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Please Do Not Call It a Trash Game Streamer: HAPPY NANARU

[Please Do Not Call It a Trash Game Streamer] is a reverse-progression 2D platformer. Guide the cute bakery girl Nanaru through devil Yako's trials. As you advance, you lose abilities and controls deteriorate—a trap set by someone wishing the adventure never ends.

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"The child beside the controller."

[Please Do Not Call It a Trash Game Streamer] is a reverse-progression hardcore 2D platformer with a meta-fiction concept. It follows a Korean developer who personally visits a Japanese streamer that reviewed 『해피 나나루』—a fictional failed game released by TENTACLE SOFT in 2022—to perform an on-site repair.

The child always sat in that same spot. Sitting side-by-side on the floor of a friend's room, they would alternate between staring at the flashing CRT TV screen and watching their friend tightly gripping the controller.

The adventure on the screen and the "Hero" overcoming it were equally joyful and dazzling sights to the child. However, whether it was tearing down the demon king's castle, rescuing the princess, or defeating the devil, every great adventure eventually came to an end. Whenever the end credits rolled and the screen faded to a cold black, the air in the room suddenly felt empty and chilling.

The child simply wished that the Hero's shining adventure wouldn't stop there.

The child beside the controller started helping, just to make the joyful adventure last a little bit longer. They would recommend a cool, versatile red companion for the party, even if their growth was slow, or their eyes would sparkle as they pointed deep into the forest, claiming an even greater story was hidden there for multiple playthroughs. The longer the Hero's adventure lasted, the longer they could stay by their side and watch that dazzling spectacle. It was a pure, sincere desire for the epic tale to last forever.

But despite all that, the story always met its ending.

Finally, the child realized. For the Hero's great adventure to never end and continue for eternity... what was needed was a true devil—one who would never fall, who would bestow an eternal trial.

『해피 나나루』 is an adorable grand adventure where the bakery girl, Nanaru, sets off to reclaim stolen bread from the mischievous devil, Yako! An intuitive button-jump action that anyone can easily enjoy and a fairy-tale world await you!

All the level designs and gimmicks in this game are the culmination of a pure desire to keep the adventure going. Please, do not give up. Someone is watching this great adventure with deep interest from beyond the screen.

Now, shall we begin the adventure again, Hero?

(※ The story of this game is a work of fiction.)