{"id":73950,"date":"2026-10-19T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=73950"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:26:29","slug":"girlfailure-art-club-a-japanese-visual-novel-in-which-you-romance-cringey-otaku-schoolgirls-launches-crowdfunding-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/girlfailure-art-club-a-japanese-visual-novel-in-which-you-romance-cringey-otaku-schoolgirls-launches-crowdfunding-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Girlfailure Art Club, a Japanese visual novel in which you romance \u201ccringey\u201d otaku schoolgirls, launches crowdfunding campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of <strong>Girlfailure Art Club<\/strong>\u2019s 2027 launch on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4563410\/Girlfailure_Art_Club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), Japanese indie developer and publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/todoki_uka?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artodria<\/a> has announced a crowdfunding campaign for the upcoming romance visual novel. The campaign will be run on <a href=\"https:\/\/camp-fire.jp\/projects\/983784\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campfire<\/a> from October 24 to December 26, with funds going toward enhancing the game\u2019s illustrations, music, videos, and language support.<\/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=\"\u300c\u7f8e\u8853\u90e8\u30ab\u30ce\u30b8\u30e7-Girlfailure Art Club-\u300d\u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fcPV\u6620\u50cf\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AuYYyfmJQsg?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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/upcoming-japanese-dating-sim-girlfailure-art-club-puts-you-at-the-mercy-of-four-quirky-otaku-high-school-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Girlfailure Art Club follows the story of Mamoru Gasai<\/a> (the protagonist\u2019s default name), a second-year student at Akeba Academy who joins his school\u2019s art club and is \u201cforced\u201d to spend his school year surrounded by four quirky otaku girls: Rinne, Shoko, Kana, and Yuri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rinne is obsessed with obscure subculture and the underground scene, Shoko is a massive fan of shonen manga, Kana is a moe-voiced girl aiming to become an anime seiyuu, and Yuri is a hardcore self-shipper (making her the only non-romanceable art club member).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Girlfailure Art Club was started by Artdoria in an effort to fill the \u201ccringey otaku girl\u201d visual novel niche, with parts of the story being inspired by their own experiences of being an art member in high school. With more than six endings and roughly 8-20 hours of play, the game promises \u201csecond-hand embarrassment from all the 2010s otaku culture references,\u201d and a happy ending after you make your favorite high school girl fall in love with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260805-706620001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260805-706620001.jpg 960w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260805-706620001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260805-706620001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Campfire campaign\u2019s target goal is 2 million JPY (roughly $13k USD), with three stretch goals having also been added. Notably, if the campaign raises 5 million JPY ($32k USD), support for additional languages will be implemented. Currently, Japanese, English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese are confirmed to be supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other stretch goals include additional in-game art, a new opening sequence, and even an original theme song and background music composed by Tenmon, who worked on several Makoto Shinkai films such as 5 Centimeters Per Second and Children Who Chase Lost Voices. While voice acting hasn\u2019t been confirmed as a stretch goal, the developers are asking fans to \u201cstay tuned for further announcements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Campfire campaign, Girlfailure Art Club\u2019s script has already been finalized. The developers are now dividing their time between working on the game\u2019s graphics (which are 40% complete), script implementation (10% complete), and translation (15% complete).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a related note, this isn\u2019t the first time Artdoria has turned to fans to help fund Girlfailure Art Club. <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/creator-of-otaku-schoolgirl-visual-novel-girlfailure-art-club-launches-fanclub-to-fund-development-several-million-yen-needed-to-support-localization-voice-acting-and-more-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Back in April<\/a>, it was announced that they would be launching an official development blog on Pixiv Fanbox to collect funds for the visual novel. Aside from details on how the project would be funded, plans for a localized release and voice actors were confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Girlfailure Art Club is set to release in 2027 for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4563410\/Girlfailure_Art_Club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-visual-novel-girlfailure-art-club-in-which-you-spend-your-school-days-with-four-cringey-otaku-girls-gets-steam-store-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese visual novel Girlfailure Art Club, in which you spend your school days with four \u201ccringey otaku girls,\u201d gets Steam store page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Girlfailure Art Club is set to launch a Campfire crowdfunding campaign on October 24, ahead of its 2027 release. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":70664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-10-19T07:26:38+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3my7lrnpklm2i","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3my7lrnpklm2i\",\"cid\":\"bafyreiafaje7kv6bpsgndrr343zuuq46dtutvscamjhg5knljisza6mgra\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreihuk5kupdoguthgy3ryrzyuihvkfry7armqqhqowwk6sydsbkjyoi\",\"rev\":\"3my7lrnpqh42i\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-73950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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