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New game "Sweet Science" is complete!
August 20, 2023 by THE LAST SECRET
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You've played "The Last Secret" and want more? Then we have good news for you: We are happy to announce that the last scene for our new game "Sweet Science", a prequel to "The Last Secret", has been f... Continue reading
Big update for The Last Secret!
June 25, 2023 by THE LAST SECRET
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Thanks to tremendous efforts by a super nice translator (Clavik1), The Last Secret has now complete versions in Ukrainian and Russian language! I have also made numerous bug fixes, in particular regar... Continue reading
Now in Spanish!
April 05, 2023 by THE LAST SECRET
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We have made a lot of smaller improvements thanks to various player feedback. Moreover, we have added one song as bonus. Most importantly for all Spanish speaking players: The Last Secret is now compl... Continue reading
New game, new fun!
November 16, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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Good news: the demo for our new game is ready: The graphics have all been done with an AI software and it's (mostly) playable in a browser, if you don't want to download! Click here to take a look: ht... Continue reading
What can AI do for you?
November 02, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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Here's some brief summary of what works well for game design with NovelAI and what doesn't. It might come handy for you if you want to try out a similar project... (or maybe you're just curious?) Work... Continue reading
Bringing AI to visual novels!
October 20, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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I'm happy to announce that I'm working on the next game and it will be something really new: The first AI visual novel! What do I mean by that? Well, the graphics will be entirely painted by an AI! Of... Continue reading
Something new in the final ending... and a present!
October 19, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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We have added some new graphics to the final ending. And, important for vivid players who like to try all routes: after completing the game, every time you start Chapter 15, you have now the choice to... Continue reading
More English and more Go stones!
October 08, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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Sometimes if you fix one bug, a new one emerges... That happened to me: after fixing a few wrong words in the German translation, the English version suddenly had a few German lines. This is now fixed... Continue reading
Small update - but big for Chinese players
October 07, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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Another small update – for most users. A big one for Chinese players: The Chinese version is now debugged up to the end of the game! (Of course I will still keep keep an eye open for more potential... Continue reading
How do you play your VN?
October 05, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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A good visual novel offers more than one good ending. – But will you ever play more than one of them? I was guessing that most players that play through The Last Secret will stop after finishing one... Continue reading
More Fun, Fewer Bugs
September 30, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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We were bug-hunting again! Watching mum playing (really!) revealed a couple of UI issues that usual experienced players wouldn't have, so I've tried to improve this here and there and also smoothed ou... Continue reading
Better Chinese!
September 25, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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Our ongoing battle against bugs is progressing further thanks to all the helpful feedback from players! The enemy is retreating and all major bugs seem to be defeated by now. The bigger progress of th... Continue reading
Skip work!
September 20, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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In the new update you can skip mini games that you have successfully mastered before. So if you redo the story, you can just skip the work and enjoy the fun. You can, of course, also decide to replay... Continue reading
Mäuschen or cutie?
September 18, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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If you like your partner very much you might call him or her "Mäuschen" in German which literally means "little mouse". Now, a mouse might not be considered such a nice animal to call a person in man... Continue reading
Found the lost song & fixed some errors
September 16, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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The lost song (see my previous post) is now added to the game (update 1.05). Just be patient in one of Anna's endings to listen to the song "Through Space and Time". Besides that, I have done a bunch... Continue reading
I've lost a song!
September 15, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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A very thorough player of The Last Secret has observed a strange phenomenon: there is one song in the game that is never played anywhere ! 😅 I somehow took the song "Through Space and Time" out fro... Continue reading
Don't die! :)
September 14, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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You died in The Last Secret? Poor boy or girl! Can we help you? You want a walkthrough? No problem! With instructions how to get all endings? Okay... We are working on that... In any case, here is the... Continue reading
Not new?
September 09, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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One week after the release of The Last Secret we are still not listed as "new game" on itch.io. I have files in a query about why, but haven't gotten an answer yet. I hope it will finally get solved,... Continue reading
How to find love?
September 08, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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The Last Secret is an interesting and fun game and the story changes for every person playing it. Some players are happy to solve or puzzles or simply want to finish the game with a good ending. But m... Continue reading
Killing bugs
September 04, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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A new update is online that fixes a few more bugs, in particular at the end of the game. It's amazing that there are always more bugs in a game, even if you've thought you had tested everything! But I... Continue reading
Speed players detected!
September 03, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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Not even three days after the release of The Last Secret, the first players have managed to finish the game completely ! Entirely ! ALL eight good endings! I'm flabbergasted. For the mortals among you... Continue reading
Win a very special award!
September 03, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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We have some very special goodie for you: The first player since release who will reach the very last ending and submits a screenshot to us as proof will be immortalized: we will add him as a backgrou... Continue reading
Reviews and updates
September 01, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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How's The Last Secret? Well, it's a fantastic game that you should play! - What? You say that all developers are saying that about their own games? - Yeah, I see your point there... So why instead not... Continue reading
Launch date!
August 30, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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It's 31 August 2022 - at least in Japan and China: time for the release of The Last Secret! Download the game and join the fun! :) IMPORTANT: a few small bugs were reported and are now (31 August, 8pm... Continue reading
Two days to go!
August 29, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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Two days for the "grand opening" of The Last Secret! We're still play testing, finding minor bugs and mercilessly killing them. Moreover, we improve some translated versions (most recently Russian). T... Continue reading
Sound on!
August 24, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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In one week, we have release. I'm super nervous about this. So much can go wrong... But even if we somehow screw at first, please bare with us: we will update the game regularly to heroically kill all... Continue reading
First game reviews!
August 19, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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The first game reviews are coming in now - and we're thrilled by them: "Great artwork, ... well written, ... very deep story and ... a ton of content" - That's what XBL Party in their Indie Spotlight... Continue reading
2 weeks to go!
August 17, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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Two weeks for the final release. - Time for a little poster of the game with the main cast... You can guess what iconic anime has inspired this picture! :) And if you like this post, maybe I'll post s... Continue reading
Last news before release!
August 09, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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The countdown for the release of the final version (31 August) is running: every day I am posting a riddle on Twitter about how many days you'll still have to wait for the game... The riddles are usua... Continue reading
Countdown for final release!
July 03, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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We are having a special countdown for the final release on Twitter and Instagram: every day (or nearly every day, I have to sleep sometimes :) we will post a riddle where the solution is the number of... Continue reading
66 days...
June 25, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
On 2 September the final version of The Last Secret will be released! I'm still working on various small improvements - tweaking some pics here and there, adding subtitles for the new songs etc. Mostl... Continue reading
Progress report
May 23, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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The add-ons for the final release are finished! Look forward to an hilarious "special" set after the main story line, more and better graphics, extra scenes in the game with all main characters, new s... Continue reading
Working towards the final release
May 05, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
Beta is good - but the final release will be better! Behind the scenes, we are working on many improvements and a bunch of additional scenes. Expect a nicer interface and some fun extras, as well as t... Continue reading
THE LAST SECRET 𝛽 - Big Easter update!
April 14, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
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Happy Easter with a new update: the English version of THE LAST SECRET is now completed! We have also made numerous improvements, in particular regarding the graphics and the balance of the game. This... Continue reading
The Last Secret: full game is ready for you!
April 01, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
The first complete Beta version is here! You can now play the full story, including all endings! German and English language versions are available. More translations will follow with the full release... Continue reading
Story complete!
March 20, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
Today I have finished the story of The Last Secret! That means I can now focus on add-ons, testing and translating in different languages, Look forward to a major update soon: the first complete Beta... Continue reading
Towards the next big update!
March 11, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
The next update is in preparation. Stay tuned for a much improved English version and some goodies like a nicer picture gallery and an improved game play for math fans (who will be able to play some o... Continue reading
Beta version online - some infos
February 20, 2022 by THE LAST SECRET
Welcome to all new players of THE LAST SECRET! I am happy that since yesterday the first version is available on itch.io and has been downloaded already quite a lot. It's a beta version and there need... Continue reading