GameTomo announcedSumireno Sorafor Steam and Switch, during Indie Live Expo 2020 held on June 6.Sumireis a narrative game taking place in the span of a day, in a mystical, Japanese-styled village. Titular protagonistSumirewas given a list of task to accomplish by the mischievous spirit of the mountain, and needs to clear said list before night falls.
In Japanese, the game is titledSumire no Sora, Sumire’s Sky.Sumire is an usual name in Japan, as seen inSakura Wars, and can also mean Violet in Japanese, and is a reference to how the game’s sky turns violet when the end approaches.Sumire no Sorain its Japanese press release is described as an ADV. These are story-driven, text-heavy games where you control a character’s movements and choices either directly, or through text options.See13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. It’s basically what most people in the west would call a visual novel.
Sumireis a doujin game, as in a Japanese indie game, and is still in development and has no release date estimate yet. News updates on the game will be comingvia the Steam pageand onGameTomo’s Twitter account.
Screenshots fromSumireare included below. Here are additional details from the press release.
GameTomo in the past developedProject Nimbus, a pretty cool-looking mecha game, together with GameCrafterTeam. A sequel titledNimbus Infinityis also in the works, anda first trailerwas published during Indie Live Expo 2020.
Personally speaking, I like ADV games, story-driven games, and this looks super cute so I’m definitely looking forward to it.
Stay tuned like Ulala would say as we’ll soon push out a summary of all the announcements from Indie Live Expo 2020.
