Nekokami News

We have released Update 0.5.5 today!

• 🐛 Fixed stamp display issue. Players will no longer see their stamps earned beyond the required maximum.
  
• 🐛Several star map display and dialog issues have been fixed.
  
• 📖Improved Japanese localization.
  
• 🎶Professor Shoebox's theme music is now available.
  
• 🔧Story Star Systems will now display a clear date (dd/mm/yyyy) when the content in the star system will refresh after you have finished all available planets.
  
• 🌱The first batch of Dream Cards has arrived to the Dream Garden! What is the Dream Garden? Please check out our FAQ below.
  
• 💻The Company Intranet has been updated.
  

[h2]Updated Early Access FAQ:[/h2]

[h3]🌱How many hours of gameplay does the Dream Garden mode add?[/h3]
We won't officially count the gameplay hours for our Dream Garden mode. The Dream Garden is our version of Creative Mode, and based on the experience of Creative Modes of other games, some players may spend a lot of time in it, while some won't touch it at all. We have an introduction to the Dream Garden here. Or just have a try inside the game!

[h3]🔭What's the plan ahead?[/h3]
We will post on the Company Intranet regularly. A confirmed upcoming update is the Cloud Save. Please stay tuned.

For our new potential players:

[h3]🌌Early Access is Risky! Will the game get finished?[/h3]
Well, Steam basically told us developers not to promise anything for certain—they are right, no one is a prophet. But in our case, we are self-funded, sustaining ourselves in a wonderful city in Japan, and financially and physically healthy. We love what we have here and definitely want to see it finished.

[h3]😖Will I LOSE my game save during the Early Access process?[/h3]
Again, Steam says, don't promise anything 100% certain in the future. So we will say, our save file is kind of... simple, and we have NO intention to disrupt or reset the game progress from Early Access to full launch. In the worst case, the save file always knows which chapter and star system you are in. :P

[h3]🌵I am still hesitant![/h3]
It's perfectly fine! A game needs involvement from the community in all stages of development.

We actually have a Nekokami Early Access Current State meter that we update regularly so you can see how we are doing at a very simple glance:



And if you click on Follow on our store front page, you will be notified of our development updates. Just hop in when you are ready!

This is a preview of our upcoming update.

The Dream Garden🌱 is a secondary game mode for Nekokami. It is somewhat a mix of Creative Mode and an alternate, interruption-free gameplay mode.

Not being part of the main story, the Dream Garden allows for ideas and gameplay that would otherwise be impossible within our story setting. The structure of the Dream Garden is also designed to encourage the creators (us) and our players to experiment. What does this Dream Card do?!



The current vision is... a Garden🌺, with a hint of Dreams🎭 and a tiny bit of Surrealism🍩.


Remember the Dream Garden is not part of your duty as Planetary Architect! Build it for beauty, not scores! Well... actually, you can do whatever you want with it.

Unlike our Story Mode, the Dream Garden is in its early stage and will continue to evolve as we receive community feedback. Many parts of it may be subject to change. If something in the Garden clicks with you, please tell us!

The first Dream Garden update is slightly delayed due to the current heat wave in Japan🌞. If you are experiencing the effects of extreme weather, please stay safe too!

Rocket-in-Bottle Team
On behalf of Nekokami Co.

✨ Less than ONE week left for the EA-launch discount! ✨ Our next sale will be far away — likely at the end of the year — and it will NOT go below the current launch discount price. Check out our EA launch FAQ here to see if you should hop in now!

Should I join the Early Access?

We also released the first major post-launch update today.

• ✨Baozi System is available again! Finishing the Baozi system will lead you to the story milestone in our EA launch.
  
• 🐛Wetland surveying bug and other conversation bugs are fixed! Thank you for all the bug reports.
  
• 🐛The Dream Garden launch issue has been fixed.
  
• 🔧Wide screen UI, MMB/RMB mouse dragging swapping and various user requested features are patched in.
  
• Previous minor patch link: Link

A dreamy oasis town for the Silver People. Prove you are one with the Great Desert, Planetary Architect!

We are very grateful for the planetary architect pioneers who have braved the Nekokami universe and made our launch a success!

[h2]📖A Clarification on the Mochi/Tempura Star Systems[/h2]
Story star systems (e.g. Mochi/Tempura) often require multiple (real-time) days to complete. This is to give the narratives a more realistic feeling. We wish to clarify this here because it may have given an impression that the star system is incomplete. It's not! Professor and Senpai are waiting for you!

[h2]🌌New Story Contents?[/h2]
New story contents will be released in big, substantial batches. We aim for each new story content to add at least 8 to 10 hours of gameplay. The next new story content will happen in Q3 - we will reveal the details and roadmap in a revamped Company Intranet later.

[h2]🔧How About Visual/Feature Updates/Bug-Fixes?[/h2]
Visual and feature updates and bug fixes will be made available continuously during Early Access. This includes art polish, the Dream Garden, accessibility options, etc.

Thank you all for your support!

Rocket-in-Bottle Team 🚀
On behalf of Nekokami Co.

This is a post-launch day update containing fixes to several issues our awesome players have reported.

• Difficult setting should now be applied properly to all star systems. We would like to let you know that the difficulty experience will get optimized through out the Early Access period.
  
• The Faith Bar display is now fixed.
  
• The Kami behind the Tile generation has been tamed a little so you won't as frequently get sad rolls. Also, Flower Tile frequency has been adjusted in some planets.
  
• Several glitches to the portraits has been fixed. Chief Xia will get a new face soon, btw.
  
• Various other fixes.
  

We will continue to provide close support to the launch build so that it will give the most wonderful experience to our early supporters. Thank you all!

Thank you for your interest in Nekokami: The Human Restoration Project! We will soon be releasing as Early Access, and we would like to let you know it will come with a super-awesome launch discount!

Nekokami's price will very likely increase as we add content, and we will NOT be offering any deeper discounts during the whole Early Access period. In other words, this is the 🌏lowest price point for getting this game for a very long time to come🌌. If you loved the prologue or the demo, grab it now!



[h3]Early Access is Risky! Will the game get finished?[/h3]
Well, Steam basically told us developers not to promise anything for certain—they are right, no one is a prophet. But in our case, we are self-funded, sustaining ourselves in a wonderful city in Japan, and financially and physically healthy. We love what we have here and definitely want to see it finished.

[h3]Will I LOSE my game save during the Early Access process?[/h3]
Again, Steam says, don't promise anything 100% certain in the future. So we will say, our save file is kind of... simple, and we have NO intention to disrupt or reset the game progress from Early Access to full launch. In the worst case, the save file always knows which chapter and star system you are in. :P

[h3]I am still hesitant![/h3]
It's perfectly fine! A game needs involvement from the community in all stages of development.

We actually have a Nekokami Early Access Current State meter that we update regularly so you can see how we are doing at a very simple glance:



And if you click on Follow on our store front page, you will be notified of our development updates. Just hop in when you are ready!



That's all for now! If you have any questions, feel free to post a comment or in our Steam Community Forum.