Ogu and the Secret Forest News

Hello! ːsteamhappyː

Thank you for enjoying the game everyone!
Right after the launch of the early access build 0.1, we found a few bugs and are now fixed.

[h2]Bugs[/h2]

• Early demo save data crashing the current build has been fixed
  
• Game crashing at game over whilst Baby Ogu is lifting an object has been fixed
  
• At the ‘Eastern Jungle’, there was an unintended progress point to the ‘Eastern Canyon’. This now has been fixed
  
• Fixed arriving at wrong place when moving from ‘Landfill’ to ‘Western Forest’
  
• ‘Quarry Office’ Puzzle has been fixed
  
• Legendary Fisherman quest line has been fixed
  

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• ‘Map’ and ‘Help’ menu key mixup has been corrected.
  

Early access has been launched! ːsteamhappyː

First of all, thank you so much to everyone who participated in three closed betas and visitors came all the way to game shows to cheer us up. Also all the kind words you guys sent us via email is what drove us to come to today.




Existing play files may conflict with the current build.
Be sure to play with 'New Game'!



[h2]Introducing the Early Access Version[/h2]



In this early access version, we include 3 main regions out of 6 regions(Jungle, Moon Forest, Desert) and a few other areas to explore.

Main Region (Main questline areas where you obtain the Sigils)

• Jungle
  
• Moon Forest
  
• Desert
  

Extra areas (Storylines and collectables are in this area)

• Jungle Outskirt
  
• Northern Central Forest
  
• Museum
  

[h2]Difference To Demo Build[/h2]

You can find a lot of contents added to the early access build unlike the demo version.

[h3]1. Adventure Journal[/h3]



Through ‘Adventure Journal’, you can see the progress of your gameplay and also see the collected items such as hats, cooked dishes, bugs, fish and etcetera.


[h3]2. Housing[/h3]



Basement of Hero’s House located in the Village of the Sun is now decoratable to your liking.
The additional furniture and decorating pieces can be obtained through completing a quest or making new friends.

[h3]3. Vast Environmental Changes[/h3]



There are some visual additions to vegetation of the world. Some react to Baby Ogu’s interaction. Not only that, there are random encounters like natural birds and packed venders. Explore the Secret Forest and observe the world as it responds to you!

[h2]Plans for the Future[/h2]

There will be weekly development news and every 2~3 months we’ll have major updates, mainly the 3 other main regions of the game.

Please check out the Early Access Roadmap below! This is also on the main page of our steam store page!



The order of the main updates are as follows.
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1. Harbor Town and Southern Central Forest
   
2. Snow Town and Southwest Central Forest
   
3. Sea Region
   
4. Center of the Central Forest (All area name is pending)
   

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Other than these planned areas, we also plan to add more areas to the existing regions. We are open to ideas from you as well. If you enjoy a certain content and it is received well, we’ll focus on enhancing the experience by building more on it. We wish to have a flexible development path.

We’re always open to listen to you. Share your bug reports or ideas for the game through the steam community page and our discord!

'Ogu and the Secret Forest' Steam Community(Link)

'Ogu and the Secret Forest' Discord(Link)



If you are interested in content creation or press releases regarding our game launch, please check our ‘presskit’ Down below!
'Ogu and the Secret Forest’ Presskit(Link)


Thank you everyone for waiting. We’ll carry on creating what we love and until the full release, we’re not stopping.

Thank you again!

Hello! ːsteamhappyː

After two days from today, 10am 24th March KST(6 pm 23rd of March PST) our game goes early access!

We’re checking every little inconvenience that might be present in the current build to make sure we deliver the best experience to you.

After the launch, we’ll carry on stabilising the game build and after that we’ll add the additional regions as the early access road map suggests.

The early access road map is as follows!




Also since we’re launching our game, the store page information and screenshots have been updated accordingly to the current build.




















If you still haven’t checked our game trailer, please check the youtube video below!

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It is all thanks to your interest and support that we could carry on creating what we love.
Sincerely, we are grateful for the kind words.
Thank you so much for waiting! ːsteamhappyː

Hello!ːsteamhappyː
We’ve assembled questions that you guys asked last week!


[h2]Q. How long is the playtime of the game?[/h2]

In this current build, we have three main regions to play and the playtime will be around 5 hours to clear.

Single region contains about 1.5 hours of playtime, thus all six regions after the full release will have an estimate of 10 hours of game playtime.

However, this is only if you play the main storyline and not the additional contents such as sub quests, housing and collecting various collectibles. That’s going to take a lot longer than the main storyline.


[h2]Q. What’s the cost of the game?[/h2]

The early access of the ‘Ogu and the Secret Forest’ will be 17.99 USD. The cost will increase when the game is fully released.


[h2]Q.Will there be any hidden hats ... ?![/h2]



Yeah! There are many hidden hats throughout the game. Some are sold in shops however, some may only be acquirable through secret discovery. There will be more hats to come!

[h2]Q. What is the origin of ‘Baby Ogu’? Is Ogu from the stars?[/h2]




[h2]Q. Is multiplayer going to be featured in the game?[/h2]

‘Ogu and the Secret Forest’ is a single player adventure game.
Multiplayer is not available in the game.

[h2]Q. How old is ‘Baby Ogu’? lol[/h2]

59000 years old.





[h2]Q. Can we hear the characters' voices?[/h2]

Our main character ‘Baby Ogu’ is a silent protagonist. We wanted the players to imagine what the characters might sound like.

Also creating more than 100 unique characters’ voices might cause some difficulties to the creation process. This is why we decided not to include voices for the characters.

[h2]Q. Will there be more language supports?[/h2]

Currently, ‘Ogu and the Secret Forest’ is supporting Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified). During the 1 year period of early access, we’ll try our best to include language support for more countries.

[h2]Q. What do you want the players to feel playing this game?[/h2]

We want the players to feel nostalgic. The feeling of the joy and pure curiosity we felt when we played video games when we were younger. But most of all, we want everyone to enjoy it!

Hello! ːsteamhappyː

Early access for ‘Ogu and the Secret Forest’ is near us!

Before the release, we’d like to know if you have any questions about the game.
We want to know what you are curious about on this early access build.


Any question can be asked freely like the examples below.

ex) What sort of collectables are there in the game?

ex) How long of a playtime can I expect with the early access build?

ex) How old is Baby Ogu?



Early next week, we’ll collect all the questions and will answer them in the next post.
So please leave your questions below!

Thank you so much for your patience. We’re super excited to hear your questions!