2026-07-15 02:26 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/fe3143b43afd51203df4e3a8654e7af4a443c0b0.png 8 years later some players still discover the game! 3 games later Ringo still sells the best out of them and makes it possible for me to continue living by gamedev. I consider it a pure luck actually (aka gift of Heavens), cause there's a lot more hardworking devs than me, thousands as talented but with lesser successful or even completely unknown games. So I was just lucky and can't be grateful enough. Digital games are some kind of a mirage though. Something that exists only in the imaginary world of the internet. So it
2026-06-30 13:09 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello!I discovered that some players prefer old version only because of old school speech bubbles. So I added an option to turn it back in EX version.Enjoy!P.S.Please let me know if something went wrong after this update.
2026-06-29 23:11 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello! From time to time, when I check screenshots section (to hide the ending scenes) I see that some players still play pre-EX version (mostly Chinese players, but not only them). At first I thought that maybe there was some problems with old saves or something like that. But it's already more than 1 year after EX update and I still see many pre-EX screens. Do you have any guess?
2026-05-19 00:57 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/68cd095f7d702725c326f95db176d63dc9015813.png Hello everyone! Some of my followers know that I deleted Twitter last summer, and this spring I got rid of YouTube, and generally decided (perhaps temporarily) to reduce my online socializing to a minimum and not promote the upcoming game at all (in fact, the new game was only announced here on Steam). But today I came to check the summer sale dates, checked Sutra's wishlists, and was surprised by the slight spike on May 16th. I decided to find out why. A quick Google search led me to Dude's channel: https://www.youtube.c
2026-04-13 18:37 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello, fellas!I made a Steam page for my new game today, please, check it!
2025-11-09 14:02 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello!I've got a bug report via email that Cloud Saves doesn't work. I checked and it seems that the game uses before ex-update catalogue "the_friends_of_ringo_ishikawa" instead of "the_friends_of_ringo_ishikawa_ex".I changed it to "the_friends_of_ringo_ishikawa_ex", so maybe there'll be some jeopardy with cloud saves now. I also don't quite get how it affects saves at the old version branch.Please report if anything goes wrong.
2025-04-10 23:39 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/a654fa66090346f82d0e10d4ae49c8a0a690000f.png Physical edition by Tesura Games is opened for preorder: https://store.tesuragames.com/producto/fading-afternoon-uncensored-nsw/ It's the only full version on Switch (it matches the Steam version, digital Switch version has no gambling mini-games, additional waifu etc. because of age ratings in Japan). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/a39a7c516bc844a728860a08adff57f0b44c8c71.png I also wrote some introduction dialogue and Ueda M. illustrated it. So 24 pages "manual" is included. Copies are limited so it's better to preorder wh
2025-03-03 19:22 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello, fellas! New Brazilian Portuguese localization is finally live. Done by Masamune (http://masamune.com.br/), who translated SoR4, TMNT, Yakuza like a Dragon, Fading Afternoon etc. So I hope you'll be satisfied with the quality. Enjoy. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/90e59b2f26b5ae2f9627e5c30339c6546f10fb1f.png
2025-02-01 19:13 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello. Now you can play solitaire mini-game on the roof (after Goro gets enough with it). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/3620d1458a24ae535e1f0e31cddad17f6cf5a362.png There's also one new achievement. I know that you don't like new achievements but it's probably the last one. Maybe.
2025-01-28 10:14 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/a25401eac155a6b1357ae4f76f3bab66696cec1c.png Dear Chinese players! I fell in love with Chinese culture as soon as I watched an old (1961) animated movie about Sun Wukong "Havoc in Heaven" on Soviet TV, it was the mid 1980s and I was 6-7 years old. Hong Kong's 80-90s movies and martial arts practicing cemented that love, and while I was growing up I tried to learn more about your country's story, religion and philosophy. I finally visited China for the very first time in 2023 (I was in Shanghai) and since I was amazed with the country I took my family on another trip
2025-01-23 15:04 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/90e59b2f26b5ae2f9627e5c30339c6546f10fb1f.png You can now juggle a ball on the playground (100 times for an achievement). Player 2 will be able to do it in the next update.
2025-01-22 18:25 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello. Thanks to grap3_day sending me an old save file I was able to fix the issue. Now you can use save files from original game. You have to manually relocate them from: C:\Users\YOUR_ACCOUNT\AppData\Local\the_friends_of_ringo_ishikawa to C:\Users\YOUR_ACCOUNT\AppData\Local\the_friends_of_ringo_ishikawa_ex {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/cd185bd7bad4b453c6c88481b48a1afb3d766ea2.png Don't forget that not all EX features will be available though (like fish and bicycle shop won't have shop owners etc.) and it could contain more bugs. If you report a bug please pinpoint that you played from the old
2025-01-21 16:53 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello. After EX update I added: DONE: 8 new achievements Free roam mode after completing the story Player 2 can pet the cat Player 2 can use scales in the gym Player 2 can ride bicycles solo (he could just sit on Ringo bicycle before) IN WORK: Player 2 controls friends in ping pong and pool Player 2 can take bags You can check status of future updates here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/846110/discussions/0/510695968495149823/ I'm not sure for how long I'll be working on the game, maybe couple of days or weeks. Mostly I'm already satisfied with it.
2025-01-20 02:05 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello. It seems that the translation wasn't done by the author of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obkd_QkHNCg I found older videos with instructions for installation of this translation, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMwKOo5o-6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwX7mtTb4IM Didn't check from the start cause I'm used to believe people. Sadly, he didn't say it to me when I proposed to pay for the translation (I hope that my partner didn't send the money yet). In any case, if you're the real author of this translation and has a proof, please write me to j7704@yandex.ru Th
2025-01-19 15:40 UTC · Community Announcements · shin-yeo
Hello, fellas! I added 7 new achievements (5 from XBox 2nd update and 2 brand new ones). And a long awaited "Free Roam Mode". You can pause/unpause the story any time on the "pause screen". To activate it you need to finish the story and see the credits roll. After you get the achievement and run the game from Steam - you'll see the option. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32626098/3845c113f1885223e1f945b99726b9e1fdf2f575.png You also can turn the music off now (on the same screen). Maybe I'll add a couple more achievements next week, but overall I'm happy with the update so that's it. Enjoy! * Please repor
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