99 Spirits is available in two editions – regular game, and Steam Special Edition, which comes with 76 page digital Artbook, as well as the Music Collection.
Purchasing either edition also gives you Tsukumogami, the original Japanese version of the game. Tsukumogami is added as a separate item to your Steam library. Work is currently ongoing to add Steam achievements to Tsukumogami as well.
The Artbook & Music Collection is also available as a separate DLC – if you’ve gotten your Steam key from another source, this is a great way to upgrade your game to the Steam Special Edition.
Moreover…
Steam Winter Sale just started!
While the sale lasts, you can get 99 Spirits for -15%, the Artbook & Music Collection DLC for -20%, or the Steam Special Edition for -25%! Don’t miss out!
We are reaching the last stages in the preparation of the pledge rewards for the 99 Spirits IndieGoGo campaign. After working on their design with TORaIKI for quite a while, we finally have most of the goods printed. Behold:
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Did you spot my cat? She’s not included. There are still some finishing touches that need applying like flattening the artbooks and applying the stickers where due, but we are almost there.
Note that there are only a few days left to tell us which t-shirt size and pillow covers you want if you have pledged for those. Please contact us at support@fruitbatfactory.com. Those that haven’t told us which one they want will receive a Large-sized t-shirt and Hanabusa pillow cover. Check our forum for more info.
Preorders for 99 Spirits are still active, and with the release date of May 31th looming closer you might want to take advantage of the 25% pre-order discount for the Deluxe edition. As a reminder, the Deluxe Edition contains the game and original soundtrack for 99 Spirits, as well as the original Japanese version at a reduced price. With the pre-order discount it’s twice the bargain.
Fruitbat Factory is proud to announce our new project, ‘99 Spirits’ is now available for pre-order! You can read the full press release after the trailer:
99 Spirits revolves around the popular Japanese folklore of Tsukumogami, everyday objects coming alive on their 100th birthday, and features an original battle system where players puzzle out the true identity of the enemy before defeating them.
Features:
Work out the true identity of your enemies in a unique battle system
Capture enemies, master their skills for battle and use them to solve puzzles on the field
Interact with over 40 unique characters and battle over 100 monsters
Beautifully detailed art and an atmospheric original soundtrack bring feudal Japan alive
Discover multiple unique endings that change based on the player’s actions
Dual audio: Toggle between English and Japanese voice
“We’ve tried to make the release the best it can be and listened to feedback from all channels, including Steam Greenlight and IndieGoGo. This has resulted in a number of fine additions such as the option to toggle freely between English and Japanese combat voices.” says Project Lead Jakke Elonen.
99 Spirits will be priced at $14.99.
Its soundtrack will be released simultaneously for $6.99.
Additionally, a Deluxe edition will be available that contains the game’s soundtrack and the original Japanese version bundled in, priced at $19.99.
As a special pre-order bonus, everyone who pre-orders the game will receive the Deluxe edition for the price of the regular edition.
“The Deluxe edition of our previous release War of the Human Tanks turned out far more popular than we anticipated, and we’ve had many people asking whether 99 Spirits will have one available as well, so there was never a question about it. We’ve tried to make the Deluxe edition even more appealing to collectors this time around while providing great value to all players”, explains Ozhan Sen, Marketing Lead.
99 Spirits is now available for pre-order from our homepage, and will soon be following on most major distributors including GamersGate, Desura, Amazon and Green Man Gaming.
Fruitbat Factory is an independent localization company focusing on bringing interesting Japanese indie games to English-speaking audiences. We previously released Yakiniku Banzai’s critically acclaimed strategy game War of the Human Tanks in Fall 2012. For more information, visit our homepage at http://www.fruitbatfactory.com/
TORaIKI is an independent Japanese game circle that aims to produce Windows PC titles suitable for gamers of all ages. 99 Spirits is TORaIKI’s first release, published in Japan in August 2012. For more information, visit the developers’ homepage at http://www.toraiki.com/
The 99 SpiritsIndieGoGo project just hit 40% of target funding – big thanks everyone!
To commemorate that, we’re launching a 4-day 40% discount for our previous release, War of the Human Tanks – you can head over to Desurato grab your copy.
Shizuru expresses her gratitude like only she knows how.
Also, here’s an update on the current status of the localization:
We just finished working on chapter 7 out of of 12 of the story.
The game mechanics are starting to be in playable condition – as illustrated by this gameplay preview we put together last week.
We’ll still need to perform a lot of play testing before the release, and there may yet be large changes ahead. However, the first compiled versions are starting to look pretty good.
We are working on a trial version and aim to have it complete by the time the IndieGoGo project closes – note that one of the pledge rewards features an early access to the trial a week ahead of others!
While we’re working on 99 Spirits, we most certainly haven’t forgotten War of the Human Tanks. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to give as many people as we can reach the opportunity to enjoy the game.
On that note, we’re happy to announce that War of the Human Tanks will be featured in the IndieFort Countdown Bundle!
WotHT will be included in the final week’s bundle from 12/21/2012 to 12/27/2012, but do check out the great lineup below – if you buy all of the previous weeks’ bundles, you will get the bundle with War of the Human Tanks innit for absolutely FREE.
How is that possible, you ask? Read on after the trailer.
Countdown Bundle is made of five separate bundles, a new bundle every week for five weeks. Each bundle is made of four games and priced at $4. For each bundle you buy, the next one will be $1 cheaper. So if you buy the first one, the second bundle is only $3; buy that and the next one is $2, going that way next one is $1 and the final bundle (that is to say, the one War of the Human Tanks is in) will be completely free.
That’s $10 for a total of 20 games at the end of five weeks. We also have bonuses that will unlock upon reaching set sales goals that include 7 more games, 6 OSTs and an add-on. Making the full price of everything you are getting for just $10 into a grand total of $250. A 96% discount is a deal you should not to miss.
We have also teamed up with the kind folks at the charity organization Help-Daniel. We are dedicating part of the proceeds from the full five weeks of sales to him, and want to reach out to the community for help in the hopes he makes a full recovery soon.
Since this bundle is hosted by GamersGate, you will get a key for everything there. Also the games on this bundle that have Steam versions already present will give Steam keys to add to your account. (Marked those with (STEAM) below) And the rest are all on Greenlight (except 2, here is a link to the Greenlight Collection) and you will get a Steam key for those when they are greenlit with your votes. So don’t forget to vote YES for them. (Marked those with (Greenlight) below)
The Guess the Game Contest is now over, big thanks to all who participated.
The winners will be notified via e-mail this week, and even if you didn’t win you should keep an eye on your e-mail as we decided to throw in a free copy of Sound of the Human Tanks I OST from GamersGate to reward the efforts of all who ventured a guess.
As we look forward to announcing the game this week, we’re having a big sale on GamersGate, Desura and Indievania: you can purchase all versions of War of the Human Tanks at a 25% discount from them for the duration of this week.
We hope a lot of people will take advantage of this offer – and don’t forget to vote for War of the Human Tanks on Steam Greenlight, where the battle never ceases.
Lastly and most importantly, stay tuned for a major announcement as we’re going to be announcing our next title very shortly. Can’t wait to let this one out of the bag!
Today we enter the last week of our Guess the Game Contest.
For those who missed it previously, we are giving away free copies of our next game to those who can guess which game it is going to be.
We already posted the final clue on the contest page, check it out.
If you put all the clues together, the answer shouldn’t be impossibly difficult. We know you can do it, so lets get the final week’s contest entries rolling!
Remember, even if you voted previously you can make a new guess each week, so make sure to take this last chance too!
We’re happy to see people participating and trying to guess what our next game is going to be.
It must’ve been hard with just that one measly hint to go by, eh?
Well, this week we figured we’d give a few hints at once. But you won’t find them here.
We’ll be posting new hints on our social media today (hint: check http://fruitbatfactory.com). Hopefully they’ll make the task a little easier for the brave contestants!
Remember, you can make a new guess each week to improve your chances to win the fabulous reward of a free copy of the game in question, so check the contest page and let your imagination fly wild!
Check the contest page for hints, rules and to enter the race.
Thanks also to everyone who took advantage of our discount week to obtain a copy of War of the Human Tanks as well!
Much better. Huh? What do you mean “What next release?”
The one we are going to announce on Halloween, of course. Haven’t you heard?
What? What do you mean you haven’t heard anything about it?
Oh!… Umm… Look! A DISCOUNT!
You can grab all our products from (hopefully) all our distributors at a 10% discount and save tons of money since you’ll buy a lot of them to give everyone as presents! At least that’s the plan.
And the contest can be reached from the link above. If you want a chance to win a free copy of our next game, start guessing and good luck.
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