SIGONO's Beast Barbershop Adventure Gets Steam Demo Ahead Of Next Fest
SIGONO is steering an OPUS-series audience toward a barbershop game whose endings hinge on haircuts, so the demo and Next Fest slot are the current window to test whether the gimmick reads before a full release with no date or price.
Reporting from 1 source: GAME Watch (Impress).
SIGONO has released a demo for Kemono-tachi no Kamikiriya, a PC adventure game about running a barbershop in a town of beast-people. Players set front and back hair, talk with customers during cuts, and the results shape the ending. Japanese text in the demo was revised with native staff. The game joins Steam Next Fest from October 20. Full release date and price are undecided.
The demo was updated before Steam Next Fest opens on October 20. Native Japanese staff joined the team and reworded the in-game text so the town and its characters read more naturally in Japanese.
Haircuts split into front hair and back hair, and the customer's worries come out through conversation during the cut. The finished hairstyle moves the ending, and a failed cut can end the story early. Reading the news after closing time can turn up information for the next job.
The full version has no release date or price yet. SIGONO, the publisher, is the company behind the OPUS adventure series, which the article says has recorded more than 10 million downloads worldwide.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- GAME Watch (Impress) 動物たちの髪型をアレンジ！ ADV「けものたちの髪切り屋」の体験版を配信中。日本語テキストをブラッシュアップ