Fruitbat Indirect

The Fruitbat Indirect is the name given to Fruitbat Factory's periodic announcement threads posted on Twitter, and later Bluesky. These threads announce upcoming content related to Fruitbat Factory's games, including new character voices for 100% Orange Juice!.

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The first announcement thread was posted on November 21st, 2019. The game was in Version 2.6 at the time.

With another great recording session behind us, we're happy to share with you the upcoming character voice casting for 100% Orange Juice! Follow us to always stay on top of the latest news! #100orange Without further ado... let's get started with the names! Be excited for her! The always serious "another Ultimate Weapon" Nath will be voiced by Kondou Yui (近藤唯)! The "big sister" of the troublemaking duo, Tomato of the Warudas will be voiced by Mizusawa Fumie (水沢史絵)! You may know her for her role as Erika "Cure Marine" Kurumi from Precure. The little Waruda miscreant Mimyuu, who's always up to no good, will be voiced by Kita Natsuki (北奈つき)! Everyone's favorite off-kilter nurse Kiriko will be brought to life by the popular VTuber Sakura Miko (さくらみこ)! You can follow them at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-hM6YJuNYVAmUWxeIr9FeA Every woman's enemy, notorious thigh-lover NoName will be voiced by the man himself, Fujiwara Hikaru AKA Hono (藤原光)! Did you think we're done now? We're not done. ??? - A mysterious new character will be voiced by Kadowaki Mai (門脇舞以), famous for her role as Illya in the Fate series! ??? - A second new character will be voiced by Yoshida Seiko (吉田聖子) who you already know as the voice of Suguri! Who could it be... And finally... ??? - A third new character, codename "Mama", will be voiced by Izawa Shiori (井澤詩織)! Look forward to her appearance! And... You will be able to see and hear all of these wonderful characters live in 100% Orange Juice before the end of the year! https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/ #100orange And that's the end of the announcements for the time being! Thank you for following along! We tried a new way of announcing content this time, did you like it? It was fun for us, at least!

Notes

• The Fruitbat Indirect name was not used in this thread, but was coined on the Fruitbat Factory Discord when a summary of the announcements was posted.
• The character voices for Nath, Tomato, Mimyuu, Kiriko, and NoName were later added in Version 2.7.1.
• The mystery characters announced in this thread were Sumika, Suguri (46 Billion Years), and Mio. They were later added in Version 2.7.1 and 2.7.2.
  • The silhouettes of Sumika and Suguri (46 Billion Years) shown in this announcement are slightly different from their appearance on release.

The second announcement thread was posted on March 27th, 2020. The game was in Version 2.8.2 at the time.

Welcome to the second ever Fruitbat Indirect, where you get spoiled to the hottest 100% Orange Juice news! Hope everyone's doing well, staying healthy and staying home! #100orange (thread) Let's just jump right into it, shall we? With another recording session with Orange Juice finished earlier this month, we're now excited to reveal the next set of character voices for 100% Orange Juice! #100orange Before we get any further, just a friendly reminder that you can join our official Discord server to always stay up to date with the latest mem- news! https://discord.com/invite/fruitbatfactory With the new voices, we've finished voicing all the regular units in the game! You know what that means... You got it, it's witch time! To kick things off, the energetic Solid Witch from the world of Alicianrone is getting a voice by Toda Megumi (戸田 めぐみ)! Among her many roles she's known as Hajime in New Game! And of course she's not alone! Everyone's favorite introverted Hair Witch, Ceoreparque, will be voiced by Murakami Natsumi (村上 奈津実) - perhaps best known as Saotome Ako in Aikatsu Stars! That's a lot of Girl Power for you! But we're not done yet! We also have some mystery characters to introduce! The first mysterious new character's voice will be performed by the ever so wonderful Maruyama Miki (丸山 美紀), who you already know as the voice of Marie Poppo, Sora and Natsumi! Though, it feels like we might've seen this character somewhere already... Very mysterious indeed, hmm... The second mystery character comes in a pair with first - and she's voiced by Aizawa Saya (会沢 紗弥)! She voices Seki Hiromi in The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls. Is it just me or is there something unusual about that silhouette...? What's this, we have even more mystery characters!? I'm not sure if I should be showing all of this, but... *ahem*, well, if you insist... This time I'm confident no one will be able to figure it out by the silhouette...! This upcoming character is voiced by Koyama Momoyo (小山 百代)! You might know her for her role as the main heroine of Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight, Karen! That's all, hope you enjoyed the --- just kidding, obviously! We still have one more character and voice to reveal! This final, certainly unrecognizable silhouette belongs to another new character that's fast approaching... I wonder if anyone can guess who it will be. And here we are! This secret character is voiced by none other than Tange Sakura (丹下 桜), the voice of Nero in Fate and Sakura in Cardcaptor Sakura! That's all for the voices, thank you for following along with our little announcement! You can expect to see all of this in the game by summer! Which one are you looking forward to the most? Before we end, just a small heads-up that we're currently working on something interesting for the next new 100% Orange Juice event... it'll be pretty different from anything we had before! Don't forget that 100% Orange Juice, Acceleration of SUGURI 2 and 200% Mixed Juice are all completely free on Steam until March 30! 🍊100% Orange Juice! - https://bit​.ly/2vPRCgr 🧃200% Mixed Juice! - https://bit​.ly/39pk5aG 🚀Acceleration of SUGURI 2 - https://bit​.ly/3dywvjW Thank you for tuning in to this month's Fruitbat Indirect! Until next time... #100orange Here's a summary for those that just want to share it! #100orange

Notes

• The character voices for Miusaki and Ceoreparque were later added in Version 2.9.7.
• The mystery characters announced in this thread were Ellie, Lulu, Teotoratta, and Alicianrone. They were later added in Version 2.9.2 and 2.9.7.
  • The silhouettes of Ellie and Lulu shown in this announcement are of the characters with the Ellie's Wings and Lulu's Ribbon accessories equipped.
• The Bounty Hunters event alluded to in this announcement began starting in Version 2.9.

The third announcement thread was posted on October 9th, 2020. The game was in Version 3.0 at the time.

Hello all, and welcome to the new Fruitbat Direct! (Who ever came up with that moniker in the first place?? Someone please suggest some better name for these segments! *for now let's tag it #fruitbatdirect*) 🦇🦇🦇 Your host for this epic Twitter night is PhleBuster! That's me, hi! Hope everyone's doing well today! If you use Discord, remember to join our official server for more news and silly cryptic teasers! https://discord.com/invite/fruitbatfactory New & Upcoming Releases Wow, preparing for this show I thought I wouldn't have much to talk about... but actually we've been up to a lot recently, so buckle up! Let's start with some general news... it's autumn, right? That means Steam Game Festival (Autumn Edition) too! We just released a free demo for the charming puzzle game Treehouse Riddle to be playable in the #SteamGameFestival - hope you'll have a chance to give it a try! The demo can be finished in <1 hour. Coming out this winter on PC/Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1155900/Treehouse_Riddle/ #treehouseriddle Don't forget to wishlist it on Steam if you enjoy the demo! It helps a lot! As for other stuff we've worked on this past summer... If you've missed it, we currently have 2 Nintendo Switch limited physical editions in the works and coming out soon! First is the SeaBed limited edition by East Asia Soft, which is looking really cool! https://www.eastasiasoft.com/games/SeaBed #SeaBedVN The promised Chinese translation of SeaBed has had significant delays this year, which has unfortunately delayed the estimated release... but I don't think you'll need to wait much longer until it's released! I can't wait to see even more people playing this wonderful story. Second, First Press Games announced last month the physical edition for Neko Navy - Daydream Edition! It's going to have a super fluffy premium package - the Collector's Edition even includes a cat plushie! https://firstpressgames.com/collections/neko-navy #NekoNavy This limited edition is also currently taking preorders, and is releasing this winter, with a few extra features too! Don't miss out on the fluffiness! And if you haven't given our latest #visualnovel release Jiangshi x Daoshi a try yet, you can play the full EP1-2 release for free! It's a wee bit crazy... but also crazy good! https://fruitbat-factory.itch.io/daoshi #JiangshiVN The Chinese translation of Jiangshi x Daoshi including Episode 3, is almost complete, so you can expect to see the Episode 3 release soon! And if you thought EP1-2 is crazy... Another game we've put a lot of work into this past summer is Acceleration of SUGURI 2! Did you notice we've added 2 all-new and super cute character costumes to the game too, for Sora and Suguri? And there are more coming... #AoS2 There are also biweekly Acceleration of SUGURI 2 community tournaments, which always have sponsored prizes! The next one is tomorrow, so why not give it a try? New players are always warmly welcomed! (Obligatory "We got #rollback"!) https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/vDyHxjd7xG#/signup/v4p55vjvuxo #AoS2 100% Orange Juice! When it comes to autumn, it's a good time in many parts of the world to go to the woods and look for mushrooms! Have you been finding any? p.s. only eat mushrooms you know to be safe!🍄🍄🍄 Image description: A big mushroom. Did you know there's currently an ongoing mushroom-themed event in 100% Orange Juice, where you can safely pick and eat all the mushrooms you want! Don't miss out on the fungi rewards! https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/ #100orange The event continues Ellie & Lulu's adventure, and introduces 2 new characters, Arnelle and Maynie! I wonder if we'll ever see those two again... The event was released alongside 100% Orange Juice version 3.0, which also added Steam Workshop support! It seems to have gotten crazy popular, and we already have over 500 mods available! https://steamcommunity.com/app/282800/workshop/ Which one is your favorite? I'm not biased, so I recommend the Poppoformation mod! It's very blessed, and I think everyone should install it. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2235133542 Image description: Many Poppo. Since we're in October, there are probably certain expectations about what the next 100% Orange Juice event will be... ...and I'm here to tell you they're probably spot on. As for other events, I know a lot of people fell in love with Bounty Hunt when we first ran it this spring, and for all of you I have good news. Coming this winter! I'm also currently in the process of shifting through the *massive* amount of suggestions we received for the Community Card Pack 3! ETA to finish: probably a month or more! Thanks........ After that and a few other steps, there will be a card art contest! Did that wrap up what I had planned to say? I guess it's enough?🤔 👋Thanks for tuning in to this month's Fruitbat Di- wait, what do you mean I forgot something? Character Voices Oh, right, right. I might've promised some juicy leeks about voices as well! Covid has been making voice work more difficult than usual this past year, but I'm happy to say we were able to have another great recording for new 100% Orange Juice voices! And I have the privilege to introduce them to you right now! So without *cough* further ado, let's get right into it! 🥁🥁🥁please! First we have... the (self-proclaimed) greatest treasure hunter of all time - Arnelle herself! She's voiced by Ishiguro Chihiro, who you may know as the voice of the Vocaloid singer Yuzuki Yukari! Following (literally) on her heels is her trusty follower Maynie, who has a bit of a wild side to her... She's voiced by Tanaka Takako, best known for her wonderful role as Hina in the Hinamatsuri anime series! Besides this duo, we have 2 more mystery characters to reveal... Our first mystery character is very cute and hardworking! You'll have to take my word for it for now! They're voiced by Kouno Hiyori, the voice of Cure Sparkle in the Healin' Good Pretty Cure anime! As for the second mystery character... I can say this one's very fluffy! They're voiced by Sato Azusa, the voice of Fuwari Midorikaze in PriPara - as well as the beloved voice of your favorite pudding doggo QP in 100% Orange Juice! I know it can be frustrating to be unable to guess who these characters might be for now, but you won't have to feel vexed for long - all 4 characters will be coming before the end of the year! Here's a group picture with all 4 upcoming characters - I wonder which one you all are most looking forward to? #100orange Before we call it a day, there's 1 more cool thing we're currently working on! I can't actually show much, it's very early stages... but it's something cool! Really cool! This is all I can show for now... and it might be a while before there's more... sorry! Well, that's all for today's Fruitbat Direct (seriously someone come up with a better name kthx! #fruitbatdirect)! Thank you for tuning in to your local Twitter! Hope you had a good time! Everyone stay well! 👋

Notes

• Unlike other Indirects, this thread was mistakenly named the Fruitbat Direct.
• The Trick and Treat (2020 Rerun) event alluded to in this announcement began starting in Version 3.1.
• The Bounty Hungers event alluded to in this announcement began starting in Version 3.4.
• Arnelle and Maynie were added along with their character voices in Version 3.1.
• The mystery characters announced in this thread were Chris and Kyupita. They were later added in Version 3.3.
  • The silhouettes of Chris and Kyupita shown in this announcement use their sprites from 200% Mixed Juice!.

The fourth announcement thread was posted on April 22nd, 2021. The game was in Version 3.5 at the time.

🦇🦇🦇Hello all! Welcome to the new Fruitbat Indirect, where we go over the latest Fruitbat Factory news and developments! #FruitbatIndirect🦇🦇🦇 There's been quite a few things happening since the last Indirect, again. We'll collect it all in a thread here.⬇⬇⬇ One big news is that the first official Orange Juice board game was launched, with the cool Bullet🍊 expansion to shmup board game Bullet♥︎ by Level 99 Games! You can order it here: https://www.level99store.com/pages/bullet-orange Image description: Bullet Orange board game We also have a small update on the SeaBed Switch physical limited edition many have been waiting patiently for: The editing for the Chinese translation has finished and we're in the process of inserting it now. Playtesting will commence very shortly! #SeaBedVN In more #visualnovel news, the wonderfully dark and twisted mystery VN by Kenkou Land, MAMIYA - A Shared Illusion of the World's End - is releasing in only 8 more days, April 30, 10 AM PST! You can wishlist it here 🌖https://store.steampowered.com/app/1394930/Mamiya/ #MamiyaVN Treehouse Riddle has taken a bit longer than expected, with adding all-new control schemes. But playtesting on PC is now complete, with full controller support added! There's a bit more work left on the Switch version, so look forward to more news. As for what's going on in 100% Orange Juice, we've just released a huge version 3.5 update, which added a new Community Card Pack for free, as well as player plate customization! You can see what's new here: 🍊https://steamcommunity.com/games/282800/announcements/detail/3106895956653261499 #100orange Also, plushie news! If you were a backer on the 2nd Orange Juice plushie campaign, you received an update today with surveys, which include polling on a possible 3rd plushie wave! Vote for your favorite plush here if you're interested! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeg_UO0OYVF7j2_po7lUqHna-en0dlM5tSMiLJ9DocRq4wdJA/viewform We have a number of new features in the works for 100% Orange Juice again. The next major update is already expected to land next month! One of the things it includes is related to a tradition we've had with these #FruitbatIndirect segments... 🍊🍊🍊And of course, that means announcing new character voices!🍊🍊🍊 Indeed, we had another great voicing session not long ago, and I'm extremely excited to share with you the castings for the next upcoming character voices! First of all, we have 2 characters you may have already met before! The amazing guide Halena with every map of the world in her brain is voiced by Kishimoto Moeka! Please look forward to a wonderful voice soon! Her partner (note: not a chicken), the great navigator Cook, is brought to life by Kanemoto Hisako, who anyone who watches anime or plays video games is likely familiar with! Her many roles include Ika Musume in her titular anime and Djeeta in Granblue Fantasy. But that's not all! We also have 2 new mystery characters who received their voices and will be appearing in the early summer! Our first special guest is Yamanaka Masahiro, giving voice to ❓❓❓! He brings a very unique tone to this upcoming character, which should be a ton of fun! And the second mystery arrival is voiced by Terashima Junta! His major roles include Fujimura Mamoru in Tsukipro the Animation and Ichijou Shin in King of Prism, and here he brings a superbly cool voice to our new character! Here's a cool group picture with all of them together! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect And that's all the news we have for you right now! We hope you had fun! Thank you for your support, and look forward to the next #FruitbatIndirect 🦇🦇🦇!

Notes

• Halena and Cook were added along with their character voices in Version 3.5.1.
• The mystery characters announced in this thread were Merchant and Lone Rider. They were later added in Version 3.7.
  • The silhouettes of Merchant and Lone Rider shown in this announcement are slightly different from their appearance on release.

The fifth announcement thread was posted on October 1st, 2021. The game was in Version 3.8 at the time.

Hello one and all! It's time... welcome to the latest #FruitbatIndirect - Tokyo Game Show edition! Here we'll be recapping some recent things we've been up to, as well as announcing exciting new things for the future! We hope you're all having a wonderful time this week! To begin with, due to recent trouble with the Discord server we've set up a new Fruitbat Factory community server while we wait for Discord to sort it out (at this rate there's a good chance it'll be a permanent move)! discord.gg/fruitbatfactory is still the link to it! Welcome! We have the demos of MAMIYA, SeaBed and Treehouse Riddle featured for #TGS2021, and the Treehouse Riddle demo has just been updated to latest version with a big overhaul, so make sure to check those out if you haven't already! Our games are also in the Steam Tokyo Game Show sale, so don't miss out on the best deals! 100% Orange Juice is -75% off, with all DLC discounted! So what else is new? For one, the long-awaited physical edition of SeaBed for #NintendoSwitch is finally out in cooperation with eastasiasoft and playasia, and people are starting to receive their copies! Love to see it! SeaBed on #NintendoSwitch has also just been updated with Simplified and Traditional Chinese language support! And what's more, it is now available from the Hong Kong eShop! #SeaBedVN 🌊🛏️Fans will be interested to hear that there's something else we're working on with Paleontology related to SeaBed, too! Can't share more details yet, but feel free to be excited about it! #SeaBedVN We also have an update on the physical edition of Neko Navy - Daydream Edition in cooperation with First Press Games! The print designs are currently being finalized, and it's looking like that's going to be finished sometime this month. Release soon...? We already mentioned the Treehouse Riddle demo update, but the bigger news is that the technical work is just about finished, and I think we'll be able to submit the #NintendoSwitch version soon! It's a wonderful puzzle game, and we hope you'll enjoy it! Now for some 100% Orange Juice related news. https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/ #100orange 🧸Many people have been asking for news on a third wave of plushies, and based on the earlier polling we've already decided what to do! We're hoping to start prototyping new designs soon, and to run another funding run for them sometime this winter or next spring. But we know what you *really* want, and we hear you! We're happy to announce that Marie Poppo will intensify again! 100% Orange Juice version 3.9 is going to release later today with a number of technical improvements, balance changes and more! Thank you for tuning in, and see you next time! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 🥳🥳🥳 🥳 ...oh, what's that? Ah, right! Almost forgot! It's been something of a tradition to reveal new character voice castings in the #FruitbatIndirect, so let's not break the pattern this time either! Today we have 6 new voices to announce... wait, 7? 6.5 maybe? You be the judge!🤯 Let's start with some familiar faces that you might not have expected! The gun-toting cat from QP Shooting - Dangerous! is getting unique new character and announcer voice lines by Aiya Saki, who returns to her classic role as Yuki - Dangerous!! That's right, the Yuki & Tomomo Renewal Pack is getting their own unique voices! So you can probably guess what's next...! The two-in-one Tomomo is also getting all-new character voices for both Casual and Sweet Eater versions, and a new Tomomo Casual announcer voice, with Aranami Kazusa revisiting the role! The new voices are expected to be launched later this month, and as usual current owners of the DLC will receive them for free, after which we increase the price of the DLC by $1 (or applicable). p.s. it's -50% off right now! You can look forward to a good time with the new voices! We also have 4 brand new character castings to announce...! The first mystery character is voiced by the returning talent Motomiya Kana, the voice of Aru and Hime! Look forward to a graceful performance! I wonder who that could be... The second mystery character is also visited by a returning talent, Aranami Kazusa (Tomomo, Tomomo Casual&Sweet Eater, Fernet)! Who might this mysterious beauty be, then...? Obviously, we're not done with the casting reveals yet! The third new character is voiced by the talented Tokiwa Shouhei, who adds a very cool and unique voice to the game! Are they wielding a sword? Casting magic? I guess we'll find out eventually! And last but not least, the final secret character is voiced by Kuwahara Yuuki, perhaps best known as the voice of Tohru in "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid", as well as Kohaku in Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- & Melty Blood: Type Lumina! I for one have no idea who this silhouette might be, but good luck puzzling it out! You can expect the first two mystery characters to be released in the near future, and the other two mystery characters this winter! Here's a combined shot of all the new voice castings! We're almost ready to wrap up, but just in case you're not done with 100% Orange Juice announcements yet... There is one more thing we're working on, which we may have already teased in the previous #FruitbatIndirect It's a slow project, and might take a while before any proper announcements (assuming all goes well), but... Just be satisfied with this for now, OK?! And with that, the #FruitbatIndirect - Tokyo Game Show is officially over! Hope you had a good time, and see you next time!

Notes

• The character voices for Yuki (Dangerous) and Tomomo (Casual & Sweet Eater) were later added in Version 3.9.1.
• The mystery characters announced in this thread were Hime (Moonlight), Fernet (Noble), Malt, and Mescal. They were later added in Version 3.9.1 and 3.9.4.
  • The silhouettes of Malt and Mescal shown in this announcement are slightly different from their appearance on release.

The sixth announcement thread was posted on April 29th, 2022. The game was in Version 3.9.7 at the time.

Hello all, and welcome to another Fruitbat Indirect! (thread here) Hope everyone's doing well! 🦇#FruitbatIndirect Today we'll be discussing various upcoming and current projects! To start off, Treehouse Riddle! While the work on Switch version has taken much longer than anticipated, we're actually down to finishing touches now, and expect to announce release date for this highly anticipated puzzle game on Steam and #NintendoSwitch soon! In the meantime, please enjoy this new trailer for Treehouse Riddle! Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1155900/Treehouse_Riddle/ #TreehouseRiddle In an earlier #FruitbatIndirect we hinted at an upcoming SeaBed-related project... https://store.steampowered.com/app/583090/SeaBed/ While I can't reveal what it's about yet, I'm happy to confirm that the project is going ahead, and you can expect an announcement this year! Here's a small teaser! 🌊🛏️#SeaBedVN We have also picked up an exciting all-new project! It's still top secret, but you can expect a formal announcement later this year! 🥳 ...So watch this space! 🌷For the time being, please enjoy this key visual (and make of it what you will)! We're also happy to announce that we will have an exhibition at Tokyo Game Show 2022 again this year, after the previous years' online-only events! 🗼#TGS2022 Assuming nothing unexpected crops up, we will welcome you at the Fruitbat Factory booth at the Tokyo Game Show event on September 15 - 18! Here's a photo from our last 2019 booth! Good times! That photo reminded me... plushies sure are cute aren't they? We've just received the prototypes for the upcoming new wave of 100% Orange Juice plushies! They're cute and fluffy! Just the final checks and adjustments remain before we're ready to announce the next plushie campaign! Who is it going to be...? 🍊#100orange On the topic of 100% Orange Juice... we're working on a lot of cool stuff for this year! Here's a sneak peek at one of them! Another thing coming for 100% Orange Juice this summer is... [redacted]! As announced earlier, Bounty Hunt rework is coming soon including public beta, and following it we will be rerunning the "Season 2" events to bring everyone up to speed on them. There will be a lot more too, but those will have to wait for future announcements...! We're starting to reach the end of the announcements, but for some reason people always expect us to announce new character voices in these! So on that note... why don't you check out this YouTube premiere that's just going live? https://youtu.be/JU3S3uSS-Hs 🍊#100orange 🤖Fujiwara Hikaru (AKA Hono) voices Shifu, the architect of the Little War in 'SUGURI'! Avoid risks and manipulate the battlefield to your advantage! Shifu's Hyper is illustrated by Kokoroten! How about another one?🤔 Going live as we speak! 🪷What if the girl known as Star Breaker had a normal life instead? The what-if version of the notorious end boss of 'Sora', Hoshino Reika is voiced by Hirayama Emi (Reika Kitakami in THE iDOLM@STER Million Live! and Star Breaker in 100% Orange Juice)! The Shifu & Reika Character Pack is available... now!🎊 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1974460/100_Orange_Juice__Shifu__Reika_Character_Pack/ 🍊#100orange The DLC also comes with a special new kitten to pet, called Masshiro!🐈 Note that alongside our other games, 100% Orange Juice is currently -75% off in our Golden Week sale! https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/ And this wraps up our #FruitbatIndirect! Thank you all for tuning in, hope you had fun! See you again next time!🫶

Notes

• Version 3.9.8 was released immediately after the end of this Indirect.
• The mystery main menu option announced in this thread was the OJDex. It was later added in Version 3.9.9.

The seventh announcement thread was posted on December 21st, 2022. The game was in Version 3.10.3 at the time.

🦇It's that time again - time for our highly regular Fruitbat Indirect! Follow this thread as we go through some recent and upcoming content! #FruitbatIndirect Let's start off with some #visualnovel news! We have several cool things to announce related to SeaBed, which many of you have been waiting for! #SeaBedVN #visualnovel #yuri 🌊🛏️ This is for our international friends - In addition to previously announced English and Japanese, the upcoming SeaBed Audio Novel Collection will come subtitled into Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) and Korean too! (Chinese courtesy of Windyshine, Korean by Moonbi) #SeaBedVN 🌺After a massive effort to perfect its every detail, Episode 1 - "Brick Incinerator", is almost ready for release, and you can expect to see a release date for that very shortly!🤯 #SeaBedVN 🌊🛏️ ⁉️We also have a big update planned for SeaBed itself on PC! The PC version is getting updated to a new engine including Switch version improvements, controller support and extra scenarios this Winter! https://store.steampowered.com/app/583090/SeaBed/ #SeaBedVN #visualnovel #yuri 🌊🛏️ With this update, SeaBed will also get official Chinese (Translation: Grimangel & Windyshine) and Korean (Translation: Moonbi) language support on PC! The #Switch version will also be updated with Korean language support to bring both platform releases to parity! #SeaBedVN🌊🛏️ We're always encouraged by the love players show for SeaBed, and hope these changes will make the game an amazing journey for even more players around the world! #SeaBedVN #visualnovel #yuri 🌊🛏️ We know we have a ferocious group of fans anxiously waiting for further news on MAMIYA - A Shared Illusion of the World's End! And we wouldn't want to disappoint them! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1394930/MAMIYA/ #MamiyaVN #ma_mi_ya #visualnovel 🌘 Continuing after FallDown and DownFall, we're hyped to announce that the final, heart-wrenching installment by KENKOU LAND... "DoomsDay Dreams" is releasing in Fall 2023! Mamiya awaits... in the Trichiliocosm. #MamiyaVN #ma_mi_ya #mamiya_final #visualnovel🌘 The English translation of DoomsDay Dreams will be by Andrew Hodgson. Stay tuned for more details on the release in the coming months! It'll be worth it! #MamiyaVN #ma_mi_ya #mamiya_final #visualnovel🌘 That concludes our #visualnovel segment. Hope you are as excited as we are! On to our other releases. We have just released the atmospheric puzzle adventure Treehouse Riddle for Steam and #Switch! If you haven't checked it out yet, there will be good opportunities over the holidays! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1155900/Treehouse_Riddle/ https://nintendo.com/store/products/treehouse-riddle-switch/ #TreehouseRiddle #puzzle We always love a good puzzle game! 🌷Thistlebro's cute but darkly atmospheric logic puzzle RPG "Thistlemine" is releasing this winter, and you don't want to sleep on it! Wishlist here↗️↘️↗️↘️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090600/Thistlemine/ #Thistlemine #Puzzle #RPG We have a very cool music announcement related to Thistlemine: the game will include a special denpa boss track with music by Katahotori and vocals by Aihara Kaori !🎶🎶💘 #Thistlemine #Puzzle #RPG And for the final segment of the #FruitbatIndirect, we have some 100% Orange Juice news. https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/ #100orange Last time we announced that the Bounty Hunt rework open beta is coming soon™️... well, that may have been slightly optimistic! #100orange Bounty Hunt has received significant updates and has been in internal testing for months already. We believe you'll really like the changes, but it'll take a while longer to be ready for the public due to the amount of changes! #100orange 🎨We were super happy getting so many entries for the fan art contest that just finished, and the winning entry player plate backgrounds will be available in the game very soon! #100orange 100% Orange Juice plushies! Wave 3 production is in progress as we speak, and we expect to start shipping early next year as predicted! Cuteness is coming!🧸🎁 #100orange 🍰 #100orange I'm not going to pretend we don't also have new voice castings to reveal for 100% Orange Juice (this time)! You deserve to know! 🥳 Get hype! The first of three new characters' voices is... Maruyama Miki! You know and love her as the voice of Marie Poppo, Sora, Natsumi & Ellie! #100orange Hmm, I wonder who this mystery person could be... #100orange The second new casting is... Nukui Yuka! You may recognize her as Maisie May in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and the voice of Saki in 100% Orange Juice! #100orange The mystery deepends... 🤔 #100orange The third and final new voice is... Ootsubo Yuka! Anime viewers are very likely familiar with her work that includes Toshino Kyoko in Yuru Yuri; Kitakami, Kako, Ooi and Furutaka in KanColle, Mimura Kanako in the The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, and Tamao in Haiyore! Nyaruko-san! Whoever these mystery characters are, you can certainly look forward to great voices again! #100orange The wait won't be long either - you can expect the grand reveal of the new characters coming very soon to 100% Orange Juice! #100orange We have many more cool things planned for 100% Orange Juice early next year too! Follow the Steam page and join our Discord server to keep up with all the latest news! https://discord.gg/fruitbatfactory https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/ #100orange 🦇🦇🦇 And that concludes another epic Fruitbat Indirect! 🥳🎉 🦇🦇🦇 Hope you all had fun, and look forward to all the upcoming releases! 👋👋 #FruitbatIndirect

Notes

• The mystery characters announced in this thread were Natsumi (Sweet Blogger), Saki (Sweet Maker), and Sweet Creator. They were later added in Version 3.11.

The eighth announcement thread was posted on April 29th, 2023. The game was in Version 3.12 at the time.

Welcome, one and all, to the brand new Fruitbat Indirect! 🙇 As is the tradition, we'll be going through some recent work and upcoming content! #FruitbatIndirect 🦇🦇🦇 Starting off with something many of you have been waiting for - the SeaBed Audio Novel Collection! #SeaBedVN #SeaBedAN #FruitbatIndirect 🌊🛏️ As we previously announced, the production of the episodes ended up a slower process than we'd anticipated in order to deliver the highest possible quality to you. We've been working on improving the workflow since, and are now happy to share with you the release schedule! Episode 2 - "Cafe and the Stone Port", will be released next week on May 5, 10 AM PST! 🤯 We hope you look forward to it! In the meantime, please enjoy this teaser of the episode 2 key art! #SeaBedVN #SeaBedAN #FruitbatIndirect 🌊🛏️ With the release of Episode 2, we will publish a new Audio Novel Collection bundle on Steam, which will give an additional -10% discount when buying all the episodes. It can be purchased even if you already own individual episodes. ➡️https://store.steampowered.com/app/583090/SeaBed/ #FruitbatIndirect Episode 3 "Silvergrass Station Cleaning" and the Extra Episode will be released simultaneously! Due to the extra time preparing 2 episodes at once takes, these final episodes are expected to release mid-August! #FruitbatIndirect #SeaBedAN🌊🛏️ The Extra Episode will be released as a free bonus, but is only available to owners of the upcoming SeaBed Audio Novel Collection bundle. 🙇‍♀️ #SeaBedVN #SeaBedAN #FruitbatIndirect 🌊🛏️ Speaking of next Fall, we're happy to share that Fruitbat Factory will be exhibiting at Tokyo Game Show in September again! Do come say hi if you plan to be in the area! 👋 (Photo from our 2019 booth 🥰) #TGS2023 #TokyoGameShow2023 #FruitbatIndirect The wonderfully cryptic puzzle RPG Thistlemine is in the final polish stages! While we can't give an exact release date yet, we expect to be able to very soon! For puzzle enthusiasts and explorers alike, this will be one to watch out for! 🌻https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090600/Thistlemine/ #Thistlemine Moving on to the land of Orange Juice! The plushie and game shipping for our latest Kickstarter campaign has been successfully completed, and we're in the middle of shipping out the wall scroll add-ons as the final component! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect 🍊🧃 With that, we've also made the 4 new plushies of Krilalaris, Lulu, Sumika and Kae available on our physical goods store! They can be ordered effective immediately! ▶️https://fbf.company.site #100orange #FruitbatIndirect We're processing the Bounty Hount surveys at the moment, and look forward to bringing you the updated game mode soon. This will allow us to rerun all the "Season 2" events as well, for those who have missed them earlier! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect We've been happy to see people enjoy the new game modes in our April's Chaos Mode! 🤯But we have even more in store for you this month! Unbeknownst to everyone, we've hit another big milestone, which will have a tremendous impact on the game! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect ...in unrelated news, it's time to reveal our most recent new character voice castings! 🎶 They will all be a bundle of joy in the game! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect The first of three new voices is by Momokawa Rika (Sansha Sanyou: Sonobe Shino, Krilalaris in 100% Orange Juice)! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect This new character craves for darkness, and mercy be upon those who disturb them... #100orange #FruitbatIndirect The next one is voiced by Kita Natsuki who you know for her stellar high-power performance as Mimyuu in 100% Orange Juice! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect Slippery as an eel, tough as nails... nothing can stop this one's rampage...! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect And the third, and greatest mystery of them all is a character voiced by Izawa Shiori (Nanachi in "Made in Abyss", Pochita in "Chainsaw Man", Kafuru in "Senran Kagura", as well as the secret boss Mio in 100% Orange Juice)! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect While there's surely no way to know who they are... you won't need to wait long to find out! https://youtu.be/MjMbkUGMUzY character trailer is premiering not long from now! Tune in for big announcements to follow! #100orange #FruitbatIndirect And that's a wrap for today's #FruitbatIndirect! 🦇🦇🦇 Thanks for following along, and look forward to whatever comes next! 👋

Notes

• The mystery characters announced in this thread were Krilalaris (Pajamas), Mimyuu (Jailbird), and Mio (Festive). They were later added in Version 3.13 and 3.13.1.
  • The silhouette of Mimyuu (Jailbird) shown in this announcement is slightly different from her appearance on release.

The ninth announcement thread was posted on September 6th, 2023. The game was in Version 3.13.3 at the time.

(Twitter) The time is here! Another Fruitbat Indirect! I'll be posting in the same thread, so please update it if you're having issues seeing the new tweets. #FruitbatIndirect 1/ (Bluesky) The time is here! The first Fruitbat Indirect on Bluesky! 1/ Let's start with the big one! Fruitbat Factory will be exhibiting at Tokyo Game Show in hall 4, booth S-02, by the wall right next to Square Enix (same location as last year)! Make sure to visit us if you're in the area on September 21-24! #FruitbatIndirect #TGS2023 2/ In recent news, SeaBed Audio Novel Collection is now complete! Please immerse yourself in the audio-rich story by Paleontology. Available on Steam, @itchio and DLsite! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28481/SeaBed_Audio_Novel_Collection/ #SeaBedVN #SeaBedANC #FruitbatIndirect 3/ MAMIYA - A Shared Illusion of the World's End! 🌓Keep an eye on our #TGS2023 appearance for exciting news on the global release of the final part - DoomsDay Dreams! Many of you have been waiting for this... https://store.steampowered.com/app/1394930/MAMIYA/ #FruitbatIndirect #MamiyaVN #visualnovel 4/ Thistlemine! 🌷The development on Thistlebro's atmospheric puzzle RPG is finished and we're currently working on the Japanese localization for the worldwide release! Once that's finished, release date is soon to follow. Wishlist here▶️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090600/Thistlemine/ #Thistlemine 5/ Let's move onto 100% Orange Juice news!🍊 https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/ #FruitbatIndirect #100orange 6/ Let's start with a juicy teaser... an all-new event is coming soon! What awaits at the end of that path...? #FruitbatIndirect #100orange 7/ Of course, we haven't forgotten about Bounty Hunt! There have been setbacks in our scheduled plans for the beta, but we've put more manpower on it to get the 2nd phase out soon, as we're itching to rerun some Bounty Hunt related events but want to finish the BH update first. 8/ New OJDex Content is also in the works, which means more cute pins and lore! #FruitbatIndirect #100orange 9/ The 10 year anniversary of the English version of 100% Orange Juice is also right around the corner, and we'll be continuing our contest streak this year by celebrating it with an all new type of contest! Stay tuned for the details on Sept. 10! #FruitbatIndirect #100orange 10/ We hear your requests for more plushies! Kickstarter surveys will go out soon to get your feedback on the previous campaign, and ask what characters you may be interested in seeing next. #FruitbatIndirect #100orange 11/ And finally, we're excited to reveal new voice castings for 100% Orange Juice again! Two new voices have been recorded for upcoming new characters! #100orange 12/ New challengers appear! The first character is.... a mystery! They are voiced by none other than Maruyama Miki (the voice of Marie Poppo, Sora, Natsumi, Sweet Blogger and Ellie)! #FruitbatIndirect #100orange 13/ And the second new character is... an even bigger mystery! However, what we can tell is that they are voiced by Aizawa Saya (Yanagi Kasumi in Kawaisugu Crisis, Hiromi Seki in THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Lulu in 100% Orange Juice)! #FruitbatIndirect #100orange 14/ And that's all for now! Thanks for tuning in, and look forward to more announcements over the next few weeks! 🙇 #fruitbatIndirect 15/15

Notes

• This is the first Indirect that was also posted to Fruitbat Factory's new Bluesky account.

The tenth announcement thread was posted on December 8th, 2023. The game was in Version 3.13.7 at the time.

❄️🦇❄️ Welcome to another Fruitbat Indirect - the last one of the year! ❄️🦇❄️ As usual, we will go over some latest developments and upcoming content and announcements, so follow this thread! 1/ #FruitbatIndirect First off, we're happy to see the overwhelming, positive response to the release of MAMIYA - DoomsDayDreams! Thank you all the fans for waiting! 🙇 If you've finished the game, please consider leaving it a Steam review as well! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1394930/MAMIYA/ #mamiya_final #MamiyaVN We've received many requests from Chinese-speaking fans for a Chinese language translation of MAMIYA as well. We're thus happy to announce that we've started work on Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations! 3/ #FruitbatIndirect Furthermore, developer Kokoroten has announced that they will be adding a new batch of "what-if" scenes to the game, which will be available to players who cleared DoomsDayDreams! 4/ #FruitbatIndirect #mamiya_final #MamiyaVN #visualnovel These will include many previously written scenes that didn't make it to the final version of MAMIYA, and more! Please look forward to it! 5/ #FruitbatIndirect #mamiya_final #MamiyaVN #visualnovel 🌒Lastly, we have a special message to share with you from Kokoroten: "Everyone, thank you so much for playing MAMIYA! I hope those who are yet to start will enjoy it! MAMIYA is the perfect game to play in December. Please come see the MAMIYAs every Friday!" 🌷Thistlemine! The Japanese localization for this dark atmospheric puzzle RPG is almost complete, and we expect to move into testing shortly! We will update you with a more precise release date soon. 7/ #FruitbatIndirect #Thistlemine #puzzle #RPG 🌻We appreciate you wishlisting the game on Steam! 🌻 With many different ways to approach the world you find yourself in, your problem solving skills will be tested. You don't want to miss this! There's also a free demo to check out already! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090600/Thistlemine/ 🍊Time for some 100% Orange Juice news! It's been a busy year for us in 100% Orange Juice with new events and characters, as well as the ongoing work on the Bounty Hunt rework and other things behind the scenes. But the year isn't over yet! https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/ 9/ To address some frequent questions of late... 1️⃣ - Bounty Hunt rework! The current work on Bounty Hunt is finally just about wrapped up, and we expect to launch the 2nd 2-week beta to see how well the exciting changes work in practice within a week! 10/ #100orange 2️⃣ - Plushies! Based on the surveys we sent out earlier, we have selected another 4 100% Orange Juice characters that will be turned into soft and huggable little creatures! Their designs are currently being worked on, and you can expect a new campaign within half a year! 11/ 3️⃣ - Community Card Pack 4! This has been worked on in parallel to Bounty Hunt, and is also in the final stages of ironing out. We haven't locked down yet which update the new cards will be released in, but we expect it to be before end of the year! 🃏 12/ At the same time, we are working on another brand-new event for the exciting climax of the ongoing storyline (so you can see why we've been busy!) The goal is for this new event to go live before Christmas, and we will do a late Christmas event rerun after it instead. 13/ ‼️And finally, we have some new voices to announce for 100% Orange Juice, related to upcoming additions!‼️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/ 14/ #FruitbatIndirect #100orange 🥁First of all, we have an energetic mystery character voiced by none other than our resident Poppo, Maruyama Miki! 15/ #FruitbatIndirect #100orange Who can it possibly be...?🤔 16/ 🤯The second mystery champion is... a mystery, obviously! They cut a striking figure, though... The voice of the character is Matsuura Yoshiyuki, who you may already be familiar with as the voice of the game's protagonist, Kai! 17/ #FruitbatIndirect #100orange These new characters are expected to release around end of the year! 18 / #FruitbatIndirect #100orange 💫And finally, we have another voice we recorded, but this one's a bit different! Here's a small teaser for it! Please look forward to whatever it is before the end of the year! 17/ #FruitbatIndirect #100orange ❄️❄️❄️🦇🦇🦇❄️❄️❄️ And that was all we had for the year's final Fruitbat Indirect! ❄️❄️❄️🦇🦇🦇❄️❄️❄️ Hope you all enjoyed it, and please look forward to all the upcoming releases! 👋 18/18 #FruitbatIndirect