{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d1c84653e8f375fa02483614","clusterId":"c_d64eb35149742a58adfa9b58","slug":"nijisanji-s-roco-kaburaki-releases-self-made-novel-game","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Nijisanji's Roco Kaburaki Releases Self-Made Novel Game","summary":"Nijisanji virtual liver Roco Kaburaki began free distribution of a self-made short novel game on June 5, 2026, to coincide with Roco Day. The game, titled \"VTuber no Yuujin ga Kioku Soushitsu ni Natta\" (\"My VTuber Friend Lost Her Memory\"), is available for Windows until September 13. Kaburaki started development knowing nothing about Unity and completed a rough novel game with five endings, noting it is unrelated to her own story. Fellow liver Ruri Shioriha will play it in a stream later that day.","whyItMatters":"A Nijisanji liver independently developed and released a free game from scratch, demonstrating how VTubers can leverage their skills to create original content outside of streaming.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eRoco Kaburaki, a Nijisanji virtual liver who debuted in January 2023, released a self-made short novel game for free on June 5, 2026. The Windows-only game, titled \"VTuber no Yuujin ga Kioku Soushitsu ni Natta\" (\"My VTuber Friend Lost Her Memory\"), is available for download until September 13. Kaburaki announced the project on X the previous day, revealing she started development with no knowledge of Unity and completed it as a rough novel game. The game has five endings, which she warned are not very happy, and she stated it is unrelated to her own story. She also acknowledged the possibility of bugs. Fellow Nijisanji member Ruri Shioriha will play the game in a stream at 22:00 on the same day.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Nijisanji liver Roco Kaburaki released a self-made short novel game for free on June 5. She started with no Unity experience. The game has five endings and is available until September 13.","twitterPost":"Nijisanji's Roco Kaburaki released a self-made short novel game for free on June 5. She started from \"Unity? What's that?\" and finished a rough game with five endings. Download until Sept 13.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Nijisanji virtual liver Roco Kaburaki released a self-made short novel game for free on June 5, 2026, to celebrate Roco Day. The Windows game, titled \"VTuber no Yuujin ga Kioku Soushitsu ni Natta,\" has five endings and is available until September 13. Fellow liver Ruri Shioriha will play it in a stream later that day.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2606052o\",\"title\":\"Nijisanji's Roco Kaburaki Releases Self-Made Short Novel Game: Made from Scratch with \\\"Unity? What's That?\\\", Free Distribution for June 5 (Roco Day)\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4110,"outputTokens":677,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1780646066,"createdAt":"2026-06-05T07:42:59.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-05T07:46:15.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-05T07:46:15.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_d64eb35149742a58adfa9b58","canonicalTitle":"にじさんじ・鏑木ろこさんの“自作”短編ノベルゲームがリリース。「Unity？何それ？」の状態から制作し、6月5日（ろこの日）に合わせて無料配布","representativeArticleId":"a_564a2e4eb6258ab528b2e108","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Roko's Short Novel Game\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Roko Kaburagi\",\"Ruri Shioriha\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"vtuber\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-05T06:58:57.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-05T08:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-05T08:24:39.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2606052o","title":"にじさんじ・鏑木ろこさんの“自作”短編ノベルゲームがリリース。「Unity？何それ？」の状態から制作し、6月5日（ろこの日）に合わせて無料配布"},{"source":"MoguLive","url":"https://www.moguravr.com/kaburaki-roco-novel-game-2026/","title":"にじさんじVTuber鏑木ろこがUnityでノベルゲームを自作し、無料配布 記憶を失った鏑木ろこと面談を繰り返す"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Roko's Short Novel Game"],"studios":[],"people":["Roko Kaburagi","Ruri Shioriha"],"type":"release","domain":"vtuber","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Nijisanji virtual liver Roco Kaburaki released a self-made short novel game for free on June 5, 2026.","The game, titled 'VTuber no Yuujin ga Kioku Soushitsu ni Natta' ('My VTuber Friend Lost Her Memory'), is available for Windows until September 13.","Kaburaki started development with no knowledge of Unity and completed a rough novel game with five endings.","Kaburaki stated the game is unrelated to her own story and warned of possible bugs.","Fellow Nijisanji member Ruri Shioriha will play the game in a stream at 22:00 on June 5."]}