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Press release:
TOKYO – August 6th, 2024.
The Tokyo-based (Japan) indie games publisher Kodansha Game Creator’s Lab and Kodansha-based (Japan) indie games developer Tokoronyori, are today very happy and proud to announce that their 2-Player puzzle adventure “BOKURA: planet“, is coming to PC via Steam in early 2025.

“BOKURA: planet” must be played with two people on different devices. This puzzle adventure game requires the two players to communicate and work together to solve the puzzles. A new story unfolds in BOKURA: planet’s new setting. Newly added actions and puzzles will be added. BOKURA: planet is currently in active development, so wishlist the game to get details as they become available.

To celebrate the announcement of “BOKURA: planet,” there will be a 50% discount on “BOKURA” on Steam and Nintendo Switch, from Tuesday, August 6 to Sunday, August 18, 2024.

Progress through stages through 2-player cooperation and puzzle-solving

BOKURA: planet requires two players using two machines to communicate to play this 2-player puzzle adventure game.

The two players must convey what they each are seeing to their partner and work together to solve the puzzles in each stage, but a new “push” action has been added to BOKURA: planet! Players can send each other flying as they play the game…

…which means that players can push each other off cliffs if one is in the other’s way. Cooperation alone might not be enough this time! Players must not only work together, but anxiously navigate the possibility of confrontation.

Story

The earth was destroyed, and the few survivors began anew from the Stone Age,

and a new civilization was built.

Eventually, they were able to journey into space,

and so they planned to investigate faraway planets.

However, the distance between the earth and those planets was great, and it would take several hundred years to complete the journey.

Therefore, those condemned to death row were chosen to carry out the investigation.

On the journey, the research ship breaks down and two crew members must make an emergency escape.

They make an emergency landing on an unknown red planet, and they both have their own reason why they must return to Earth.

Will they be able to return safely?

The newest work from tokoronyori (Planet of the Lonely, BOKURA)

tokoronyori, indie game developer

X: https://x.com/tokoronyori

Tokoronyori has continually created mysterious works brimming with originality with his unique worldview and artistic sense. In 2016, Planet of the Lonely became a hot topic on social media.

BOKURA was released in February 2023 as a member Kodansha Game Creators’ Lab Vol. 1, and has sold more than 600,000 copies. It garnered attention from streamers and VTubers in Japan and around the world.

His specialty is creating experiences that can only be lived in games by incorporating unique settings in his games.

Message from the creator

BOKURA: planet is based on ideas from the planning stages of BOKURA.

At the time, I was able to expand ideas that were antithetical to BOKURA, but I chose to bring various ideas into equilibrium to create BOKURA.

I am confident that I made the right decision, but at the same time, I often wondered what would have happened if I had pursued some of those other ideas. Eventually, I couldn’t stand wondering what might have been and created BOKURA: planet. It has turned out wonderfully.

About Kodansha Creators’ Lab

The Kodansha Creators’ Lab is an R&D department that was established in June of 2021 to meet and support creators in a wider range of genres. With our slogan “All for Creators” in mind, we manage the following:

Submission sites such as DAYS NEO
The Kodansha Game Creators’ Lab, a project that supports indie game creators
The Kodansha Cinema Creators’ Lab, a project that supports video creators
Developing metaverse, XR, and NFT contents that promote global awareness of Kodansha works
Research and develop various ways to publish IPs in addition to traditional publishing