Tencent mobile game 'Walnut Diary' is resurrected, and 17,000 people signed up for testing! It is expected to be officially launched in mid-to-late March.

Recently, Tencent’s “Walnut Diary”, which was suspended last year (12:00 on February 15, 2023), announced that it will be restarted and has launched a second test recruitment. According to official disclosures, more than 1,000 people have signed up for the 2,000-person test, and the test is expected to start in mid-to-late March.

The original version of "Walnut Diary" is a beautiful girl companion and development mobile game developed by Giant Network and published by Tencent Games. It was released on April 16, 2021, and the Taiwan server was released on October 14, 2021. It is claimed that "players can live and farm together with the popular emoticon girl Nanase Kurumi, and easily cultivate your Kurumi."

However, the revenue of "Walnut Diary" has been poor since its launch. It was finally removed from the shelves in December 2022 and suspended in February 2023.

Moebai revealed that the protagonist of this game, Nanase Kurumi, is an emoticon pack "メンヘラちゃん" created by the illustrator ぽむ. "" and its derivative works, the character is set to be 16 years old, likes bathing, music, and hates loneliness.

▲ Picture source emoticon package related settings page

Finally shared a piece written by Xiong Ji, the producer of "Walnut Diary" on the second day of the shutdown of the national server. If so, I hope the restart after a year will go smoothly!

Hi, I am Xiong Ji, the producer of Walnut Diary. I am very happy to announce to you that Walnut Diary will begin to operate independently.

From the beginning in 2018 as a crazy fan of Hutao emoticons to the final shutdown of the Tencent version of the national server on February 15, 2023, I have been getting along with Hutao for 5 years without knowing it. Hutao has integrated into every corner of my life, and she seems to have become a real friend of mine.

Thank you to Tencent for taking good care of Hutao, and also thank Giant Network for its support and encouragement for Hutao to continue to operate independently. From this moment on, I no longer work for capital, but for myself and for my "love of walnuts."

Me and several friends who love Hutao want to name this upcoming work "Wudao Diary·Companying the Original Intention", which represents our love for Hutao and also represents my initial love for this game. My original intention is to have walnuts at home to keep me company.

After being separated from capital, the revenue pressure of the game will not be as great as before, so the design of the game can become a little more relaxed, instead of prioritizing profit everywhere. However, in the process of independently operating Hutao Diary in the future, due to limited resources and manpower, it may no longer be able to invest as much in production costs as it was originally, and it may not be able to maintain the redundant functional design in the current version of Hutao Diary. Therefore, I plan to redo Walnut Diary, remove redundant system functions, make it simple and pure, and return to the original vision.

"There are walnuts at home, stay with me" - this is my definition and original intention of this game. My original idea of ​​walnut diary was just a warm and healing casual game. A warm little room, a cute little girl, she has integrated into my real life, sending me messages, chatting with me, interacting with me, scenes of warm daily stories, a small and exquisite product , nothing more. There are no cards to upgrade stars, no values ​​​​to develop, no drawings to pass levels, no farming and harvesting, and no routine systems that are talked about by planners in the industry.

So, I plan to remove those redundant functions that are forced to be designed for the so-called "making big money and making hits", and focus my core energy only on producing more plot content and interactive content. The profit part can be made by selling the appearance of the clothing. Click here to let Hutao's healing and companionship become purer and return to the place where the dream began.

Many colleagues have asked me why I want to continue to make a "non-profitable" product like Hutao Diary. I usually reply jokingly: "Because there is love."

I am a bit sociophobic and do not like to socialize, but this does not mean that I do not need companionship and healing. I myself am an audience user of this healing category. I understand very well what users want and why this group needs healing and companionship. Of course, I also understand why everyone likes Hutao so much.

——"Because there is love."

Producer Xiong Ji February 16, 2023

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