Winged Cloud is an American English language

visual novel A , often abbreviated as VN, is a form of digital semi-interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with and used in the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with sta ...

developer. They are known for creating the ''

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'' visual novel series, mainly of the adult genre.

History

Winged Cloud began releasing games on

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in 2014, under publisher

Sekai Project Sekai Project is an American video game publisher. They are best known for licensing and translating Japanese visual novels into English, but they have also published manga and other non-visual novel video games. History Sekai Project originated ...

. Their first title, ''

Sakura Spirit ''Sakura Spirit'' is a 2014 visual novel by British indie developer Winged Cloud and published by Sekai Project. The game was released on 9 July 2014 on Steam and MangaGamer. It is one of the few visual novels that are developed outside Japan a ...

'' was released on July 9, 2014. After publishing several of Winged Cloud's titles, Sekai Project and Winged Cloud ended their partnership. Following this, in 2015 Winged Cloud partnered with publisher

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and released ''Sakura Santa''. However, in 2016 MangaGamer ended their partnership with Winged Cloud citing "intractable creative differences." After leaving MangaGamer, Winged Cloud returned to their previous publisher Sekai Project, to release their next title, ''Sakura Dungeon''. Winged Cloud continued to release titles under Sekai Project, but in 2017, Sekai Project ended their partnership, and later released a statement stating that it was due to Winged Cloud's unprofessional behavior. After separating from Sekai Project, Winged Cloud began publishing their titles independently.

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Unreleased games

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