A jianghu that remembers you, and seven weddings.

Hi, I'm 肉. This time, I want to take a moment to talk about why I made Wuxia Life. A few years ago, I lost someone who mattered deeply to me. If it had happened in the jianghu, I could have done many things — but in real life, I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even get an apology. Later I realized that wuxia, as a genre, has always carried things like these: betrayal, injustice, decisions that couldn't be undone, words left unsaid, vengeance arriving too late. All the things that have nowhere to sit in real life — in the jianghu, they have a place. So at the end of 2025 and early 2026, I started writing Wuxia Life. Not just to make a wuxia game — but to build a world that remembers.

A world that remembers you

The core of this game is simple: What you do, the world remembers. The people you saved will recognize you on the mountain road. The ones whose master you slew — their disciples will come for you. The girl you turned down will look away when she passes you in the alley. These aren't scripted triggers. This world simply remembers. I wanted to build a world where "the things that should be remembered" finally have a place to live.

If you haven't seen the game yet

• Yingzhou Isle — an imagined island with five major sects to join

• ATB-style real-time combat, 4-person party with custom formations

• Four inner states (Heroism / Demonic / Stillness / Pressure) shift with your choices, affecting endings and NPC reactions

• The Storyteller appears at key moments, narrating your story in Chinese pingshu style

• 50+ encounters, multiple endings

• Traditional Chinese / English developed simultaneously

About the marriage system I just added...

Steam post image Honestly, this part is a bit personal. Seven characters can marry you. Each has 10+ bond quests — from first meeting all the way to the wedding portrait. Why did I spend so much time on this? Truth is... I'm also kind of hoping to find my own other half, haha. So I poured that hope into seven stories — seven people willing to walk with you to that wedding night. But you can only choose one! As for who those seven are? One of them you may have seen on the store page. Today I'm revealing another. The other five — wait until Early Access.

Timeline

📅 October 2026: Demo at Steam Next Fest 📅 November 10, 2026: Early Access launch EA runs 6–9 months. EA buyers receive every update through 1.0 at no extra cost.

If you've ever had something you couldn't make right in real life — something you wish a world could remember — please click [+ Add to Wishlist] above. —— Rou's Lab 📧 Contact: pcc402@nyu.edu