Astrolabe Games and FUTU Studio announced a free demo for upcoming visual novel Shanghai Summer is now available on PC via Steam. The full game will launch in 2024, and fans may wishlist it right now.
Previously, Shanghai Summer was part of the Steam China Showcase 2023 event this past September. The event offered a promising development update for the game, teasing that a demo could be on the horizon. That demo is out now with a sample of the game’s intriguing story.
The First Shanghai Summer Demo
The new demo offers a sneak peek into the game’s prologue with the first two days of a 12-day story. Fans may share their thoughts about the first Shanghai Summer demo and fill out a survey at the official Discord server.
Here’s an overview of the upcoming visual novel, via Steam:
The Story
Shanghai, 2003
Suddenly, Baichuan senses something is not right with his life – sometimes, he feels he can see his memories, so real yet so unfamiliar. This all seems to begin with an unexpected invitation from Baichuan’s ex-girlfriend, Qiuyu, who has been away for many years.
Twelve summer days, just like twelve lucid dreams…
“The time seems to be working anomalously on you.”
The Characters
- Dream-chasing, freelancer artist – Fengyi
- Troubled and misguided high school student – Xiaobo
- A university student who is burdened by her family’s issue – Jingxian
Even though their lives are a total mess, they still manage to carry on, embrace and accept their “regrets”, and live to the fullest.
The Gameplay
Through the ‘Topics’ and ‘Clues’ gathered from everyday life, dive deep into the hearts and minds of your dearest friends.
To be comforted by them; To be inspired by them; To turn all the little things that happened in your life into your own strength, and eventually, at the finale of the twelfth night –
To ” fix” the shattered dream.
The Stages
Classrooms, Bookstore “What-If”, Neighbourhood Cafe…
Much of every boy and girl’s life revolves around such a mundane city scene. And it is precisely within the mundanity that some new possibilities exist. The key to turning one’s fate around may very much be held in the hand of someone passing by among the crowds on the streets…
