{"id":67436,"date":"2026-05-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=67436"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:59:20","slug":"developers-of-popular-android-repair-game-d1al-ogue-to-crowdfund-sequel-with-8x-larger-story-and-over-20-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/developers-of-popular-android-repair-game-d1al-ogue-to-crowdfund-sequel-with-8x-larger-story-and-over-20-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers of popular android repair game D1AL-ogue\u00a0to crowdfund\u00a0sequel\u00a0with\u00a08x larger story and over 20 characters\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When last we heard from\u00a0<strong>D1AL-ogue<\/strong>\u00a0creators Cherry\u00a0Picker, the four-person dev team was having trouble financing the sequel, D1AL-ogue+,\u00a0and was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/developers-of-overwhelmingly-positive-android-repair-cyberpunk-steam-game-d1al-ogue-urgently-looking-for-crowdfunding-platform-due-to-lack-of-funds-for-upcoming-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">looking\u00a0into the possibility\u00a0of\u00a0crowdfunding<\/a>\u00a0to complete the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/4270390\/view\/677373278422041898?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">May development blog<\/a>\u00a0published on he first game&#8217;s Steam store page, the developers announced that\u00a0they have succeeded in setting up a crowdfunding campaign despite\u00a0initial\u00a0difficulties, and\u00a0are planning to launch it around summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of this month, the core planning stage for the&nbsp;D1AL-ogue+&nbsp;has been completed. The overall scope&nbsp;of the game&nbsp;has been&nbsp;finalized, including 20 characters, the main ending, and several new&nbsp;pieces of content.&nbsp;While work on these elements&nbsp;is&nbsp;yet to be completed, Cherry Picker plans to flesh everything out and add depth&nbsp;as development&nbsp;progresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Revealing Himiko&#39;s expression animations and Cien&#39;s character sheet!<br><br>Development is moving along smoothly. We\u2019re also currently in talks regarding the crowdfunding campaign\u2014fingers crossed for good news! \ud83e\udd1e<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/indieDev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#indieDev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Devlog?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Devlog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/D1ALogue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#D1ALogue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ubPmzuZI8r\">pic.twitter.com\/ubPmzuZI8r<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CherryPicker | D1AL-ogue+ (@cherry_pic9129) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cherry_pic9129\/status\/2055581133618938338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What has been completed, however, are several new character animations for the\u00a0characters\u00a0Pray, Lianne,\u00a0Blade,\u00a0Maya,\u00a0and Himiko. A new character, Clen, is\u00a0also\u00a0currently being designed.\u00a0To give fans a sense of the progress made on\u00a0D1AL-ogue+]\u00a0the\u00a0devs\u00a0have measured each category accordingly.\u00a0Overall art is currently 40% complete,\u00a0whereas\u00a0writing and programming are both 60% complete.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up next&nbsp;on the to-do list is to enrich the sequel\u2019s narrative, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/4270390\/view\/528750685224701521?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the devs claim<\/a>&nbsp;will have \u201cover 8x more story content\u201d than the original.&nbsp;More characters will be introduced, and plot holes and foreshadowing in the first game will be addressed.&nbsp;D1AL-ogue+&nbsp;is said to&nbsp;be&nbsp;more of a non-linear experience, where&nbsp;the&nbsp;player\u2019s&nbsp;actions&nbsp;determine&nbsp;the course of the story.&nbsp;Aside from&nbsp;the&nbsp;narrative, new characters and puzzle mechanics are also in the works.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[D1AL-ogue] Official Game Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xHD65CwqIE0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Released&nbsp;in&nbsp;February&nbsp;for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4270390\/D1ALogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>)&nbsp;as a free game,&nbsp;the original&nbsp;D1AL-ogue follows repair clinic manager Chris as he repairs female androids known as EVE (Electronic Vital Entities).&nbsp;As you&nbsp;fix them up using your D1AL diagnostic console and engage in color-matching puzzles, you learn more about your clientele.&nbsp;Following an \u201cOverwhelmingly Positive\u201d&nbsp;rating&nbsp;on Steam,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/4270390\/view\/525369818740689338?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a sequel was announced<\/a>&nbsp;a little more than a month after its predecessor\u2019s release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D1AL-ogue+ is currently in development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D1AL-ogue&#8217;s developers have confirmed that a crowdfunding campaign has been set up and is planned to go live in summer this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":67443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-67436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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