Character House -Desktop Companion-

Greetings from the Character House dev team! Our very first game, "Character House -Desktop Companion-," has been live in demo form for one month — and we've just officially passed 200,000 wishlists! That's right: with zero marketing spend and no publisher, we hit this milestone in our first month purely through word of mouth from our players. Thank you all so much!We'll be participating in October's Next Fest, and we'd love your support!From the nerves of making our first game, to sleepless nights of anxiety over launching our store page too late, to the overwhelming wave of positive feedback after the demo release — the past month has felt like a roller coaster ride! But it also means greater expectations and pressure ahead. The team is now firing on all cylinders, working hard to deliver the full release in its best possible form. Thank you once again for your support!

Feature UpdatesThe Character House Demo now supports the "Custom Upload" feature! You can create each part yourself and personalize your character. We've opened up almost all parts, including 【Hairstyles】【Facial Features】【Outfits】【Accessories】, for everyone to try!For detailed instructions (including templates), check out the 【Custom Tutorial】 in-game, or visit: https://elfartworld.com/static/custom.htmlAbout "Custom Upload"Encouraging creativity. Creators, feel free to @ our official account — if we find interesting creations, we'll be happy to share and promote them.Copyright belongs to the creators. Items created through the Custom feature are copyrighted to their creators. We will not use related works without the creator's consent.Commission requests between players are allowed. We allow players to make commission deals based on the "Custom feature". We will not interfere with private transactions between players.Handle transaction disputes at your own responsibility. Commissions are private transactions between players. If disputes arise during a transaction, both parties should resolve them through negotiation. We do not participate in mediation, nor do we bear any related responsibility. Please carefully verify your trading partners, trade cautiously, and protect your own rights and interests.We have created a new fan-art channel on Discord. Everyone is welcome to showcase their artwork or post commission requests there.Of course, the official version will also offer more official items to meet different needs, so stay tuned for the official release~Save Data Corruption HandlingAbout the issues where "no character appears on screen" and "only the gift box appears on screen".We've confirmed that these were caused by corrupted save data from abnormal game exits. Here are the optimizations we've made：Optimized the save function to greatly reduce the occurrence of save data corruptionProvided a save reset feature so players unable to play normally due to corrupt...

It's been exactly one week since the demo launched, and today we officially passed 100,000 wishlists! We're blown away by your support—this is far beyond anything our team expected, and it's only strengthened our commitment to making this game the best it can be!Here's what we've fixed over the past week (full details in the Steam announcement):Added a character reset option to prevent characters from disappearing from the screenAdded an option to turn off the counterAdded frame rate options to reduce the load on your PCFixed a bug where the install prompt would still pop up even after uninstallingWe've also rolled out translation improvements today, so the game should feel a lot smoother. Huge thanks to the talented folks who helped with translation and proofreading—you're the best!We know there are still issues out there—black screens, installation failures, character display glitches—that are genuinely getting in the way of your experience. We're working hard on fixes, so please hang in there with us a little longer.We've seen an incredible amount of feedback across every platform. With our small team, we unfortunately can't reply to every single thoughtful message, and we're truly sorry for that. But please know that we've read every single one of them. Thank you!Just a week ago, we were anxious about wishlists. This is our first game, we had zero experience publishing indie titles, and our biggest marketing expense was hiring a studio to produce the trailer. To everyone who helped spread the word—friends, players, and gaming media alike—thank you from the bottom of our hearts.We know we've still got a long way to go, so going forward we'll be focusing our energy on development, and we're doing our best to bring you the "Custom Upload" feature in October's demo update. We may still fall behind on replying to feedback, and we hope you'll bear with us.Of course, the demo will keep getting updates, and we're fixing your reported issues as fast as we can. Stay tuned...