Return to Shironagasu Island — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Sequel "Distant Circular World" Coming Soon! | 2026-04-05 | The sequel to "Return to Shironagasu Island," titled "Distant Circular World," is coming soon to Steam. Two protagonists—a private detective in Brooklyn New York and a Japanese high school girl with perfect memory living in a rural town—whose stories unfold simultaneously through a "Zapping System." They chase a mysterious time-rewinding device and a conspiracy involving the organization "Babylon." Store page → https://store.steampowered.com/app/3162900/_/ At launch, only Japanese will be supported, but additional languages will be added gradually. Thank you for your continued support. |
| Fixed typos and errors in the German translation. | 2026-04-05 | We have fixed typos and translation errors in the German version. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to our players. |
| Return to Shironagasu Island Major Update Announcement | 2025-03-31 | We have conducted a major update for 'Return to Shironagasu Island', introducing the following new features and content: Implemented Japanese voice acting across all languages. Added a configuration option to the top menu. Enabled voice playback in the backlog. After clearing the game, promotional videos can now be viewed in the CG library. Added several new scenes. Note: Save data has been refreshed, so previous data cannot be used. You can force skip by pressing the Control key on your keyboard. If you encounter any bugs, please report them to us. If you wish to play using your previous save data, right-click the game, go to Propertie |
| Brazilian Portuguese has been implemented! | 2024-05-24 | Brazilian Portuguese has been implemented for Return to Shironagasu Island. Brazilian Portuguese has been implemented as a new language for the game. Now the game can be enjoyed by Brazilian Portuguese speakers. Thank you for your cooperation. Onimushi Hyogo |
| Return to Shironagasu Island Voice Drama Released | 2023-03-25 | Caution! : This is a voice drama in Japanese. If you do not understand Japanese, you cannot enjoy it. Return to Shironagasu Island Drama CD A story about the girls' daily life after "Return to Shironagasu Island". The slapstick drama woven by the four girls now opens! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2368730/_/ Episode 1 Alex's Detective Experience Alex visits Ikeda's office and experiences Ikeda's work as an apprentice detective. She and Neneko, who was also there, set about the task of finding a lost cat. It seems like an easy job, but something unexpected happens...... Episode 2 Akira's Shopping Spree Neneko's uniform gets dirty due to a |
| Traditional Chinese Translation Added to Game | 2022-12-22 | Traditional Chinese translation has been added to the game. Now you can enjoy the game for those in the traditional Chinese-speaking world. Please continue to enjoy the game. |
| Return to Shironagasu Island, Voice is implemented in the Japanese version & not | 2022-12-22 | Return to Shironagasu Island, voice acting voices have been implemented in the Japanese version. Now you can enjoy the game with voices. Thank you for your cooperation. Please note that save data is not compatible between the voice version and the previous version. Therefore, if you wish to continue to use your previous save data From the properties that appear after right-clicking on the game Click on "Beta" and in the drop-down list, select old_version" in the drop-down list. You will then be able to continue playing the game using your saved data. Currently, voices are only available in the Japanese version of the game. This is due to lice |
| A new French translation has been added. | 2022-08-09 | French has been implemented as a new language for the game. Now French speakers can enjoy the game as well. Thank you for your cooperation. Onimushi Hyogo |
| Polish version is implemented. | 2022-06-01 | Polish has been implemented as a new language for the game. Now Polish speakers can also enjoy the game. Thank you for your cooperation. Hyogo Onimushi |
| Crowdfunding Commemorative Sale | 2021-10-15 | Starting October 15, we will be having a sale on Steam. This sale is to celebrate the start of crowdfunding for Return to Shironagasu Island. I want to deliver an adventure game, Return to Shironagasu Island, with voice acting voices! https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/502284 Thanks to you, on the second day of the start, we have already reached the stretch goal of 5 million yen, and the production of the voice drama has been confirmed. Onimushi Hyogo |
| German version has been implemented. | 2021-10-11 | German has been implemented as a new language for the game. This means that German-speaking people can now enjoy the game as well. Thank you very much for your patience. Hyogo Onimushi |
| Spanish version has been implemented. | 2021-08-20 | Spanish has been implemented as a new language for the game. Now Spanish-speaking people can also enjoy the game. Thank you for your patience. On the 21st, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time, we will be having a sale to celebrate the implementation of the new language. Hyogo Onimushi |
| Korean version has been implemented. | 2021-07-28 | Korean has been implemented as a new language for the game. The game can now be enjoyed by Korean-speaking people. Thank you for your patience. Hyogo Onimushi |
| About adding a new language | 2021-07-16 | Hi, I'm Onimushi Hyogo, the game creator. I'm thinking of adding a new language to the game soon, but since it costs a lot of money to add a new language, I'd like to collect users' opinions for reference. If you have any other requests, please feel free to leave a comment. This information may also be used to help you choose the language to implement in your next project. I was surprised by the unexpectedly strong response. It is possible to provide data to volunteer translators, but in that case, what kind of format should we use? The most polite way to do this is to divide the scenario into smaller parts by sentence and arrange them in a s |
| Implemented an old game BGM version. | 2021-06-29 | You can now play older versions of the game. Right-click Return to Shironagasu Island from the library and select Properties. Select old_bgm_version from the beta and the old BGM version will be downloaded. Please note, however, that if you have saved data from a newer game, some errors may occur when playing with the old BGM game. |
| Implemented new BGM | 2021-06-03 | Finished implementing the new BGM! There may be an error when loading some save data. If this happens, please try to avoid it by using the save data of a scene earlier than the one where the error occurred. For more information on the newly implemented BGMs, please visit the soundtrack page. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622650/_Return_to_Shironagasu_Island_Soundtrack/?snr=2_9_100003_ Thank you very much for your cooperation. Hyogo Onimushi |
| Soundtrack sales page is now open! | 2021-05-02 | Return to Shironagasu Island, the sales page for the soundtrack is now open. It will be released in May. We'll report back as soon as we know when it will be released. There are also samples of music made for the soundtrack on the sales page. If you are interested, please add it to your wishlist. The price will be $4.99. There will also be a 30% off sale with the launch release. Return to Shironagasu Island Soundtrack The music for the game will be updated at the same time as the soundtrack is released, or a little earlier than that. Thank you for your patience. |
| Animation Update | 2021-02-23 | Implemented eye and mouth animations for all standing character pictures. |
| Original soundtrack for Return to Shironagasu Island is under production. | 2020-12-09 | Currently, all of the music for Return to Shironagasu Island is made from free material. These music will be revamped with music created by professional composers. Changes to the game music will be supported by a free update. (The old music version will be supported by free DLC.) Currently, we have already signed a contract with the composer. As soon as the schedule becomes available, they will proceed with the production. The production is scheduled to be completed in spring. At the same time of implementing the music into the game, the music itself will be released as a soundtrack. Thank you for your support. Hyogo Onimushi Translated with |
| The English version has been officially released. | 2020-10-31 | As the English proofreading work has been completed, the English version has been officially released. If you are already playing the English early access version, you can change it to the official version by logging out and logging in. The saved data of the early access version is not compatible with the official version. As a remedy for those who are playing English early access and are in the middle of a game, we distribute saved data. (Pre-gameplay users do not need this data) C:/Users/username/AppData/Roaming / Please insert the folder downloaded from the URL below into the above folder. (Insert the extracted folder.) https://bit.ly/3kNT |