The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence news & patch notes

Hi everybody! 👋 We are Mipumi, an indie development studio based in Austria, creators of The Lion’s Song and The Flower Collectors, and this is our new game Howl. 🏹 🐺 Welcome! Thanks for stopping by. Howl is a game of planning and prophecy inspired by mediaeval folktales. The land has fallen to the mysterious ‘howling plague’, which turns all to hear it into beasts. You play a deaf hero travelling in search of a cure. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/25504666/0c62f8832edf35f0ab77188644259149dca3d873.png Combat in Howl is tactical and turn-based: plan your battles up to six steps in advance, outflanking your monstrous enemies. As you fight you’ll weave a continuous piece of scripture, creating the prophecy of your own life. The world of Howl is rendered in a unique ‘living ink’ style that paints the story as you play, evoking the tapestries and manuscripts that inspired this world. 📜 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/25504666/325322aca137f0c68c557a1ce0a34836494cfbdd.gif That’s all we can tell you for now, but rest assured we have plenty more cool details to reveal. Please be sure to follow and wishlist if you like the look of the game! Best, Team Mipumi {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/25504666/3436b71a5406fddda3380f6cbdab6a42fdf48c5a.png

Dear players, friends and fans, We’ve been looking forward to saying this for a long time, we are so happy and proud to tell you that The Flower Collectors launches TODAY! You can find a little teaser below and the full launch trailer here. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36990323/44d016db273d4296a4149f0272c8276c9722bd11.gif Just like with The Lion’s Song we hope you have a good time diving into this heartfelt game world and discovering the stories of its colourful inhabitants. The whole team is super excited to hear what you think, watch let’s plays and finally be able to share our version of Barcelona with you. As you probably know, we’re a small indie studio making games that aren’t exactly mainstream, so every Steam user review we can get makes a big difference for us. If you enjoy our work and would like to see more of it this is the best way you can support us (aside from buying the game, of course)! From Vienna with love, The Mi’pu’mi Team

Dear players, friends and fans, We got some truly exciting news to share: Our second game The Flower Collectors has an official release date! Jorge’s and Melinda’s adventure will start on the 21st of April on Steam. Here is a teaser trailer we made for the occasion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJnw7eoQa90 The game is a soul-searching detective mystery set in Barcelona, 1977. An ex-cop in a wheelchair witnesses a murder, and teams up with a young ambitious journalist to bring the truth to light. With camera, binoculars and transmitter in hand, uncover the town’s secrets from your balcony. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/25504666/b50c455fa36ef91c26f344476bb0f0946915a3c0.png If you want to find out more about the game, head to the Steam page below (adding it to your wishlist would be super much appreciated, that helps us a lot!) or follow us on Twitter. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1034750/The_Flower_Collectors/ From Vienna with love, The Mi’pu’mi Team

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/25504666/5cfbbd38d0c53e121fb878e3870c5c7d9c65a98b.png Dear players, friends and fans, We’ve been waiting for this moment and are super proud to reveal our next game: “The Flower Collectors”! For our second game, we wanted to keep some core values of our debut (narrative driven journey into a unique , unusual setting, dealing with different social issues, full of interesting characters) while also venturing out to completely new and unexplored territory for us that we hope you’ll enjoy just as much as The Lion’s Song. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/25504666/ccbdcf42e4fac5f7f10ba6ff709886faaf08fc1d.gif The Flower Collectors is a detective mystery, set in the political powder-keg of Barcelona in 1977. You play as Jorge, an ex-cop in a wheelchair, who witnesses a murder and teams up with a young ambitious journalist to bring the truth to light. You can watch the game reveal trailer and find more info about the game, screenshots, gifs and much more on the Steam page. If you like the look of The Flower Collectors we would really appreciate if you could wishlist it, since that is super helpful for a small developer like us in order to get Steam to notice the game. The Flower Collectors will be coming to Steam this year. We can’t wait to show you more and would love to hear what you think about the game in the comments! From Vienna with love, The Mi’pu’mi Team

Dear players, friends and fans, It’s been a while since you last heard from us. We have been busy! First off, we are releasing a patch for The Lion’s Song that fixes an issue with unlocking achievements. UPDATED 2020-01-30: ------------------------------------------------------------- General (Windows & Linux): - Fixed an issue that prevented players from getting an achievement when using the re-decide feature. All achievements can now be unlocked.

A Preview of Our Next Game

Behind the scenes we have been working on something new & unannounced. Please keep a close eye on our channels – more coming soon. Although we can’t wait to tell you about it, we’d like to leave you with this small preview for now: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/25504666/620cca487a9b877f473165339113026e2b6e6918.gif Democracy was never meant to last. Subscribe to our newsletter at flowercollectors.com or follow us on Twitter @Mipumi for more updates about our next game. From Vienna with Love, The Mi’pu’mi Team

A sincere "Servus" from Mi'pu'mi Games in Vienna, Austria. Since we released the first episode of The Lion's Song - Silence, we were overwhelmed by your positive feedback about the music and score of our little game. Especially about Wilma's Violine concert in the first episode. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25504666/b5f305e55398e05f08dd55a60f45a19ecdda476e.png Hence we are very proud and honored to present to you the Original Soundtrack of The Lion's Song. With the help of Dynamedion who is responsible for the wonderful score, we are happy to release a representative cross section of the original music. https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/969848422895601748/26A7A3C8CDEE80A7DFB69E60DB380002F661C61D/ We hope it brings back some fond memories of your experience with Wilma, Franz, Emma and Bert. Maybe you find yourself in a small mountain hut one day and are then able to enjoy the music Wilma composed in a similar surrounding. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25504666/9d57a4eaef76751315fafdf10f88de3be594544f.png Please enjoy :-) From Vienna with Love. Yours, Mi'pu'mi Team

Dear players, friends and fans, https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25504666/9b4c2ae3e19af1d608e1cce13974f5536687687b.png In order to address the latest changes to Ubuntu, we updated the Linux version of The Lion's Song. UPDATED 2018-05-02: =================== Linux: - Fixed libcurl dependency issue on newer distributions like Ubuntu 18.04. Have fun with the latest version of "The Lion's Song"! From Vienna with Love. Yours, Mi'pu'mi Team

http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/903400877922482403/953F6218C121DD0DED8A11CE25C9616C2F3A73E5/ The year is slowly coming to an end; Christmas Eve is around the corner and 2018 is already knocking on our doors. We hope you are by now in Holiday & Season mood and are prepared for quiet days amongst your beloved ones. Do you already have all your Christmas presents to place them under the tree or in Christmas stockings? If you are still looking for the right present for yourself or your friends and family, here is your chance! Get The Lion’s Song on Steam 30% off the regular price for a limited period. Shorten the time until New Year’s Eve and support Wilma, Franz and Emma on their creative journey during the “Wiener Moderne” at the dawn of World War I. Get the Season Pass now!

http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/903400877922482403/953F6218C121DD0DED8A11CE25C9616C2F3A73E5/ The year is slowly coming to an end; Christmas Eve is around the corner and 2018 is already knocking on our doors. We hope you are by now in Holiday & Season mood and are prepared for quiet days amongst your beloved ones. Do you already have all your Christmas presents to place them under the tree or in Christmas stockings? If you are still looking for the right present for yourself or your friends and family, here is your chance! Get The Lion’s Song on Steam 30% off the regular price for a limited period. Shorten the time until New Year’s Eve and support Wilma, Franz and Emma on their creative journey during the “Wiener Moderne” at the dawn of World War I. Get the Season Pass now!

Dear players, friends and fans, http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/903400877920801031/2CB5CC7A8CEDE9738997CA1A6D0C36D0EFB52125/ In time for Christmas, we are releasing another patch for The Lion’s Song to allow you the best gaming experience during Holiday Season. We listened to your ongoing feedback and remarks to make sure we provide a stable and immersive experience in the “Wiener Moderne” at the beginning of the 20th century. Besides improvements in overall stability, this latest patch fixed a few minor issues in the Connection gallery, that should everyone help to collect their missing achievements. UPDATED 2017-12-21: =================== General: - Minor improvements - Fixed minor issues and bugs - Improved overall stability Have fun with the latest version of "The Lion's Song"! Season Greetings and a Happy New Year! From Vienna with Love. Yours, Mi'pu'mi Team

Dear players, friends and fans, http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/903400877920801031/2CB5CC7A8CEDE9738997CA1A6D0C36D0EFB52125/ In time for Christmas, we are releasing another patch for The Lion’s Song to allow you the best gaming experience during Holiday Season. We listened to your ongoing feedback and remarks to make sure we provide a stable and immersive experience in the “Wiener Moderne” at the beginning of the 20th century. Besides improvements in overall stability, this latest patch fixed a few minor issues in the Connection gallery, that should everyone help to collect their missing achievements. UPDATED 2017-12-21: =================== General: - Minor improvements - Fixed minor issues and bugs - Improved overall stability Have fun with the latest version of "The Lion's Song"! Season Greetings and a Happy New Year! From Vienna with Love. Yours, Mi'pu'mi Team

http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/859488583824237883/DCAE63DF52622B22F2C285A2AA1B02B658915870/ We hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend and spent quality time with your friends and beloved family. In case you missed the fact The Lion's Song is on Sale these days, let us remind you, the Sale is still on and ends tomorrow night! Don't miss your chance to learn more about the extravaganza of the Viennese circle at the beginning of the 20th century. Experience the vibrating time soaked with positive energy in art and science, before the dark ages started with World War I. Get The Lion's Song on Steam 30% off until tomorrow night! From Vienna with Love!

http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/859488583824237883/DCAE63DF52622B22F2C285A2AA1B02B658915870/ We hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend and spent quality time with your friends and beloved family. In case you missed the fact The Lion's Song is on Sale these days, let us remind you, the Sale is still on and ends tomorrow night! Don't miss your chance to learn more about the extravaganza of the Viennese circle at the beginning of the 20th century. Experience the vibrating time soaked with positive energy in art and science, before the dark ages started with World War I. Get The Lion's Song on Steam 30% off until tomorrow night! From Vienna with Love!

http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/859488348337420584/2EEF207D7744C9A06BB8C7972AD7829900A7757C// Are you looking for the perfect recreational activity during Thanksgiving weekend? Or just a good reason to stay inside while the weather is getting colder and colder? Why not try to compose a perfect piece of music for the Musikverein or just dream of perfect dumplings made by Leos Podany? There is actually no excuse! The Lion's Song is on Sale now! Enjoy a lovely weekend with our protagonists and learn more about the cultural and academic vibrating times in Vienna Austria during "Wiener Moderne", at the beginning of the 20th century! Get The Lion’s Song on Steam 30% off the regular price for a limited period. Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend! With Love from Vienna!

http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/859488348337420584/2EEF207D7744C9A06BB8C7972AD7829900A7757C// Are you looking for the perfect recreational activity during Thanksgiving weekend? Or just a good reason to stay inside while the weather is getting colder and colder? Why not try to compose a perfect piece of music for the Musikverein or just dream of perfect dumplings made by Leos Podany? There is actually no excuse! The Lion's Song is on Sale now! Enjoy a lovely weekend with our protagonists and learn more about the cultural and academic vibrating times in Vienna Austria during "Wiener Moderne", at the beginning of the 20th century! Get The Lion’s Song on Steam 30% off the regular price for a limited period. Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend! With Love from Vienna!

http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/859488132685318689/1B20FCFFFB30B37B71C4555B7F7485D8B85DECB4/ A sincere “Servus” from Mi’pu’mi Games in Vienna, Austria. It’s getting colder, snow has already reached the Alps and Christmas is around the corner. Have you already brought in the firewood for the chimney, lit up the candles and roasted your sweet chestnuts? We are enjoying fall in jolly Vienna and are amazed by the fact the release of The Lion’s Song: Episode 4 – Closure happened 5 months ago. Time is flying and so are the leaves of the trees in autumn. A perfect time to participate in the conventional autumn sales on all platforms. Have you thought about getting The Lion's Song throughout the year, but circumstances never felt right? Now is your chance! Get The Lion’s Song on Steam 30% off the regular price for a limited period. Shorten the time until Christmas and support Wilma, Franz and Emma on their creative journey during the “Wiener Moderne”. Get the Season Pass now!

http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/859488132685318689/1B20FCFFFB30B37B71C4555B7F7485D8B85DECB4/ A sincere “Servus” from Mi’pu’mi Games in Vienna, Austria. It’s getting colder, snow has already reached the Alps and Christmas is around the corner. Have you already brought in the firewood for the chimney, lit up the candles and roasted your sweet chestnuts? We are enjoying fall in jolly Vienna and are amazed by the fact the release of The Lion’s Song: Episode 4 – Closure happened 5 months ago. Time is flying and so are the leaves of the trees in autumn. A perfect time to participate in the conventional autumn sales on all platforms. Have you thought about getting The Lion's Song throughout the year, but circumstances never felt right? Now is your chance! Get The Lion’s Song on Steam 30% off the regular price for a limited period. Shorten the time until Christmas and support Wilma, Franz and Emma on their creative journey during the “Wiener Moderne”. Get the Season Pass now!

By now, you should have finished The Lion's Song already. Seen all episodes, get to know all characters and experienced the entire narrative and how all stories are connected as well as intertwined. http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/842591330192922921/9AC445B3A8BDA7104DA742E66C6489B030B84B47/ But you don't know the entire team yet! Please allow us to introduce Maria in this weeks devblog post. Maria was working as Game Designer and Scripter on The Lion's Song and helped breathing life into every scene of the game, by adding lots of little details. Check out more about Maria and here involvement in The Lion's Song on our DevBlog!

By now, you should have finished The Lion's Song already. Seen all episodes, get to know all characters and experienced the entire narrative and how all stories are connected as well as intertwined. http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/842591330192922921/9AC445B3A8BDA7104DA742E66C6489B030B84B47/ But you don't know the entire team yet! Please allow us to introduce Maria in this weeks devblog post. Maria was working as Game Designer and Scripter on The Lion's Song and helped breathing life into every scene of the game, by adding lots of little details. Check out more about Maria and here involvement in The Lion's Song on our DevBlog!

Dear players, friends and fans, Thanks for your ongoing positive feedback and your continuous playing. We keep listening to your feedback and just released a new patch with minor fixes. UPDATED 2017-08-10: =================== General (all platforms): - Further improved stability under bad / limited network conditions - Improved overall stability Linux: - Changed library dependencies Please have fun with the latest version of "The Lion's Song"!

Dear players, friends and fans, Thanks for your ongoing positive feedback and your continuous playing. We keep listening to your feedback and just released a new patch with minor fixes. UPDATED 2017-08-10: =================== General (all platforms): - Further improved stability under bad / limited network conditions - Improved overall stability Linux: - Changed library dependencies Please have fun with the latest version of "The Lion's Song"!

Dear players, friends and fans, Thanks for all your positive and very warm feedback we received since release of Episode 4 and the Full Season package. We carefully listened to your feedback and just released a patch with one major and some minor fixes. UPDATED 2017-08-03: =================== Major: - Fixed crash in episode 4 - Improved various scenes for decide again feature General: - Minor bugfixes - Improved overall loading times - Improved overall stability Translations: - Minor translation bugfixes across all languages - Minor improvements for German, Russian and English Have fun with the latest version of "The Lion's Song"!

Dear players, friends and fans, Thanks for all your positive and very warm feedback we received since release of Episode 4 and the Full Season package. We carefully listened to your feedback and just released a patch with one major and some minor fixes. UPDATED 2017-08-03: =================== Major: - Fixed crash in episode 4 - Improved various scenes for decide again feature General: - Minor bugfixes - Improved overall loading times - Improved overall stability Translations: - Minor translation bugfixes across all languages - Minor improvements for German, Russian and English Have fun with the latest version of "The Lion's Song"!

Now that the Full Season was released last week, you are able to explore all connections across all episodes and characters, we mentioned in our communication since Episode 1 - Silence. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25504666/e8083c22a7b29cc45e6e9c8e86c1a6952c8aefa8.png Have you ever experienced a situation where one small detail seems to leave a large impact on a completely different part of your life? Or talked to somebody who knows your friends through social circles you never entered? There is a saying here in Vienna which roughly translates as “Vienna is a small village”, meaning that everybody seems to know one another. In The Lion’s Song, we tried to depict these moments in life where fate and chance intertwine, and people connect without being aware of it. Take for example Wilma’s relationship with her mentor Arthur. If she wants to be with him and if her composition is good they will appear together later in Gustav Klimt's salon in Episode 2: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25504666/9874491373221e770fe6c444708b55a492663c8b.png Please check out the full story with more examples as they appear early in the game, detailed described on our The Lion's Song DevBlog:

Now that the Full Season was released last week, you are able to explore all connections across all episodes and characters, we mentioned in our communication since Episode 1 - Silence. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25504666/e8083c22a7b29cc45e6e9c8e86c1a6952c8aefa8.png Have you ever experienced a situation where one small detail seems to leave a large impact on a completely different part of your life? Or talked to somebody who knows your friends through social circles you never entered? There is a saying here in Vienna which roughly translates as “Vienna is a small village”, meaning that everybody seems to know one another. In The Lion’s Song, we tried to depict these moments in life where fate and chance intertwine, and people connect without being aware of it. Take for example Wilma’s relationship with her mentor Arthur. If she wants to be with him and if her composition is good they will appear together later in Gustav Klimt's salon in Episode 2: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25504666/9874491373221e770fe6c444708b55a492663c8b.png Please check out the full story with more examples as they appear early in the game, detailed described on our The Lion's Song DevBlog:

A sincere "Servus" from Mi'pu'mi Games in Vienna, Austria. Pretty much a year ago, on July 7th 2016, we released the first episode of The Lion's Song - Silence. 12 months later we are overwhelmed by the support and positive feedback we received from YOU, our loyal and close to our heart community, along the entire way, that brought us here today. http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/829076856552454004/D9E76DE0F38FE368AA4FA3287A084822135E4BCE/ From the entire team at Mi'pu'mi a stellar thank you to all of you! Today, we are very proud to present to you, Episode 4 - Closure, the final chapter of The Lion's Song. Each of the first three episodes of The Lion's Song featured its own little standalone adventure with a unique protagonist, characters and narrative. Our aim was to let players dive into a rich world of fascinating stories with very different endings, which encourages them to replay each episode and take alternate routes. For Episode 4 we’re taking a different approach, bringing the first three stories together in a way that we hope will offer you a satisfying conclusion to the path you have chosen. The season’s finale, Episode 4 - Closure, will take you on a mysterious train ride that connects the storylines of all previous episodes. The final episode introduces a new character, that completes the group of 4 strangers in the mysterious train compartment at the beginning of all previous episodes. http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/829076856551935560/E76BA6807E25F4B96E168BB55D22F36EFF2809EB/ What stories will these four strangers share along the way, and where will their journey end? We promise, emotions will run high again, as you make connections with each character, and work to navigate and experience their lives in different ways with different outcomes. The complete story is now available to you. You have the opportunity to revisit all previous episodes, connect all characters and intertwine their experiences. From all of us here at Mi'pu'mi, Enjoy The Lion's Song!

A sincere "Servus" from Mi'pu'mi Games in Vienna, Austria. Pretty much a year ago, on July 7th 2016, we released the first episode of The Lion's Song - Silence. 12 months later we are overwhelmed by the support and positive feedback we received from YOU, our loyal and close to our heart community, along the entire way, that brought us here today. http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/829076856552454004/D9E76DE0F38FE368AA4FA3287A084822135E4BCE/ From the entire team at Mi'pu'mi a stellar thank you to all of you! Today, we are very proud to present to you, Episode 4 - Closure, the final chapter of The Lion's Song. Each of the first three episodes of The Lion's Song featured its own little standalone adventure with a unique protagonist, characters and narrative. Our aim was to let players dive into a rich world of fascinating stories with very different endings, which encourages them to replay each episode and take alternate routes. For Episode 4 we’re taking a different approach, bringing the first three stories together in a way that we hope will offer you a satisfying conclusion to the path you have chosen. The season’s finale, Episode 4 - Closure, will take you on a mysterious train ride that connects the storylines of all previous episodes. The final episode introduces a new character, that completes the group of 4 strangers in the mysterious train compartment at the beginning of all previous episodes. http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/829076856551935560/E76BA6807E25F4B96E168BB55D22F36EFF2809EB/ What stories will these four strangers share along the way, and where will their journey end? We promise, emotions will run high again, as you make connections with each character, and work to navigate and experience their lives in different ways with different outcomes. The complete story is now available to you. You have the opportunity to revisit all previous episodes, connect all characters and intertwine their experiences. From all of us here at Mi'pu'mi, Enjoy The Lion's Song!

Last weekend Mi'pu'mi attended the international ReVersed Festival at the wonderful "Museumsquartier" here in Vienna. The festival brought more than 60 games from all across Europe to Vienna and provided four days of interesting discussions, chats and game talks between developers. If you are ever close by, take your chance and stop by. ReVersed is worth the trip to Vienna, as is Vienna itself of course! With great pleasure and humble excitement we are happy to announce that The Lion's Song won Best Story Award at the ReVersed Festival! Thanks to the international jury for their trust in our beloved pixel art gem. Good timing to pick up another award for the release of Episode 4 - Closure this Thursday, July 13th. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25504666/8e263be253312ce175cd3256f8bb96aadb370c81.png

Last weekend Mi'pu'mi attended the international ReVersed Festival at the wonderful "Museumsquartier" here in Vienna. The festival brought more than 60 games from all across Europe to Vienna and provided four days of interesting discussions, chats and game talks between developers. If you are ever close by, take your chance and stop by. ReVersed is worth the trip to Vienna, as is Vienna itself of course! With great pleasure and humble excitement we are happy to announce that The Lion's Song won Best Story Award at the ReVersed Festival! Thanks to the international jury for their trust in our beloved pixel art gem. Good timing to pick up another award for the release of Episode 4 - Closure this Thursday, July 13th. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25504666/8e263be253312ce175cd3256f8bb96aadb370c81.png