Update(ver.0.9.0)Announcing game updates & price change due to the game going fu

BOKURA

BOKURA is a two-player puzzle adventure game. Play as two boys who ran away from their homes and work together to take yourselves somewhere far, far away. Relive the friendship of your childhood through the journey of two boys.

Hello everyone! This is tokoronyori. I want to thank everybody for playing Bokura! For this announcement, I wanted to let everyone know a pre-emptive update towards the full release, and some changes we are making to the game and the price change. 【Updates】 ver0.9.0 ・Additional ending ・A new stage added along the additional ending ・An overhaul of the final stage ・A new gimmick added along the overhaul ・Some bug fixes This is planned to be the last big update that will include additional content or overhauls. I hope that everyone will enjoy the Bokura that we built, through the feedbacks and comments from the community. 【The removal of the Friend's Pass and changes to the pricing】 First, to the point. The changes being made, with the full release on August 10th, are as follows, ・The Friend's Pass discontinuation as of August 10th ・The change in pricing as of August 10th (Around half the current price) I want to be as transparent as possible, so I will explain as much as I can. Along with the full release on August 10th, the game will have "crossplay" and the game will be playable between Steam, Nintendo Switch and iOS/Android As the game is co-op "exclusive", the huge wall of 「being on the same platform as your partner」 was something I really wanted to take away. The development process was not straight forward, but with the help from the Switch porting team, we were able to create an environment where each player can play comfortably on their own platform. On the other end, to realize the Friend's Pass playability for multiple platforms was much more difficult than expected. We thought that, servicing each platform, providing a constant and stable gameplay experience, and updating multiple platforms all at once would overwhelm us, as we are a small team. After many discussions with our publisher, we came to the very difficult decision of removing the Friend's Pass. After August 10th, new downloads of the Friend's Pass will not be possible. I personally believe the Friend's Pass system is amazing, and I really wanted it to live. It pains me this is our conclusion, and I want to apologize for the result. Steam Friend's Pass players will be able to play the additional content of this new update until the August 10th full release update. After August 10th the game will be unplayable for the Friend's Pass. Although it will be for a short period of time, we hope you can enjoy the additional contents until the full release. In conjunction with the removal of the Friend's Pass, the price of the game will be halved from the current price on August 10th to make it even for each player. (This will be done for each region) The change in pricing will occur not only on Steam, but for Nintendo Switch and iOS/Android. The new pricing will be implemented at the same time as the full release on August 10th, If anyone is thinking of purchasing the Steam version of the game, we recommend waiting until the new pricing is in place. I want to thank everyone again, and I hope you will enjoy 『Bokura』