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Fall in Love Visual Novel Festival has started!

[p]The first Fall in Love Visual Novel festival has started! Enjoy 200+ romance-themed visual novels from over 100 visual novel developers, hosted by us![/p][p][/p][p]Highway Blossoms and its DLC is on sale as part of the festival.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Our other yuri games are also in the festival, with some being on sale! Try out some of the demos available~[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

Highway Blossoms 1.3.1 and 1.3 — Now in French!

[p]Hello, everyone![/p][p]Highway Blossoms 1.3.1 and 1.3 have just been released, with a brand new complete French localisation! Massive thank you to the French translation team — Kinxil, Asazuna, and Nono![/p][p]These updates also fix a few minor issues that were either reported by the community, or were found in testing.[/p][p]We’ve also optimised and reduced the game’s install size by 98 MB (6%) with no quality loss![/p][p]As always, thank you all for continuing to support Studio Élan…![/p][p]〜 Karen/あけみ (akemin_dayo)[/p][h2]A message from Kinxil, our French translator[/h2][p]Je suis très heureux de partager avec vous la traduction française d’un jeu que j’affectionne tout particulièrement, Highway Blossoms (incluant le DLC Next Exit et ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)).[/p][p]C’est mon premier projet de traduction et, n’étant pas du métier, il comporte probablement son lot d’approximations. Mais il a été fait avec amour, promis ![/p][p]J’espère que vous apprécierez autant Highway Blossoms dans sa version française que j’ai apprécié cette aventure 🌺.[/p][p]Kinxil[/p][h2]Changelog for 1.3.1:[/h2][p]On PC, it targets Ren’Py SDK versions 8.1.3.23091805 〜 7.5.3.22090809.[/p]
  • [p]In an effort to further bring all our titles in line with each other, the keyboard key "A" can now be used to toggle Auto Mode on and off. ※ The legacy Ren'Py accessibility (AX) menu can still be accessed by pressing "Shift-A" instead.[/p]
  • [p]Made improvements to UI visual presentation when the game language is set to Simplified Chinese.[/p]
  • [p]Made improvements to UI visual presentation when the game language is set to Russian. ※ If migrating from an old version, you may have to change your language to some other language first, before changing back to Russian.[/p]
[h2]Changelog for 1.3:[/h2][p]On PC, it targets Ren’Py SDK versions 8.1.3.23091805 〜 7.5.3.22090809.[/p]
  • [p]Added a brand new complete French localisation! Massive thank you to the French translation team — Kinxil, Asazuna, and Nono![/p]
  • [p]Optimised and reduced game install size by 98 MB (6%) with no quality loss![/p]
  • [p]Fixed a visual issue in Scene 13 where Amber would sometimes put on two seatbelts. (I guess she wanted to be extra safe…?)[/p]
  • [p]Fixed various UI alignment issues when the game language is set to Chinese.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an UI alignment issue in the savescreen grid.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the save delete keybind would not work in the savescreen.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where some UI strings would sometimes not be localised.[/p]
  • [p]Removed UI font that is no longer used.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed some font rendering issues in the UI.[/p]
  • [p]Merged changes and improvements made in common code shared with other Studio Élan games.[/p]
    • [p]The game will now automatically switch to the game language that best matches with the current operating system language upon first boot, if available.[/p]
    • [p]Save data location is now written to the log.[/p]
  • [p]Made various other internal refactors and improvements.[/p]
[h2]Next Games[/h2][p]Our next yuri games are Lock & Key: A Magical Girl Mystery and Our Home, My Keeper! Both have demos up on Steam, be sure to wishlist them to be notified when they release~[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Be sure to follow us on Bsky for updates![/p]

Our next yuri visual novel is out now!

[h3]Find unexpected love in the depths of grief...[/h3][p][/p][p]Our next yuri visual novel, A Tithe in Blood, is out now on Steam![/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][/p][p]As a reserved and unassuming university student in snow-bitten Hokkaido, the personal tragedy which visited Honoka Asakawa leads her to experimenting in a magical art thought long-lost — blood magic. Unexpectedly able to visit the sealed world of Meiji-era Sapporo, Honoka's quickly taken under the wing of the cheerful and bright Lady Yasue, a powerful mage who's remained in this gilded cage for a century.[/p][p]As their feelings for each other develop, the true repercussions of Honoka's first steps into the secret world of magic and mages are only just starting to play out, eventually leading to catastrophic consequences.[/p][p][/p][h3]Features:[/h3]
  • [p]Original story of approximately 70,000 words[/p]
  • [p]Concept and writing by Suriko[/p]
  • [p]Character designs and art by Kobuta[/p]
  • [p]Fully original soundtrack by Claire DeLuca[/p]
  • [p]Fully voice acted in Japanese[/p]
  • [p]Story written in English with Japanese and Simplified Chinese translations[/p]
[p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Get the physical copy of the VN or the artbook[/p][p][/p][p][/p]
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Steam Spring Sale!

Today marks the beginning of the Steam Spring Sale, so all of our yuri gaymes are on sale! This includes all of the DLC for Highway Blossoms, including the sequel side story Next Exit:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/490270/Highway_Blossoms_Next_Exit/

As well as our other titles like Heart of the Woods, Please Be Happy, and more:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/30453/Studio_lan_Yuri_Game_Bundle/

We also recently released a brand new demo for one of our upcoming yuri visual novels, Our Home, My Keeper, so check it out if you want to see what we're working on!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092190/Our_Home_My_Keeper/

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Highway Blossoms 1.2.5 — Maintenance Update

Hello, everyone!

Highway Blossoms 1.2.5 has just been released, which fixes a few minor issues.

As always, thank you for continuing to support Studio Élan!

〜 Karen/あけみ (akemin_dayo) and adirosa

[h2]Changelog for 1.2.5:[/h2]
On PC, it targets Ren'Py SDK versions 8.1.3.23091805 〜 7.5.3.22090809.

  • Certain trophies will no longer unlock simply by opening the preference pane. You have to unlock them the intended way now.
  • Made a certain Goofball Mode feature easier to find in the UI.
  • Merged changes and improvements made in common code shared with other Studio Élan games.

    • Improved graphical sharpness and presentation on the Steam Deck when launched via SteamOS Gaming Mode (`gamescope`). (※ Specifically, the game will now always launch in fullscreen mode if launched from SteamOS `gamescope`. Running the game from the KDE desktop environment is unaffected by this change.)
    • You can now scroll CGs with the keyboard in the CG viewer by holding down the arrow keys instead of having to rapidly tap them.
  • Made various other internal refactors and improvements.


※ Newer copies of the Gold Rush Edition physical PC release will be using 1.2.5 going forward, instead of the previous 1.2.