About This Game

Welcome to Qixia Apartment, where a wonderfully fragrant daily life awaits!

The Qixia Diary is an original Visual Novel inspired by the food culture of Hangzhou, China. You play as Sheng Sheng（Personification of Dingsheng Cake, a famous Hangzhou dessert）—a first-year art student at Yunqi University. Through her eyes, you’ll step into a vibrant and heartwarming life by the West Lake.

Chapter 1: Moving into Qixia Apartment and Meeting Her Flavorful “Roommates”

At the start of the new semester, Sheng Sheng moves into an old house called Qixia Apartment located on the shore of West Lake in Hangzhou, where she quickly realizes that co-living here is anything but ordinary:

Su Hupo (personified Dongpo Pork): An athletic, fiery sports enthusiast.

Long Siyue (personified Longjing Shrimp): A razor-tongued, logic-driven computer genius.

A Chuan (personified Pian’er Chuan Noodles): A gentle, reliable, healing-type older sister.

Living under the same roof with three distinctive girls—each inspired by a famous Hangzhou dish—their daily squabbles, teamwork, shared meals, and heartfelt chats create a lively, cozy symphony of laughter and warmth.

A Relaxing University Life Blended with the Charm of Hangzhou

The game beautifully merges freshman life with local Hangzhou scenery. Explore detailed settings and encounter authentic Hangzhou cuisine and cultural tidbits. Yet beneath the cheerful co-living surface, Qixia Lodge seems to hold hidden secrets… Late one night, a mysterious event quietly shatters the peace.

Game Features:

Food Personification, Cultural Reinterpretation: Immerse yourself in the lively modern campus life of five Hangzhou food-inspired girls.

Hangzhou Strolls, Modern Vibe: Experience the city’s scenery, history, and daily life through beautifully illustrated settings.

Heartwarming Daily Life & Subtle Growth: Focus on friendship, personal growth, and the ups and downs of shared living.

Mystery Subplot & Light Sci-Fi: Uncover hidden clues of soft sci-fi suspense woven into everyday life, gradually revealing a unique worldview.

Ready to join Sheng Sheng and her roommates? Together, write a story filled with delicious food, laughter, and a dash of the extraordinary in “The Qixia Diary”—amid the lakeside glow, bustling campus days, and the warmth of an old home.

Please note: The game chapters are still in development. The currently available content goes up to Chapter 2 Part 1.We plan to release Chapter 2 Part 2 and Chapter 3 in March 2026. Stay tuned!

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI was used to assist in the creation of game character illustrations and background artwork.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game is a text-based adventure (visual novel) and contains no sexual content, sexual assault/non-consensual sexual acts, drug abuse, or alcohol abuse. The mature content in the game is mainly focused on the plot descriptions of certain endings (BAD END), which are specifically as follows: 1. Related to Violence and Death: Includes textual descriptions of characters losing consciousness, accidental or non-accidental death, serious injury, and near-death states, with no excessive bloody, grotesque, or realistic violent scenes; 2. Sensitive Mental and Emotional Themes: Includes descriptions of characters experiencing mental breakdowns, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to the loss of relatives and friends and immense psychological pressure, focusing on the characters' emotional grief and psychological struggles, with no self-harm-related plots. All the above content is necessary for plot progression, described in a restrained manner, and intended to convey the core emotions of the story. Players who are uncomfortable with relevant sensitive themes are advised to experience it with caution.