Gacha Club

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Gacha Club.

To do: Add rest of the pictures and document them as well. In future, make Gacha Life/Gacha Life 2 page on TCRF....if any of the games has any unused stuff.

2019#

May#

On May 4, Lunime announced Gacha Life 2, a sequel to Gacha Life. It was originally intended to be a major update to Gacha Life, but it was scrapped due to concerns about bugs and the possibility that players wouldn't be able to run it.

August#

On August 31, Lunime announced a new game under the Gacha Club name, also revealing a planned release date of early 2020. The name Gacha Life 2 would eventually be used for a separate game released in 2023.

2020#

January#

On January 1, Lunime posted an image wishing everyone a Happy New Year, featuring Luni, Senpaibuns, Radd, Phantom, Ramunade, Shachimu, Mumble, and two unidentified characters in their chibi forms.

June#

From June 5 to June 7, Lunime revealed new "Clubs" which would soon become official in-game presets.

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Early Screenshots#

On official website of Gacha Club, There are four (technically three) screenshots taken from a pre-release build of the game, with small noticeable UI differences.

Features#

Hide#

A pre-release screenshot shows that the background is not positioned correctly.

Pre-Release Hide feature	Current Hide feature

• Hide does not yet have options for Display Outlines, Face Layer Order, Front Hair, or Eyes and Rear Hair.
• The Ride tab was replaced by the Objects tab and moved to the right.
• The Effects, Pets, and Chat tabs were also relocated.
• Body Map #3 was replaced by Head Map.
• The Stand and "Save.PNG" buttons are not yet present.¹
• Character icons differ between the versions.

Body#

The Body section underwent some changes, although it was nearly final.

Pre-Release Body features 1	Current Body features 1

Pre-Release Body features 2	Current Body features 2

• Pose selection on Page 50 in the pre-release reuses a Gacha Pose icon from the previous game, Gacha Life.
• The "Page" box uses a different font.
• The category for poses on Page 50 is different: here, it’s for standing poses, while the released game uses this page for extra poses.
• Characters only had 11 hand choices for the left and right hands.
• There were only 10 shadows available, whereas the released game currently has 20.
• There is no Shadow Character/color option in pre-release image.
• Character Icons in pre-release build used to have 6 more options, however the current build only has 14. The reason behind it is unknown.

Profile#

The Character Profiles were still receiving layout tweaks.

Pre-Release Profile	Current Profile

• Luni's icon in Favorite Character appears to be a work in progress, zoomed in, and shown from a different angle.
• There are no icons on the Import and Export buttons.
• "View Full Profile" was later renamed to "View Character Profile."
• There is no Additional Details option button.
• The pre-release lacks the warning about not inputting real-life information in Character Profiles.

Swap Characters#

Pre-Release Swap Characters	Current Swap Characters

• Instead of just names on characters, there was a plan to include detailed character head icons.
• The Select option was removed.
• Copy was replaced by Copy All.
• There is no Copy Hair option yet.
• The buttons lack their UI icons.
• Originally, only 40 character slots were planned; the current version of the game has 90 slots.
• Extra Characters were renamed Backup in the final game.

Differences#

• The pre-release main menu uses a different Default Girl preset; however, Luni never released a screenshot of the pre-release Default Boy preset, leaving theories about how he might have looked.
• The Gacha section appears finished, but the final game lacks Power Strike x3 and Fire ATK+.
• In the pre-release, DJ Leak was previously called "Spoiler-Kun" before eventually being renamed.

References#