Greetings, students!

Welcome back, troublemakers and aspiring chaos-makers of Sentou Gakuen! Your Principal here, ready to deliver the October 2024 Revival Report. Grab your seats and hold onto your uniforms, because we've got some exciting updates to share!

Steam Next Fest: Thanks for Playing

First and foremost, I want to extend my deepest gratitude to each and every one of you who took the time to play our demo during Steam Next Fest. Your participation, feedback, and enthusiasm have been absolutely invaluable. You've helped put Sentou Gakuen on the map, and for that, we can't thank you enough!

7000+ Wishlists: You're Making Us Blush!

Speaking of putting us on the map, I'm thrilled to announce that we've surpassed 7000 wishlists on Steam! This is an incredible milestone that we couldn't have achieved without your support. Every wishlist is a vote of confidence in our chaotic little school, and we're honored by your interest. If you haven't added us to your wishlist yet, what are you waiting for? Join the troublemaking party!

Demo Update: A Brief Hiatus

Now, I have an important announcement for all you eager beavers craving more content. Our beloved (or perhaps infamous?) demo version is taking a little vacation from updates. As we shift our focus back to the dev branch, the demo will remain unchanged for a while. But don't fret! While this news might ruffle a few feathers, rest assured that the demo is still available and will stay online for your troublemaking pleasure.

What's Next?

I'm afraid I'll have to leave you in suspense for just a little bit longer. Keep your eyes peeled for our next Revival Report in November 2024. We'll have more updates, more chaos, and who knows? Maybe even a surprise or two up our sleeves. As always, your continued support and patience mean the world to us. Sentou Gakuen is more than just a gameit's a community, and you're all an integral part of it. Whether you've been with us since the beginning from previous decade or you've just enrolled, know that you're helping to shape the future of our beloved school. Until next time, keep causing trouble (responsibly, of course), and remember: in Sentou Gakuen, chaos isn't just encouragedit's part of the curriculum! - Principal

Dear, students!

Were excited to announce that Sentou Gakuen: Revival has been granted a Developer Spotlight on /r/MMORPG subreddit for the duration of the Steam Next Fest: October 2024 edition. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or just want to chat, feel free to drop by the thread and say hi! Your comments and engagement will help boost the post.

When

The spotlight will be live for the entire week, and Ill be regularly responding to inquiries from time to time throughout the duration.

• Start: October 14, 2024
• End: October 21, 2024

Where

You can check out the spotlight thread right here:

• Developer Spotlight: Sentou Gakuen: Revival

As always, thank you for your continued support and interest for Sentou Gakuen: Revival. We cant wait to see you in the spotlight! Remember, students no slacking! The early bird gets the worm, and the fastest student gets the glory! -Principal

Dear, students! To celebrate the October 2024 edition of Steam Next Fest, we're excited to announce a special event where you can have your name eternalized at the city's museum! This is our way of showing our appreciation to the community, and it's super easy to participate.

How to Join:

[olist]

Post a comment in this thread to let us know you're joining the event.

(Optional) Set your Steam profile to public at the end of the fest. [/olist] That's it! Once you've posted here, all you need to do is spend some playtime in the Sentou Gakuen demo before Steam Next Fest ends. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3175150/Sentou_Gakuen_Revival_Demo/

How It Works:

• After the event ends, we'll be checking each participant's total demo playtime in Sentou Gakuen as shown on your Steam profile.
• The more hours you have accumulated in the demo, the higher up on the list your name will appear!
• The list of attendees will be featured in the city's museum during both the early access and the release version. The name that will be immortalized is your Steam display name.
• If your Steam profile is set to private, you'll still be included, but you'll be placed lower on the list.

The event will end along with Steam Next Fest on October 21, so be sure to rack up those hours in the demo before then to secure a high spot!

Reward:

• Your name here.

FAQ:

Q: How do I secure a high rank on the list? Simply play the Sentou Gakuen demo as much as you can before Steam Next Fest ends. The more hours you have accumulated overall in the demo, the better your ranking! Q: How will my playtime be tracked? Once the event ends, our dedicated Student Council will be on the lookout, checking your total demo playtime on Steam through your profile. To ensure they can accurately tally your hours, make sure your profile is set to public during the data collection days! Q: Do I need to keep my Steam profile public during the entire event? No, you only need to set your profile to public when we pull the data on October 22-25. After that, feel free to switch it back to private! Q: What happens if my profile is private? We will still include your name, but you'll be placed lower on the list, regardless of your total playtime. Thank you for being part of the Sentou Gakuen community! Lets make this Next Fest unforgettable, and may your names forever be remembered in the halls of our city museum when the early access version arrives. Now you can proudly say, "I belong in the museum!" - Principal

Greetings, students!

Greetings, students and future troublemakers of Sentou Gakuen. It's your Principal here, back with another update as we continue to breathe new updates into our chaotic school. This past month has seen significant progress, and I'm here to share all the juicy details. Sentou Gakuen, once lost to time like an old dusty textbook in the back of the library, is emerging stronger than ever, thanks to your support and feedback. So gather around, students! We have a lot to discuss.

1,000 Downloads & Our Amazing Players

First and foremost, I have exciting news to share: Sentou Gakuen has reached a milestone of 1,000 downloads! Out of those, 150 students have decided to step into our school and found themselves beaten up by oyajis, involved in public disorder, or caught up in other kerfuffles. Your presence and engagement mean the world to us. Whether you stayed for a moment or became part of our student body, thank you! It's a huge milestone, and it gives us the motivation to keep moving forward.

Thank You for Your Feedback and Bug Reports

I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you who have provided feedback, reported bugs, or shared your thoughts about the game. This is a passion project, and your help goes a long way in shaping Sentou Gakuen into the experience it was always meant to be. Every time you point out a bug or share a suggestion, you're helping us refine the game, and we can't thank you enough for being part of the development process. From banana slip event triggers to bizarre detention mishaps, you've seen it all, and you've helped us make things better.

Join the Discord - The Student Lounge Awaits!

Our student community is growing, and we want you to be a part of it. If you haven't yet, join our Discord! It's the perfect place to chat about your adventures, report bugs, or just hang out with other troublemakers. You'll get to interact directly with the Principal, share your stories, and stay up to date with all the latest happenings. This is your chance to be part of the Sentou Gakuen legacy as it unfolds. Come and meet your fellow studentslet's build this school together, one chaos-fueled day at a time.

Sentou Gakuen at Steam Next Fest - October Edition!

Now, for some really exciting news: Sentou Gakuen will be joining Steam Next Fest this October! This is a huge opportunity for us, and we're thrilled to be able to showcase our work to a broader audience. We'll be putting out a last big update for the demo for the event, and we invite everyone to hop in, play around, and help us rack up some playtime.
Whether you're a returning student or it's your first day, we would love for you to explore the demo. Your feedback will help shape the final version of Sentou Gakuen, and every review, every bug report, every minute of playtime counts.

How You Can Support Sentou Gakuen

Want to help us make Sentou Gakuen the best it can be? Here's how you can contribute:

• Add Sentou Gakuen to your Steam Wishlist! Wishlisting is one of the best ways you can support us right now. It helps boost our visibility and lets more students find our game.
• Follow our Steam page! Keep up to date with all the latest news and updates as we get closer to our Early Access launch.
• Play the Demo during Steam Next Fest! Set your reminders, mark your calendarsthis is your chance to explore Sentou Gakuen firsthand.
• Join our Discord community! Engage with the developers, share your feedback, and hang out with other players. It's a great place to be if you want to be part of our school's growing community.

Closing in ...

As we look towards the future, the development of Sentou Gakuen is progressing steadily. Our goal remains to bring you an Early Access next, but as always, game development can be unpredictable. If necessary, we may push the release to January, but rest assured, we are committed to bring you not just a game but an experience. Your patience means everything to us, and for those who thought this school had permanently shut its doorsmy sincerest apologies for the long absence. We are here now, and we are working tirelessly to make Sentou Gakuen something truly special. Thats all for this month's Revival Report, but there are plenty more updates to come. Stay tuned for more news, events, and fun chaos in the upcoming months! And don't forgetSteam Next Fest is just around the corner. We can't wait to see you there. Until next time, students. Stay out of trouble (or don'tyour Principal loves a good story). - Principal

Were excited to announce that the first iteration of the technical demo for Sentou Gakuen: Revival is now live and ready for you to download! This is your chance to get a first look at the game and experience what weve been working on. Please keep your expectations in check as this is an early version of the game. We plan to update the demo every 1-2 weeks leading up to the Steam Next Fest in October, so stay tuned for new features and improvements! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3175150/Sentou_Gakuen_Revival_Demo/

Steam Next Fest

Three times a year, Steam hosts the Next Fest, featuring a selection of upcoming games. Were thrilled to announce that Sentou Gakuen: Revival will be a part of this Octobers Steam Next Fest! This is a significant milestone for us, and we cant wait to showcase what weve been working on.

Join our channel

To streamline our communication and keep things simple, we will be focusing our channels on Steam Discussion, Discord, and Twitter. If you havent joined yet, you can connect with us on Discord and follow us on Twitter for updates, discussions, and to be part of our growing community. Thank you for your support, and we cant wait to hear your thoughts on the demo! -Principal

Greetings, students!

Greetings students and future troublemakers of Sentou Gakuen. Its your Principal here with some news that has been long-overdue at this point. For so many years, our school was in a state of dereliction, forgotten like an old chalkboard covered in dust. But in this past one and half year, the development has been repicked up again from zero to revive this project. With that there are several things that I'd like to address.

The Scrapping of Old

Originally, this project was being built in Unity, but over time, the project became bogged down with so many grievances that it was hard to move forward. So, I made the decision to scrap the old build entirely. I explored several other enginesGameMaker, Defold, and morebut in the end, I chose to stick with Godot and restarted the project from the ground up. Godots ease of iteration has allowed me to quickly prototype and refine the chaos that is our school. And since it's open source, I can dive right into its inner workings and make the tweaks that fit our needs perfectly.

Technical Demo Release

Mark your calendars for September 2 or 3, 2024 (depending on where you live). This will be the first chance for you to step into the revived Sentou Gakuen and experience the new build. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3175150/Sentou_Gakuen_Revival_Demo/ This technical demo offers you a glimpse into the world of Sentou Gakuen, featuring the opening story scene and short bit of gameplay. Please note that this demo is a technical preview and may contain game-breaking bugs, progression loss, broken menus, not yet implemented and missing features. It is pretty much a tech-demo in progress and does not represent the final version of the game.

What about Early Access?

The current plan is to have early access released by the end of this year. Please note that this project is a work in progress. Updates will be issued in a rolling release format, where patches are applied frequently that may introduce bugs, cause progression issues, and similar problems. Hence, we request players to bear this in mind. Thank you for your patience, and to those who thought this school had closed its doors for goodmy sincerest apologies for the long absence. All I ask is for more time to fully reboot this title and bring Sentou Gakuen back to life. This is what Ive got to announce for now but stay tuned for further updates in my next posts. Meanwhile you can join our Discord channel and follow our Twitter (X), the links are available below. -Principal,

Pertamax.

Been working continuously ever since the game got greenlit. Honestly didn't expect it to be Greenlit "that soon" (yes really, hopefully it's a good sign), after all Sentou Gakuen: Revival is just a random game you stumble upon from random Indonesian dev. I've been reading and learning Steamworks API and how it would fit into our game, the features they offer really "a lots!" (overwhelming). No wonder they are now one of the largest digital distribution for PC gaming. Ok, so what we got so far. Current version is 0.01B3-Rev. Here is what we have done to the Game's client as well as other game related stuffs.

• Upgraded project files from Unity 4 to Unity 5, this breaks lot of stuffs drop such as obsolete functions, as well as obsolete plugins. This has been taken care of.
• Updated Steamworks.NET to the latest one (version 7.0.0), since the old one doesn't work
• Updated the Steam API from using Appid-480 (the SpaceWar!) into our own Appid-405680!
• This will be our Store Page, and Game Hub. Store Page is not up yet of course.
• Portal site has been updated and running. As well as its integration with Steam's OpenID. This Portal site is used to manage your SGR Game Account that you will be using for logging in to the game. Can be accessed through here http://revival.gakuen.org/ though you need Steam account to login.
• Game server has been transferred from my localhost to some cheap server in Toronto, Canada.
• Fixed, Steam Avatar not displaying the correct image on player lists
• Fixed broken menu buttons
• Fixed freeze while choosing Skill's icons
• Fixed dressing room bug 999 freeze
• Removed profile card, and it is now show the Steam Profile
• Some tweaks that hopefully reduce random disconnect
• Added Steam Stats as well as Steam Achievements to the game (12 stats, 2 achievements), will add more ridiculous achievements from now on.

FAQ Goes Here

Can we play the game? If you have tester key, then yes. You can download the game, run it, and connect to the server. But at this state, I wouldn't call that playable, since it reeks of bugs and lots of stuffs still not added yet. So far we have only given a dozen keys to internal testers. And only those people that can play the game at the moment. Can I request the tester Key? I want to test it! Please wait while we are transitioning our stuffs from our garage to the live development server. As well as we still want to add more stuffs before we start taking more people. We do plan to distribute more keys for testers by the end of October, (or November if we don't make it). All you need to do is to watch the announcements section of the game hub during those time lines. When is the game released? The game will be released under Early Access, the aim for Early Access start is by the end of 2015 or early 2016. From there we are going to continue the development of the game along with the players. What Steamworks stuffs you plan to bring to the game? Steam Stats and Steam Achievements will be the first on the list. Steam Trading Cards will be coming next as soon as we have the required assets. Steam Workshop is planned, so you can share your own stuffs such as your own story that you want to share to others, new mobs, or new zones, if it's popular enough we will be putting it live on the main game. Since Story Mode haven't been touched at all, Steam Workshop won't be available any time soon. If I play on Early Access, will my progress wiped on release? Short answer, Yes. Long answer, I don't know. Due to the state of the game now, things might get broken later on, making a wipe a viable options. So don't over invest and don't cry when there's such thing in the future! wizard