Tales of Seikyu News

It's a beautiful summer's day...the perfect day to start the Steam Summer Sale and your very own Tales of Seikyu story at a ✨ magical ✨ 20% discount!

[h2]Biggest Discount Before Our Next Major Update![/h2]
There's no better time to start your adventure in the wonderful world of Seikyu than right now, since this is the biggest discount we'll be running in the window between now and our next major content update (the date for which is TBA). Why not grab the game now so you're ready for when all our shiny new content drops? 👀 But HURRY! The Steam Summer Sale ends on July 10th!

Also, as a big thank you to our amazing community, we’re celebrating the Steam Summer Sale by bringing a brand-new, summer-inspired outfit to the game. Join our Discord and head on over to the announcements channel to get the redemption code!



If you're brand new to the world of Seikyu, let us be your guide! You can find out what to expect as you embark with us on our Early Access journey here and get an idea of all the enchanting additions we've got planned for the future by checking out our 2025 roadmap below!



Seikyu is a far-off island full of yokai villagers, and many of them are looking for love! You can experience heart events for 6 of our NPCs so far, but more are on the way with every update. Get the low down on the romanceable villagers of Seikyu in our guides here and here.

As always, if you’ve been playing the game, we’d love to hear from you! Visit our store page to leave us a Steam review and let us know exactly what you you think about the magical world of Seikyu.

Finally, whether your adventure is just beginning or you're settling into life in Seikyu, we'd love to see you across our community spaces! Join the official Tales of Seikyu community Discord to chat with your fellow yokai, hear all the latest news and announcements, share your input with the devs to help shape the game, and discuss tips and tricks. We're also sharing even more Seikyu news, information, concept art, videos, and behind-the-scenes content over on our X, BlueSky, Instagram, Reddit, and TikTok pages!

[h2]Hello adventurers of Seikyu![/h2]

We’ve been listening to your feedback and suggestions and have been rolling out regular patches to fix and adjust elements based on this! Additionally, we have just rolled out a quality of life update to help your days on the Island of Seikyu run a bit more smoothly.😊

Here's what’s been implemented in today’s update:

[h3]🦊 Fixes for Kon[/h3]
Our little Fox sister has been up to mischief! We've had a little talk with her and she says she won’t get in your way as much as she used to, so you can get around easier! She’ll be further away from you when exploring, will no longer obstruct furniture placement, and we’ve also made some tweaks to her interaction button prompts and Kon’s priority when talking to people. Let us know what you think with these fixes!

[h3]🎒 Stackable Inventory Items[/h3]
Several of the same items can now be stacked in your inventory, so you’ll have more room for the things that matter, like gifts for your beloved! However dishes won’t stack as higher quality dishes will have higher price points. This is to avoid you losing your best culinary results in a stack with lower quality dishes.

[h3]📦Storage Optimisation[/h3]
We’ve made organising your storage a lot easier by adding an ability to automatically sort and merge similar items. Simply press a key in the storage box interface and it will do the work for you!

[h3]🌞Seasonal Display Date[/h3]
To make things a lot clearer each season, the display will now show both the day and current season underneath the mini-map! Which means you won’t forget someone’s important birthday or an event, not that Yui would let you miss it anyway. 👀

[h3]🗑️Seasonal Trash Cans[/h3]
Ours and the players most favourite resource of items, the trash can, will now contain seasonal items! That’s right, the items you will now find by racooning through the trash will be seasonally foraged items and seeds. 🦝

[h3]🎮Controller Vibration[/h3]
To make the experiences you have in Seikyu a lot more immersive we’ve added controller vibration to the cutscenes where you unlock the Fox Ancestor’s Shrines. We will also be adding this to other cutscenes in the future.

[h3]🎚️Auto Pick Up[/h3]
This has been a very highly requested community feature and we were more than happy to make daily life in Seikyu a little easier by implementing the auto-pick up. Now items in proximity with your character will be automatically picked up and added to your inventory.

[h3]📑Quick Menu Optimisation[/h3]
Using an item via the hotkey will now select the next item instead of the first item in the quick selector.

Thank you as always for your continued support and feedback! Please keep telling us what you think and give us more suggestions and feedback through any channel as well as participating in our Player Experience Survey!

Don’t forget to follow us on other platforms for regular news, giveaways, updates and more:

Discord X, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit.

If you want to do more to support a small development team, don’t forget to leave a Steam review! (◠‿◠✿).

With love,

💌 Tales of Seikyu Development Team

New Features & Improvements

• Added new outfit: Summer Blossom Outfit
  
• Kon no longer blocks furniture placement
  
• Calendar now displays the number of days in the current season
  
• After using a quick item, the next item will be automatically selected
  
• New "Sort Storage" feature added for easier inventory management
  
• Fish and drinks in the backpack can now be stacked
  
• Trash bin contents now change with the seasons
  
• Damage dealt is now displayed during combat
  
• Improved combat visuals: floating text, tracking attacks, and animation transitions are now smoother
  
• New "Auto Pickup" feature available (can be enabled in Settings)
  
• Steam Deck now supports bug reporting
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where scrolling in the Dyeing Station UI would incorrectly resize furniture
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented completion of the farming tutorial
  
• Fixed a softlock during the Carp Festival when teleporting away after speaking with Torleone
  
• Fixed teleportation becoming unavailable after completing the "Farming the Wild Way" quest
  
• Fixed a black screen issue occurring after the clothing store closes
  

[h2]Greetings, Seikyuians!![/h2]

We hope you’ve all enjoyed your first in-game days, weeks, and even seasons in Tales of Seikyu since our Early Access Launch just over two weeks ago! It has been so incredible to watch you all find your place as well as getting to know the locals. (-‿◦☀)

We are listening to feedback and suggestions to help improve the Tales of Seikyu experience so don’t hesitate to share your thoughts and experiences with us by filling out the User Experience Survey!
We’ve also released a series of patches to address various points raised by the community as soon as we launched into Early Access and will continue to do so as part of Seikyu’s development.

Before we dive into some developer sneak peeks, we wanted to remind you about our Road Map which outlines what’s being worked on and will be coming with future updates.

We got a lot of new things to show you so hang on tight! 😊

[h2]🖤 Learn more about Kincho![/h2]

We’ve teased Kincho a few times but we’re now ready to share a little more about this handsome new romanceable character coming with the next content update!

Kincho is well spoken and straightforward, you may find this approach refreshing. He’s quite the logical thinker and at times a little cheeky so expect to have your interactions infused with a sprinkle of humour.

We don’t want to spoil much about Kincho but he’s a Tanuki and has arrived in Seikyu for a reason. He will make his intentions clear to you, and the other Yokai villagers will have their own (sometimes strong) opinions about Kincho as he becomes a part of daily life in Seikyu.





[h2]😺 Bringing Cat-Beanie to Seikyu[/h2]

As part of our Kickstarter campaign you could back an option to Bring Your Pet into the Game! This is what we’ve been working on and completed. Say hello to Cat-Beanie:

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Found at just 2 days old, she was taken in by kind hearted villagers and has been thriving since.
She’s very affectionate yet can be quite mischievous! But more than anything, she likes snuggling up and watching the birds.

[h2]🎮Update on Mika’s Expressions [/h2]

We mentioned this briefly in our Developer Diary #3 that Mika will be arriving with Major Content Update 1.0 and the Hot Springs, and we shared a few of her work in progress expressions. We now have a full range which includes Shocked and Blush, so cute!

Which one is your favourite? ٩(◕‿◕)۶




[h2]🌼 Leon’s Room & A Blooming Flower [/h2]

A big part of developing a game is to fill the world with items and art that make the space come alive. Yui’s room for example is getting the appropriate attention with cakes and dishes on her counter.

That being said, we have also constructed the interior framework for Musashi's room and created furniture for Leon's! Here’s a sneak peek at his living space and library:





We’ve also worked on this beautiful Blooming Flower that we wanted to share.



Alongside all of this we have also spent significant time working on optimizations such as enhancing the announcement board as well as looking into improving combat mechanics such as chase attacks.


[h2]👘Summer Outfit Coming This Week![/h2]

Get ready to channel the relaxing summer vibes in Seikyu with our Exclusive Summer Blossom Outfit!

We will be sending this outfit to all players this Thursday 26th of June so keep an eye on your mailbox notification in game.❤️



[h2]🌹Lots more to come![/h2]

Thank you for your continued support and love for Tales of Seikyu, we are excited to bring you more in the future as we work towards Major Content Update 1. With this update you will experience Seikyu’s summer festival, take a relaxing dip in the hot spring, and begin raising livestock on the ranch. There will also be additional outfits, furniture, and more!

Don’t forget to interact with our polls and questions over on Discord to help shape the future of Tales of Seikyu, and follow us on any of these platforms for regular news, giveaways, updates and so much more: , X, Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit.

And before you go please don’t forget to review Tales of Seikyu if you’ve enjoyed your journey so far. Leaving a Steam Review only takes a moment and it means the world to us when you do! (◠‿◠✿).

With love,

💌 Tales of Seikyu Development Team

New Features & Improvements

• Sprint toggle added
  
• Camera optimized during dialogues
  
• Fish seasonal info now shown in the codex
  
• Text improvements
  
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Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue preventing furniture interaction
  
• Fixed black screen after shops close
  
• Fixed boss falling into water
  
• Fixed some quests not completing
  
• Fixed indoor lighting glitches at night
  
• Fixed camera offset during jump attacks
  
• Fixed the incorrect description of the lobster
  
• Resolved gamepad button conflicts