👋 Greetings, Hello and Thank You!
First of all, thank you for buying our game, supporting us, and inviting your friends to play.
It genuinely means more to us than we can put into words.
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🎮 Five Years in the Making
This project started back in 2021.
Five years later, in 2026, it is finally here.
We’ve put the very last bit of effort we had into making the game as smooth, polished, and enjoyable as we were capable of making it.
We know there are still things that can be improved, but we wanted to give it everything we had before putting it into your hands.
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🌱 We’re Still Learning
We are a very small development team with no professional game-development experience.
We started this project with little more than passion, curiosity, and a willingness to learn.
This is our very first game, and because of that, we know there will be flaws, mistakes, and things we could have done better.
It's not perfect. We are aware of that. But it is THE BEST we could offer for now.
That is why we truly cherish the opportunity to finally put this game into your hands.
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🔧 What Comes Next?
Releasing the game doesn't mean we're finished.
We’ll continue polishing and improving the game based on everyone's feedback.
We also have plans for things such as:
🎮 Gamepad support
✨ More language supports
🐛 Bug fixes
💡 Community-requested features and improvements
We also hope that gamepad support will allow players on other platforms to enjoy our game as well!
Your feedback will play a big part in deciding where we go from here.
In the end, where the game goes next depends on what our players want to see!
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📖 About the Story
There is also a story behind this game—one that we really wanted to tell.
It is a very complete story, covering the lives of each character and the evolution of River City.
Unfortunately, with our limited resources and experience, bringing the complete story into the game alongside the gameplay was simply beyond what we were capable of doing this time.
There is much more to the story than what made it into the game.
So, we had to hide parts of the story throughout the game in a fragmented form.
Maybe someday, we’ll have the opportunity and resources to tell that story the way we originally imagined.
Perhaps through a DLC or even a second game, we’ll be able to present the complete story to everyone.
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💬 We Want to Hear From You
Feedback, advice, suggestions, bug reports, feature requests—anything is welcome.
Please don't hesitate to tell us what you think.
We’re a very small team, so we may not be able to respond to everyone, but I’ll personally try my best to read and reply to as many comments as possible.
Your feedback doesn't just help us improve the game.
It also helps us improve as developers. 🌱
So please, don't hesitate to point out the things we can do better.
For a small team like ours, having players tell us what isn't good is one of the most valuable things we could ask for.
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🌱 Some wishful thinkings
We don't have professional development experience, nor do we have a large team behind us.
But we are willing to keep learning, embrace new things, and challenge ourselves.
There may be plenty of rookie mistakes along the way. (fcol.....)
Still, we truly cherish the opportunity to bring this game to everyone.
Perhaps this game will change our fate.
Perhaps, with your support, we can gradually become a small development team capable of creating and releasing games of different genres in the future.
Who knows?
For now, we’re still trying.
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Finally...
Thank you for giving our first game a chance.
Five years of learning, making mistakes, improving, and never giving up have finally brought us here.
Not particularly long, but not particularly short either.
There were many times when we had to start over, but we never once thought about giving up.
It was a long and bumpy road.
If you enjoy it, we’ll be incredibly happy.
If you’re willing to give us feedback, a review, or even a harsh criticism, we’ll be even more grateful.
And if you’re willing to stay with us and watch us make this game better along the way...
That would be even better.
Finally, thank you once again to everyone who has bought, played, recommended, or even simply followed this game.
Thank you for giving these five years of effort a meaning. 🙏
See you in the game!
Or even in the next game?
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Humble, and Sincerely,
Dev Team of Zankoi's Chronicles
August 14, 2026 — right before release