This update addresses all notable issues related to context within both the fantasy and real-world areas of Koe (). The vast majority of these took place in the school and we had the voice actors re-record new scripts for each scenario, and various smaller issues related to context or clarity were fixed during re-recording. Additionally, many voice clips were remastered from their source such that fewer voices sound too low or trail in/out at higher or lower volumes. In total, around 2600 clips have been updated. The following bugs were also fixed: - [3D] Certain enemy models were falling back to legacy models, these are now all fixed (most notably the bomb, butterfly, akashita, rokurokubi and the "wind boss") - [Minigame] Scholar's game should no longer randomly lock you out of his house. - [Minigame] The player should no longer get stuck between two panels that are close to each other. - [Battle] The fourth midworld boss battles now all end correctly. - [Battle] It is no longer possible to accidentally trigger a random battle in certain cutscenes if the player is able to perform a scene break. - [World] School NPCs now advance correctly (such as the helpful hiragana student and the particle teacher student) - [World] Kaori now advances correctly, and will teach you additional moves with the correct payment. - [World] Speech bubbles render for world event scenes correctly in the broadway. - [World] The classroom NPCs will no longer show up when an event is taking place. - [World] Saito can now be interacted with correctly in the scenes where she is present. - [World] Dialogue triggers for events now show up correctly, eg the broadway trigger should no longer mention being late for school when you're out with friends/family. - [NPC] Nakano's subsequent interactions no longer go through the entire dialogue again. - [NPC] The grocery store owner's model was updated to address various facial and clothing issues. - [NPC] Multiple/duplicate characters should no longer be visible while at home. - [NPC] Various background NPC animation issues causes by multiple clips not blending correctly have been fixed, most notable the gliding female characters at school. - [UI] Pressing Q and E or rotating the joystick while the Menu is open should no longer move the overworld camera in certain situations. - [UI] You can now repeat the latest voice dialogue using a single button without opening the log. - [UI] The dialogue log was moved out of the main dialogue UI and functions separately which fixes double-input issues. Additionally, various small placement issues with collision and NPC positions were addressed. Thank you to everyone who reported (and continues to report) issues!

Hey guys! This is mostly a QoL/small content update patch which will be followed by another hotfix momentarily that will address some smaller UI, scaling and consistency bugs. The changelog is below. A second patch is planned that will address battle QoL. - [Steam] Added support for Steam Cloud Saves.
- [Help] A help section is now available from the in-game menu. Basic world and battle topics are available here.
- [Voiced audio] Various customisation for the voiced audio section subtitles are now available. You may now also have Japanese directly in the dialogue box, and there is now an option to delay the secondary dialogue for linear sections so the Japanese or English text is only shown after your first choice of dialogue
- [Log] The log now has voiced translations and the ability to re-listen to recent voiced sections. This log is available within the dialogue as well as through the in-game menu.
- [Balancing] Many battle calculation changes were made and earlier battles of the game are now more balanced. Certain fights now also give you a rush of JP before starting. You may now also set your difficulty level depending on your playstyle. If you prefer the grind then the difficulty goes all the way up to 11 and if you want a more relaxed experience then the difficulty can be set down to 1. While this is a content branch update, various smaller bugs were addressed: - [Audio] Various audio was re-mastered to ensure scenes were consistent in volume. - [Audio] Broken or "poppy" voice sections have now been cleaned up. - [UI] Issues related to unclickable settings buttons are now resolved. - [UI] Various overlapping UI sections were addressed and now hide elements when a dialogue or tutorial is playing. - [3D] The bomb and rabbit model now render the updated model correctly instead of falling back to their legacy model. Various smaller cutscene bugs, including the one where the player moonwalks into a scene were also addressed. Sorry if you liked this one, I did too.

This hotfix fixes the following issues: - [World] Certain dialogues became impassible after a while of playing, this update ensures dialogue states are unloaded on each scene transition. - [World] Fixed some particle lingering issues. - [UI] The correct buttons are now shown when playing with a Sony Playstation or Nintendo Switch controller. Keyboard + Mouse players should also no longer see joypad buttons in the UI. - [UI] The menu now loads correctly in all scenes. - [UI] The LanGrid button no longer closes the LanGrid in Megumi's world. - [UI] Tabbing through the moves UI window now works as intended - [Controller] Remapping the controller now saves between scenes and functions as intended. You may now invert your camera movement using the Main Menu config correctly. - [Saving] Koe () now backs up your last 200 save files, including autosaves. - [NPC] Various NPCs should now end their story correctly. Please note that it is a known issue that some users are not seeing new NPCs after a certain point in the game, and this is being fixed. Various Audio issues related to softlocks were also addressed. Many thanks to Steam user seir and discord user isa for their detailed reporting of issues, both big and small.

Hotfix 1 2024-04-22 The following issues were fixed: - [Functionality] The game currently softlocks for certain Windows users at the end of the first day when sitting next to Rora. - [World] Some Hasui (Water village) flowers had collision issues that cause you to get stuck on them. - [World] Interacting with the crystal on the beach at the beginning of the game will cause you to not return to the shrine the next time you come back to Koe, which was a little confusing. - [World] Some text bubbles in the real world were gigantic.

Koe () is a JRPG with the Japanese language at the core of gameplay. It's been a very long time coming, but I'm very happy to announce that the first part of the Koe () story is now available, it makes up roughly 80% of the story of Koe () with the second part currently being prepared for release, which will be available as a free update. Please check out our release trailer below! [previewyoutube=d0XaQ13Btq4;full][/previewyoutube]

Patch difference from last build (0.55m) is 373mb. Our plan is to make this the second last update before our full world update. The next playable update will add a little more world, then we will release the full world to all players. If you backed through the Humble Store, you can simply download the newest version via your widget purchase reward content. If you are a Kickstarter backer with a Steam beta-unlock key, please make sure you opt into the correct beta for your platform (Note that for now the build is WINDOWS ONLY due to compute shaders no longer being properly supported on Linux/Mac platforms. We're still working on a fix, which should hopefully be available within the month) You can do this by right clicking Koe () in your Steam library, selecting "Properties", clicking on the Betas tab and opting into one of three beta builds, select the correct one for your operating system. The default beta ("beta - ") is Windows. The Kickstarter update related to this build is available at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/297265509/koe-a-jrpg-with-japanese-at-the-core-of-gameplay/posts/2536689

Patch difference from 0.4u is 754.8MB If you backed through the Humble Store, you can simply download the newest version via your widget purchase reward content. If you are a Kickstarter backer with a Steam beta-unlock key, please make sure you opt into the correct beta for your platform. Please note that the first release (and current patch) is windows only. We'll release the Linux/OSX versions once we've fixed the compute shader bug. You can do this by right clicking Koe () in your Steam library, selecting "Properties", clicking on the Betas tab and opting into one of three beta builds, select the correct one for your operating system. The default beta ("beta - ") is Windows. The Kickstarter update related to this alpha release is available here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/297265509/koe-a-jrpg-with-japanese-at-the-core-of-gameplay/posts/2467725

Patch difference from last build (0.35u) is 466.7mb. Patch 1 of this update is also now available, as well as OSX and Linux versions. Please feel free to post in the bug report or general feedback threads in the discussion section with your thoughts. If you backed through the Humble Store, you can simply download the newest version via your widget purchase reward content. If you are a Kickstarter backer with a Steam beta-unlock key, please make sure you opt into the correct beta for your platform. You can do this by right clicking Koe (声) in your Steam library, selecting "Properties", clicking on the Betas tab and opting into one of three beta builds, select the correct one for your operating system. The default beta ("beta - ") is Windows. The Kickstarter update related to this alpha release is available here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/297265509/koe-a-jrpg-with-japanese-at-the-core-of-gameplay/posts/2245699 Happy Playing! -The Strawberry Games Team.

No changelog as of yet. This is a story progression build. For the first week only this will be a Windows-only release while we update the beta build with fixes and changes. If you backed through the Humble Store, you can simply download the newest version via your widget purchase reward content. If you are a Kickstarter backer with a Steam beta-unlock key, please make sure you opt into the correct beta for your platform. You can do this by right clicking Koe () in your Steam library, selecting "Properties", clicking on the Betas tab and opting into one of three beta builds, select the correct one for your operating system. The default beta ("beta - ") is Windows. We've split up threads between posting general feedback and bug reporting, please make use of these. More information about this update is available in the corresponding Kickstarter update found at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/297265509/koe-a-jrpg-with-japanese-at-the-core-of-gameplay/posts/2115268 Happy playing!

No changelog as of yet. This is a story progression build. For the first week only this will be a Windows-only release while we update the beta build with fixes and changes. If you backed through the Humble Store, you can simply download the newest version via your widget purchase reward content. If you are a Kickstarter backer with a Steam beta-unlock key, please make sure you opt into the correct beta for your platform. You can do this by right clicking Koe (声) in your Steam library, selecting "Properties", clicking on the Betas tab and opting into one of three beta builds, select the correct one for your operating system. The default beta ("beta - ") is Windows. We've split up threads between posting general feedback and bug reporting, please make use of these. More information about this update is available in the corresponding Kickstarter update found at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/297265509/koe-a-jrpg-with-japanese-at-the-core-of-gameplay/posts/2115268 Happy playing!

You'll need to pick the correct beta branch for your operating system. More info available in this post. Full changelog available here. Happy playing! -SG koegame.net

You'll need to pick the correct beta branch for your operating system. More info available in this post. Full changelog available here. Happy playing! -SG koegame.net