Fact Sheet

Release Date: 📆 Q4 2028 Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux: Steam and itch.io

Languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Developer: Psychic Kiss Location: Connecticut, USA Publisher: Self published

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📧 Contacts: General: [email protected]

About the Game

The Crane Rider's Tale is a visual novel/adventure game hybrid set in a fantasy town inspired by Chinese folktales. It features:

• A bizarre serial killer murder mystery with 5 endings filled with wild plot twists, humor, and even a little romance
• An art style based on medieval Chinese paintings and woodblock prints
• A stat-based dialogue system and skill check dice-rolls inspired by Disco Elysium

You play as Mourn-No-More, a kind but sickly man whose giant pet crane Snowfall is the fastest form of transportation around. You make a living flying your fellow townsfolk from place to place.

When your friend Peach Blossom is killed under baffling circumstances shortly after being flown to her destination, it's up to you to solve the mystery by picking your passengers wisely and learning all their secrets.

Or is it? Actually, maybe you get murdered next? A single decision or stroke of misfortune can send one down a radically different path in life. As such, this tale has five endings, each of which reveals a shocking twist that might alter your understanding of the mystery.

About the Developer

The Crane Rider’s Tale is developed by Psychic Kiss, a small team made up of director Brianna Lei (Butterfly Soup, Pom Gets Wi-Fi), programmer melessthanthree (Lucah: Born of a Dream, Death of a Wish), and composer Starling Tan (Pinball Spire, Delphinium).

Trailers

https://youtu.be/rFUjAXOA-GQ?si=aVXGQBZm4CAzJoo8

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