{"id":29223,"date":"2024-04-02T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T02:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=29223"},"modified":"2024-04-02T11:45:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T02:45:02","slug":"ai-the-somnium-files-writer-updates-cryptic-message-potentially-teasing-a-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/ai-the-somnium-files-writer-updates-cryptic-message-potentially-teasing-a-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"AI: The Somnium Files writer updates cryptic message, potentially teasing a sequel\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kotaro Uchikoshi, director of Spike Chunsoft\u2019s <strong>AI: The Somnium Files<\/strong> and writer of<strong> AI: The Somnium Files \u2013 Nirvana Initiative<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>posted a new cryptic message to his official English X account on April 1. The message was posted as a reply to his equally mysterious post from March 28, which made users hopeful that he may be teasing a third entry to the Somnium Files series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">eaxqedcnrpnawnycapxkp<br>glzdsmnnhdhvrshggcmxv<\/p>&mdash; Kotaro Uchikoshi Eng (@Uchikoshi_Eng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uchikoshi_Eng\/status\/1774693912160112656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While Uchikoshi\u2019s previous post featured a wall of garbled Japanese text and a glitched out video of a broken screen, in his latest update, he simply says, \u201ceaxqedcnrpnawnycapxkp glzdsmnnhdhvrshggcmxv.\u201d This was impressively <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Broken__Bee\/status\/1774697760899424381?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deciphered<\/a> by X user @Broken__Bee only 15 minutes later to potentially mean, \u201cim being overwatched by the authorities right now.\u201d Even decoded, the message remains puzzling, and the fact that it was posted on April Fools is only <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xia_bee\/status\/1774695199249141979?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">messing with players\u2019 heads<\/a> further.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as the message comes in reply to the March 28 post (which was very Nirvana Initiative-reminiscent), it might be safe to remain optimistic about a new sequel. Furthermore, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/noisypixel.net\/ai-the-somnium-files-writer-kotaro-uchikoshi-teases-new-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NoisyPixel<\/a>, Uchikoshi\u2019s teasing was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akrokada\/status\/1773213953830568019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1773213953830568019%7Ctwgr%5E5b6d7169e8c5e5e19ca9967d90038ced2c87cb66%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnoisypixel.net%2Fai-the-somnium-files-writer-kotaro-uchikoshi-teases-new-game%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quoted by Nirvana Initiative director Akira Okada<\/a> back in March with actual footage from the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"722\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240402-29223.jpg\" alt=\"The garbled Japanese text in-game overlaps with Uchikoshi's post\" class=\"wp-image-29226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240402-29223.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240402-29223-380x234.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240402-29223-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240402-29223-600x370.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The garbled Japanese text in-game overlaps with Uchikoshi&#8217;s post<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As an aside, Uchikoshi is rumored to currently be working on <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240119-25834\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Extreme x Despair, a collaboration with Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka<\/a>. 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