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Force Ape 白猿工作室

We make deep, turn-based role-playing games rooted in Chinese culture. Our first is Nine Springs.

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Turn-based CRPG · in development

Nine Springs 九泉

Nine Springs is a turn-based isometric CRPG set in a sealed Chinese mega-bunker, 80 years after the world above died. Ration water, learn forbidden fighting styles, and decide who controls the last breathable air.

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From the devlog

2026-10-18
Devlog #0: Building Nine Springs in public

A turn-based CRPG in a sealed Chinese mega-bunker. What it is, what already works, and why I'm showing all of it as I go.

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Why the white ape

In the old story of the Maiden of Yue, a white ape (白猿) came out of the forest and fenced with her using a bamboo stick until she had mastered the sword. It's the teacher of the martial arts tales: patient, wild and far stronger than it looks. We make games about the internal arts, so we took its name.

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