Red Candle Games announced the additions of their game titles to the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University in February. Note the plural, as both Detention and Devotion are included to the library’s collection, despite the latter still nowhere to be officially purchasable again. The Harvard-Yenching Library itself was formally founded in 1928, and is the largest Eastern Asian library maintained by any American University.

Their announcement on Facebook notes that they had not thought this possible, and will be “rethinking of the possibilities their games could achieve”. They apologize to the community for the worries of the past year, but reassures fans that they will always develop games with the same passion. They hope to be able to share more works in the future despite the less than ideal conditions. You can read their full announcement in English below:

Hello, we are Red Candle Games.

This February, the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University officially added both of our titles ‘返校 Detention’ and ‘還願 Devotion’ to its collection. It is an incredible honour which belongs to not only Red Candle but also our supporters/players worldwide. Special thank to the invitation from Harvard-Yenching Library and the assistance from James Cheng, Prof. David Der-wei Wang, Xiao-he Ma, and Yedong Chen for making it possible.

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Harvard-Yenching Library, formally founded in 1928, is known as the largest Eastern Asian library maintained by any American university. As game designers, never have we thought that our works could one day be added to its prestige collection. While we truly appreciate the recognition, we had also taken this opportunity to rethink the possibilities that our games could achieve.

For the past one year, we are sorry for making our community worried. Although the current status might not be ideal, we are still here and that nothing has changed – we are and will always develop games with the same passion.

Last but not the least, we’d like to express our gratitude toward our partners, friends and families, especially a big thank you to all fans who still believe in Red Candle Games. It’s a tough year for many of us, but we will keep going, and hopefully in the future we could share more works with you all.

Congratulations to Red Candle Games for their games to be included in the Harvard-Yenching Library, for at least preservation for future generations.