A Message from Our Team

Greetings everyone,

Welcome back to a new year with us at Tatsu Works. It's been a while since we have made new major public announcements regarding Tatsumeeko. As we celebrate the new year, we feel that now is an appropriate time as we look retrospectively at what we’ve accomplished in 2023 and are preparing for in 2024. 

Our team has been focused on the production of Tatsumeeko and we are proud to say that development has been on track. Along the way, we’ve had to re-evaluate the scope of our game after internal testing. We have also taken into account user feedback, changes and iterations to our gameplay loop since our previous public prototype.  

Overall, progress has been up to speed with what we’ve planned and we are really excited to work on new aspects of the game in this upcoming year.

The release date of Tatsumeeko is still pending as we are still polishing existing systems and are implementing more major features into our game. Life-sim, for example, will be one of the biggest features being worked on this year. In addition, we are looking for people to help us playtest our alpha build as we get ready to debut our playable builds in future events. Do read on for more details. 

Future updates will be communicated through in our monthly newsletter as well as supporter dev updates, so do keep an eye out for them.

On that note, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us in our journey thus far, as these few years have not been easy. It is your support that has allowed us to come so far.

Until our next newsletter, please take care and stay well. 

Love, 

Tatsu Works

2023: Behind the Scenes

Updating the Combat Systems

It is showtime! 

The developmental focus for 2023 was heavily on Tatsumeeko’s combat system, from managing party skills to actual encounters to visual effects. Combat flow has been significantly improved from our previous iterations, such as implementing and balancing new gimmicks like party leader skill, equipable augment skills for your companions, as well as common battle mechanics like buffs and debuffs. 

We aim to deliver a polished game

We have plans to further expand the existing combat system, such as adding equipables to our game and more augment skills to enable more play styles and strategies. 

We are also working to retouch some visual effects at the moment, thanks to some input from the community. We always appreciate feedback for our work, so do leave comments for us in Discord or on our socials. 

Discord Progress

Development on Discord is progressing well too. While there are certain limitations when it comes to building Tatsumeeko on discord compared to mobile, our team has been coming up with ideas to make the user experience as smooth as possible. Here’s a peek at some of the features that we have completed in 2023:

Quickly change out your party members, or take a closer look at their skills 

Battle results can be filtered into different types of contribution (e.g., DPS, healing) 

Getting Ready to Explore Ielia

Of course, Tatsumeeko cannot be a RPG life-sim game without the exploration aspect. We have the pleasure of recruiting more talented folks, bringing their expertise on board to help create Tatsumeeko. 

There have been many improvements to our illustrations, 3D environment details and visual effects thanks to our expanded team. We also have a dedicated QA team to look out for game-breaking bugs in our developmental mobile and discord builds, allowing our dev team to tackle them more efficiently. Look forward to a public playtest from us in the future. 

Kydonia in the making

More to come to the city of Kydonia - where is that gate leading to? 

Calme Teasers 

Look forward to in-game developmental footage of Calme! 

There will be several distinct points of interests to explore, with many smaller areas in between 

2024: What’s next for the game?

Polishing In-Game Visuals

Cinematic angle

Anticipate more improvements and optimisation to our graphics. From lighting to camera movements to scene transitions, expect better presentations for the year to come.

Furnishings are Coming to Tatsumeeko 

Getting ready to make new assets for Tatsumeeko 

Furnishing will be one of the major features scheduled for the earlier part of this year. Players will be able to furnish the interior of their house. For folks who prefer to spend time on other aspects of the game, we have plans to include an auto-layout feature, immediately decorating the house with preset options as long as you have the furniture pieces. 

Make your house a cozy place to retire to after a day out or turn it into a training dojo, your call!

Hang Out with Your Companions

Day out with Kaylee

Help us improve the game by playtesting and giving us feedback 

Attention Tatsu Community,

Yes, the news that many of you have been asking about! Starting this month, we are looking for playtesters to try out our Alpha Build. Playtesters will be able to try out our current combat system, test out a variety of characters as well as explore some parts of Ielia. We will be looking forward to your participation and user feedback.

Do look out for more information in Tatsu Lounge or on our socials, in the coming days for applications. Please note that all selected participants will be required to sign an NDA for privacy and security purposes.

More to Look Forward to This Year 

Explore Ielia with Iris and meet many more companions! 

2024 is going to be a busy year ahead, packed with more production and events. We will continue to do our best to communicate Tatsumeeko updates across social platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Discord and to email subscribers, so please keep an eye out for them! 

The third and final part of our community chain event will continue this month! We will be organizing a live event on the 19th January 2024, you can find more details here. We look forward to your participation and have prepared various prizes for folks who had partake in the first and second part of our event.

Become a Supporter! 

Did you know that Tatsu Supporters enjoy multiple benefits? Not only do our Supporters get special Tatsugotchi privileges, they also receive special monthly items, get to join monthly Supporter giveaways (with extra entries!), and are the first to know about any new Tatsu updates through their exclusive access to our weekly Supporter dev-blogs and VIP channels! Check out the full list of benefits here. 

December's Starlight-themed Items are in the Tatsu.GG Shop! 

Have you checked out the latest themed items for your Tatsu house or DC and cosmetics for your pets? The month of December welcomes starlight-themed furniture and furnishings! 

Look through the full list of items and cosmetics here. You can also come show us your house or daycare designs in our showcase channel on Discord.