A small update, but hopefully a fun one: We've made some modifications to the online yearbook to improve the ability to easily share your characters on social media.

First off, we've added new link options for tumblr and mastodon, so that if you have accounts on those sites you can more easily auto-generate a link by clicking on the appropriate icon.

Second, we've tinkered with the page code to get it to create a more logical "preview" option on sites with link-previewing. The easy post options should now be able to correctly load character names and thumbnails for display. An example:



Both Magical Diary games are on discount this week, so this is a great time to share your characters with your friends and encourage them to join the madness!

Save 65% on Magical Diary: Horse Hall in the Steam Summer Sale Event:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/211340/Magical_Diary_Horse_Hall/

or save by purchasing it together with the companion Magical Diary: Wolf Hall in this bundle offer:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15611/Magical_Diary_Collection/

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Other recent releases:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1586960/Cute_Bite/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1743080/Night_Cascades/

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Our full library:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2671/Hanako_Games_Collection/

Update notes:

Fixed a crash if you tried to cast spells while inside a square where Darkness had been cast.

Some changes to the way text is handled inside the dungeon. The textbox wraps differently if you're in widescreen mode, where it's no longer covered by the minimap. If text overflows the dungeon box, it now pushes itself up instead of down (to avoid text going off the screen and becoming unreadable.)

If you encounter any problems please report on the discussion thread:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/211340/discussions/0/3422185980119906214/

The end of 2021 is approaching! I hope you've all had at least a few good things happen to you this year, despite the struggles we've all faced. To celebrate the season, some bonus artwork featuring Corrinna from Magical Diary and the little vampire Buttercup from Cute Bite, decorating a tree together:



Artwork by crownxdoll

If you'd like to see more of Corrinna, she has a side route available in Magical Diary: Wolf Hall - and remember, there's a bonus discount option for buying the other Magical Diary game if you already own one!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15611/Magical_Diary_Collection/

As for Buttercup, you can find her along with all the rest of our catalog on sale until January 5, 2022

Happy Holidays!

Update notes:

Fixed a bug in the Valentines Planning diary entry (the entry was incorrectly formatted, and so would crash if you tried to read it.). The fix also works with old saves. I haven't seen any other reports of unreadable diary entries, but if there are any the fix may fix them as well.

Improved behaviour when switching between compact and widescreen modes - previously some of the UI would be messed up until you quit and restarted the game, now the buttons go to the right place immediately.

If you encounter any problems please report on the discussion thread:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/211340/discussions/0/3057364785111029618/

(Art of Barbara Solmoro from Snake Hall courtesy of Mitsou Parker)

Happy New Year! Here's to 2021 being better for everyone than 2020 was for most of us.

Today is the last day of the Steam Sale - have you picked up everything you wanted?

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2671/Hanako_Games_Collection/

Damien wishes you a happy and safe holiday... after all, he needs to keep you around for later...


(Art by https://www.deviantart.com/pepper-n-bento )

Since Horse Hall came out many years ago, we're not really eligible for the Steam Awards. Wolf Hall, on the other hand, would definitely appreciate your support!

We've set up a bundle containing the two Magical Diary games, to make it easier to get both games if you already own one. (If there are future Magical Diary titles, they will be added to the same bundle.)

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/15611/Magical_Diary_Collection/

As previously announced, we have now updated this game to run on a newer version of the Ren'Py engine. This was a big overhaul, and while we believe we have sorted out most problems by now, please do report any strange behavior that you encounter!

Old savegames should load and play without difficulties in the new build. However, you may need to reset your visual preferences (widescreen, etc) as some of the way this works was changed too drastically to carry over the old settings.

More information available in this discussion topic. Please post any bugs and questions there, so that we can more easily find and resolve them!

Now that this is hopefully working smoothly we can get back to planning the next update for Wolf Hall!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974910/Magical_Diary_Wolf_Hall/

A major update is currently available for testing on the beta branch (to access it, right click the game in your steam library and select Properties, then tab over to Betas, then select the 'beta' option. No password is needed.)

This is a big update involving changing the underlying code engine, which affects the way the game behaves in many many little ways. We've fixed a lot of bugs already, but if you have the time and inclination to test, please have a look and let us know if you run into any weird behavior.

More information about the update in this discussion thread - please post bugs THERE and not HERE so we don't miss your feedback!

The update does not add new story content, just a lot of bug fixes and a link to because many players haven't yet noticed there's a second game out!

After many long years, the second game in the Magical Diary series is finally available!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974910/Magical_Diary_Wolf_Hall/

As it is set in Wolf Hall, you will be playing as a male protagonist this time around, with a very different background to the original Horse Hall protagonist. You will meet a lot of familiar faces (with new storylines) plus some new characters as well. Five "main" character routes, seven "side" character routes, new spells, new dungeons, new clubs... there's an awful lot to see!

While it is not required to play Horse Hall in order to play Wolf Hall, it does add more depth to the experience (you'll recognise little references, and you'll get a bonus Wiggle Wand in Wolf Hall if you have a Horse Hall gallery on the same computer) so we're celebrating by setting the original game 75% off this week.

After years of waiting, the next Magical Diary game is almost ready for release!

If you don't already have it wishlisted, you can do so now:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974910/Magical_Diary_Wolf_Hall/

There will be a little in-game bonus in Wolf Hall for players who've previously played through Horse Hall. This is tracked by checking your computer for the unlocked gallery images (kiss/dance photos) so if it's been a while or you played the first game on a different computer, now is a good time to refresh your memory.

Get ready for a new, even bigger adventure!

(Grinchy Grabiner courtesy of coffeejelly)

All Hanako Games titles are currently 60-90% off in the end-of-year sale. Discounts will run until January 2nd.

We are also planning to have the next game in the Magical Diary series out on Steam in early 2020. Magical Diary: Wolf Hall will feature a design-your-own male protagonist, even more dungeon crawling, more than 75 magic spells, and twelve possible characters to pursue (both male and female).

For now, you can wishlist the game here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974910/Magical_Diary_Wolf_Hall/

All Hanako Games titles, including Magical Diary: Horse Hall, are 60-80% off until December 3rd, with bonus savings if you buy the whole catalog.

Happy Holidays!

The long awaited next entry in the Magical Diary series is now live on Kickstarter.

You play a (customisable) male character from an ancient European magical bloodline, who is traveling to America as an exchange student to spend a year at Iris Academy under the watchful gaze of Professor Grabiner, an old friend of your family... who isn't exactly happy about pulling babysitting duty. Will you discover the secret of the ghost who haunts the school halls? Win the election for Student Council President? Outwit Damien at his own game? Or be sent home in disgrace?

By backing the kickstarter, you can get early access to the game as development progresses and help to unlock new love interests. For more information, please check out the kickstarter page

Or visit the Coming Soon page on Steam, where you can find a playable demo of the first week of gameplay.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/974910/Magical_Diary_Wolf_Hall/

Minnie's making a list, she's checking it twice...

(Art drawn by starpatches)

Happy Holidays from Hanako Games! We hope your wrapup for 2018 is peaceful and pleasant.

In the meantime, we've got some big Magical Diary news coming soon. You can follow the latest developments on our official twitter account.

We've put together a new offer where you can buy all products published by Hanako Games at a discount to complete your collection.

http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2671/

Hope you enjoy!

We've put together a new offer where you can buy all products published by Hanako Games at a discount to complete your collection.

http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2671/

Hope you enjoy!

Fixing a couple of small issues with character creation, including one that would constantly reset the name back to Mary Sue when you changed other settings, and better handling for keyboard controls.

Fixing a couple of small issues with character creation, including one that would constantly reset the name back to Mary Sue when you changed other settings, and better handling for keyboard controls.

Far too long to list, see this forum topic for more information:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/211340/discussions/0/458606248615713252/

There's a lot of new stuff in there, so PLEASE report any strange behavior or technical problems you encounter.

Far too long to list, see this forum topic for more information:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/211340/discussions/0/458606248615713252/

There's a lot of new stuff in there, so PLEASE report any strange behavior or technical problems you encounter.

We're currently wrapping up a big overhaul of the engine to get it running on more computers and to fix some longstanding technical issues in the dungeons. Full details at:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/211340/discussions/0/458604254464533473/

If you own the game and have a chance to look over the new version, it would be greatly appreciated. You will need to switch your version into Beta to test the new build.

Please post any questions or followup comments in the forum discussion thread so we can keep them straight!

Hope you've had a good holiday!

We're currently wrapping up a big overhaul of the engine to get it running on more computers and to fix some longstanding technical issues in the dungeons. Full details at:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/211340/discussions/0/458604254464533473/

If you own the game and have a chance to look over the new version, it would be greatly appreciated. You will need to switch your version into Beta to test the new build.

Please post any questions or followup comments in the forum discussion thread so we can keep them straight!

Hope you've had a good holiday!

Please see this forum topic for full information:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/211340/discussions/0/492378806374102123/

Testing feedback is greatly appreciated!! If you have the chance, please read over at least the 'highlights' of what's being updated and try it out on your own computer, and let us know how it goes.

Please see this forum topic for full information:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/211340/discussions/0/492378806374102123/

Testing feedback is greatly appreciated!! If you have the chance, please read over at least the 'highlights' of what's being updated and try it out on your own computer, and let us know how it goes.

If you have trouble running the game, please visit this forum topic for troubleshooting tips:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/211340/discussions/0/496880203075889296/

The majority of issues can be quickly worked around by following these steps.

However, at the moment the game is not running correctly under Mac El Capitan. We are currently working on a major upgrade that will resolve a lot of issues and hope that it will be available for beta-testing in the upcoming weeks.

If you have any other issues, please post them in the troubleshooting topic and we will do our best to get things handled as soon as possible. Thank you!

Magical Diary is Now Available on Steam and 20% off until 10AM PST Thursday, June 7th.

You have been invited to attend a magical school. Here you can make new friends, learn dozens of spells, face exams in the school dungeons, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball. But be careful! You might end up in detention, be lured into a secret society, be forced to marry your professor, or even be expelled!