Greetings Chuhou Joutai players.

While Chuhou Joutai player Jason Ee was experimenting with two-player mode while using a third-party controller mapping program, he apparently found a strange bug that caused the game to crash upon starting a two-player game.

This problem has been fixed and you should be able to play two-player games now. Have a good day in Kozankyo.

To all those who own Chuhou Joutai, please read this information regarding the Extra Stage.

We have been receiving complaints from players saying they can't unlock the Extra Stage. It has been confirmed due to an error with the achievement's unlocking criteria, there are reports of players being unable to get the "Return to Ahoge Peninsula" achievement even after beating Arcade Mode with both characters and shot types.

This update is meant to correct the bug. If you have already beaten the game with both characters and shot types, the achievement will unlock automatically once you start the game and enter the main menu.

When you shut down the game when you are done playing, you should always choose the Exit option on the main menu. However, if you close it abruptly or the game crashes, you will see a message telling you to use the above option to shut down the game when you start the game the next time.

In earlier versions, the initial cost for reviving a fainted ally was ten ingots. When I was reading player reviews, I noticed a lot of comments that read "too easy." So, to make the game balanced, the initial cost has been raised to 25 ingots.

Anyway, that's all for this update. Have a good day and enjoy the Extra Stage!

Greetings Chuhou Joutai players.

You thought version 1.3.0 would be the last update, right? Wrong! Somebody apparently found a bug in the API which prevented achievements and/or high scores from being uploaded to the leaderboard. We have since fixed the issue. If you earned any previous achievements before this version, you will need to launch the game once to refresh and unlock any achievements on Steam.

Have a good day in Kozankyo!

Greetings Chuhou Joutai players. The summer craze is here and is a good time to dress up in yukata and go to a festival or something.

I hate to say this, but this may the last major update in a while unless any of you find a bug. We added a brand new feature that a lot of you have been asking for. That's right. It's online leaderboards!

We have already had some big winners with very high scores; one player in Japan got more than 6 million points, while the dev team got 4.5 million. You also unlock an achievement if you beat Arcade Mode with that score or higher.

This fix applies only to the Japanese version of the game; we fixed a minor issue where one kanji character in Damausagi's get ready screen displayed a box instead of the actual kanji. The kanji for "rabbit" was missing from the character map and has since been added.

Again, if you need to suggest a translation correction for the game, feel free to contact us on our website.

Have a good day in Kozankyo and a good summer (or winter if you live in the Southern Hemisphere).

Greetings Chuhou Joutai players.

We made a minor update to the game. This is to address a bug when continuing a saved game where the high score in the HUD wouldn't display correctly. Also, in the picture above, the names for the stages will now be displayed when choosing a stage in Free Play Mode.

Have a good day in Kozankyo!

Konata, Crown Princess of Kozan

Greetings Chuhou Joutai players. Even though the game has only been out for a week, the version 1.2.0 update is here, and what's new to the game is below.

When we were reading reviews, we noticed a lot of gripes about Kagami Ochiai being on the player two side. Initially, when the game started development, we wanted Driller to be used only by player 1 and Kagami for the second player. The truth is, we can't simply create whatever we want. We have to reflect player feedback to ensure they get the best possible experience. Our goal is to get Chuhou Joutai to sell so we can make another game like this, and the only way we can do that is with feedback.

Despite this being a game for newcomers to the danmaku genre, some players complained about wanting more heal berries, particularly for the bosses of Amy Fawkes and Damausagi. We threw them in now. In addition, enemies will now drop Heal Berries for you to collect. However, we made some minor tweaks to them. If you don't collect them within 20 seconds, they will disappear just like newtons and ingots do. We have this in place to save memory and prevent the game from overwhelming your PC.

Difficulty balancing is a chore. We have to ensure that all stages are beatable by removing certain enemies that make certain parts too difficult.

If there are more things you want fixed in the next update, please let us know by replying to this message. Please note we might not be able to accept all requests, but we'll do the best we can. Also, while the Japanese translation is very accurate, it is not perfect and if you find any mistakes, please let us know as well!

Have a good day in Kozankyo!

Greetings Chuhou Joutai players.

During the initial playtests, players were not quite ready to receive achievements or have their game data backed up to the cloud. So to do this, we implemented Steam Cloud functions such as saving your high scores and save data. You can also now start earning achievements thanks to getting the Steam API to work in GameMaker Studio.

Have a great day in Kozankyo.

NOTE: Image shown is from the Japanese version of the game.

Hi, this is Driller from Drillimation Systems.

Today, we found out about a bug in the game's multiplayer mode that would cause the game to crash during stage 6 when playing in two-player mode. Big thank you to Dom Robinson for informing us about the issue. We took a few minutes to correct the bug and everything should be good now. Even though the game is still in beta and we're conducting playtests to ensure the game is ready, we're glad we detected it early.

Have a good day and visit Kozankyo today!