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Press release:
OSAKA, Japan — November 17, 2022.
The Vancouver-based (Canada) indie games publisher Chorus Worldwide and OSAKA-based (Japan) indie games developer Maboroshi Artworks, today announced with great thrill and delight that their fully hand-drawn narrative adventure “Last Time I Saw You” is coming to PC (via Steam) and console (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) s in 2024.

Explore the Japanese countryside as Ayumi, a 12-year-old boy on the verge of becoming a teenager. In his dreams, he sees a strange girl who may be responsible for a curse on his town, yet he feels an inexplicable attraction toward her. Unravel the complicated truth on Ayumi’s emotional journey of self-discovery as he marches toward adulthood. Grow and change through the trials and tribulations of a first love.

Embrace a series of existential questions while roaming fantastical hand-drawn environments and socializing with local townsfolk. Step forward into a coming-of-age tale full of forests crawling with helpful creatures, dangerous threats and an unrelenting typhoon. Succumb to a dreamlike mood courtesy of an ethereal ambient lo-fi soundtrack.

“Last Time I Saw You charmed us from the very first time we played the demo,” said Shintaro Kanaoya, founder and CEO of Chorus Worldwide.

“This beautiful, haunting, and enjoyably playable adventure will stay in gamers’ hearts for a long time and we’re so excited to work with Juan and the Maboroshi team to bring the game to life.”

“This game was born from a heartbreak that I experienced some years ago,” says Juan Fandiño, creator of Maboroshi Artworks and Last Time I Saw You.

“I decided to take all the conflicting emotions I had inside and try to make something useful with them, transforming them into a somewhat healing experience that other people could also enjoy and relate to.”

Last Time I Saw You launches Summer 2024 on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5|4, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. For more information on Last Time I Saw You, follow Maboroshi Artworks on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Discord, check out Chorus Worldwide on Twitter, and visit the official page at Chorus Worldwide’s website.

About Maboroshi Artworks
Founded by Juan Fandiño, the art director of Yume Nikki: Dream Diary, Maboroshi Artworks is a small independent art studio operating out of Osaka, Japan. Their passion for innovative storytelling fuels their creativity as they pursue their mission to create emotional narratives for all to feel and fondly remember. For Maboroshi, telling a unique story is a priority above all else. This approach lead them to work on their first game, Last Time I Saw You, an (already) award-winning narrative adventure set to release in 2024.

About Chorus Worldwide
Chorus Worldwide is a global publisher composed of gaming veterans with experience at world-renowned companies including Microsoft, Supermassive Games, and Electronic Arts. Originally created to guide indie developers into the rapidly growing Asian markets, Chorus now works with talented developers across the world, including Argentina, Indonesia, and Malaysia, finding huge success in titles like the acclaimed Coffee Talk, and the Asian releases of The Room and The Room Two.