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Also listed: the SophieChat:AI chat app set in Atelier Sophie 2, a remaster of the 2009 arcade mahjong game Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan, the Steam multiplayer game Chou Excite Ball, Otomate's otome title Shinsou no Doppelt, the AWS BuilderCards release on Amazon on September 25, and Da Vinci Ushiyama's free browser game Riyou Kiyaku.","whyItMatters":"The roundup marks the week's announcements arriving as a bundle rather than a single reveal, with the Faraday Blues project from a known Doki Doki Literature Club! artist leading the set.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe column is Automaton\u0026#39;s 100th weekly pickup, a collection of game-introduction pieces that drew a strong response on the site that week. The entries run across announcements and releases, from a new card adventure by Satchely to a free browser game about terms of service. Each item links to its own article.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaraday Blues\u003c/strong\u003e: New dark card ADV announced from Satchely, the character artist of Doki Doki Literature Club!, with 64 endings said to be almost all bad endings\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSophieChat:AI\u003c/strong\u003e: Free-scenario-style AI chat-format RPG set in Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream, following RyzaChat:AI\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan REMASTER\u003c/strong\u003e: Remaster of the 2009 arcade dramatic mahjong game by Ryukishi07 and 07th Expansion, where losing means death and cheating is used\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChou Excite Ball\u003c/strong\u003e: 3D multiplayer competitive action game unveiled on Steam, shooting a ball into the opponent\u0026#39;s goal with flippers and special balls\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShinsou no Doppelt ~Kibikikaoru Kurowakizaki no Shiin no Kotoba~\u003c/strong\u003e: Otomate\u0026#39;s new \u0026#39;deceptive love\u0026#39; otome game, a Showa retro love story set in a Western-style mansion shortly after the war\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWS BuilderCards\u003c/strong\u003e: Card game for learning Amazon Web Services, previously not distributed to the general public in Japan, launches September 25 on Amazon with Japanese localization\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRiyou Kiyaku\u003c/strong\u003e: Free browser game by Omocoro\u0026#39;s Da Vinci Ushiyama, with a 100-second time limit for spotting life-ruining terms of service\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Faraday Blues carries 64 endings and nearly all of them are bad, a structure that makes failure the default state of play rather than a punishment for a wrong choice.","twitterPost":"Faraday Blues has 64 endings and almost all are bad. 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