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The Girl Who Wasn't There is a visual novel and the second volume of The Mysteries of Ranko Togawa series.

It's been a while since Ranko and Astrid solved their first case aboard the Marine Express submarine train and their life seemed to have returned to normal, but things don't always turn out the way one expects. After the arrival of a mysterious new student to her class at the prestigious St. Joachim's Academy, Ranko is faced with a new conundrum when she finds an injured girl in the hallways in the middle of the night. However, once she returns with help, the girl has disappeared. What could have happened to her?

The two friends begin an investigation to unravel the mystery but, as is often the case, things soon become complicated. Testimonies and rumors will lead them into St. Joachim's darkest secrets, some of which could put their lives in real danger if they are not careful about the decisions they make. Help Ranko follow the right clues and expose the twisted reality that lies beneath the apparent normality of the academy.

FEATURES

► A mystery visual novel with decision making that will affect the development of the story - choose where the investigation is headed!
► Six possible narrative developments: each route will depend on the decisions made by the player during the adventure.
► 20 different endings: either the conclusion of one of the routes or an outcome resulting from a wrong choice. Some of them are good and some... not so much.
► Updated retro-style graphics reminiscent of the old Japanese text adventures.
► Character profiles: the information of every people involved in the case can be consulted at any time during the case.
► News within the story: a comic extra complementing the daily life at St. Joachim.
► Miscellaneous trivia: a variety of data related to the alumni of the academy and the concepts described throughout the story.
► Interface customization: the player will be able to make changes to adapt the screen presentation to their taste.
► Flowchart: an easy way to access all the scenes and check the development of the routes.
► Around 15 hours of gameplay counting all possible developments and endings.
► Texts in English, Spanish and Japanese.

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Spanish developer 1564 Studio is pleased to officially present the demo of their new game, the visual novel The Mysteries of Ranko Togawa Vol. 2: The Girl Who Wasn’t There, and confirm its launch on PC via Steam and Itch.io in 2025.

In this demo, you'll be able to read the prologue of the story with the actual assets from the game. You'll see that there are many changes with respect to the previous entry in the series, Murder on the Marine Express, including the possibility of making decisions, a feature that seemed long awaited by everyone. It's just on Itch-io for now, but it will be up on Steam pretty soon, so you can wishlist the game for the time being. We hope you enjoy this first glimpse of Ranko and Astrid's new adventure and that you continue to support us during the development.

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Regarding this, we just started a crowdfunding on Kickstarter to face the production of the game. For such a challenge, we looked for three of the most capable artists there exist (Izucchi, our character designer; Frogapples, our background creator; and Saria Lemes, our composer), so we'll invest that money in making sure that we produce the best possible version of The Girl Who Wasn't There. We hope you can support us in this fundraising campaign, but even if you can't, we'll be happy enough if you help us spreading the word. Here's the link to the campaign: Kickstarter.com

We recommend following our social media (Twitter: @1564 Studio) to be up to date with any news regarding the development and additions to the game.

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oscarfabianleites - - 178 comments

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