The development of the action game craftsman and team ninja on the perfect basics

• Topic: Deep cuts-The theory of game production of the best development team Ninja

• Lecturer: Masada Fiumicino / Goa Techno Games Team Ninja PD

• Presentation: Career

• Lecture time: 2022.11.18 (Fri) 15:00 ~ 15:50

• Lecture summary: In this lecture, Tim Ninja's Masada Fiumicino PD introduced the development stance of Goa Techno Games and Team Ninja.

■ 10%of 'originality' built on the perfect basics

Team Ninja, a developing organization in Goa Techno Games, is a successful release game of 'Dead Oar Alive' series from Ninja Garden, an action title that lasts more than 20 years, and recently released the 'Infant' series. I am familiar with gamers. The commonality of the games they develop is to pursue exciting action, and is basically highly difficult.

Masada Fiumicino producer, who was in charge of today's lecture, has been developing several titles on Team Ninja since first joined Techno in 2006. Team Ninja is currently launching the Dark Fantasy Action Game 'Varying: Fallen Dynasty' set in the background of China's Three Kingdoms.

Masada PD introduced the development stance, which is the basis of the team ninja through the lecture, and began to explain the points that were focused on the focused games.

Before talking about the development of the team ninja, he first talked about the development stance of his parent company, Goa Techno Games. According to him, Erika and Chichi, founders of Goa, have always been told, Break the frame, but not be terrible.

This is often used in Kabuki, a traditional Japanese drama, and 'breaks the frame (Katya Burn, 破)' refers to adding your personality after making the foundation thoroughly learning and making it your own. Not poetry, 無 し (無 し) means that you should not challenge new things without the foundation well. Erica and Chichi talked about all organizations related to Goa Techno Games.

In addition, Masada PD explains that there is a separate development stance that is only in the organization called Team Ninja. They have been developing all games, caring about two keynotes: 10%original and Artisan (artisan). 10%of the originality is a percentage of consciousness in making a game. The remaining 90%refers to the basic quality of the product that must be achieved until the game is held in the hands of the user. When the quality is perfectly implemented, it means to pursue a game that brings 10%originality.

Masada PD said, You may be wondering if it is too low to hear that the originality is 10%, but on the contrary, in terms of the efforts of producing the game, the remaining 90%of the efforts, rather than 10%of the total, are 10%originality. It means that it means that it means that it is not developing a game that does not pursue originality.

The keynote of artisan (artisan) is commonly used to mean an artist with skilled know-how in the team ninja. In a glimpse of the craftsmanship, Masada PD explained that the talents from team ninjas, including engineers and graphic artists, are excellent and excellent.

The two mottoes of the team ninja were solidified based on the words mentioned by the founder Ibaraki Cotonou. Masada PD said, Of course, it may have been a little different because I had a long word before I joined the company. In the meantime, the company has merged, and at one time, the team ninja's Brand B Ding was modified. 10%of originality and craftsmanship are emphasized.

Next, Masada PD says that most of the team's ninja titles are showing high sales, including North America, as well as Asia. If you make something you think, we are devoted to development with the hope that the whole world will like it.

He emphasized focusing on the 'basics' of the game rather than focusing on the global market, and began to introduce some points that Team Ninja emphasized when developing the game. The first is 'reliability of action', which is to pursue a liquid line that feels like a hand so that the player can feel high immersion when playing the game. Masada PD said, The Infant series has many people who want to throw the controller while playing the game, but it is a game that I wanted to feel that concentration. did.

Next, the elements of the team ninja are the plausible mixing of history and fantasy. The game that has been developed by Team Ninja is often based on the history of Japan, and it was also effective that it was a Japanese company and the parent company Joe Techno Games is a well-established company. They are conscious of their intention to convey oriental charm and Asia's charm to fans around the world, reflecting this from the planning stage.

The third element is to openly distribute the trial board before the official launch. Both the Infant series and the latest 'Varying' were released six months before the official release, and a survey was conducted to users. Masada PD explained that it is one of the characteristics of developing the final game while communicating directly with users.

In fact, after the trial of 'Varying: Fallen Dynasty', which was distributed in September, he was able to improve the game based on more than 90,000 surveys. However, he is completed by comparing the game he wants to make because he is used to confirming the opinions of users only in the case of the survey, and the team that mainly develops difficult games, giving gamers too stress. It is said that it is being promoted by checking whether it is not. In addition, he added that the opinion was also a kind of promise, so he is working on the development prosper.

Lastly, Masada PD ended the lecture, explaining that it was very important to pursue the balance of stubbornness and discernment among the members of the team ninja armed with craftsmanship. The parent company Joe Techno is a company that strictly manages budget, delivery date, and quality.

Masada PD, who is currently in charge of all fields as a planner in the team, said that the stubborn members with the temperament of the craftsmen are so strong that they often do not accept the requests that they cannot understand. In some cases, delays may occur in this process, but on the contrary, when they are properly convinced, the result is more amazing.

One of the examples is the attitude system of the upper, middle and bottom, which appeared from the first series of 'Infant'. As one weapon has three stances, the animator's anime is tripled by the weapon, and the animator who is in charge of the production is that the posture is a very important part of the Japanese swordsmanship. Thanks to the fact, he said that the outcome was finally able to emerge.

In the future, Team Ninja plans to develop various games with specialized actions with the development stance described above. 'Varying', which is about to be released on March 3, 2023, is expected to show the action of Chinese martial arts, in the background of China's Three Kingdoms era, unlike the works they have developed.

The new challenge is to prepare Rise of the Lenin, which was released in September. The work, which is being produced with SHE, is being made into a game of scale that team ninja has not been challenged.

It is also considering the development of classical masterpieces that have enjoyed the past. Masada Fiumicino PD understands the feelings of fans who ask for the whereabouts of Jaiden and DOA every time they release their new works. Please wait a little longer as all ninja feels strongly together.