Indie publisher, Nochi Studios launched a new Kickstarter to fund a PC port for their stats raiser Sci-fi indie otome game, Somnium Eleven. If you’ll remember, Somnium Eleven was released for mobile devices back in 2022, you can check out my previous coverage of the game. In a move other…
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