The New Universes: ~ Eine Neue Reise Beginnt ~ Chapter 1 News

Good morning,

We have finished 0.9 release of our beta build for the game. Some music points are still missing but the project is now 85 percent complete. The remaining patches will fine-tune the existing content and finalize the build of the game. After this once the base game is finished mini-games and other features may be added as mentioned in our early Access framework. Thanks for sticking with us and I hope all is well.

Atsu
TNU Productions

Hello,

I am happy to announce; albeit late... That we have finally released a testing build of our Unity engine version of the game. To access this you will need to go to options by right clicking on the game and then going to Betas. Once you do this in the text entry screen with a password field enter "unitytest1234". With this code you will be able to opt into beta builds as we make progress on the Unity engine. I added this a few months back but still needed to do testing on to to make sure it was stable enough for public use. Happily it is playable up to where we currently are with the game. The team will provide more updates soon and hopefully another Unity patch. Once we get further in Unity development than we were in the other version the game files for the main build will be replaced with those from the Unity build. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out.

Atsu
TNU Productions

Good morning,

We have been largely quiet since the release of the second scene but I want to assure you that we have not abandoned the project. The reason for this update will explain why we have been largely silent but is also a good thing for the goals with this game and any input the community may have to make the game better as we develop things.

- We are scrapping the current engine and moving to Unity to allow for better support, customization, more mini-games and an overall more useful experience.
- We are clearing up some character and background art discrepancies later on in the script so we can get the game out faster for you.
- We do not have an updated release date with this change in engine but still plan on releasing incremental patches as we complete each scene, mini-game and section of the game so players can provide feedback and help us to improve the game.

I hope that these updates find everyone well and if you need anything or have questions feel free to reach out to us.

Atsumari
TNU Productions LLC.

Hello everyone,

Welcome to the next community update. We are only midway through May but I am happy to have some announcements for you. Effective as of last night we have released version 1.0. This build completes the first part of the Chapter 1 story. With this, we have also verified all things are working on our first full build of the kinetic portion of the game. In particular the following things have been completed:

- Additional minor grammatical changes to the game.
- Scene transitions fixed and match content of the story.
- Music added to each scene and during specific events.
- Minor code cleanup.

We are also proud to announce the funding of our Kickstarter. This along with outside donations have allowed us to begin work on part two of Chapter 1. Thanks again for all of the support people have provided and for all those who are interested in this project. If you can think of any improvements than we can make please feel free to reach out to us.

Josh (Atsumari)
TNU Productions LLC.

Hello,

This is the first combined community update that will be posted on all of our social media, Steam and Kickstarter. I am happy to announce even more progress has been made on the game; in addition, we have made improvements to our website to allow for easier support, easier key management and related things if you need something from us over the course of the game being developed. Below is a list of updates by type:

TNU: ENRB VN
- Final quality check run has been completed for version 1 to finish our first official build.
- Music patch will be released in the coming days along with this final quality checked version.
- We have begun minor work on the second part of ENRB Chapter 1.

Website
- We have added the ability for our customer support staff to log keys for customers allowing us to better track customer support requests.
- We have begun the launch of an online store that is currently in beta. Versions purchased through our online store will include a Steam Key.
- We have begun using Cloudflare to further protect our customers, servers and provide an extra layer of trust with the community by using a well-known service to handle pass-through across the internet.
- We now offer the ability for customers to reply directly to emails sent to our customer service team.

In addition to the above things The New Universes Project which is the organization behind the story we are producing here has begun its application for charitable exception with the IRS as the organization exists to create literary works and support others in doing so without the expectation of compensation. This VN is something of a hobbyist project for us and is being created with the TNU Project’s authorization. If you want to help write new stories, develop your own story or just have an interest in what the TNU Project is please visit our website. As was mentioned by a curator in a previous review the story we are using here is not a typical thing and is more a community-supported endeavor. We are always looking for feedback, new faces and contributions.

Thanks,

Josh (Atsumari)
TNU Productions LLC.