You can now juggle a ball on the playground (100 times for an achievement). Player 2 will be able to do it in the next update.

Hello.

Thanks to grap3_day sending me an old save file I was able to fix the issue. Now you can use save files from original game.

You have to manually relocate them from:

C:\Users\YOUR_ACCOUNT\AppData\Local\the_friends_of_ringo_ishikawa

to

C:\Users\YOUR_ACCOUNT\AppData\Local\the_friends_of_ringo_ishikawa_ex

Don't forget that not all EX features will be available though (like fish and bicycle shop won't have shop owners etc.) and it could contain more bugs. If you report a bug please pinpoint that you played from the old save.

Thanks!

Hello.

After EX update I added:

DONE:

1. 8 new achievements
   
2. Free roam mode after completing the story
   
3. Player 2 can pet the cat
   
4. Player 2 can use scales in the gym
   
5. Player 2 can ride bicycles solo (he could just sit on Ringo bicycle before)

IN WORK:

1. Player 2 controls friends in ping pong and pool
   
2. Player 2 can take bags

You can check status of future updates here: https://gtm.you1.cn/app/846110/discussions/0/510695968495149823/

I'm not sure for how long I'll be working on the game, maybe couple of days or weeks. Mostly I'm already satisfied with it.

Hello.

It seems that the translation wasn't done by the author of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obkd_QkHNCg

I found older videos with instructions for installation of this translation, for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMwKOo5o-6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwX7mtTb4IM

Didn't check from the start cause I'm used to believe people.

Sadly, he didn't say it to me when I proposed to pay for the translation (I hope that my partner didn't send the money yet).

In any case, if you're the real author of this translation and has a proof, please write me to j7704@yandex.ru

The above person already deceived me (if he has proofs that he made the translation - I apologize), so I can't believe the next person by word. Sadly.

Hello, fellas!

I added 7 new achievements (5 from XBox 2nd update and 2 brand new ones).

And a long awaited "Free Roam Mode". You can pause/unpause the story any time on the "pause screen". To activate it you need to finish the story and see the credits roll. After you get the achievement and run the game from Steam - you'll see the option.

You also can turn the music off now (on the same screen). Maybe I'll add a couple more achievements next week, but overall I'm happy with the update so that's it.

Enjoy!

* Please report bugs at the forum so I can fix them.

Hello!

EX update is live now. What's inside:

1. Local 2 player coop
2. Updated sprites for characters
3. Bicycles
4. New street with a bicycle store and a fish store
5. New skills for Mechanic "dojo", new throw (suplex from FA), brand new karate drop kick
6. Updated battle mechanics
7. KO animations from FA
8. Skippable cutscenes and dialogues
9. Jumping will be removed
10. Lowering screen size from 250x140 to 240x135 so the game will look cleaner in full screen
11. Br Portuguese localization (some GUI lines are Deepl translated for now, will be replaced when I get proper translation from the translator)
12. Korean GUI (Korean dialogues are available for a long time)
13. Changeable shoes (you can change to white ones in the school)
14. Fishing mini-game
15. Little tweaks here and there

You can play old versions anytime via beta-branches:

I tried to make old saves work but I can't guarantee anything sadly, cause some game's logic changed significantly.

A little reminder that I'm a solo dev so expect some bugs ) Please submit them to the forum - I'll try to fix them.

I'll add some new achievements and free roam mode by the end of the next week.

Enjoy the update!

Hello!

I need a little help with Spanish and French GUI:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15us8fYVTrfnqgxLdnCQ7A0zCE2gzw3rFI9DwbJ5M8g0/edit?gid=0#gid=0

DONE!

And more help with Korean GUI. I took names from dialogues, but item names are just Deepl translated, also I doubt that Deepl will translate skill names and descriptions correctly.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qMT9hlLLl1S6Qxu6YWdCTfdyQAeOffGzwFHCg1hdzIY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Please fill the tables!

DONE!

The update is almost ready, I hope to release it by the end of the next week.

Thanks!

Hello!

Recently I found out that there's a fan's Brazilian localization of the game. After I updated the game to GMS 2.3, the method which the author used to apply the translation doesn't work, so I decided to buy this translation and make it official.

So the upcoming update will be available in Brazilian.

Hello, fellas!

Maybe you know that I'm working on my hobby project about school delinquents now. We almost finished with all background concepts and now I'm working on dialogues, battle mechanics and game structure. It's a lot of work, so I'm not sure when the game will be ready.

As for animations, we took animations from my last game Fading Afternoon, Ueda M. redesigned it for school uniform and my dad added shadows. And since FA used animations from Ringo, now I basically have updated Ringo animations. And some new ones.

I was thinking of making a DLC or even remaster the whole game, but now I decided to just update it for free.

I'm not sure how much content I'll add but my current list is this:

1. Updated sprites for characters
2. New skills for Mechanic (his original skills all sucked)
3. Bicycles
4. New street with bicycle store and fish store
5. Fishing mini-game from FA
6. Local co-op
7. Lowering screen size from 250x140 to 240x135 so the game will look cleaner in full screen (I don't know why I made 250x140... all fonts looks horrible in full screen)
8. Jumping will be removed
9. Updated battle mechanics (I think that battle system could be better, compared to FA and my current project it's not that fun, so I want to update it)
10. Skippable cutscenes and dialogues (as I made it in FA)
11. Some new battle animations (I already made 1 brand new kick that wasn't even in FA, and I want to add some damaging animations from FA and maybe new throw skill for Judo class)
12. Free roam mode
13. Maybe something more...

I think that I'll start updating the game in a couple of weeks, so the first update will be ready by New Year. I won't add all this content in one patch, so it'll be added gradually.

Stay tuned, and thank you very much for your support and continuous interest in the game!

P.S.

Original version will stay available on a different branch.