#Omori release date upgrade

OMORI is the next big hikikomori game to look out for. Videogames don’t often acknowledge hikikomori, but there’s an unexplained wealth of titles that were made using RPG Maker that do. RPG Maker games have had a tacit association with this mixture of surrealism and teenage ennui since at least 2004, which was when Yume Nikki first appeared. If you’re unfamiliar, Yume Nikki is a surreal horror story about a hikikomori character-a term from Japan that refers to modern-day hermits. You just have to remember it,” goes the description. There’s also something more morbid to unravel: “The truth is… Your story is already over. To elaborate a little on what the trailer shows, we can turn to the game’s description, which suggests that the main character is on a journey to discover their life before they were locked up in that room. The new trailer teases a Carroll-esque journey outside of that room, across pastel playgrounds, dark corridors, where there will be beasts to battle and friendly picnics available to break up the pace. It takes place in “WHITE SPACE,” where the main character has apparently been hanging out for years by themselves, never leaving. But, hey, that gives you plenty of time to get familiar with it if you aren’t already. Videogames don’t often acknowledge hikikomoriĪs work on the game is still very much in the aftermath of that engine transfer, there’s no set release date for OMORI presently. “If we stuck with our previous deadlines, OMORI had a large chance of not running at all on most computers and would not receive any updates to resolve these issue,” wrote the team. It also meant that, when it is released, OMORI should run on many more computers.

#Omori release date upgrade

As explained in the Kickstarter update, at one point the team decided to upgrade from RPGMaker VX Ace to RPGMaker MV, meaning that Mac would be available as an additional platform. One of the major setbacks for the OMORI team has been a transfer in engines. That means that prediction is drawing close to being two years early.īut there’s more to it than mere naivete. To make a long story short: the team admits it “underestimated the amount of time to create a video game.” The original estimate for the game’s release date when it was funded on Kickstarter was May 2015. The team behind the upcoming “surreal psychological horror RPGmaker game” has released a new trailer and explained why the game isn’t out yet. OMORI isn’t dead but it has been delayed again.