<s>
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
developed	O
by	O
Brianna	O
Lei	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
coming-of-age	O
story	O
shows	O
them	O
as	O
they	O
join	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
club	O
and	O
centers	O
on	O
the	O
romance	O
between	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
,	O
Diya	O
,	O
and	O
her	O
friend	O
Min	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
2	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
,	O
wherein	O
the	O
player	O
advances	O
through	O
scenes	O
with	O
static	O
two-dimensional	O
images	O
of	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
many	O
visual	O
novels	O
,	O
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
does	O
not	O
feature	O
a	O
branching	O
narrative	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
choices	O
can	O
impact	O
the	O
wording	O
of	O
individual	O
scenes	O
but	O
do	O
not	O
change	O
the	O
overall	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
follows	O
four	O
LGBT	O
Asian-American	O
girls	O
as	O
they	O
attend	O
their	O
first	O
year	O
of	O
high	O
school	O
and	O
bond	O
as	O
members	O
of	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
club	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
characters	O
include	O
Min	O
's	O
twin	O
brother	O
Jun-Seo	O
and	O
baseball	B-Application
captains	O
Chryssa	O
and	O
Liz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
finishes	O
with	O
the	O
trio	O
collectively	O
deciding	O
to	O
try	O
out	O
a	O
new	O
baseball	B-Application
club	O
and	O
discovering	O
that	O
Min	O
has	O
moved	O
back	O
to	O
Fremont	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
present	O
day	O
,	O
the	O
four	O
girls	O
play	O
a	O
practice	O
scrimmage	O
with	O
the	O
baseball	B-Application
club	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Akarsha	O
's	O
section	O
,	O
set	O
entirely	O
in	O
the	O
present	O
,	O
the	O
girls	O
play	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
against	O
a	O
team	O
from	O
Jun	O
's	O
school	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
baseball	B-Application
club	O
goes	O
for	O
a	O
team	O
outing	O
at	O
a	O
restaurant	O
,	O
where	O
Min	O
asks	O
out	O
Diya	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Brianna	O
Lei	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
two	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
her	O
most	O
popular	O
game	O
prior	O
to	O
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
was	O
her	O
first	O
,	O
Pom	O
Gets	O
Wi-Fi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
developing	O
the	O
concept	O
for	O
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
,	O
Lei	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
sports	O
anime	O
shows	O
such	O
as	O
Haikyu	O
!!	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
art	O
and	O
gameplay	O
style	O
were	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Ace	B-Application
Attorney	I-Application
series	O
of	O
visual	O
novels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
settled	O
on	O
a	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
baseball	B-Application
yuri	O
"	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Bay	O
Area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
concluded	O
with	O
the	O
graduation	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
older	O
baseball	B-Application
captains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
had	O
Diya	O
and	O
Min	O
as	O
the	O
sole	O
protagonists	O
with	O
Diya	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
character	O
and	O
Min	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
a	O
different	O
baseball	B-Application
team	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
the	O
pair	O
's	O
first	O
kiss	O
much	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akarsha	O
and	O
Noelle	O
were	O
included	O
as	O
supporting	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
story	O
would	O
cover	O
multiple	O
baseball	B-Application
games	O
throughout	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lei	O
decided	O
early	O
on	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
too	O
long	O
for	O
her	O
background	O
in	O
creating	O
short	O
stories	O
and	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
ended	O
it	O
halfway	O
through	O
the	O
school	O
year	O
with	O
only	O
a	O
single	O
full	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
and	O
Diya	O
and	O
Min	O
's	O
date	O
as	O
the	O
conclusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortening	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
resulted	O
in	O
removing	O
planned	O
plot	O
and	O
character	O
arcs	O
for	O
Akarsha	O
,	O
Noelle	O
,	O
and	O
supporting	O
characters	O
,	O
which	O
she	O
later	O
moved	O
to	O
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Diya	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
character	O
designed	O
;	O
even	O
before	O
deciding	O
on	O
the	O
baseball	B-Application
theme	O
Lei	O
had	O
designed	O
Diya	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
aesthetic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lei	O
released	O
a	O
demo	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
itch.io	O
on	O
May	O
29	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
full	O
release	O
on	O
September	O
16	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
English	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
with	O
fan-made	O
translations	O
to	O
several	O
other	O
languages	O
added	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
unofficial	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
was	O
named	O
the	O
"	O
best	O
visual	O
novel	O
"	O
of	O
2017	O
by	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
and	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Narrative	O
award	O
at	O
the	O
2018	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laptop	O
Mag	O
noted	O
it	O
as	O
still	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
foremost	O
titles	O
on	O
itch.io	O
in	O
June	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
released	O
the	O
sequel	O
,	O
Butterfly	B-Application
Soup	I-Application
2	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
October	O
29	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
similar	O
length	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
"	O
pay	O
what	O
you	O
want	O
"	O
on	O
itch.io	O
.	O
</s>
