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Press release:
TOKYO – 5th Sept, 2024.
The Tokyo-based (Japan) indie games publisher Alliance Arts and indie games developers WSS Playground & buriki clock, are today super proud and thrilled to announce that their anime-styled sci-fi horror adventure “Boyhood’s End“, is now available for PC via Steam Early Access.

Travel to a distant future where dystopian AI overlord “R. Karellen” assigns humanity scores, determining academic performance, future career, food choices, and even romantic partners. Giovanni, an unfortunate soul with the lowest scores across the human race, faces relentless bullying from his classmates as a result. But when Campanella, a quick-witted upperclassman, whisks him away on a road trip across the galaxy, things begin looking up for Giovanni.

Hop aboard a driverless train and reach the Crimson Southern Cross, located at the farthest edge of the universe. Meet history’s greatest leaders, pull pesky pranks on them, and solve complex puzzles among the stars. When Giovanni isn’t dusting off his coding skills in pursuit of suspicious side gigs, discover how Campanella’s thrill-seeking antics earned him the highest scores among his peers.

Discover what it means to be human as Giovanni and Campanella travel across landscapes brought to life by vibrant pixel art and hand-crafted animated cutscenes. On a journey where different destinations host primitive and advanced technologies, will the duo return to their AI-controlled reality or extend their last shred of childhood?

“When making “Boyhood’s End”, I wanted to tell the story of survival,” said Shiori Tobita, Director/Scenario Writer at buriki clock.

“I hope that Giovanni’s journey will help others to live and survive through hardships as they begin their journey in early access.”

The first chapter of Boyhood’s End arrives on PC via Steam Early Access today for $10.99 with language and subtitle options in English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Boyhood’s End contains some scenes of limited violence. For more information, please visit the official WSS Playground website, and visit WSS Playground on Twitter.

Throughout Early Access, Boyhood’s End will expand with four additional chapters with chapter 2 arriving in December 2024. Each chapter will increase the game’s base price incrementally for new purchasers, while Early Access owners will enjoy free access to all upcoming story updates.

About WSS Playground
Founded in October 2019, WSS Playground is a development studio that takes “play” seriously, with notable titles in their portfolio including The Great Vilianness: Strategy of Lily, DRAINUS, EDEN.schemata();, Touhou Luna Nights, and NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD.

About Alliance Arts
Alliance Arts is a new Tokyo-based publishing company committed to the creation of captivating games, and behind the recently-revealed title “The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily”.