{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7f9b29410d51420abd72ea79","clusterId":"c_48a9b14937cd470f94b0d2f6","slug":"rose-and-locket-a-gunman-action-game-inspired-by-samurai-jack-launches-on-steam","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Rose and Locket, a Gunman Action Game Inspired by Samurai Jack, Launches on Steam","summary":"New Zealand indie studio Whistling Wizard released Rose and Locket on PC via Steam on May 27, 2026. The hand-drawn action game follows outlaw Rose as he fights the seven deadly sins in the spirit world to free his daughter's soul. A Steam demo is available. Publisher Ninja Kiwi signed on in March 2026.","whyItMatters":"The game's full release marks the culmination of a four-year development cycle that began with a 2022 announcement and built to over 30,000 Steam wishlists by May 2026.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eWhistling Wizard, a New Zealand indie studio, released its hand-drawn action game Rose and Locket on Steam on Wednesday. The game draws visual and tonal inspiration from Genndy Tartakovsky's Samurai Jack. Players control Rose, a former outlaw whose daughter's soul was stolen by Envy, one of the seven deadly sins. To retrieve it, Rose must clear stages using 360-degree shooting, learnable gun skills, and bombs while defeating the other sins in the spirit realm called the Underwest.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe project was first announced in 2022, and a Steam demo arrived in 2024. Publisher Ninja Kiwi signed a contract in March 2026, and by May the game had accumulated over 30,000 Steam wishlist registrations. Rose and Locket is available now for 2,250 yen.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Whistling Wizard's Rose and Locket borrows Tartakovsky's visual economy for a Western that is also a purgatory crawl. The seven deadly sins are literal bosses, not metaphors.","twitterPost":"Rose and Locket maps a Western's outlaw redemption onto a spirit-world boss rush. The daughter is not dead; her soul is collateral.","threadsPost":"Whistling Wizard's Rose and Locket is a Western about a father fighting the seven deadly sins in a spirit world called the Underwest. The Samurai Jack influence shows in the hand-drawn animation and the 360-degree shooting. The daughter's soul is stolen by Envy, not killed. That distinction changes the stakes from revenge to recovery.","newsletterBlurb":"New Zealand indie studio Whistling Wizard released Rose and Locket on Steam on May 27. The hand-drawn action game, inspired by Samurai Jack, follows outlaw Rose as he battles the seven deadly sins to free his daughter's soul from a silver locket. A demo is available.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/05/27/167014.html\",\"title\":\"Gunman Action 'Rose and Locket' Inspired by 'Samurai Jack' Released on Steam! An Outlaw Confronts the Seven Deadly Sins in the Spirit World to Save His Daughter\"}]","lintFlagsJson":"[]","lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3664,"outputTokens":609,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1779897702,"createdAt":"2026-05-27T16:01:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-05-27T16:15:46.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-27T16:15:46.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_48a9b14937cd470f94b0d2f6","canonicalTitle":"「サムライジャック」などに影響を受けたガンマンACT『Rose and Locket』Steamでリリース！娘を救うため、1人のアウトローが魂の世界で七つの大罪に立ち向かう","representativeArticleId":"a_81e36e188f8262c1f5dc5691","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"サムライジャック\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Rose and Locket\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-05-27T14:00:04.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-05-27T14:00:04.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-27T16:15:46.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/05/27/167014.html","title":"「サムライジャック」などに影響を受けたガンマンACT『Rose and Locket』Steamでリリース！娘を救うため、1人のアウトローが魂の世界で七つの大罪に立ち向かう"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["サムライジャック"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Rose and Locket"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Whistling Wizard released Rose and Locket on PC via Steam on May 27, 2026.","The hand-drawn action game follows outlaw Rose as he fights the seven deadly sins in the spirit world to free his daughter's soul.","A Steam demo for Rose and Locket has been available since 2024.","Publisher Ninja Kiwi signed on to support the game in March 2026.","By May 2026, Rose and Locket had accumulated over 30,000 Steam wishlist registrations."]}