Doko is the developer behind the free Steam game Robot Hospice, released on June 10, 2026, and is not otherwise mentioned in the provided stories.
Doko, operating as the developer Buttercup garden, released the 2D pixel-art adventure game Robot Hospice for free on Steam on June 10, 2026. The game is set in a near-future facility where robots that have outlived their human families spend their final moments. The player takes the role of a new staff member named Midori, who interacts with five robots, each with distinct personalities, pasts, and memories. In one day, Midori can only talk to one robot, and repeated conversations build trust. The robots sometimes present difficult choices with no easy answers, and the player's role is to decide what is best for them to meet a peaceful end. There is one ending, but how the player parts with each robot depends on their choices. The game uses simple 2D dot-pixel art and Famicom-style music.
As of the article's publication, about 10 Steam user reviews had been submitted, all positive. A browser version is planned for release around July. Doko cited childhood feelings toward pet robots and robot vacuum cleaners, and the novel Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, as inspirations for the game's theme of hoping for a happy end for robots. The other two stories in the cluster-about Masahiro Anbe's new manga and the closure of Dokodemo Young Champion-do not involve Doko and are not related to this entity.
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Developer Buttercup garden, operated by doko, released the 2D pixel-art adventure game 'Robot Hospice' for free on Steam on June 10. The game is set in a near-future facility where robots that have outlived their human families spend their final moments. The player takes the role of a new staff member named Midori, who interacts with five robots, each with distinct personalities, pasts, and memories. In one day, Midori can only talk to one robot, and repeated conversations build trust. The robots sometimes present difficult choices with no easy answers, and the player's role is to decide what is best for them to meet a peaceful end. There is one ending, but how the player parts with each robot depends on their choices. The game uses simple 2D dot-pixel art and Famicom-style music. As of the article's publication, about 10 Steam user reviews had been submitted, all positive. A browser version is planned for release around July. Doko cited childhood feelings toward pet robots and robot vacuum cleaners, and the novel 'Klara and the Sun' by Kazuo Ishiguro, as inspirations for the game's theme of hoping for a happy end for robots.