{"id":7301,"date":"2021-12-10T17:22:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T08:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=7301"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:19:02","slug":"20211210-7301","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211210-7301\/","title":{"rendered":"GOODBYE WORLD, a game about two game developers, announced for Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20211209-185189\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2021-12-09 22:15 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese solo indie game developer Yo Fujii and publisher Flyhigh Works have officially announced <em><strong>GOODBYE WORLD<\/strong><\/em>. The game is scheduled to release on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1833490\/GOODBYE_WORLD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) in 2022.<\/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\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/y-ozJKcBVB4\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>GOODBYE WORLD<\/em> is a narrative adventure game that follows the story of two indie game developers named Kanii and Kumade. With Kanii as the programmer and game designer, and Kumade as the graphic designer and scenario writer, the two set out on a new project funded by the profits of their previous title. But Kanii has been in a creative slump and their budget is running thin without a completed game to show for it. In order to overcome their situation, the two reach out to a game publisher and receive a proposal.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-001.jpg 800w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-002.jpg 800w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Players will go through 12 stages made by Kanii and Kumade in a game within the game, while following the story of the creators. This game within the game is a 2D puzzle platformer with graphics reminiscent of the original Game Boy. The story is made up of 13 chapters and looks to be a linear progression without multiple endings.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-003.jpg 800w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-003-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-003-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-003-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211209-185189-003-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Yo Fujii is a game developer who worked at CyberConnect2 until March of this year. Up to this point, they have released two free games titled <em>206<\/em> and <em>HorrorHouse<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this tweet below, which was posted in July of this year, there\u2019s an image of a character that looks like Kanii. At the time, Yo Fujii said, \u201cI\u2019m making a game that probably won\u2019t be understood even if you play it.\u201d Perhaps that project has become <em>GOODBYE WORLD<\/em>.<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\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u306a\u3093\u304b\u591a\u5206\u904a\u3093\u3067\u3082\u7406\u89e3\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u307e\u3059\u3002\u8208\u5473\u3042\u308b\u65b9\u3001\u62e1\u6563\u3057\u3066\u5fdc\u63f4\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3051\u308b\u3068\u5b09\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\u591a\u5206\u7406\u89e3\u3067\u304d\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3001\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u3057\u305f\u3089\u30ec\u30d3\u30e5\u30fc\u8352\u308c\u308b\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r4jhtWhtzZ\">pic.twitter.com\/r4jhtWhtzZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3072\u304c\u3048\u308a4000 (@higaeri4000) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/higaeri4000\/status\/1415663293822246912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>I\u2019m making a game that people probably won\u2019t understand even if they play it. For those interested, I\u2019d appreciate it if you help spread the word and show support. It probably won\u2019t be understood, so if I release it, the reviews will likely be rough.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOODBYE WORLD, a narrative adventure game about two game developers, is coming to Steam. 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