Release Date Announcement + V3 - Game Mechanics

Greetings all and welcome to the last devlog update before the initial release!

First things first, House of Shinobi's initial release (barring any unexpected life-altering events) is set for:

Release Date: 15th of August - 15/08/24

The initial release of HoS is set to include:

    -Multiple hours of content for you to explore
    -An introductory storyline + surrounding events amounting to 60k+ words.
    -A metric fuckton of CG + Sprites + Animation-lites
    -More than 400 choices (2/3rds with some sort of impact, 1/3rd with conversational impact)
    -Events with multiple endings
    -And much more you'll come to experience when you play the game!

HoS is and will be, in active development for the foreseeable future! In that regard the initial release will of course, NOT be a complete game.

The goal of the initial release is to introduce to the players  to the setting, story and main characters of the game, along with all gameplay-related systems that'll serve as the foundation of future content. Some of these systems might be incomplete or under-utilized in the initial release but opting to include them will make the process of adding content and iterating upon them faster in the future.

Which brings us to the subject of this devlog and one of those aforementioned under-utilized features that'll be present in HoS' initial release:

Intro to game mechanics V3 - Shopkeeper

After you unlock the world map (Navigation Devlog) you'll quickly stumble upon a familiar looking character.
Tenten, following the events of the last shinobi war, has set up a small all-purpose shop within Konoha's market area.

Trying to make ends meet, Tenten will sell anything and everything to anyone who's willing to pay a fair price for her services.
Her desperation to acquire currency at any cost, has her morals end where money begins to flow.



You'll quickly come to realize that Tenten stocks up on items of... peculiar use. Condoms, drugs, lockpicks and various tools of questionable usage are only some of the items you will find in her establishment.

Of course, Tenten being a slave to money, could perhaps be easily influenced by someone who's willing to spend it.

Is there a reason why she's willing to go that far for money? Will you choose to use that against her?

Her fate will be in your hands.


While Tenten and her shop will make an appearance in HoS's initial release, it'll be very much so in an introductory capacity as she and the shop are largely content still in development.

Her role as a side character with her own story/events and quests, will be fleshed-out in future updates of HoS!



With that, I hope to see you all playing House of Shinobi when it releases on the 15th of August - 15/08/24
Until then, I'll be hard at work to deliver HoS' initial release at its best possible state.

If you are interested in keeping up with HoS and its future development, you can join my discord, where I'll be posting updates and keeping in touch with you all throughout pre-release and post-release.