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Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo releases today on Steam.

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Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo launches September 17 - Gematsu

Multi-ending escape adventure game Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo will launch for PC via Steam on September 17, publisher WhisperGames and developer Dank Hearts announced.

Here is an overview of the game, via Dank Hearts:

About

Traumatized youth trapped in Noise Scramble City, a labyrinth of their own fears. Amnesiac teens solve puzzles in a multi-ending escape adventure. The only way out of this city is… to remember and overcome your own Noise. Noise’ refers to painful events, traumas, and memories from the past. Doubt, jealousy, foolishness, arrogance, maliciousness, and greed. Each carrying their own Noise, everyone gathers their own memories spread across the city to remember the past. What if the only way out of here is to interact with the painful memories you want to escape from? Can you face your own Noise?

Characters

Zena Yugamizora – “I should be able to do it, just like the hero…!” The hero of this game. An icy superhero team show fan.

Itsuki Hozuki – “So annoying! You’re pissing me off. Go make me a hamburg steak or something.” A boy tormented by jealousy.

Honoka Kirishima – “We’re just strangers. Suspicion is what makes us human.” A stubborn and skeptical girl.

Kaito Shimizu – “Because of this shadowed scar, I was ostracized and labeled a ‘germ’.” A boy filled with self-doubt.

Hiyori Endo – “I’ll do my best with hyper power! Let’s roll the video!” A streamer girl and habitual liar.

Soto Ochibana – “If you’re in, I’ll be here to back you up.” A meddlesome yet honest boy.

Specter – “Noises! Leave it to me!” The Whimsical Watcher of the city.

System

-Escape from locked rooms by solving puzzles using your Noise as clues.

Trapped inside, the teens realize that the room is connected to their past.

By exploring the rooms, they can collect clues and items to help them escape.

Players can explore the stages in the game.

The labyrinth city has many rooms, many are twisted by characters’ inner Noise.

If any objects of interest are found during exploration, players can click to investigate them.

-Noise Analysis: analyze Noise to recall the past.

Find puzzle pieces by exploring to recall ‘Shards of Noise’ that piece together your memory.

By collecting pieces and completing the puzzle, past memories are awakened.

Players must collect Shards of Noise from specific items and objects in the game’s stages.

Each Shard of Noise is associated with a Noise, and when the pieces are combined to complete a puzzle, a memory can be awakened.

By combining the Noise, players gain clues to solving the mystery by understanding the characters’ past.

-Past events are the key to solving the mystery.

By looking at the past in Noise Analysis, players can understand a character’s Noise.

Some of these events are hints and answers that are key to solving the mystery.

Also, by viewing Noise, users will be able to interact with previously unavailable objects, expanding exploration.

Watch a new trailer below.

Release Date Trailer

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Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo ‘Hiyori Chapter’ demo launches today - Gematsu

Dank Hearts will release a demo for multi-ending escape adventure game Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo for PC via Steam featuring the game’s “Hiyori” chapter today at 8:00 p.m. PT / 11:00 p.m. ET, the company announced.

Get the latest details below.

Welcome to Noise Scramble City—a maze-like metropolis reminiscent of Tokyo. Six young individuals awaken downtown in a mental prison of their own making with no memory of their arrival. Now they must solve intricate mysteries to piece together fragments of their pasts and ultimately escape this enigmatic alternate reality.

In the demo, play as Hiyori, a popular content creator with a habit of telling white lies to garner attention. Connect Hiyori’s past traumas with her deceitful tendencies across abstract, story-rich puzzles filled with narrative-rich tidbits weaved into every brainteaser.

Today marks the beginning of the “Be Part of Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo” Campaign event. Participants who complete the demo and submit feedback will have their names included in the end credits of the full release. This campaign runs until December 20, 2024 JST, be sure to join through the entry form!

Explore each stage to gather clues needed for escape and awaken the memories of the youths. By uncovering their pasts, you’ll gain hints to solve the mysteries ahead. This close integration of story and puzzle-solving elements is the game’s most captivating feature.

Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo is due out for PC via Steam in 2025.

Get the newest trailer and a narrative sneak peek below. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.

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Narrative Sneak Peek

Story: An Escape from the Labyrinthine City, “Noise Scramble City” In a city both similar to and distinct from Tokyo, there lies the labyrinthine “Noise Scramble City,” a place where people’s traumas have taken shape as prisons. Six young people, mysteriously transported here and stripped of their memories, find themselves trapped. To escape this maze-like city, they must gather fragments of their lost memories scattered among the streets, recall their past traumas, and overcome them. Through this journey, they gradually uncover the secrets of this world and the core of the story. Will they solve the mysteries surrounding the events that befell them and find their way back?

Six Youths Bearing Hidden Traumas

Six young individuals are transported to “Noise Scramble City,” each carrying a unique trauma they cannot share with anyone. Zena Yugamizora, Age 15. Main Protagonist. A tokusatsu fan and tsundere. (Likes Action Movies [Tokusatsu] and tsundere) “I should be able to make it… just like a hero!”

Itsuki Hozuki, Age 16. A boy tormented by feelings of jealousy.

“Annoying! You’re getting on my nerves. Are you gonna make me a hamburger or what?”

Honoka Kirishima, Age 16. A Pretentious but paranoid girl

“In the end, it’s someone else’s problem. To doubt and be doubted—that’s what it means to be human.”

Kaito Shimizu, Age 17. A boy with no self-esteem.

“Shunned for this face, called a germ—a scarred shadow.”

Hiyori Endo, Age 17. A lying, manipulative streamer (video content creator) girl.

“Hyper powerfully doing my best! Rolling the camera—!”

Soto Ochibana, Age 15. Overly generous and honest boy.

“If you’re going to do it, then I’ll lend my hands.”

Specter, the witty city watcher.

“If you really think that, then how about do something about it.”

Clues Lie Within Their Own “Traumas”

The labyrinthine city is filled with numerous rooms, each one twisted in appearance, embodying the traumas carried by each character.

Explore each stage to gather clues needed for escape and awaken the memories of the youths. By uncovering their pasts, you’ll gain hints to solve the mysteries ahead. This close integration of story and puzzle-solving elements is the game’s most captivating feature. —Search for fragments of “Noise” to recall the traumas that serve as vital clues.

—A dial of some sort? What could this be…

—A mystery that looks like a streaming screen scrambled with hate…?

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‘Multi-ending escape adventure’ game Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo announced for PC - Gematsu

From Gematsu

Japanese developer Dank Hearts has announced multi-ending escape adventure game Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo for PC (Steam). It will launch in 2024.

Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:

About

Traumatized youth trapped in Noise Scramble City, a labyrinth of their own fears. Amnesiac teens solve puzzles in a multi-ending escape adventure. The only way out of this city is… to remember and overcome your own Noise. Noise’ refers to painful events, traumas, and memories from the past. Doubt, jealousy, foolishness, arrogance, maliciousness, and greed. Each carrying their own Noise, everyone gathers their own memories spread across the city to remember the past. What if the only way out of here is to interact with the painful memories you want to escape from? Can you face your own Noise?

Characters

Zena Yugamizora – “I should be able to do it, just like the hero…!” The hero of this game. An icy superhero team show fan.

Itsuki Hozuki – “So annoying! You’re pissing me off. Go make me a hamburg steak or something.” A boy tormented by jealousy.

Honoka Kirishima – “We’re just strangers. Suspicion is what makes us human.” A stubborn and skeptical girl.

Kaito Shimizu – “Because of this shadowed scar, I was ostracized and labeled a ‘germ’.” A boy filled with self-doubt.

Hiyori Endo – “I’ll do my best with hyper power! Let’s roll the video!” A streamer girl and habitual liar.

Soto Ochibana – “If you’re in, I’ll be here to back you up.” A meddlesome yet honest boy.

Specter – “Noises! Leave it to me!” The Whimsical Watcher of the city.

System

-Escape from locked rooms by solving puzzles using your Noise as clues.

Trapped inside, the teens realize that the room is connected to their past.

By exploring the rooms, they can collect clues and items to help them escape.

Players can explore the stages in the game.

The labyrinth city has many rooms, many are twisted by characters’ inner Noise.

If any objects of interest are found during exploration, players can click to investigate them.

-Noise Analysis: analyze Noise to recall the past.

Find puzzle pieces by exploring to recall ‘Shards of Noise’ that piece together your memory.

By collecting pieces and completing the puzzle, past memories are awakened.

Players must collect Shards of Noise from specific items and objects in the game’s stages.

Each Shard of Noise is associated with a Noise, and when the pieces are combined to complete a puzzle, a memory can be awakened.

By combining the Noise, players gain clues to solving the mystery by understanding the characters’ past.

-Past events are the key to solving the mystery.

By looking at the past in Noise Analysis, players can understand a character’s Noise.

Some of these events are hints and answers that are key to solving the mystery.

Also, by viewing Noise, users will be able to interact with previously unavailable objects, expanding exploration.

Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.

Announce Trailer

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Japanese

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Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo fecha su llegada a PC

Dank Hearts y WhisperGames anuncian que Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo, un juego psicológico de puzles y aventuras sobre la memoria, el trauma y la sanación, llegará el 17 de septiembre a PC. En una ciudad retorcida por la memoria y la emoción, seis adolescentes despiertan sin saber cómo llegaron allí. Esta extraña metrópolis, la única Noise Scramble City, es una prisión surrealista, similar a Tokio,…

Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo fecha su llegada a PC

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Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo launches this summer - Gematsu

Multi-ending escape adventure game Type-NOISE: Shonen Shojo will launch for PC via Steam this summer, publisher WhisperGames and developer Dank Hearts announced. A demo is currently available.

Here is an overview of the game, via Dank Hearts:

About

Traumatized youth trapped in Noise Scramble City, a labyrinth of their own fears. Amnesiac teens solve puzzles in a multi-ending escape adventure. The only way out of this city is… to remember and overcome your own Noise. Noise’ refers to painful events, traumas, and memories from the past. Doubt, jealousy, foolishness, arrogance, maliciousness, and greed. Each carrying their own Noise, everyone gathers their own memories spread across the city to remember the past. What if the only way out of here is to interact with the painful memories you want to escape from? Can you face your own Noise?

Characters

Zena Yugamizora – “I should be able to do it, just like the hero…!” The hero of this game. An icy superhero team show fan.

Itsuki Hozuki – “So annoying! You’re pissing me off. Go make me a hamburg steak or something.” A boy tormented by jealousy.

Honoka Kirishima – “We’re just strangers. Suspicion is what makes us human.” A stubborn and skeptical girl.

Kaito Shimizu – “Because of this shadowed scar, I was ostracized and labeled a ‘germ’.” A boy filled with self-doubt.

Hiyori Endo – “I’ll do my best with hyper power! Let’s roll the video!” A streamer girl and habitual liar.

Soto Ochibana – “If you’re in, I’ll be here to back you up.” A meddlesome yet honest boy.

Specter – “Noises! Leave it to me!” The Whimsical Watcher of the city.

System

-Escape from locked rooms by solving puzzles using your Noise as clues.

Trapped inside, the teens realize that the room is connected to their past.

By exploring the rooms, they can collect clues and items to help them escape.

Players can explore the stages in the game.

The labyrinth city has many rooms, many are twisted by characters’ inner Noise.

If any objects of interest are found during exploration, players can click to investigate them.

-Noise Analysis: analyze Noise to recall the past.

Find puzzle pieces by exploring to recall ‘Shards of Noise’ that piece together your memory.

By collecting pieces and completing the puzzle, past memories are awakened.

Players must collect Shards of Noise from specific items and objects in the game’s stages.

Each Shard of Noise is associated with a Noise, and when the pieces are combined to complete a puzzle, a memory can be awakened.

By combining the Noise, players gain clues to solving the mystery by understanding the characters’ past.

-Past events are the key to solving the mystery.

By looking at the past in Noise Analysis, players can understand a character’s Noise.

Some of these events are hints and answers that are key to solving the mystery.

Also, by viewing Noise, users will be able to interact with previously unavailable objects, expanding exploration.

Watch a new trailer below.

Release Window Trailer

English

Japanese

Simplified Chinese