Hello Planetary Architects,
As we approach our scheduled v1.0 release date, it's time to talk about Chapter 4! After the climactic ending of Chapter 3, which we can't spoil here, your life in Nekokami will enter a new stage! 🎁
A New Chapter! 🎆
In Chapter 4, you are free to venture into new content or revisit your favorite biomes, colleagues, and Kami! We’ll make sure you enjoy both — there will be new twists and surprises in your most familiar biomes. You are now a hero of the Milky Way, and everyone is eager for your expertise. Wait, I didn’t spoil any of the story, did I?
We intend Chapter 4 to be a slower-paced adventure. Planetary creation should feel more like a daily activity. You're a legendary Planetary Architect now. "What should I be creating today?"
When we first started designing Nekokami, we wanted the experience to resemble one of our inspirations: the classic jigsaw puzzle — simple to pick up anytime, yet endlessly replayable, offering a quiet and meditative experience. 🌻We wanted Nekokami to move in that direction — a game you can sit down with, relax, clear your mind, and enjoy, then return to anytime, whether after a day’s work or even months or years later.
By the time you reach Chapter 4, there should be a critical mass of gameplay systems that makes this possible. You can choose to help Mr. Autumn or Prof Shoebox, and you’ll instinctively know what each choice involves. You can also set the game to Carefree difficulty and create expressively. You can binge-create worlds of the same biome, or hop from one department to another and indulge in the diversity of the Milky Way.
How about the Story?
The story of Nekokami continues! There are 50+ story snippets scattered across the Milky Way. There are Secrets to be discovered, if you are interested. Maybe you still want to find out what happened to humanity?
New Biome: Ancient Biome 🔮
We covered the Winter Biome earlier — here’s another new biome in Chapter 4!
*Spoiler alert if you haven't reached near the end of Chapter 3 in-game.
Venture into the abandoned, or outright dangerous star systems that went through the Invasion of Chaos. The Ancient Biome tells the history of Cats, and to an equal degree that of the Dogs and Rabbits, in the Milky Way.
What truly happened? Not even E.Y.E. can tell you — he was born after that. 👻 Maybe you will see why the Cats themselves can't even properly tell you their full history, let alone humans.
That's all for now. We can't wait to deliver Chapter 4 into your hands!
Rocket-in-Bottle Team 🚀