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Kumitantei: Old-School SlaughterEventsMonthly Dev Log (May 2026) - Expanding Free Time
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Monthly Dev Log (May 2026) - Expanding Free Time

Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter · published 29 May 2026, 21:21 UTC

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Hey Absolute Students,

First off, before I dive into the meat of the dev log, I want to say thank you for the support on the launch of Kumitantei and for all of you who left us a review! Also, I want to thank the bug reporters among you for  helping us improve the game. We couldn't've done this without your support. 

Monthly Dev Log

We want to keep everyone up to date on Episode 2 and beyond on development regarding Kumitantei. We really don’t want to remain silent and want to make sure we’re feeding y’all little tidbits of Kumitantei goodness. So, every month, I’ll write these dev logs to share behind the scenes development, highlight different community fan art, community events, and more! 

If you want to keep up to date on Kumitantei news, be sure to follow the game on Steam and join our Discord!

Expanding Free Time

We’d always wanted there to be more to do during Free Time and for there to be more ways to bond with your favorite characters, so that’s something we’re focusing on with the development of Episode 2! There will be two new major features added to this part of the game.

One thing we’ve heard a lot of requests for is the ability to play Card Battle Debate outside of the Clinical Trial, both to try out new Skill Card strategies and see the unique animations for the characters who haven’t gotten to battle yet. We’re adding a new interaction to Free Time that will fulfil both of these! You’ll be able to spar with your favorites during Free Time and wager your tokens on who will win, high stakes with high rewards! 

We’ve also decided to bring the “Battle Demo” from the Kumitantei Demo Version over to the main game as a new Training Mode, with expansions to allow using every Skill Card and deck composition against any character you want! We hope these additions will make the Card Battle system more accessible and encourage trying out different strategies before the next Clinical Trial rolls around.


The Prize Corner will also be getting an expansion, including a major rebalancing to the Kitty Catcher and a brand new Prize Shop that will let you exchange tokens for uncommon gifts, upgrades for the Clinical Trial, and even unique Skill Cards! We’re excited to share more information about these gameplay improvements in the future, but for now, we’ll leave you with two never-before-seen Card Battle cut-in animations for Kaguya and Nisuke!

June Character Birthdays

Did you know each character in Kumitantei has an official birthday? Here are the birthdays in June!


June 11th - Tsubaki Inoue

Community Corner

And now time for my favorite part of the dev log! Sharing art and other content created by the community!


megum1blackqu1l on Discord

Dummytit on Discord

Sebastianporebski on Discord

@agurinrin93 on Twitter

There are a ton more and I wish I could share all the art that the community has shared. 



Well that’s all I have time to share this month. Please feel free to join the Kumitantei Discord to see more art made by the community, ask any burning questions you may have in the #kt-questions channel or just hang out with us and the community.

-riv otter

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