Ciconia no Naku Koro ni: Difference between revisions

The game was first announced by [[07th Expansion]] on December 30, 2016.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=07th_official|number=814754501588439040|date=30 December 2016|title=「昨日のコミケにうみねこレイヤーさんたちが居たと、スタッフに聞きました…。寒い中、僕の作品の衣装を選んでいただき本当にありがとうございます。 次回の「なく頃に」シリーズは、2017年始動予定です。「ひぐらし」「うみねこ」とはガラーッと変わった作品にするつもりです！よいお年を！（竜）|archive-url=https://archive.fo/OKhm2|archive-date=3 April 2017}}</ref> Concurrent with the 07th Expansion Party "5" event on April 1, 2017, the official 07th Expansion website was updated with a teaser image depicting the Dubai skyline with a feather in the foreground. On July 14, 2018, 07th Expansion announced that the game was to be released alongside ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku]]'' in the winter of 2018.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=07th_official|number=1018148111254896642|date=14 July 2018|title=今冬、2作品同時発表予定…ッ！！ ■07th Expansion 完全新作「●●のなく頃に(仮)」 ■原作ソフトオールインパック＋新シナリオ１本＋α 「うみねこのなく頃に 咲(さく)」 原画・シナリオ 　竜騎士07 メインスクリプター　 ナカオボウシ @tempo_kouhou メイングラフィック 　れもたろ @remotaro}}</ref> On November 29, 2018, 07th Expansion delayed the release date to the summer of 2019 and released a teaser trailer revealing the official name ''Ciconia no Naku Koro ni'' .<ref>{{cite tweet|user=07th_official|number=1068112357870592000|date=29 November 2018|title=07thExpansion on Twitter: &quot;2019年夏、07th Expansion 完全新作【キコニアのなく頃に】&#10;ティザームービー公開！&#10;&#10;原画・シナリオ 竜騎士07&#10;メインスクリプター ナカオボウシ @tempo_kouhou&#10;メイングラフィック・彩色 れもたろ @remotaro&#10;ＯＰテーマ歌唱　澤田真里愛 @DayoMaria&#10;&#10;https://t.co/GXHsjE4nAJ&#10;※再生画質1080p推奨… https://t.co/LKMNcAa4Kc&quot;}}</ref> At Sakura-Con 2019, Ryukishi07 and video game publisher [[MangaGamer]] announced that they would release the game for Microsoft Windows, simultaneously in English and Japanese, coinciding with Summer Comiket 2019 on August 9, 2019.<ref name="sil simultaneous">{{cite web |url=https://www.siliconera.com/2019/04/20/ciconia-when-they-cry-is-releasing-in-the-west-simultaneously-with-japan/ |title=Ciconia When They Cry Is Releasing In The West Simultaneously With Japan |author=Wong, Alistair |date=2019-04-20 |website=Siliconera |publisher=[[w:Curse, Inc.]] |access-date=2019-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423034355/https://www.siliconera.com/2019/04/20/ciconia-when-they-cry-is-releasing-in-the-west-simultaneously-with-japan/ |archive-date=2019-04-23 |dead-url=no |df= }}</ref> In July 2019, however, 07th Expansion announced that the game had been delayed until late September 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gematsu.com/2019/07/ciconia-when-they-cry-and-umineko-no-naku-koro-ni-saku-delayed-to-late-september-ciconia-opening-movie |title=Ciconia When They Cry and Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku delayed to late September; Ciconia opening movie |author=Romano, Sal |date=2019-07-15 |website=Gematsu |access-date=2019-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715052328/https://gematsu.com/2019/07/ciconia-when-they-cry-and-umineko-no-naku-koro-ni-saku-delayed-to-late-september-ciconia-opening-movie |archive-date=2019-07-15 |dead-url=no}}</ref> [[Witch Hunt]] released a demo version of the game in order to test the scripting engine. TheA second demo, containing two additional [[Data Fragments|data fragments]] (''Ciconia's'' version of the TIPS system), was released on September 27<ref>Official Witch Hunt Twitter account https://twitter.com/witchhunt_ot/status/1177508391687639041</ref>. ''Phase 1'' of the game was later delayed to October 4, 2019, coinciding with the first in-universe day {{umineko}}.