Polaris-x Inc. (HQ: Kyoto, Japan) is releasing a major update (version 3.6.0) for its game Kotodama Diary on AppStore and Google Play. The update will also include a new timed event.
All the players who update the game will be gifted fortune tickets to be used during the event, which is called “A Space Kotodyssey” and will last from August 2nd to September 12th. During this time, players will be able to obtain event-only themed furniture and accessories, and they will all receive the Space TV, a special piece of furniture that lets them change their room’s background music to a sweet tune perfect for calm summer nights.
Three more characters are also being added to the ever-growing cast of kotodummies.
Agent P
An agent from a mysterious organization. Nobody ever saw it twice.
“Mission complete”
Doggonaut
A very smart puppy who left Earth to become the first zero-gravity dog.
“I see the Earth! It is blue!”
U.F.Cat
A cat floating through space, chasing the big laser pointer in the sky
“Do not be scared, earthling”
<On the game>
Title: Kotodama Diary
Genre: Pet-raising simulation
Price: Free (includes in-app purchases)
Kotodama Diary is a game about feeding words to the kotodummies, weird and surreal creatures, to make them evolve in a variety of unexpected ways.
You can relax and play the game at your own pace, focusing on playing with the kotodummies, trying to collect as many varieties as you can, creating your ideal room, visiting other players, and more.
As they grow and evolve, the kotodummies will tell you all kinds of things. Sometimes they will make you smile, sometimes they will make you blush, sometimes they will move you with their kindness, sometimes they will tease you, and sometimes they’ll just leave you scratching your head. All of this depends on what words you decide to feed them.
<Kotodama Diary Links>
Twitter (English): https://twitter.com/KotodamaD
Twitter (Japan): https://twitter.com/Kotodamatchi
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kotodamatchi/
Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/FDyRwao6RDQ
Official site: https://www.kotodama-diary.com
AppStore(iOS): https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/id1457331979?mt=8
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ske6bento.kotodama
<About the Developer>
“Achabox”, the designer, after participating in an indie game event as helping staff, decided that she wanted to create her own game. During a game jam in May 2018 held in Kyoto, she met “Kohei” (programmer) and “Fujino Kiri” (writer), and the three created the “Ske6" team. During this jam, they created a prototype for “Kotodama Diary”, which gained a lot of attention on “Unity room”. All three of them worked as employees or freelancers during the day, working on the game during the night. Then, in May 2019, they released Kotodama Diary to the public in Japan, achieving the coveted App-Store featured, and finally in December 2020, they made it downloadable all over the world with an English localization tailored to an international audience.