


The first game in the series, Onikakushi-hen, was released in August 2002, and the eighth and final game in the original PC series, Matsuribayashi-hen, was released in August 2006. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and the Microsoft Windows operating system. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the fictional village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur there in 1983. "When the Cicadas Cry") is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion that comprises the first two entries of the When They Cry franchise. Higurashi When They Cry ( Japanese: ひぐらしのなく頃に, Hepburn: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, lit.
