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Prepare your daughter for her future by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the villagers she shares her daily life with. Dive into an all-new child-raising RPG adventure, where every decision you make, big or small, will affect your daughter's future! Whether to embrace greatness, or set it aside to live a life on one's own terms, discover over 75 potential destinies for not just your daughter, but also sleepy mountain town of Tsukuyusa and beyond!
In The Beginning...
In the immediate aftermath of the godswar, you've fled your old home with spouse and daughter in tow to inherit your deceased uncle's shophouse in the little village of Tsukuyusa. Having avoided the worst of the calamity through its remote location, the sleepy village is one of the few peaceful places left in the world... for now. In an era while gods and demons walk the land, your daughter has to come to make sense of the world around her - so the question remains, how will you raise her, and what kind of life will the choices you make lead her to?
As either her father or mother in the persona of Sanda or Kohaku, it’s up to you to make sure she has everything she needs to be happy in her daily life. Being able to study and having recreational time is a luxury in a wraith-torn world, but even work is rewarding and educational in itself. Explore new hobbies and interests with her; your child is always learning so it’s important to try different jobs and activities.
Despite all the growth and change you experience together over the twelve years of the game, the most important lesson you must teach is that the bonds of family can never be broken.
Passing The Days
Your daughter will grow through education, part-time work, exploration, and more. Using a helpful schedule, plan out each month in five-day blocks and see what happens as the days unfold. Choose classes and hobbies, and encourage her to make friends, or simply have her help out in the family shop to build character.
Monitor daily activities, and watch how she behaves; keep an eye on her mood and stress, as your daughter might abandon activities if she becomes too resentful, or perform poorly due to stress. Boost her stats with items, spoil her with extremely rare spending money, or scold her when she skives off. It’s your responsibility to choose how to deal with her.
Measuring Progress
Your daughter's state is determined by a large number of stats and skills, more than enough to occupy the twelve years you'll be spending with her. Every choice matters in some way, from her daily activities to the clothes you provide for her and the people she spends time with. Track progress each week and see how her stats and relationships have changed, with just about everything affecting her interactions and abilities in battle in some fashion.
Each playthrough is unique to your decisions. With a range of outfits, equipment, and multiple endings to the game, it’s up to you to shape what kind of person she becomes. Her personality, attitude and outlook will change along with her body as the years pass by.
Community
Tsukuyusa may have escaped much of the ruin of the Godswar, but there's still plenty of work to be done. Old and abandoned buildings are aplenty; it's your daughter's duty as an imperial subject to contribute her time to public works. By improving what the village has to offer and attracting more people, your daughter will be able to open up new opportunities and avenues for her growth.
Besides enjoying the delicacies and delights of this sleepy little village with your darling daughter, players can also interact with a curious cast of characters and partake in local events to win prizes and gain reputation; your daughter will be given the opportunity show off her skills and showcase everything she’s learned!
When she gets older, more formal relationships may emerge in addition to interpersonal ones; she may wind up apprenticed, swear fealty to an aristocrat, be initiated into the underworld, or even catch the eye of the gods. Such formal ties can significantly expand - and limit - her options in her daily life, as well as drive her towards a certain outlook on life.
Exploration
Despite much of the Godswar passing by Kitsuhon, the world is still dangerous, and there are threats that are far older. Upon ancient battlefields in the dark ravines and caves of the mountains, secrets of the ancestors are buried, waiting to be discovered by the brave. Scavenge useful items, and have your daughter work with her friends to fight enemies, leveraging on the depth of their relationships and compatibility of their approaches to danger to overcome adversity.
With a complex-but-simple RPG system, test your daughter's skills against the dangers of the real world. Force of arms isn't the only path forward; have her talk down foes, turn them with the power of her faith, bribe them to leave, simply sneak by or play dead. Every skill matters in some way.
Endings
What kind of person will your daughter become? Will she be an outstanding member of society? An ordinary person? Or will she walk the path of darkness and evil as a dubious little creature? Every decision you make will affect your daughter's future in a wide variety of endings, so choose wisely!
With each playthrough and explored future for your daughter, you'll be able to earn meta progression and start her off with a selection of boons that will make achieving her dreams easier! With each thread of fate unraveled, the true ending and secret of Tsukuyusa becomes ever more within reach...