OU | Press Kit

Game
OU

Status
Scheduled for summer 2023

Developer
room6
Based in #6 Kamoyanagi-apartment 21 Tanaka Kamiyanagicho,
Sakyo-ku,Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8205

G-MODE Corporation
Based in 7F., Shinagawa Seaside East Tower, 4-12-8 Higashi-Shinagawa,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan 140-0002

Publisher
G-MODE Corporation
Based in 7F., Shinagawa Seaside East Tower, 4-12-8 Higashi-Shinagawa,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan 140-0002

Platforms
Steam^® / Nintendo Switch^TM

Social Networks
Twitter / YouTube

Genre
Adventure

Regular Price
to be decided

Our goal is to create a game that will live in players' hearts as they experience it in the present and carry it with them in the future. In doing so, we hope to redefine games as a whole, much like the works of Michael Ende (Neverending Story, Momo) that inspired it.


The place is U-chronia, a dream-like world that recalls hazy memories of the distant past. OU, a young boy, wakes up in a dried-up riverbed without any memories of his own. He meets Zarry, a flame-tailed opossum, who guides him on a journey to discover his past.

Throughout his quest, OU will meet many denizens of U-chronia:
The Saudage Specter, who haunts the boy;
The Gemini, who looks just like him;
And The Weeping Woman "La Llorona," who may lead him to tragedy.

Each of them will profoundly affect OU and how his story will end.

The world of “OU” is a beautiful, hand-drawn setting reminiscent of the illustrations in children's literature, accompanied by rustic guitars and folksy themes that evoke the nostalgia of simpler times.

Against this backdrop, the story of OU unfolds like an old picture book read before bedtime. What unfolds is "a story for someone."

Like Michael Ende's works, an OU is a challenge to the genre; an adventure game that calls forth the “something" that transports the player to a particular place of fantasy and reality.


◆KODAOSAKANA
(Planning, Scenario and Art)

G-MODE also produces many feature phone titles for G-MODE Corporation. Among them, " Sepas Channel," an RPG that explores identity, and " Churashimagurashi," a southern island simulation, are popular and have been reprinted in the "G-MODE Archives," a feature phone game application reprint project, and have gained popularity with many users.

Twitter https://twitter.com/shikakuinko

◆room6
(Development and Creative Direction)

Since its inception, the company has been developing, porting, and publishing games for smartphones, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, and also operates Yokaze, a label featuring games that immerse players in the world, including "Unreal Life," which won the Newcomer Award at the 24th Japan Media Arts Festival.

Based in #6 Kamoyanagi-apartment 21 Tanaka Kamiyanagicho,
Sakyo-ku,Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8205

Web https://www.room6.net/
Twitter https://twitter.com/room6_pr

◆Daisuke Shiiba
(Music)

After working as an in-house composer at Nintendo, he is now a freelance music composer.
He has been involved in music production such as "World for Two", " FINAL FANTASY PIXEL REMASTER" and " STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN".

Twitter https://twitter.com/shiibadaisuke

◆G-MODE Corporation
(Produced and Published)

A game content planner and developer that operates primarily in the PC and mobile content markets. The company also operates a licensing business for "Data East" titles that have gained popularity in arcades and on consumer game consoles, and in 2018 began a new business of publishing its own titles and those of indie creators to consumer game consoles, including the Nintendo Switch.

Based in 7F., Shinagawa Seaside East Tower, 4-12-8 Higashi-Shinagawa,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan 140-0002

Web https://gmodecorp.com/en/
Twitter https://twitter.com/GmodePR
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/GmodePR

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