Shoestrings Story Steam news

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• Review score100% positive
• Total reviews7
• Release dateMar 6, 2026
• DeveloperKITTYPOOL
• PublisherKITTYPOOL

Genres: Adventure

Company pages: Developer: KITTYPOOLPublisher: KITTYPOOL

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Shoestrings Story Steam news

Shoestrings Story news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• 1.0.3 hotfix - 8 July 2026

  - Changed the setting so the game no longer pauses while running in the background - Minor text corrections

• 1.0.1 Hotfix - 3 July 2026

  Patch Notes 1.0.1 Fixes and Improvements Improved stability during startup and when loading save data. Fixed an issue where existing save data with some missing data would not be repaired correctly. Fixed an issue where playtime could be counted twice. Adjusted volume settings so they are correctly applied to BGM, sound effects, and voices. Adjusted the behavior of the title screen and screen transitions. Fixed display and control issues in the "Hello Girls" minigame. Fixed the trigger conditions for Keilw's event. Adjusted the appearance of some effects. Made minor adjustments to the opening background. Text Fixed numerical inconsistencies in the main text. Fixed typos. Corrected some place-name notation in the English text. Added instructions to Tips on how to exit fullscreen mode.

• Released! - 7 March 2026

  "Shoestrings Story" has been released!

• Release Date Confirmed & Supported Languages - 25 February 2026

  Release DateThe release date for "Shoestrings Story" has been set for Friday, March 7, 2026 at 22:00 JST!Supported LanguagesThe supported languages for this title will be Japanese and English (machine translation).As previously mentioned in our crowdfunding updates, the Simplified Chinese translation is planned for a later update. We would appreciate your patience.Should You Buy It?You will probably enjoy this game if any of the following apply to you:You like "moon" (1997, PlayStation)You usually care more about story than gameplay systemsYou have played at least one previous KITTYPOOL titleYou want to read a novel-style story about a hero and a demon kingYou have been thinking, "I want something interesting to play, but I am tired of roguelikes and FPS games. Is there a game that can entertain me almost automatically just by reading?"Let's be happy on March 7!

• Early review published! - 25 August 2025

  Hi. This is KITTYPOOL.It has been one month since the start of the crowdfunding. Thanks to all of your support, the progress has reached 16%. I am truly grateful from the bottom of my heart.Today, I have an astonishing super-wow surprise news to share with you.Early review published by Ginga Kondo!Ginga Kondo, known as an artist, art historian, and author of "Feminist, Playing Games" (Shobunsha, 2024), has played the full version of our work ahead of release! We have received her early review.You can read the full review here.As "Shoestrings Story" is a visual novel game, it is difficult to convey its fun before release.Of course, I could go around saying "This is what it’s about! It’s fun!" but a self-promotion from the creator, like saying "My curry is the best," has its limits in credibility."So then, why not let a third party play it?"Thus, this crowdfunding, which was actually laun…

• Look! A Crowdfunding Campaign! - 27 July 2025

  To begin with...Shoestrings Story (Japanese version) is finally complete!! We started conceptualizing the game in 2021, finished the story and character designs, and began full-scale development in 2024. After countless sleepless nights and a development period that spanned roughly a year and a half, the visual novel “Shoestrings Story” is finally complete. Thanks to your support, we were able to stay motivated throughout the process. We sincerely appreciate your continued encouragement. And now...The crowdfunding campaign has begun! Although the Japanese version is complete, the game contains over 200,000 characters including system messages, making the translation extremely costly. A few days have passed since the campaign launched, and already 7 people have backed the project, bringing us to 9% of our goal. I was worried it might stay at 0%, so I’m incredibly grateful. Thank you so m…

• Demo Now Supports Simplified Chinese! - 8 June 2025

  The demo now supports Simplified Chinese!However, please note that the title displayed on the Steam store is still in Japanese as "くつひも物語". We have already requested a title change from Valve, and once approved, the Steam store page in Simplified Chinese will display the title as "鞋带物语".Special thanks to flankoi for translating the demo!Main UpdatesUpdate Version 0.1.1Fixed an issue where the text in the lockpicking mini-game used an incorrect font, causing tofu characters to appearUpdate Version 0.1.0Added support for Simplified ChineseFixed an issue where keyboard input did not work on certain screensAddressed a possible cause of Known Bug (1)Minor bug fixes

• Shoestrings Story v0.0.13 - 2 June 2025

  Fixed: The game could fail to launch if save data from Ver 0.0.7 was still present when starting Ver 0.0.11. Please note that this is an interim fix and the issue may still reoccur on certain systems. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your continued support.

• Shoestrings Story ver0.0.11 - 28 May 2025

  We have replaced the previous build with the latest version (0.0.11). All fixes are now in place. We apologize for the earlier error.

• 【くつひも物語】体験版をリリースしました！ - 28 May 2025

  The demo for Shoestrings Story is now live! Play through the early part of the adventure—starting right after the opening chapter. (Approx. 1-hour playtime.) Hope you enjoy it!

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