The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty — patch notes and updates
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| Dev Talk #2: Can a Character Truly Have a Soul? | 2025-11-29 | Hello everyone, It's been a while. We are happy to report that the script for The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall is now fully complete, and our wishlists have surpassed the 100,000 milestone. The game has now entered the voice acting and art production stages. Preparations for the Japanese voice-over are also underway. We expect all production work to be completed by March of next year. If everything goes smoothly, the game will officially launch in Early 2026. Below are some notes and thoughts from our creative process during this period:A while back, I argued that our characters possess their own souls. Some in the community chal |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》1.43版本更新日志 | 2025-08-22 | 1.修改了繁体中文下部分文本与UI的错误翻译ヾ(＠゜▽゜@)ノ 感谢玩家宇秋对此做出的贡献~ |
| Production Discussion on "The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall" Part 1 | 2025-07-17 | Hello everyone, I'm Ji Ling from ZeroCreation Games.ZeroCreation Games' fourth title, "The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall", is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2026.As per tradition, this first making-of article will cover the game's inception.When did I first conceive "The Weeping Swan"?"The Weeping Swan" has two narrative frameworks—they must be examined and explained separately.First, "The Weeping Swan" is a love story between a scholar and a courtesan—a tale of a talented scholar and a beautiful lady.Such stories have existed since ancient times.For centuries, works like "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio", "Thre |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》1.42版本更新日志 | 2025-05-19 | 对本地化翻译进行了优化 |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》1.41版本更新日志 | 2025-04-27 | 更新内容： 修改了部分文本上的bug |
| "The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty" Celebrates One Year! | 2025-04-23 | Hello everyone, ZeroCreation Games here. Time truly flies."The Hungry Lamb" has been out for a full year. Our journey began with a tense delay from April 11 to April 23, 2024. A year later, "The Hungry Lamb" has now sold over 1.2 million copies worldwide. Man Sui figurines have surpassed 60,000 units, physical art books exceeded 20,000 copies, and digital products reached 610,000 sales, with other merchandise receiving wonderful support. Excitingly, novel adaptations, film/TV series, and animation projects are underway. While we can't predict when they'll arrive, we're deeply honored that these adaptations are even happening. From the bottom |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》1.4版本更新日志 | 2025-04-23 | 新增四国语言：法语、俄语、乌克兰语、意大利语 |
| "The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall" New Character: Lin Pianpian | 2025-02-19 | Lin Pianpian was born into poverty. In the thirteenth year of the Chongzhen era (1640), she worked as an itinerant courtesan peddling her services on the streets of Twenty-Four Bridges' Willow Lane. By chance, she became acquainted with Fang Zhiyou, but gradually drifted apart from him after Su Lingyan's death. Her exceptional beauty propelled her through multiple promotions in subsequent years. By the Yiyou year (1645), when demonic troops breached the city walls, she had already become the most renowned "celebrated courtesan" at Twenty-Four Bridges. |
| We Have Sold 1 Million Copies! | 2025-01-23 | Hello everyone! We are excited to announce that The Hungry Lamb: Travelling in the Late Ming Dynasty has reached its 1 million copies sold milestone! It can’t be done without your support and favor! Thus we invited an illustrator to make this celebratory pic for you, you are welcome to use them anywhere you want. (We recommend using them as avatars or wallpaper, though) ;) I hope Sui’s smile will bring you more happiness in 2025! There is another news we want to share, the sequel named “The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall” will reveal its store page recently, so stay tuned! Happy Chinese New Year! |
| The Hungry Lamb | Top 2 on China's Indie Game Sales Ranking | 2025-01-10 | Hi, it’s Zero, the Producer of The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty. I, represented the whole team, to show our gratitude to all your support. Thanks to all the players and media that support The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty. Without your help, we will never be able to reach TOP 2 on China's Indie Game Sales Ranking, which is only second to the milestone game, Black Myth: Wukong. Although we still leave 20,000 copies to reach the astonishing one million sales milestone. But we are proud of the achievement we made together. We have prepared a beautiful artwork to celebrate this and it will meet you soon. We wi |
| 零创游戏近况同步：今晚八点，制作人闯王cos直播！ | 2024-12-20 | 大家好，这里是零创游戏！ 今天和小伙伴们同步一下一些近期的安排。 【一】 《饿殍：明末千里行》将与《苍翼：混沌效应》合作推出捆绑包，预计上线时间在冬促。 捆绑包的名字暂定为【死而复生的国产游戏】，以此纪念两个工作室都曾濒临解散破产，最后却靠一款游戏以及的玩家支持起死回生，希望能在即将到来的新的一年给大家带来点逆境重生的BUFF。 【二】 12月20日晚8点，制作人嵇零将会前往《苍翼：混沌效应》制作组，与他们一同直播，并在此次直播中兑现众筹承诺，COSPLAY李闯王出镜，化妆师和场地将由苍翼制作人厂长协助。 直播页会同步推流至B站【零创游戏】和【零创游戏-嵇零】两个账号，届时会有奖品抽送，欢迎大家前来观看~ 【三】 零创游戏的所有作品在steam冬促期间会参与打折，折扣无新史低，和秋促一致。 目前《饿殍：明末千里行》全平台销量接近百万却还未达到百万，虽然在2025年之前可能无法达成百万的目标，但是精美的贺图已经在制作中了，大家可以期待一下哦٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶。 【4】 关于我们两部新游戏《黑巢：蛇之契约》与《哀鸿：城破十日记》： 《黑巢：蛇之契约》在邀请过两位玩家进行线下测试后，发现仍然有地方需要再优化打磨，因此黑巢demo的上线时间会稍稍延期，但最晚也能在明年3月的新品节前推出。 《哀鸿：城破十日记》的立绘及场景图会在明年1月初公开，预计在1月底上线steam商店界面，届时会公布大量的相关资讯，并且让大家可以添加游戏至愿望单。 https://store.steampowered |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》1.33版本更新日志 | 2024-11-19 | 优化了无障碍模式的体验 |
| 《黑巢：蛇之契约》制作杂谈一：我们做了一个全是蛇娘的游戏！ | 2024-10-31 | 大家好，我是零创游戏的制作人嵇零。 《饿殍：明末千里行》发售已过半年，今天，想给大家分享一些关于新作的消息。 零创游戏的第四部作品《黑巢：蛇之契约》将在2025年蛇年上半年发售，今天会公布第一篇杂谈，会讲讲这个游戏的立项，也充分让大家明白《黑巢》大概是一个怎样的游戏。 《黑巢》的立项是非常早的，早到了几乎只比我们的第二作《二分之一》晚几个月，大概是在2022年年中就立项了。 立项之初，《黑巢》并没有经过太多的考虑。 当时我们在制作《二分之一》时，团队的部分人员工作不饱和，我们为了有效分配工作室的时间，便立项了《黑巢》这个副项目。 《黑巢》的题材和世界观是我一手设计的，也是我负责了主线剧情的文案工作。 我设定了一个异世界，这个世界里由被称为“蛇人”的智慧生物主导，“蛇人”与人类长相近似，男性全都长着蛇头，女性全都长着蛇尾。 玩家将扮演这个世界仅有的一位人类。 玩家因为永生的寿命、高超的智慧和帅气的长相受到所有蛇人的尊重，被称为“人类老师”。 “人类老师”会以一年为周期清空记忆，他被一种使命感推动着，每年都会去寻找蛇人，成为蛇人的老师，帮助蛇人实现梦想。 整个游戏大概就是玩家扮演的“蛇人老师”帮助“蛇人”制定能实现她们梦想的计划，并且见证她们实现梦想。 听起来这个世界观很不符合我们工作室定下的“国风”和“黑暗风”风格，我当初为什么设计呢？ 其实很简单，纯粹是因为——我很喜欢蛇，觉得蛇这种动物非常涩。 我一共养了两种宠物，猫和蛇。 猫一共养了五只，蛇一共养了七条，全都是母的。 我期待着 |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》1.31版本更新日志 | 2024-10-23 | 修复了部分语音问题 |
| JP Voiceover is implemented! | 2024-10-23 | Hello everyone, this is ZeroCreation Games! We are excited to announce that Japanese VoiceOver is added. Please note that the game's default voice language will still be Chinese. If players want to try the Japanese version, they can switch in the game's system settings. The special discount at lowest price will end on 29, October. (GMT+8) Special thanks to the JP team! BOJIUN LIN (KALAMARO, Ltd.), HSUANTE LIN (KALAMARO, Ltd.), L&L Victor Entertainment, azure studio. Voice Director - Tomohiro Seki Recording Engineer - Yuki Nichiyama Voice Actors - Rie Kugimiya, Kazuma Horie, Hideko Hanawa, Risa Shimizu, Yuina Yamada, Hiroko Watanabe, Hina Kosa |
| 《犹格索托斯的庭院》&《饿殍：明末千里行》捆绑包已上线！ | 2024-10-18 | 可爱的角色！跌宕起伏的剧情！略带黑暗元素的有趣世界观！ 国产二次元单机游戏的《院神》和《明朝》终于推出捆绑包啦！ 《犹格索托斯的庭院》&《饿殍：明末千里行》捆绑包现已上线，持续时间为2024年10月18日-2025年1月18日，捆绑折扣价格为10%，配合10月18日-10月29日的《饿殍：明末千里行》七五折史低食用更佳哦~ 从未有两个单机游戏，玩家社群如此重合。 大家能够在饿殍的官方玩家群看到很多玩家是特莉波卡的头像，会刷特莉波卡的表情包。 大家也能够在庭院的官方群看到很多玩家是满穗的头像，在刷满穗的表情包。 从未有两个单机游戏，制作人员的友谊升温如此之快！ 两个工作室的初次相遇原计划在春天的成都，可惜正值清明节，零创去扬州请示史可法关于《哀鸿》的意见了，因此遗憾错过！ 两个工作室的真正相遇是在夏天的杭州，骨钉请零创喝了咖啡，两方相见恨晚！ 两个工作室的再次相遇是在秋天的东京，两方在TGS上再次重逢，畅谈至深！ 这是一款纪念友谊的捆绑包！请大家一同见证！ |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》X《飞越13号房》捆绑包上架 | 2024-09-14 | 跌宕起伏的情节，真实而深刻的表达，严谨细致的还原，造就了两段独特而震撼的游戏旅程。 《饿殍：明末千里行》X《飞越13号房》限时捆绑包今日上架，捆绑包持续时间为9月14日-10月14日，捆绑折扣为10%；9月14日-28日《飞越13号房》享-42%史低折扣，购买捆绑包额外享10%折上折！ 在命运早已写好的剧本中，结局似乎无法改变。无人能够逃脱饥荒与动荡中的人性扭曲，无人能够飞越偏见与科学伪装下的矫正治疗。但总有人选择不认命，即使面对残酷的现实，他们依旧在一次次艰难抉择中，拒绝屈服，执着地改写着命运的轨迹。 这场旅程中，个体的抗争成了困境中的耀眼星火。每一次抉择，每一场反击，都是对所谓命运最有力的回应。在他们心中，那不可熄灭的反抗之火，照亮了前方的道路。 |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》1.28版本更新日志 | 2024-07-30 | 更新内容： 修复了少量文案错误 |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》1.27版本更新日志 | 2024-07-29 | 更新内容： 优化了部分细节 |
| 《饿殍：明末千里行》1.26版本更新日志 | 2024-07-26 | 更新内容： 修复了某些平板电脑在游戏时触摸异常的bug |