{"id":7107,"date":"2021-12-07T16:28:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T07:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=7107"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:19:06","slug":"20211207-7107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211207-7107\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual novel A YEAR OF SPRINGS is getting a console release on December 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211207-184801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(publication date: 2021-12-07 14:12 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese solo indie developer npckc and Ratalaika Games have announced that <em><strong>A YEAR OF SPRINGS<\/strong><\/em> is coming to consoles on December 10. The game will be available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. A PC version is already available on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1688580\/A_YEAR_OF_SPRINGS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/npckc.itch.io\/a-year-of-springs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">itch.io<\/a>.<\/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\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/npckc\/status\/1466015460378701824\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A YEAR OF SPRINGS <\/em>is a visual novel comprised of three stories (<em>one night, hot springs<\/em>, <em>last day of spring<\/em>, and <em>spring leaves no flowers<\/em>) that each initially launched as their own standalone games. The collection also contains a new epilogue, a music player, and a CG gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game weaves together the stories of a transgender woman named Haru, her friend Erika, and another friend of theirs named Manami, and delicately depicts the conflicts and struggle for understanding that they face.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211207-184801-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The three stories have received high praise from players on itch.io, and the Steam version, which has received 97 reviews as of this writing, also has a \u201cVery Positive\u201d rating, with 98% of the reviews being favorable. With the release on consoles on December 10, the game will likely reach even more players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>npckc, the developer, has been posting the game being played in a variety of situations on their Twitter account. Each episode is pretty short, so it seems like an especially good fit for the Nintendo Switch during those days when you have a bit of down time.<br><\/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\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/npckc\/status\/1466728302199324673\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual novel A YEAR OF SPRINGS is getting a console release on December 10. 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