{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8bbc551ed1e2b76282054eae","clusterId":"c_de983ca466142b537c01655d","slug":"yoru-no-namae-demo-opens-its-arcade-notebook-at-steam-next-fest","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Yoru no Namae Demo Opens Its Arcade Notebook at Steam Next Fest","summary":"Yoakelabo showed a demo of Yoru no Namae at Steam Next Fest. The novel game is set in an arcade in a regional city and follows two girls absorbed in arcade music games, tied together by a communication notebook kept inside the game center. The protagonist returns to uncover the truth of an incident at the arcade, reuniting with an arcade friend after 10 years. .THi (Hiroshi Takeyasu) and TAG contributed BGM, and a Sound Room plays some tracks in high quality.","whyItMatters":"The demo puts a small, nostalgia-driven novel game in front of Steam Next Fest's audience with two arcade music game veterans on BGM, which is the most direct claim the project can make on the era it depicts.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe demo covers the early part of the main story, in which the protagonist returns to a game center to sort out what happened there years earlier. The arcade friend from that period comes back into the picture, and the two work through misunderstandings that were left unresolved.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe BGM is the project\u0026#39;s other selling point. Hiroshi Takeyasu, credited as .THi, worked on sound from the early days of arcade music games, and TAG worked as director and composer on dance music games. Both wrote new tracks for the game. A Sound Room lets players hear some of them in high quality. The game is in development for PC via Steam.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yoru no Namae got a Steam Next Fest demo. The novel game is set in a regional arcade, built around two girls and a communication notebook. BGM comes from .THi (Hiroshi Takeyasu) and TAG. PC via Steam.","twitterPost":"Yoru no Namae demo is up for Steam Next Fest. A novel game set in a regional arcade, following two girls and a communication notebook. BGM by .THi (Hiroshi Takeyasu) and TAG. PC via Steam.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Yoakelabo brought a demo of Yoru no Namae to Steam Next Fest. The novel game sits in a regional arcade, where two girls absorbed in music games leave behind a communication notebook. .THi (Hiroshi Takeyasu) and TAG wrote new BGM, and a Sound Room plays some of it in high quality.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/20/173841.html\",\"title\":\"A Heisei Rhythm Game Tribute! Text ADV 'Yoru no Namae' Demo Released, Letting You 'Read' 2000 Arcade Music Game Culture; Story Unfolds Around a 'Communication Notebook'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4771,"outputTokens":639,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792490834,"createdAt":"2026-10-20T10:03:12.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T10:06:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T10:06:08.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_de983ca466142b537c01655d","canonicalTitle":"平成音ゲーリスペクト！2000年のアーケード音楽ゲーム文化を「読む」テキストADV『夜の名前』体験版公開。「コミュニケーションノート」を軸に物語が展開","representativeArticleId":"a_98ba56b7b94081ebe8a8fb6a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Yoru no Namae\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\".THi\",\"TAG\",\"Hiroshi Takeyasu\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-20T08:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-20T08:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-20T10:06:09.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/20/173841.html","title":"平成音ゲーリスペクト！2000年のアーケード音楽ゲーム文化を「読む」テキストADV『夜の名前』体験版公開。「コミュニケーションノート」を軸に物語が展開"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Yoru no Namae"],"studios":[],"people":[".THi","TAG","Hiroshi Takeyasu"],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}