Tales of Seikyu News

Goodness, we’re excited about our Early Access launch! In case you missed our announcement, you’ll be pleased to know that Tales of Seikyu will launch in Steam Early Access on the 21st of May 2025. It’s not long now until you’ll be boarding the boat to Seikyu! \(0^◇^0)/

If you haven’t already gathered by now, we’re real big on sharing as much information with our community as possible! We want you to know what to expect at Early Access and what’s coming in updates throughout our Early Access journey and as we approach 1.0. We’ve been working very hard on bringing the magical world of Seikyu to life, and we can’t wait for you to see everything we’ve worked on so far. As a reminder, Tales of Seikyu will be launching in Early Access, which means we’re still working hard on making Tales of Seikyu the very best it can be based on your wonderful feedback. So, please let us know what you think! Now, without further ado, let’s take a look…

[h2]What’s Coming to Tales of Seikyu at Early Access![/h2]

• Story Chapter One: Experience the first chapter of your Seikyu story, explore the countryside, and take part in early-game quests (with more coming in subsequent updates).
  
  
• First 3x Yokai Forms: Each with their own unique powers. From the powerful boar and aquatic slime all the way to the soaring tengu. We’ll be refining these yokai powers throughout Early Access for even more mythical might!
  
  
• Heart Events with 6 villagers: Love is in the air. Build your relationships up to level 4 with Nyotengu, Hephaestus, Musashi, Liliana, Yohji, and Anna. More romanceable villagers on the way!
  
  
• 40+ Seeds/Crops: Featuring seasonal growth mechanics!
  
  
• Farm Expansions: With so many crops to grow, you’re gonna want to buy some new plots of land to farm on. We’d love your feedback on farming, as we know this is an area many of you enjoy, so please tell us what you think when you try it at Early Access.
  
  
• Puzzles: Rumour has it that there are spirits deep within the fox ruins who offer puzzles to only the most worthy of yokai.
  
  
• Casino & Tavern: Help bring a little excitement to Seikyu by building new businesses for the community! We’ll be working on adding new features for community buildings such as these, so if there’s something you want to see, make sure to let us know.
  
  
• 50+ Recipes: Cook crops, foraged items, and fish into delicious recipes! Eat them yourself for unique buffs or gift them to villagers (just remember that not everybody’s tastes are the same).
  
  
• 100+ Pieces of Furniture: Whether you prefer cute and cozy or a traditional Eastern aesthetic, there’s something for everyone.
  
  
• Furniture & Clothing Customisation: Express yourself through your clothes and home! We’re also making a point of asking the community what they’d like to see in terms of new outfits and customisations over on our social media channels, so make sure to follow us on X and Bluesky to take part.
  
  
• Boss Battles: Go head-to-head with the first two bosses. Let’s hope your combat training with Nyotengu pays off! We know there’s still work to be done on polishing the combat experience and we’d love your feedback on how this feels at Early Access so that we know what to improve on the road to 1.0.
  
  
• Carp Festival: Seikyu’s spring festival, with fun activities and good vibes. We want to make the festivals of Seikyu truly magical, and we’d love your feedback on what else you’d like to see at these community events.
  
  
• Language Localization: Tales of Seikyu will be available in English, German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese at Early Access launch. If you spot any localisations that you think need adjusting or wording differently, please let us know so we can correct them. We’ll be adding more languages throughout our Early Access journey.

[h2]Coming Throughout Our Early Access Journey or at 1.0[/h2]

There’s so much more coming to Tales of Seikyu throughout our Early Access journey, and we plan to deliver fresh content and features in batches across our various updates. We’ll keep sharing information and announcements with you the community and we’ll do our best to let you know which features are coming with which updates.

• More Story Chapters & Quests: From chapter 2 and beyond, we’ll be fleshing out the story of Tales of Seikyu and adding plenty more quests.
  
  
• New Yokai Transformations: With their own unique abilities.
  
  
• Romance: Even more romanceable NPCs and additional heart events.
  
  
• Marriage: For when you’re ready to take things to the next level.
  
  
• Customisations: Hair styles, hair colour, skin tones, and more!
  
  
• Pets: Maybe now you’ll finally stop joking that Kon is your pet (she hates that, btw!).
  
  
• Ranching: Raise cute animals on your farm. From cows to capybara!
  
  
• Hotsprings: Visit Seikyu’s restorative hot springs and meet the mysterious girl who works there.
  
  
• Festivals: Join the villagers for seasonal celebrations!
  
  
• Boss Battles: As you uncover the secrets of Seikyu, you’ll encounter more powerful bosses. Keep your swords sharpened, adventurers!
  
  
• New Outfits: What can we say? We’ve got a passion for fashion.
  
  
• New Furniture: 100+ pieces of furniture at Early Access launch was just the beginning!
  
  
• Bug Fixes & Optimisations: For a smoother Seikyu experience.
  
  
• And More: Additional languages, more farm expansions, NPC birthdays, new casino games, and more!

We hope you’re excited to embark upon this adventure with us, and we’re literally counting down the days until you can set sail and start your new life in the countryside. We want you to know that we’re so very grateful for your support as we approach our Early Access launch, and we can’t wait to hear what you think of the magical world we have created. We’re counting on your feedback and bug reports to help us make Tales of Seikyu the kind of game you won’t be able to put down. In the meantime, don’t forget to wishlist the game and follow us on Discord, X, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit.

[h2]Hey Seikyuians! [/h2]

We want to introduce you to a new regular series diaries from the Tales of Seikyu development team.

It’s been a busy week with lots of progress on our art, bug squashing, and finalising the designs for our villagers’ rooms, as well as implementing feedback and much more! Dive in to see what’s been happening the past week and what we plan to do next as we journey towards our Early Access Launch! ٩(◕‿◕)۶


[h2]🎨Art & Design[/h2]

Our talented artists have been hard at work and they’ve completed Anna’s Normal, Shocked and Blush expression portraits. This daydreamer has a lot on her mind, so we do hope you’ll have a chat with her and become a friendly face she can rely on in the village.



Other art updates we’ve got to share this week include progress on Uozumi’s portrait expressions; we’re nearly there!



Furniture and rooms have also been given a lot of love as we have designed and created more of the cottages to reflect the wonderful personalities of the yokai that live there. Want to guess who lives in this wonderful space? It’s our wonderful Mika, she’s got great taste!



[h2]🐞Bug Squashing[/h2]

As is to be expected when spring or summer makes its arrival, so do the bugs - and game development is no different! We’re hard at work swatting, squashing and shooing bugs away as we create a more polished experience in Seikyu. We’ve resolved 141 bugs in the last week and we’re focused on resolving more to enhance the gaming experience.


[h2]🌸 Sneak Peek [/h2]

Many of you loved seeing our new male romanceable option revealed in our Next Fest Feedback update and we wanted to give you a further sneak peek into the creation.

He’s shaping up slowly but surely. ( ˘ ³˘)~♥



That’s it for our first Developer Diary. We are planning to do more of these in the future, so please stay tuned for more updates on our progress.

We also hope it’s a nice way to pass the time before Early Access Launch. 🌸

Before you go, we’d like to encourage you to wishlist our game (if you already have, you are amazing✨) as it’s one of the best ways to support Tales of Seikyu.

Also, give us a follow on any of these platforms for regular news, giveaways, updates and so much more: Discord, X, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit.


Until next time,

💌 Tales of Seikyu Development Team

Tales of Seikyu, the fantasy farming simulator set in a world of cheeky yokai, is coming to early access on May 21...
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Pack your bags, it’s nearly time to start your yokai adventure in the wonderful world of Seikyu. Adventure, magic, and romance await as we begin our Early Access journey on May 21st 2025. If you haven’t already, don’t forget to wishlist to receive a notification the moment Tales of Seikyu is available to play! If you supported us as a backer over on Kickstarter, make sure you check out our latest update post for information on how to claim your rewards at Early Access!

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[h2]What to Expect in Early Access[/h2]
Harness your powers of transformation to manage your farm and explore the countryside. Grow bonds with extraordinary islanders and uncover the secrets of Seikyu and your fox-spirit ancestry. Early Access will give players the opportunity to uncover the first chapter of the game, along with three unique yokai transformations to master. Experience the might of the boar yokai, traverse Seikyu’s waters using the aquatic abilities of the slime, and take to the skies with the power of flight as the tengu yokai!

Get ready for adventure, fishing, cooking, customisations (for furniture and clothes!), boss battles, and, of course, romance! You’ll be able to unlock heart events with six of our villagers at the start of Early Access, but we’ll be updating the game regularly with more romance options and heart-event progression as we go. And remember, if you played our Steam Next Fest demo, you’ll be able to load your save files at Early Access to pick up where you left off. Of course, you’re welcome to start a new game if you’d prefer.

[h2]Why Get the Game at Early Access?[/h2]
Ah, the age-old question: get the game at Early Access or wait until 1.0? The truth is, both have their benefits and we think it’s important that you do what’s right for you, but we wanted to give you an idea of why we’ve decided to embark on our Early Access journey.

We’re launching Tales of Seikyu in Early Access because community input is so important to us. Developing the game alongside your feedback is going to give us a unique insight into exactly what it is you want and which areas we should be focusing on to bring you something truly special. It’s also worth noting that the price of the game may change at 1.0 to reflect its finished status, making this a great time to get your hands on Tales of Seikyu, since grabbing it at Early Access means you’ll own it forever with no additional purchase necessary when we enter 1.0.

[h2]Your Feedback Is More Important Than Ever![/h2]
As we embark on our Early Access journey, we want to make a point of letting you know that your feedback is incredibly important to us. We’re so grateful to those of you who shared their thoughts and submitted bug reports on the demo, and we’ve implemented much of this to bring you the best possible experience on day one of Early Access. Your demo feedback resulted in oodles of optimisations, enhancements to combat, improvements to UX, and polish on the overall gameplay experience.

Now that we’re about to enter Early Access, your feedback, suggestions, and bug reports will help shape the future of the game. If you want to see something in Seikyu, we want to hear about it, so don’t be shy! You’ll find a link to our bug report form in the main-menu of the game when it is available to download, and we’re welcoming feedback via our official feedback form, here in the Steam Discussions, over on Discord, and across our X, Bluesky, and Reddit channels.

H-hi again! It’s me, Seabert. I’ve got the next part of my guide to Seikyu i-if you wanted to take a look. I did a lot of research and worked really hard on the pictures…b-but it’s no pressure! I think you might like it, though, since it’s got lots of fox history in it. Lemme know what you think ฅ՞•ﻌ•՞ฅ

[h2]Fox Shrines[/h2]
Did you know that Seikyu was built by fox yokai? You did? Oh, right! They must be your ancestors. Sorry, it’s been a long time since there were any fox yokai in Seikyu that I forgot. T-that doesn’t make you sad does it? Uncle Torleone says we should stop and pay our respects to the foxes who founded the village whenever we can. It’s thanks to you that we’ve got somewhere safe to live.

You’ll find fox shrines all over Seikyu. There’s one just outside the village, there’s one at the farmhouse, one at the ruins and, uhh, I forget where the rest are but they’re out there, I promise!



[h2]Farmhouse[/h2]
Welcome to your new home! Mayor Yui Oda let me take some pictures in return for helping clean up the place. She told me that this farm house was built by foxes and it’s been around for nearly as long as Seikyu, so I guess it must be pretty old. N-not that that’s a bad thing! It’s much bigger than the cottages in the village. I bet you could put all kinds of stuff in it. Maybe Sasaki will sell you some cool furniture?

There are a bunch of fields out front, but they don’t have anything growing in them yet. You could probably get some pretty flower seeds from Musashi if you wanted. That’d be nice. You could grow fruits and vegetables too, I guess…as long as I don’t have to eat them. It looks like there could actually be space for more fields, but there are a lot of rocks and trees you’d need to clear out first before you could build anything like that. Hmm, running a household seems like a big job, but I’m sure you’re up to it!



[h2]Inari Temple[/h2]
Phew, it took me a really long time to get a picture of this one! The Inari Temple is just outside of Seikyu and it’s run by a priest named Leon. He’s a really nice guy with lots of stories…lots and lots and lots of stories. He was telling me all about this book he wrote called “Adventures of Leon” – he told me so much that I don’t even think I’ll need to read it now.

The Inari Temple is a really pretty place and Leon does a good job of looking after it. Uncle Torleone says they sometimes hold celebrations at the temple, though we haven’t had one in a really long time. I-I don’t know how much you know about Inari, but Leon told me that she’s the goddess of the harvest and that she likes it when we leave offerings. I didn’t like the way he looked at my camera when he said that, so I left.



[h2]Fox Ruins[/h2]
T-the fox ruins are way out in the countryside and, to tell you the truth, I-I didn’t think I’d be able to go. It’s kinda dangerous to get to them and I’ve heard there are all sorts of mean yokai inside. I was sad that I wouldn’t be able to get a picture for you, but then Uncle Torleone suggested I ask Yohji to take me! Yohji is Seikyu’s historian and he knows lots about the ruins. Uncle Torleone took him aside for a chat when he came to pick me up, and when they returned, Yohji’s hat was at a funny angle and his shirt was all screwed up. I don’t know what they were talking about, but Yohji said we’d be taking the safest route, so that’s good!

He told me that the fox ruins are really old and there are all sorts of secrets and treasures in there. He said that there are areas even he can’t access, and you’d probably have to be a fox yokai to explore every inch of them. He was real excited telling me all about the ruins and about some human book he’s reading. He got so excited that he said we could go down to the very entrance of the ruins as long as I didn’t tell Uncle Torleone! I was a little nervous, b-but I wanted to get a good picture for you. I hope this one is okay…



Wow, I feel like I’ve been all over Seikyu recently. It’s nice to really explore somewhere you live! There are a couple more places I wanna visit and take pictures of for you before you arrive, and I’ll get working on part four of the guide right away!