On June 12, 2021, Sekai Project released a demo for Studio Élan’s upcoming Yuri visual novel Please be Happy. The free demo is available on Steam and itch.io and includes the full first chapter of the visual novel.Please Be Happy is a slice-of-life visual novel for PC and Nintendo Switch. The developer describes the game: Born as a fox in the forest of Korea, Miho carries with her the memory of a traveler who showed her kindness and spoke of home. Now more human than fox, Miho has spent a long, long time searching for her person. She arrives by airship to Wellington Skyport, one of the jewels of the floating island of New Zealand.Despite her years spent observing humans, she still has a lot to learn about their culture and society. She’s made a living so far as a thief, her heightened senses allowing her to easily take advantage of people. She’s also seen a lot of the worst of what mankind has to offer.It’s only after meeting Juliet, the owner of a small library, and Aspen, an aspiring novelist, that Miho starts to understand what kindness is, and that there’s more than just the bad stuff when it comes to people.The game features two heroine routes, each with two happy endings. The game’s character designs and CG artwork is created by Kobuta and the soundtrack is composed by Sarah “Esselfortium” Mancuso. It has full English voice acting.Additional staff for the game includes:adirosa - Director, Writer, Background, Graphic and Assistant Character ArtistsJosh Kaplan - Writerminute - Programmer and Assistant Artistlunaterra - EditorStudio Élan is a visual novel development group focusing on lesbian-themed games, with members from all around the world. Élan was created with a specific vision of telling Yuri love stories combined with magic and fantasy. We want our stories to be vivid and colorful, though maybe not always so happy. We want our readers to be thinking about our games and characters for days and weeks after finishing them. Other titles include Heart of the Woods (2019), Highway Blossoms (2016) and the upcoming games Lock and Key and Summer at the Edge of the Universe.
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