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