Story
In “Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan,” you play as Maria Ramirez, an American working in Japan as an English teacher. It’s a rewarding, fun job, and you’re beloved by students and coworkers alike–until suddenly, one day you lose your job. You work for a dispatch English teaching company, and they lost their contract with your school, just one month before the end of the school year.
Out of nowhere, you must change the course of your life. You have a loving girlfriend to support you and other friends facing this alongside you, but ultimately you must make an extremely tough choice about your future.
This game is based on the real-life experiences of English teachers throughout Japan, on issues that tens of thousands of people endure every single year, and is designed to provide an up-close viewpoint of what the dispatch contract system does to the individuals impacted.
Features
Live through real-life shock – You’re an English teacher in Japan, and suddenly, your life is turned upside-down. Experience the chaos of a last-second life meteor.
Make tough choices – End your relationship? Risk it all? There are no easy answers to how to face your future.
Exploration of underdiscussed issues – Tens of thousands of English teachers in Japan face the same problems every single year, and “Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan” sheds light on these solvable issues to a mainstream audience.
A myriad of social issues – Job loss, foreign work visas, cross-country moves, same-sex marriage, adult loneliness–this game covers many different factors in a short time span.
Brisk story – Across all endings, the story runs about 6,000 words long, so a full playthrough should take thirty minutes or less.
About Yuri Kissaten
Yuri Kissaten is a game studio that makes narrative-focused games about girls loving girls, founded in 2024 by Fruz and Beatrice Baker. We create experiences with strong stories and memorable characters. All Yuri Kissaten projects focus primarily on LGBTQ+ characters and their relationships, romantic and otherwise. We hope you enjoy our games!
Coming to Kickstarter on August 1st!
Winter Heat is more than a love story. Its the texts, notes, games, and digital worlds of a couple across years of their lives. This wholesome visual novel chronicles a modern romance in a uniquely digital way.
[dynamiclink href=\"https://store.steampowered.com/app/3429850/Winter_Heat\"][/dynamiclink]Javiera Vera is a freelancer living in the sweltering summer of Maip, Santiago, in Chile. Fukkoshi Shio is an office worker living in the snowy rural town of Miyazu, Kyoto, in Japan. Though they live on different sides of the world, they share something that transcends all boundaries: an internet connection.
How will their friendship deepen during one special December? Find out through the apps Javi and Shio use every day.
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Were raising finishing funds for Winter Heat to help expand the game further and further. Not only will we have an extensive main story, but well also have a boatload of in-story apps. Some are educational, some flesh out the characters, some are even full-fledged minigames.
More Kickstarter backers means more in-universe apps to explore and even more content for the main storyline. Back the campaign to follow our progress
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and let Javi and Shios story unfold.
Digital Love with Digital Apps
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[img src=\"https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images//45162870/42bc29eedbee022c4951d3cb60f6fc08e024c951.png\"][/img]Enjoy the classic late 00s browser-based kid-friendly MMO Froguelike in special flashback chapters \\[Game not actually playable]! See how Javi and Shio first met as young teens, and how they reunited after many years apart.
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Learn more about Javi and Shios towns through the Maps app. Find out the best spots in Kyoto and Santiago, the local haunts, and plan your inevitable Yuri Tourism trip.
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With the Wittier app, find Javi and Shio onlinealong with trolls and other weird strangers. Then smash keywords together to post engagement bait. Can you rack up 10,000 followers?
Were working on many more apps as well, and with your crowdfunding support, we can make them better and better. And, with stretch goals, well even add brand-new apps!
Welcome to Oomfie RPG
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But of course, our most important app is a full-fledged sub-game: Oomfie RPG!
Each copy of Winter Heat comes with a ROM of one of Javi and Shios favorite nostalgic games (and pieces of riffing material): Oomfie World IV: The 1994 Saga of Turbo. Why does the title include 1994? Were not sure. Probably because that sounded futuristic in 1993.
After her best friend Sam is sucked into the hot new game console, Oomfie must traverse the digital world of Turbo and collect pieces of the Virtual Cuboid Console to send them both back.
Discover a comfy town and four mazelike adventure zones, switching from a classic overhead view to first-person face-offs in the Chili Forest and other whimsical locales.
Every run through an adventure zone is different, with its own special events. Meet friends and not-so-friends on the road, and decide whether to trade, help, or run away really fast. The further you go, the more forks in the road.
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Then oomf your way through tricky turn-based batles. Use Action Points to attack, but watch out: your AP is also your health! Healing at the right moments and reading your opponents moves are the keys to victory.
You have space for eight movesand items. Together. Will you pick up a weapon, or a healing hamburger? Make tough choices on the road, and pray that the merchant has a good selection.
Only your customized Oomfie can beat all four adventure zones and save the day!
And Youve Gotta Help!
Oomfie is counting on you to support our Kickstarter when it launches on August 1st ! Well also be launching a brand-new demo on Steam and Itch so you can try out the new apps and the Oomfie RPG.
Were overjoyed to show the world this game thats so close to our hearts.
[hr][/hr]Kickstarter link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedude3445/winter-heat-yuri-visual-novel
Steam link:
[dynamiclink href=\"https://store.steampowered.com/app/3429850/Winter_Heat\"][/dynamiclink]Itch link:
https://yuri-kissaten.itch.io/winter-heat
Press kit:
https://yurikissaten.com/winter-heat-press-kit/
Visit our site:
Follow on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/yurikissaten.com
Subscribe on Youtube:
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Support on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/yurikissaten
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Minimum Setup
- Processor: 1 GhzMemory: 1 GB RAM
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL compatible card
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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