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October sneak peeks: a market street, a harbour fight, a throne room and a duel

Four clips in four weeks, before the game had a public name. Each shows a different place and a different fight.

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29 October 2026

A swordfighter mid-slash in a courtyard with torii gates
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From the developer's own posts.

  1. 01

    5 October: painted clouds, then a market street.

  2. 02

    8 October: a harbour fight, posted to show the sound design.

  3. 03

    23 October: an armoured figure in a hall of stained glass.

  4. 04

    29 October: a sword duel in a courtyard with torii gates.

5 October: “a new anime game in 2026”

Captioned “How it feels to pull up with a new anime game in 2026...”. The clip opens on a painted sky, streaks down through it and lands in a market street, where a group of characters stands in a cyan glow.

Characters standing in a cyan glow in a market street
The landing. Posted 5 October 2026. Image: daireb, official Discord.

8 October: sound design

“do you guys like our sound design”. A fight across a harbour square: fireballs, then a long orange slash along the ground.

A long orange slash crossing a harbour square
The slash. Posted 8 October 2026. Image: daireb, official Discord.

23 October: “Are you ready?”

A crimson-armoured figure waits in a hall lit through blue stained glass. The clip ends on a “coming soon” card. The same day daireb said the Discord's chats would open the next week.

A crimson-armoured figure in a hall of blue stained glass
The hall. Posted 23 October 2026. Image: daireb, official Discord.

29 October: a duel

A dark-haired swordfighter trades purple and blue slashes in a walled courtyard with torii gates. In the announcements channel: “I wonder if anything will happen TOMORROW... Probably not tho”. The chats opened the next day.

A swordfighter mid-slash in a courtyard with torii gates
Mid-slash. Posted 29 October 2026. Image: daireb, official Discord.

None of the four names a character, a place or a mode.

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