Name: Fuchian Chronicles
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21 Apr 2025Developer post

First Anniversary of Fuchian Chronicles!

Hello everybody! It’s been a while, huh? Hope you’re all doing well. It’s already been a whole year since Fuchian Chronicles came out of Early Access, so I’d like celebrate the occasion a little. How? For starters, the game is 40% off for the week, the deepest discount yet! But t

19 Dec 2024Developer post

Fuchian Chronicles - The Last Fox Fighter Now Available!

Hello everyone, hope you’re all enjoying the holiday season! I come bearing gifts, in the form of the Last Fox Fighter! Yes, The Last Fox Fighter is now available for free for all owners of Fuchian Chronicles (which is 25% off as part of the Steam 2024 Winter Sale!). Simply go to

Hello everyone, hope you’re all enjoying the holiday season! I come bearing gifts, in the form of the Last Fox Fighter!

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Yes, The Last Fox Fighter is now available for free for all owners of Fuchian Chronicles (which is 25% off as part of the Steam 2024 Winter Sale!). Simply go to the DLC page and add it to your library, and you’ll be able to pick whether to play Fuchian Chronicles or The Last Fox Fighter whenever you launch Fuchian Chronicles. The web-playable itch.io version will remain free to everyone regardless of whether or not you own Fuchian Chronicles, and the full version will be available for $1 there as well. I know I previously said I wouldn’t sell it, but I feel this is a decent way to give owners of Fuchian Chronicles an added bonus without alienating those who are only interested in The Last Fox Fighter. Thank you for understanding. Newly added features in the release version of The Last Fox Fighter include:

A short story consisting of 9 stages
Two ground levels
Stage select and free play option upon story completion
Databank with descriptions of enemies and their behavior
New enemies: bunnoid missile and defence platform

There were also a number of tweaks, including:

New weapon effects as you level up your weapons’ damage
New visual effects for RCS thrusters and boost ability
Stage transition now requires a button press instead of happening as soon as you touch it
Turrets and some enemies now lead their shots, making it harder to dodge
Balance changes, such as number of shots fired at once, faster resource gain, and bigger play area for some stages
Additional settings, including one to change the maximum number of enemies allowed at once, which can improve performance if the game starts to lag

If you find any bugs please post it in the bug reporting thread in the Steam community, or if you prefer, email me directly at [email protected]. I’ll fix them and push an update as soon as I’m able.

Finally, as I said in my previous announcement, I will be stepping away from game development for the foreseeable future. Thank you for all your support. I still love making games and fully intend to come back to it in the future, including making a sequel to Fuchian Chronicles. I just need to get things in order first. I still plan on doing some game jams when I can, so please follow my bluesky for updates!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays,
- ShenTzu

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23 Oct 2024Developer post

Future of Fuchian Chronicles and the Last Fox Fighter

Hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well! I know it’s been a while, but I needed some time to properly think things over and come to a decision. That said, this will be a longer post than usual so please bear with me. I’ll have a tl;dr at the end. First, the Last Fox Fighter.

Hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well! I know it’s been a while, but I needed some time to properly think things over and come to a decision. That said, this will be a longer post than usual so please bear with me. I’ll have a tl;dr at the end.

First, the Last Fox Fighter. I previously said that there was one more major feature I’d like to try making, and I’m happy to say that it’s done!

Fuchian Chronicles had both ground and space combat, so I wanted the Last Fox Fighter to have them too. Now that the framework is more or less finished, I plan on making a few stages with a short story, and releasing the Last Fox Fighter as a free DLC for Fuchian Chronicles. The web-playable version on itch.io will remain in its current version, and only the Steam version will be complete with separate stages and ground sections. As for a release date… I’m not sure yet, but I’m aiming for a Christmas release, or January 2025 at the latest.

So why a DLC instead of a full game? Well for starters, as fun as it was for me to make the Last Fox Fighter, it’s still more of a learning project than a game I’d feel comfortable selling (I’ve learned from my Space Fox Kimi days!). The other, more important reason would be budget, and this is where this announcement starts becoming a bit of a personal post-mortem, so feel free to stop reading here if you’re not interested.

Without getting too much into details, I made Fuchian Chronicles while living off savings and taking some freelance jobs (which in hindsight, was dumb to say the least). This meant that I couldn’t put as much resources into the game as I would have liked, both in terms of money and time. To me this stood out most in the lack of variety in poses in character sprites/portraits and the inconsistency in art style, which is the result of using a wide array of asset packs instead of sprites from a single artist. The scope of Fuchian Chronicles didn’t help either, especially since it contains both sci-fi and medieval fantasy elements.

That wouldn’t be as big of an issue if I could have taken my time with development, but the fact that I was living off savings meant I couldn’t. I had hoped by putting Fuchian Chronicles out in Early Access would help and that it would do well enough to fund my next game, but unfortunately that didn’t pan out. I have no one but myself to blame for these unrealistic expectations of course, and there are many other things I could have done better. These are lessons I'll be taking to heart for my next game.

As things are, I don’t have the budget or time to make the Last Fox Fighter into a full game. And that is why I will be stepping away from game development after releasing it as a small DLC, to get my life to a more sustainable place. I still love making games and plan on continuing to do so in the future, which includes making a sequel to Fuchian Chronicles. It’ll just likely be a while before I can, and development will be slower when I do. Hopefully by then I'll have more experience and resources that can go towards into making my next game even better. Naturally I’ll still fix any bugs that may come up, so please do report any that you find. I may also participate in the occasional game jam and do some light dev work if time permits, and will be posting updates to my Bluesky account when I do.

And that’s it for this time. I apologize if you're disappointed by my decision, but I hope you'll understand why I made it. I’ll make another announcement when the Last Fox Fighter is finished and ready for download. Thank you as always for your support, and for reading this extra-long announcement/post-mortem. I’ll see you guys soon.

Sincerely,
ShenTzu

TL;DR
The Last Fox Fighter will be a free DLC, aiming for release around Christmas to January 2025.
Web-playable version on itch.io won’t be updated to final version, which will includes ground sections, a short story, and multiple stages.
Fuchian Chronicles sequel on hold until I get my life in order, bug fixes will still be made if new bugs are found.

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22 Sep 2024Developer post

DumDum Hotfix

Fixed a small bug where a character was still using dummy equipment after rejoining the party. Thanks to Nether for catching it!

16 Aug 2024Developer post

Status of The Last Fox Fighter

Hey there! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Between commission work and a game jam, progress on The Last Fox Fighter was slower than I would have liked. That’s not to say there hasn’t been any, and the prototype has come a long way since my last update! New enemies, an upgrade syste

15 Jul 2024Developer post

Minor bug fixes for end of Chapter 4

Fixed a couple of bugs regarding the end of Chapter 4 and the boss fight there: Fixed boss doing a certain thing more than once Fixed boss death animation not playing Fixed Yna's portrait not showing up in the post fight cutscene when she's present Thanks again to Akameka for cat

14 Jul 2024Developer post

Hotfix for gear not being returned to inventory

Fixed a bug where gear isn't returned to the inventory when some party members leaves the party for an extended time, and gave the dropship in Chapter 2 the ability to self heal. Thanks to Akameka for catching the bug and the suggestion!

13 Jul 2024Developer post

Hotfix for cutscene bug in Kiluc asteroid field

Fixed a bug where a cutscene in Kiluc Asteroid field couldn't progress as intended. Thanks to Szarekh the Silent King and Akameka for pointing this out!

10 Jun 2024Developer post

An Update

Hey there, hope you’re all doing well! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been busy trying out and learning different game engines to use for my next game. After trying out GameMaker2 and Unity, I eventually decided on Godot and am in the process of making a small game with it. W

Hey there, hope you’re all doing well! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been busy trying out and learning different game engines to use for my next game. After trying out GameMaker2 and Unity, I eventually decided on Godot and am in the process of making a small game with it. What game you ask? A top down twin-stick shooter set in the Fuchian Chronicles universe!

The Last Fox Fighter (working title) is still in its prototype stages and I’m still figuring out how to add the features that I want, but I’ve made good progress in the 2-3 weeks I’ve spent on it! Normally I’d list out what’s in the prototype right now here, but you can see for yourself. The prototype is publicly available on its itch.io page, and you can play it in your browser! I update the game whenever I’ve added enough new features to justify an update, and feedback is always welcome!

I should be clear however, that I haven’t decided to make the Last Fox Fighter into a full game just yet. I’m still waiting to see how a few things pan out, and will continue to work on the prototype in the meantime. Once I’m satisfied with it, I’ll release the Last Fox Fighter as a free DLC for Fuchian Chronicles. If I do decide to make it into a full game, it will serve as a demo instead.

One final thing. If you follow me on Twitter/X, you may have noticed that my account has been suspended. The stated reason was that I violated a rule, but I don’t know what rule I violated and my best guess is that it’s because I often posted links to my Steam/itchio pages which might have been flagged as bot behaviour. So far I’ve only gotten one sentence automated responses saying they won’t help whenever I tried to appeal, so at this point I’ve written off the account as lost ~~and have made a new one: @ShenTzuGame~~. Nevermind, the new account got banned as well for ban evasion. Which, while understandable, is incredibly frustrating since I only made a new account because I wasn't able to appeal my old account. I'm trying to appeal again from the new account, and so far I haven't gotten an automated response yet so maybe there's hope. I'll edit again when there's a clear outcome.

I’m considering other platforms such as Mastadon or Bluesky as well, and will let you guys know if I make accounts there. Of course, you can still reach me here in the Steam Community or email me at [email protected].

That’s it for this time, thanks for your time. I’ll post again when I have more to share, so look forward to that!

Sincerely,
ShenTzu

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16 May 2024Developer post

Transformation bug in the demo fixed!

Fixed a small but likely progression breaking bug in the demo where one of the enemies transformed into the wrong one, making the fight nigh impossible. Thanks to josbey7 for catching this one!

19 Apr 2024Developer post

Fuchian Chronicles Now Out of Early Access!

Thank you for waiting, Fuchian Chronicles is now out of Early Access! Here’s a list of changes from the old public version and the new one (many of these changes were already available in the playtest beta): - Menu, battle, and dialogue UI has been overhauled - Databank is now co

09 Apr 2024Developer post

Minor update to Playtest Beta

I was thinking back a little and thought that the finale of Chapter 4 was a bit lackluster, so I went back to rework it a little. It's not MASSIVELY different, but I think the new boss fight is more interesting than before. Other than that, a new weapon has been added to the game

03 Apr 2024Developer post

Playtest Beta Now Available!

Hey everyone, hope you’re doing well! Turns out the previous announcement isn’t the last one before full release, but there’s a good reason for it! A playtest version of the final build of Fuchian Chronicles is now available for anyone who’d like to help me playtest one more time

Hey everyone, hope you’re doing well! Turns out the previous announcement isn’t the last one before full release, but there’s a good reason for it! A playtest version of the final build of Fuchian Chronicles is now available for anyone who’d like to help me playtest one more time and catch any bugs that I’ve missed (or if you just want to play the final build early, that’s fine too!). It includes all the previously shown UI/walking animation updates, a brand new logo/main menu, expanded Databank, new portraits, and a few tweaked/expanded scenes. Aside from bug fixes and perhaps one or two more tweaks, this should be the final version of Fuchian Chronicles. I hope you like it!

To access it, right click Fuchian Chronicles in your Steam Library, click “Properties”, click “Betas” on the left, and enter the code “foxesgokonkon”. That will unlock the “devtestbuild” with the playtest version of the final build and you’ll be able to play it. The main reason I went with an opt-in build instead of updating the main one is because the final release build requires you to start a new game due to some new functionality. If you’re in the middle of a run, feel free to finish that first if you don’t want to lose your progress. As always, please let me know about any bugs or issues you run into in the Steam Discussion thread, or email me at [email protected], which leads me to the last thing for this update.

Your feedback and help with playtesting has been a great help to me while Fuchian Chronicles is in Early Access. As such, I’d like to put everyone who has posted in the bug report and suggestions threads, and those who have sent me emails, in the game’s credits as playtesters for the final, final release. I don’t want to assume that everyone’s okay with it though, so this will be an opt-in thing. If you’d like to be added to the credits, please either reply to this announcement or email me at the address above.

That’s it for this update! With the bulk of development done, I’ll be working on updating the store page and marketing material such as screenshots and trailers from now till final release. Thank you once again for all your support thus far, and I hope you enjoy the final version of Fuchian Chronicles, whether you decide to play it now or at release on April 19th!

Sincerely,
- ShenTzu

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14 Mar 2024Developer post

Pre-Release Update 3

Hello everyone, and welcome to what should be the final update prior to Fuchian Chronicle’s full release! This will be a text heavy one so please bear with me here. I’ve fixed all the issues I mentioned in the previous updates, and addressed another one of the major complaints th

Hello everyone, and welcome to what should be the final update prior to Fuchian Chronicle’s full release! This will be a text heavy one so please bear with me here.

I’ve fixed all the issues I mentioned in the previous updates, and addressed another one of the major complaints that I got:

New walking animations! This was an issue that was first brought up near the start of development, and I thought I had fixed it with a sprite update. The feedback I got however, made it clear that the lackluster animation hadn’t been adequately addressed. I hope that this new update goes further towards fixing that issue.

Now I’m back to adding new content to the game and playtesting to make sure everything is in order. I’ve already showed most of the new stuff I’m adding in the previous updates, but there is one thing I’m taking out: selectable battlemodes. The main reason for this is that the Action Time Battle (ATB) mode simply looks too unpolished, especially with how barebones the enemy ATB gauges looks and how it doesn’t line up with the enemy when the camera moves. If there’s one takeaway I got from all the feedback I got, it’s that looking unpolished is a big red flag. I’m fully aware that there are other parts of Fuchian Chronicles that look unpolished, but many of those cannot be feasibly fixed at this point. I can improve polish by removing ATB mode though, and so I’m doing that, and setting Conditional Turn Based (CTB) mode as the only battle mode. I don’t know how much being able to change battle modes affects your enjoyment of Fuchian Chronicles, but I hope you can see my reasoning and thank you for understanding.

The Steam store page is in need of serious overhaul as well. All the screenshots and trailers need replacing, I’ll need to rewrite the introduction blurb and some of the descriptions, and I’m even looking into getting a brand new logo for Fuchian Chronicles. I am taking new screenshots and recording clips as I playtest (and I’m sharing them on my Twitter/X @ShenTzuGames), but I’m in the slightly awkward position where Fuchian Chronicles is purchasable and playable while the new screenshots aren’t reflective of the current published version of the game. Because of this, I’ve decided to hold off on publishing any changes to the store page until final release so anyone who buys the game now will get what was advertised. As stated before, the price will not increase upon final release, but as a matter of disclosure, Fuchian Chronicles is part of the Steam Spring Sale, which will likely have a larger discount than the launch discount. If you’d like to hold off on buying/playing Fuchian Chronicles until final release, I’d completely understand and even encourage you to do so if you’re not satisfied with what you’ve seen in my updates.

So when is final release? Barring any major set-back or unforeseen circumstances, Fuchian Chronicles will come out of Early Access on April 19th, 2024! It’s been a long road, longer than I anticipated (but that’s how things are sometimes), and I thank you for your support thus far. I’m looking forward to finishing Fuchian Chronicles, and hope you will enjoy the game!

- ShenTzu

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12 Feb 2024Developer post

Pre-Release Update 2

Early update announcement this time for a few reasons. First, more art! Getting art for all party members was one of my priorities in this final phase of development, and with Ferdi and Arlette’s portraits completed, that’s that part finished! Some of their dialogues have also be

Early update announcement this time for a few reasons. First, more art!

Getting art for all party members was one of my priorities in this final phase of development, and with Ferdi and Arlette’s portraits completed, that’s that part finished! Some of their dialogues have also been updated, namely their introductions. A handful of other recurring characters may get more art later, but there are more pressing matters at the moment.

If you’ve been following my social media (@ShenTzuGames on X/Twitter), you’ll know that I recently got a lot of feedback for Fuchian Chronicles. I’m extremely grateful for this, especially since they pointed out several major issues I had not considered. Unfortunately some of them simply can’t be feasibly fixed at this stage given my limited resources, but I am committed to improving what I can, starting with updating the UI.

I will readily admit that I put too much focus on looking “unique” and overlooked player readability, and I hope you will agree that the updated UI is much cleaner than before. Additional fixes are in the works, and more feedback is always welcome! That said, these fixes likely won’t be implemented until final release, so I won’t be updating the screenshots and trailers on the Steam page at this point as to not give the wrong impression. Please follow my X/Twitter if you’d like to see the updates as they come.

Finally and perhaps most importantly, the price of Fuchian Chronicle has been permanently reduced to $7.99 USD as of this announcement. I was under the impression that a cheap game would be seen as not worth considering, and overcorrected when I gave it a price tag of over $10 USD, especially considering the other amazing games you can get at that price. Just to be clear, $7.99 USD will be the final base price at release. If you previously bought Fuchian Chronicles at a higher price, I thank you for the support! I understand if you wish to refund the game though, and hope you’ll buy it again at the reduced price if you do. Fuchian Chronicles will also be part of the upcoming RPG Maker Franchise Sale and Steam Spring Sales (I can’t say when, but really soon!), so look forward to that!

That’s it for this time. I need to travel for two weeks starting next week, and combined with the need to fix the aforementioned issues, I’m currently predicting a final release date of sometime between early to mid-April. I’ll announce a concrete release date when I know one. As always, thank you for the continued support, and I hope you enjoy Fuchian Chronicles!

- ShenTzu

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18 Jan 2024Developer post

Pre-Release Update 1

First update after Fuchian Chronicles’ story officially concluded! If you follow my social media (@ShenTzuGames on X/Twitter, u/ShenTzuGames on Reddit), you’ll see that I’ve been much more active in posting stuff from the game. Now that development of the game proper is winding d

First update after Fuchian Chronicles’ story officially concluded! If you follow my social media (@ShenTzuGames on X/Twitter, u/ShenTzuGames on Reddit), you’ll see that I’ve been much more active in posting stuff from the game. Now that development of the game proper is winding down, I have more time for these things and making more promotional material, so look forward to those!

That’s not to say there aren’t changes to the game in the works. For starters:

Character profiles! They’re mostly done now and I will be/have been sharing them over time on my X/Twitter. Not every named character will have one, but I did make one for most recurring characters, as well as a few of the important ones. That said… you may have noticed who the profile is of: Fitz!

I originally didn’t have much planned for Fitz, and even planned to kill him off in Chapter 2 (hint: he can still die there depending on your actions!). But he got a bigger role as a development went on, and even became a temporary party member in certain points. With that in mind, I decided it was time he finally got his own portraits for all his appearances. I’ll also be expanding his introduction in Chapter 1 where he was basically another no-face NPC, and may expand his appearances in other chapters too.

Other parts of the game are slated for tweaking as well, one of them being increasing the number of autosave/quicksave slots from 1 to 3. That’s already finished, but I haven’t uploaded the change yet because IT WILL RENDER THE FIRST FOUR (4) SLOTS INACCESSIBLE. This means that if you have any manual saves in slots 1-4, THEY WILL BE OVERWRITTEN. So if you’re in the middle of the game, please make a manual save in one of the later save slots (slot 10 or higher to be safe). The plan is to publish this change when Fuchian Chronicles comes out of Early Access, but if you guys would like, I can publish this change earlier along with what I have finished. Let me know if that’s something you’d like, and I’ll make a small post warning you guys if I push the update early.

That’s it for this update! As always, please let me know if you encounter any bugs and I’ll fix them asap. I would also like to ask for another favour: please consider writing a review for Fuchian Chronicles! It would really help with the algorithm, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on the game, both positive and negative. Thank you once again for all your support, and I hope you like my game!

- ShenTzu

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07 Jan 2024Developer post

Chapter 7 hotfix

Fixed a bug where a certain encounter could automatically fail. Please do let me know if you encounter any other bugs!

15 Dec 2023Developer post

Chapter 7 now available!

Thank you for waiting, Chapter 7, the finale of Fuchian Chronicles, is finally here! After the events of Chapter 6, the future of the Empire is shrouded in uncertainty, but now a new operation is planned to end the war once and for all. Will it succeed? If so, at what cost? And w

Thank you for waiting, Chapter 7, the finale of Fuchian Chronicles, is finally here!

After the events of Chapter 6, the future of the Empire is shrouded in uncertainty, but now a new operation is planned to end the war once and for all. Will it succeed? If so, at what cost? And what will it mean for Kimi and her crew?

In addition the new chapter, several things have been changed/balanced and a few bugs have been fixed. The demo has also been updated with these changes where appropriate. They are as follows:

- The map in the ending scene of Chapter 5 has been redone for consistency
- Healing items and skills now show approximately how much they restore in their description
- The “Transfer Energy” ship skill now transfers 50 energy instead of 100.
- Enemies are slightly harder to stun.
- Fixed enemies dropping the wrong weapons when killed.
- Settings for autosave interval and combat mode have been moved to the Options menu. The settings have been reset to the default (5 mins autosave interval and ATB combat), so please check the settings before you load your game!
- Added “Quit Game” button to main menu (finally)
- Added difficulty selector at the start of the game. You can still change it at any time in the settings!
- Added a new joke game over to Chapter 1 with its own achievement

With the release of Chapter 7, Fuchian Chronicles is now story complete! However, that doesn’t mean the game is ready to come out of Early Access just yet. I would like to take some more time to give the game a once over, polishing up a few things and adding some extra content. Here are some of things I want to do in this phase:

- Additional character portraits, such as for Fitz
- Character profile entries in the encyclopaedia
- Proper unlocking of encyclopaedia entries like in the demo
- More CG

There are others, but these are the main things I’ll be working on. I will also be doing more work promoting the game during this time, so I may not get to all of them so I don’t want to overpromise and under deliver. Life as a solo developer isn’t easy after all. Either way, I’m planning on finishing and fully releasing Fuchian Chronicles in Q1 2024, and updates will come monthly as usual.

That’s it for this time, I hope you like the new chapter! As always, if you encounter any bugs please post them in the Steam Community thread or email me at [email protected]. There’s no price increase this time (mainly so I can participate in sales), but there will be one final price increase when Fuchian Chronicles comes out of Early Access, so this is the best time to get the game with an Early Access discount! Thank you again for playing my game, and happy holidays!

- ShenTzu

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17 Nov 2023Developer post

Chapter 7 Update 3

There’s a lot that still needs to be done, so only a quick update this time. I took a break from script writing to add in what I already wrote and tested the events up to what I have finished. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s in store: The bunnoid homeworld Moki! All that's left are

20 Oct 2023Developer post

Chapter 7 Update 2

Time for another update! Sorry this one’s a bit late, I was caught up in writing and it completely slipped my mind. Speaking of which... I’d say the script is about 2/3s done? I’ve written about 14k words so far, and I’m honestly not sure how much more there will be. Chapter 7 is

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