumi's Living Room while setting the art style of the game. And this is basically the creative and thought process I had in order to establish the art style of Last Time I Saw You! From time to time I still use photos as textures and then paint on top, but at the end I try to make it as hand-drawn as possible. So I hope you liked this post and that you have learned a little more of the ins and outs of Last Time I Saw You. Let me know in the comments if you would like to know more about any of these techniques in particular! In the next post I will talk about the animation process of our characters, which is also handmade! Until next time! 💙 .Juan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

Hello everyone! In today's post I’m going to talk about the creation process behind our protagonist Ayumi. Just like in the game, the idea of making Last Time I Saw You started with a typhoon. An emotional and physical typhoon that hit Osaka (where I live) in 2018. And about the emotional part… we'll talk about that in another post 😉 This typhoon, named Jebi, created a great deal of destruction around me, even destroying the bridge leading to the Kansai airport, cutting the city off from the rest of the world for several days. Seeing my surroundings altered overnight made me reflect on the ephemerality of things. I knew that rain and wind were going to play a very important role in Last Time I Saw You, and so our protagonist had to be properly dressed for the occasion. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/1fcadab0243455fa10a274f678bc36e744fc60f1.jpg The chaos left by the typhoon in the park next to where I used to work at the time. For this reason, and because the game takes place in autumn, Ayumi's design had to involve rain clothes, raincoats, rain boots, etc. We took paper and pencil and made the first sketches. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/2bc074e03d6b70a2b8035ba2b8d6bdedf261a781.jpg I knew I wanted him to wear a poncho-like raincoat, since I like the shape of them, so the design was defined as I went in that direction. Once I decided on the clothes, I wanted him to carry a weapon. Since this is a narrative game with some action elements, having a weapon with which to interact with the environment gives the gameplay some variety and appeal. Being a young boy, I decided that the most natural thing would be for him to carry a baseball bat, something that could also be a small reference to Earthbound. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/a378605868148f10b4dabb61f0acf07a32b58a85.jpg I already had the idea, but it needed to be defined. The sketches were good, but such a character would have been too difficult to animate, so, based on the basic designs, we worked on a more polished version, with more defined proportions, so that the animators could bring it to life without much hassle. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/07aabc2f293ece6305e57089e65ffbc4ec17e63b.jpg Those who know Japanese may have noticed that Ayumi is originally a girl's name. The male version would be Ayumu, but as with other names, like for example Hikaru, it is possible (though not common) to find the name Ayumi applied to boys. I really liked this ambiguity and it gives the character a special identity trait. Feeling disconnected with his surroundings, wanting to know more and having a special name make for a unique blend in Ayumi. And this is how Ayumi was created! In our next post I will talk about the art style of the game and what movies and games inspired me. Would you like me to talk about a specific character in future posts? If you want to meet them yourself, the demo is available for download right now on our Steam page! Until next time! 💙 .Juan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

Hello everyone! It's been more than a year since we first presented the demo of Last Time I Saw You at Steam Next Fest last June 2022. It was an amazing experience that made Last Time I Saw You reach a lot of people, even winning two awards at Bitsummit and signing a publishing deal with Chorus Worldwide. This literally turned my life upside down. Finally, after many years of hard work and random jobs to pay rent, I was able to start focusing on my own game full-time, doing my best to create something emotional and memorable for everyone to enjoy. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/09ecb5f707d43c2869e2ce9b45696c4395824d1c.jpg Because of this, I've spent the last year totally immersed in development, causing me to leave social media a bit aside… and that’s not good! So it's about time I thank you all for your incredible support with a series of DevLogs that will give you exclusive information and background about Last Time I Saw You, where it comes from, how it's being developed, etc. Let's start with our main character Ayumi. A 12-year-old boy who lives in Amatsu, a town in a rural mountainous area of Japan. He likes drawing, video games and any sort of escapism. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/46ce495d4735305a8fb6506c82d5d596477428d0.jpg He does well in school. Let’s say he doesn't get good grades… but not bad ones either! He spends his classes drawing on his notebook, so he doesn't pay much attention, which makes it difficult for him to pass his exams from time to time and he always ends up asking his best friend Nao for help. His mother actually does worry about his grades too… 📓✍🏻 He is eager to grow up, so he likes to be around older people, as he enjoys their conversations more than those of kids his age. He is often told that he is very mature for his age, and always looks too much for validation from adults, as it makes him feel better and smarter. Who knew that what awaits him after the typhoon will change his life forever… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/5f170bf7ebaeabe4a49948c04ff3d0edd8ce1603.png In our next post I will talk about the creation and design process of Ayumi. Where the original idea comes from and the process I followed to end up with the final design. If you like what you have read, and are intrigued by Last Time I Saw You, don’t forget to wishlist and follow the game! Until next time! 💙 .Juan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

Hi everyone, I'm so excited to share with you our brand new trailer for the game! This new trailer shows a lot of the things we've been working hard on this past year: new areas, new characters, new mechanics... It also gives a bit more context about the story and lets you know what to expect narratively speaking. I hope you like it! Let me know your thoughts in the comments. I personally love what the composer has achieved with the music 😊 Pre-release promotion is a very important thing for this game (for any game really) to succeed, so we are looking for ways to increase awareness. If you like what you see it would help us enormously if you share the trailer and wishlist the game! 🙏 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d3802b1ba9ac600c6025c54da4cac9ce73614a4c.png I am also very excited to tell you that the Alpha of the game is done! This basically means that Last Time I Saw You is, as of today, playable from start to finish in a rough form, which is a big step for any game development 😊 Yay! There are still a lot of things to improve, implement and refine, like collectibles, side quests and some more surprises, but we're almost there! As always, thank you so much for your support💙 .Juan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

Hi everyone! This time I’m not here to share another milestone report, but some wonderful news instead!

KEY ART AND STEAM PAGE UPDATED

We’ve created new key art with a much more attractive image in which you can see many of the characters that you will meet during this adventure 😏 The demo only shows very little of what awaits you in Last Time I Saw You… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/c5b5654ada27244ee38893ca9fa8b646d517685a.jpg What do you think of the new poster? Tell me in the comments below! We’ve also taken this opportunity to update the Steam page with improved descriptions, new gifs and screenshots. Take a look. I hope you like it!

DAY OF THE DEVS

Apart from this, I'm so grateful and excited for the opportunity to have Last Time I Saw You be part of Day of the Devs! It's like a dream come true and I can't express how special this is for such a small team like us✨ Last Time I Saw You will be part of the online showcase, which will be LIVE on December 6th at 8 AM PST. Here's the link! Also it will be available for playing by everyone at the in-person event to be held at City Market Social House, Los Angeles, on Friday, December 8 from 12pm to 8pm. If anyone is around come say hi! We’ll have postcards and stickers 🙌 This time we’ll be showing an exclusive updated version of the demo with new content that no one has seen before! (We plan to upload it to Steam at some point in the future so everyone can play the most updated version of the game). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/877f8bfe51b11fe2b4d41ecd1d69e34cb6b08d63.png Yes, I've made the skull's eye match Ayumi's :P {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4a1e0afcb691091b44d9c8b009a0e55f0e26a73a.png One of the new additions is the Notebook, which is used as inventory, quest log, etc.

TAIPEI GAME SHOW

And that's not all. Last Time I Saw You has also been nominated for Best Narrative at the Taipei Game Show that will take place in January next year! Of all the parts of the game this is one we've worked the hardest on, so this nomination feels especially good. Thank you so much to everyone who voted! 😊 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/1b6f4e2a846c7dc0ee039bcba3b9c5db91349aab.jpg As always, thank you so much for your support! 💙 .Juan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

Hi everyone, Here I come with our new milestone report! As we explained in the previous one, these reports are common practice when working with a publisher to let them know how development is going internally. Hopefully, this is also of interest for those of you who want to get a better understanding of what goes into developing a game and working with a publisher. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to add them below! Here is the most recent report for the game! “I can say that, for the first time in the whole development, we’ve had a smooth, agile and trouble-free milestone delivery. Earlier in the year we had some challenges with the development which could have jeopardised our overall schedule, so we made several changes to the design of the days to come in the game. This didn’t necessarily consist of content reduction, but rather a series of efficient changes to avoid (or go around) many of the problems we had become aware of. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/cabf22b6b10395af6564c18f7899f17796aaef7d.png These changes were planned from Day 7 onwards (since at that time all the dialogues and design of Day 6 had already been done, even though we weren’t yet working on implementation yet) and, I am very happy and proud to announce that they have taken effect! Thanks to them, in this milestone we have been able to deliver Day 7 and 8 (instead of one day per milestone as we used to) and, as I have already mentioned, its implementation has been relatively fast and painless. There are still plenty of bugs to uncover and fix - such is game development! - but everything is now far more manageable. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/b9997c61c4ceea4f4314bd57755ec1ed379d9466.png Apart from this, we’ve added music to several new areas of the forest and we’ve also made a slight change in the final dialogue with one of the main NPCs after completing a certain puzzle in Day 6 in order to reduce backtracking. This will lead in the future to the fast travel system that we have planned, but as it is not yet implemented, for now it’s just a simple connection between the end of Day 6 area and the forest entrance. In the future we’ll have a map of the forest and the player will be able to choose where to go. We have a wonderful artist working on an amazing world map that will serve this purpose. I would love to show it to you but… it’s still in progress 😉 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d3463ed78786ca4f62931d49ea69a51cbd8bff0c.jpg Apart from this, all game dialogues are already written (including side-quests) and ready to be implemented! The animators are already working on Day 10 animations and we also have the final cutscene of the game done (except for the backgrounds, which I'm taking care of these days). I have also completed the list of all the items and collectibles of the game and their visual assets have also been created. They are on standby until we start with that task, and let me tell you they are looking great!” Conclusion Things are going well and we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! Last month I also attended the Tokyo Game Show, where Chorus was showing Last Time I Saw You at their booth. It was nice to meet up with them again in person and meet some of the team that I talk to on a weekly basis but we hadn't met in person until now. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/441a5efb8b800e7e392407b0a17a1d841d9df332.jpg Surprisingly, IGN Japan wanted to interview me to talk about the game, and it was a very pleasant experience. I share with you the video where you can see me talking about Last Time I Saw You as my face becomes redder and redder as time passes due to the terrible humidity and heat of that day 😅🍅 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/a3d9f2d6d555a58b84c9533fd996cc1942379efa.png IGN INTERVIEW During the interview we briefly talked about the inspiration that the first Shenmue had had on me when I started working on the game (it's funny that Yu Suzuki was also interviewed minutes later in the same stream, coincidence of life!). This led to a Shenmue fan site to write a very interesting article about Last Time I Saw You. SHENMUE ARTICLE And I would also like to thank The Gamer site for the nice article they wrote about the influences of Makoto Shinkai's work on the game. Both articles speak quite well about Last Time I Saw You and explain very well the concept behind the game. I recommend you to read them! THE GAMER ARTICLE Hope you guys like them! See you next time! 💙 .Juan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

Hi Everyone… It's been a while since I gave you an update on how the development of Last Time I Saw You is progressing, so I wanted to share a little something with you! This is taken from the notes that I create when delivering milestones of the game to the publisher. The report provides an overview of what we have been working on over the previous months (basically since the previous milestone build of the game) and highlight what’s going well and where we may have some challenges 😬 What is a milestone some of you may be asking? It's a way for us as developers to provide a scheduled status update to the publisher, Chorus. In a nutshell it's a regular delivery of the game, including the content originally promised in the production plan - or hopefully something close to it! 😅 Here’s the last one we wrote that I want to share with you: "At the end of the previous milestone (April 2023) we decided to spend some time revising the save system, fixing the issues with the original one we built earlier in the year. Now you can save and load at the numerous checkpoints scattered throughout the game (Ayumi's desk and the small shrines in town and the forest). This allows you to play from the beginning of the game to the end without having to do so in a single run (like was happening before having this new system). It may seem rather obvious, but having this system in place as soon as possible is incredibly important for anyone that needs to check, test and playthrough the game while it's being developed! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/f58a359006d2973ab54a0ed18a7348c64aa821ad.png We have also completed Day 6 (the game is separated by days), which is the longest and most complex of the entire game due to the large number of events and ramifications it has. This has meant that we’ve had to dedicate an entire milestone to a single day (along with the save system, the notebook menu and numerous bugs and errors that occurred in previous scenes reported by both Chorus and ourselves). This doesn't delay development, but rather has been a matter of moving one thing that was planned for later in order to do it now. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/381bb67c9d3d14da283d577f1a634daaf34adc74.png Apart from what we’ve included in this build, the animators are already working on Day 10 animations and, in terms of writing, we have already written all the main story dialogues of the game and they are approved (both by me and the narrative consultant) until we check them in-game. Apart from that, we’re currently working on sidequest dialogues. Day 7 is already fully assembled in Unity and I’m starting to work on Day 8 asset implementation. As soon as we finish and deliver this build, the programmer will start working on Day 7. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4c2f4f977efd4d69568145760af3735d52b31b30.png Conclusion After the huge number of hours we have spent fixing stuff that was present from the beginning, the game now is much more stable and enjoyable. The new music and sound effects really add a lot and make everything feel more cohesive and final!" {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/feec1eec9d1d8101efa97964684e58ca99c990b8.png I hope that you have found it interesting to find out a bit more about how we approach the game development and what goes into a milestone report. Soon I will also start sharing DevLogs with you with more insights about the game and what inspired me to make it :) If you have any questions, drop them in the comments or via Twitter @MaboroshiArt. Oh! And apart from this, we’ll also be at Tokyo Game Show 2023, which will run from September 21st to 24th at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. If you happen to be there, please come to the Chorus booth at the Indie Game Area in Hall 9, booth 09-E67 and say hi! I’ll probably be hanging around on Saturday! 😊 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/9859dd591744d7b3283c528874cf2077da092b8c.png Thank you so much! 💙 .Juan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

For all the people in the US who didn't get to try our game last year as we were only attending events in Japan, you're in luck! Last Time I Saw You will be at PAX East, Boston MA, from the 23 to 26 of March! You'll be able to play the demo of Last Time I Saw You at the Chorus booth and have a chat with them. It will be booth #15115, and let us tell you that they've put a lot of care into the decoration! 😉 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/68e57e662530c207de5530eb3583ae2111c72c34.jpg We also wanted to share with you some screenshots of how the game is progressing. We are really happy with the results and can't wait for you to play it when it's all ready! 💙✨ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/530a3986f7c85732997749d92a9267e22c42e6a1.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d4b1018cf4c2c2abcbdfb09d38bdf502ac8dea9b.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d1c9544579db6aa798dbf079650778399243d5c9.png Hope you like them! Going back to development now! 😌 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

We are thrilled to announce that we have signed with Chorus Worldwide to bring Last Time I Saw You to life! To be honest with all of you, the demo you played during Steam Next Fest: June 2022 was made during our free time over the last few years. Our team made a tremendous effort to create it and for that we'll be eternally grateful to them. But despite the incredible reception we got the game was at a point where without funding it could never be completed... That's when the good people at Chorus, who had been keeping an eye on us for a while, showed up to give us just what we needed! This means that Last Time I Saw You is now fully in development, with an estimated release date of 2024 and the intention to release it on consoles as well! We can't give concrete names yet but we will try to get it on as many platforms as possible. We have made this teaser to announce it. Hope you like it! https://youtu.be/LU5MnhNnz14 We've also been reading all your comments and we are implementing as many improvements as possible, so the next time you see something from Last Time I Saw You it will be with a nice new fresh look! Thank you so much for your support! <3 Much love 💙, The Maboroshi Artworks Team {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/9deb4a1f5dc0e1b2926a2d93ca17841a738354fc.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

This is unbelievable! We recently participated in BitSummit X Roads, a renowned indie event that takes place in Kyoto, Japan. It was our first physical event and the reception from the crowd was amazing! We had the chance to meet lots of people from inside and outside Japan who really enjoyed playing Last Time I Saw You and were eager to see how it continues. And, not being this already good enough, we also won the VISUAL EXCELLENCE AWARD and the MEDIA HIGHLIGHT AWARD! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/2a97c6c222e82c26a260e7db50fc393bce82bfc5.jpg It was an incredible weekend that we will never forget... Apart from this, we’ll also be at Tokyo Game Show 2022, which will run from September 15 to 18 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. If you happen to be there, please come and say hi! We'll be at booth A35! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/8d003ea2e95e587c58785f72ccb4f29f55f67334.jpg During this time you will be able to continue enjoying our demo. Don't forget to leave your feedback at the >pinned discussion post< that we created during the past Steam Next Fest. So yeah, once again we'd like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the support you've been giving us during the past months since we released the demo. Everything is moving and we couldn't be happier about it :) Thank you so much for your support! <3 The Maboroshi Artworks Team 💙 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png

Hi there! We are super excited to announce that Last Time I Saw You is participating in the Steam Next Fest: June 2022! Which means that, for the first time ever, everyone will be able to finally play the game! You can get the demo for free during the event on the Last Time I Saw You Steam Page between June 13 and June 20. Get the demo here! The demo contains a sneak peek of the prologue of the game, showing part of Ayumi's world and some of the characters he will encounter during his adventure as well as setting up the story. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/9ec9e2fecb74d0e73898d7e540e883c119c0c03f.gif We really hope you enjoy the demo! It would also be of much value if you could provide your feedback or suggestions through our social media channels: Discord, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. We've also left a >pinned discussion post< where you can leave your feedback. Thank you so much for checking out the demo! We look forward to hearing your feedback! The Maboroshi Artworks Team 💙 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/4e5768b7a6bab0ed1c0e54261227cf1816f4b53a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/d51a1d6306be761fd6631ee2038b1afbf2892750.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42038922/ec78ec2948ab4b3d944b2dbcb477f3bcfaa9724f.png