. The developer's blog is here.The game's storyline is followed with two sequels, titled Yaneura no Lagoon (屋根裏のラグーン "Lagoon's Attic") and Irori no Lagoon (囲炉裏のラグーン "Lagoon's Hearth"), known as Lagoon Lounge 2 and Lagoon Lounge 3, respectively. The game and all of its sequels are complete. The series are originally written in Japanese and has been translated into English. Both the Japanese and English version of the series has been released, and are available in Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. App Locale will still be required for gameplay, though.
The story: All three games in the series have the story narrated from the perspective of the protagonist, Kuugo, a dark-furred Japanese Shiba Inu who reunites with an old friend at Harusu Village after losing his job and starts working at a local café dubbed the Lagoon Lounge, while also running into mischievous acts. Business has been good lately due to an increase in tourism — people are coming to experience the mysterious phenomenon known as "The Giant of Harusu." But then, other strange things start to occur, and Kuugo begins to wonder if something sinister is behind it, while solving the mystery of "The Poisonous Fountain".
The story captures many aspects of Japanese slice-of-life stories. The plot itself revolves around the day-to-day internal operations of the Lounge and its employees' relationships with one another. There is also an unchecked fascination with a mysterious fountain in the middle of town which appears to have some connection to the rampant earthquakes which have been occurring sporadically, dubbed "The Giant of Harusu."
A remake of the first game, officially dubbed Lagoon Lounge: The Poisonous Fountain, was released for Steam on July 5th, 2018, with improved graphics and enhanced character designs, while a new character was also introduced: Arashi Hinomoto, the newly-appointed chef for the Lagoon Lounge's rival restaurant, the Black Cat Café. The creator has also released a remake of the second game for Steam on January 26th, 2024, officially dubbed Lagoon Lounge 2: The Secret Roommate.
The gameplay is relatively short, ranging around 2 to 10 hours.
This game provides examples of:
- Bittersweet Ending: Downplayed but it just makes it bad for the one that was close to you the whole time... except Yamato. In Irori, he leaves the village in his ending.
- Cast of Snowflakes: Kuugo is a dark-furred Shiba Inu, Sousuke and Seiya are Arctic Wolves, and Gou is probably a Siberian Tiger.
- Hot Springs Episode: In the third game during the winter, Yuujirou received tickets to a hot spring from a mall lottery. All five of the potential love interests went.
- Invisible Parents: Sousuke and Seiya's parents and aunt, Yuujirou's parents, and Gou's dad. Sousuke and Seiya's parents and aunt are dead.
- Love Dodecahedron: Let's see... Kuugo loves Sousuke, who loves Gou, who loves Sousuke back but not sexually while also taking sexual favors from Kuugo, who's also in love with Rai, who loves Kuugo back, who also loved Yuujirou for a short while, who loved Yuuri, who loved Sousuke, who loved her back because of a wish but was eventually revealed to love Kuugo. And yes, all of this is canon according to the sequels.
- Multiple Endings: There are a total of 7 different endings in Irori. There are Sousuke's, Rai's, Yuujirou's, Gou's, Yamato's, Seiya's, and the Undecided Route.
