Hundred Nights: DIFU

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• Announcements·25 Jun 2026Official

  DIFU in June: A Humble Start

  Today marks the official announcement of Hundred Nights: DIFU, an Eastern underworld city builder and management sim game. Yay! We are excited and humbled to welcome everyone to join this journey.If you are reading this, you are still early. Hundred Nights: DIFU just entered the pre-alpha development stage. Slowly but steadily, we are moving development toward a closed pre-alpha test in the 2nd half of 2026.Here's what we want to share with you.Life in Afterlife - Announcement TrailerWatch our first game trailer here! If you can, hit the like button and leave a comment.Our JourneyConfident, joyful, and fulfilling. These three words come out of my mind when I look back at the path we have been through. It only has been six months since the start of the development, and three months since our store page went live. The journey ahead is still long and today is just a start.Looking at the journey ahead, excited and humbled. Being early is not an excuse for being bad or not fun. It is still our ultimate goal to deliver Hundred Nights: DIFU a unique and fun city builder simulation set in Eastern Underworld. We know what to do and where we are headed. And we give it our heart and soul.We are committed to keep updating our development journey. Documenting every little changes compared to the early stages feels a sense of accomplishment. That's right. It is just like a simulation game. Every save is a bit better compared to the last.Next StepsFirst of all, please let us know what do you think of the gameplay video, your suggestions, feedbacks, or critics. Honestly, we want to learn it from the players.As for the next steps,1) move development done to alpha stage, hopefully complete alpha stage development in 20262) polish alpha gameplay for a closed alpha test with community players3) keep community updated with monthly devlogs to inform progress and collect feedbacks.Last but not least, please join our official Discord channel! Talk with us, share your thoughts, and follow u...
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• Announcements·19 May 2026Official

  May Devlog: New Hell Facility, Soul Needs, and Culture Corner!

  Hi DIFUers, glad to write a new issue on Hundred Nights: DIFU's new progress. This might be a bit long and we appreciate everyone for your time!tl;drwe had a new punishment facility called Frozen Hell. It freezes souls.we made toilets for souls because they have everyday needs here in the underworld too.culture corner discusses the origin of Ginseng, a traditional Chinese medicine like coffee but you can't have too much.New Punishment Arrives: the Frozen HellMeet Frozen Hell, one of the most ambitious facilities on the punishment market. Inspired by dragon claw, Frozen Hell freezes sinful souls to the chillest level, sharp, determined, and absolutely no mercy. According to ancient myths, those who were cruel and cold would be punished by Frozen Hell when they entered the underworld. Well, that is really ironic.Below is the concept art of Frozen Hell. Aren't you thrilled by the look of the dragon claw, huge ice cube, and chains around? This is the magic of Frozen, pun intended.On the other hand, Frozen Hell has already made other punishment facilities look less cool. However, there are at least a dozen more of these punishment facilities to be designed. That is another story for the Culture Corner at another time. (hint: Hell has eighteen levels in Eastern underworld and they each represent a different punishment)On to the next UPDATE!From Buildings to Souls' NeedsOh wait, Souls' Needs and buildings? That sounds familiar. The truth is - this is definitely familiar.Souls have needs. They need to be satisfied by building different types of buildings in Hundred Nights: DIFU. By satisfying needs, Fengdu City is born, flourished, and expanded.Souls have different needs. They have basic ones like food and sleep. They have higher level needs like entertainment and soulmateship. And most importantly, they need to use toilets with a sense of urgency.The design of toilets, aka the Washhouse, is inspired by squat toilets. Not here to discuss the comfort level of different posit...
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• Announcements·17 Apr 2026Official

  April Devlog: Build Feature, Souls, Culture Corner, and More!

  Hey DIFUers, it's your CM Leo! Glad that we have had a busy March and April developing the hell out of Hundred Nights: DIFU, a game about Eastern hell. The progress of April is actually super huge! Can't wait to share these with you all in today's April devlog.What is Build Freely in HNDF?Hundred Nights: DIFU stands out from other city builder sims for one big reason, the customization of land. The land of the underworld is customizable to its full aspects, which gives players (you guys and gals!) more stylization and strategic fun while doing the regular management part of running the underworld.We just finished the core functionality of the so called build freely feature. And still, we have much depth planned adding to the core functionality. But, you certainly can get the point of how building freely works in DIFU. Enough talking, let me just show you the work!Expand horizontally on both sides of the surface, making different shapes you want.Expand vertically and move freely in the vast underworld.These basic core functionality can provide you with tools to expand the land size as you go further in the game and customize the shape of your land to make different landscapes.And if you have already noticed, the linkage of land is automatic. It will feel like magnats sticking together to make sure that expanding and building new land is effortless and fun.Hope you get an idea about the basic version of what building freely means. We have much depth and QoL planned in this month and upcoming months in production. Let us know what you think about it in the comment section.New Souls Are Coming to the Hell!We also made big progress in concept design, adding two more occupations of souls in Hundred Nights: DIFU. They have interesting background stories that I want to share with you!The Beggars. How come they are dead? Maybe it is because the last cold wind blowing, or a surprise mad eating, or a nap in hot summer days, or a faint in a crowd... Probably, they may have spec...
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• Announcements·18 Mar 2026Official

  Hello from the Underworld, aka DIFU

  If You Are Reading This, You Are Officially Early.Congratulations to you, you have found a hidden gem of simulation game early on. Congratulations to us, luckily we found you, simulation lovers and indie players. THANK YOU for reading this! Hundred Nights: DIFU is an Eastern underworld (aka Chinese hell) themed management simulation and building indie game. You will be the lord of the Chinese hell, manage different things from a top down view in a 3D cartoony world.Not to spoil too much fun before demo, let's just say that the game is a combination of three things, highly customizable world, hell management sim, and unique cultural background.The goal is to make it fun, humorous, and accessible. At the same time, add some unique flavors and some gameplay innovations, which make Hundred Nights: DIFU stand out.What to Expect in 2026?To be honest, we are still very early in development.We do have two important things in plan, the first demo and the first announcement preview video (world premiere). The general goal is to enter beta phase with the first demo playtest within 2026. And then, we plan to update a detailed roadmap.We believe in craftsmanship in making our first indie game of the studio, so it may take unexpected extra time in the process of game development. But, we will do our best in communicating details with you.Meet the Team, PixelsCove.We are a team of 8, based in Chongqing, China. This city does have some magic power in indie games. Great indie teams like Pathea Games (dev of My Time series), Youthcat Studio (dev of Dyson Sphere Program), and GSQ studios are here as well.We are passionate about simulation games and our culture. In history, the Fengdu City where souls live is considered located somewhere in Chongqing. And it is the city of mountains, making it even more mysterious and hell-ish.That's why Hundred Nights: DIFU is conceptualized.We are humbled and excited to write the first update about our game. And can't wait for more!See you in the nex...
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