VERACITY IN GAMING
VERACITY IN GAMING
Sayoko Narita
JP AUTOMATON writer
Japanese indie developer shares insight on common programming “trap” that can occur when localizing games
Japanese solo developer sekiyadn, who was involved in porting Enjoy the Diner to Unity, recently revealed insights about a bug that occurs due to differences in number notation in different system locales, causing confusion to many developers and players.
Gravity of Hyrule in Tears of the Kingdom found to be three times stronger than on Earth
In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the gravity on Hyrule is apparently around three times stronger than on Earth, according to the calculations of one player. They obtained this data through calculations of Link’s falling speed.
Tears of the Kingdom: How does rain work and what does it affect?
Players have been discovering various details about how rain works in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as well as its positive and negative effects.
Super Mario RPG: The fan who drew Geno every day for almost 1000 days has his wish granted
A dedicated fan of Geno from Super Mario RPG finally had their wish granted after drawing Geno daily for almost 1000 days.
Tears of the Kingdom: Even log hauling brings out the ingenuity of players
The Lurelin Village restoration project in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has born all kinds of means of log transportation being invented, from people winging it to being truly creative.
Tears of the Kingdom’s highly useful air bike captures the hearts of players
The Air bike in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is adored by fans worldwide for how simple and practical it is. How is it made and what does it do?
Pokémon collaborates with marketplace app to put an end to Pokémon Card Game speculation
Due to increasing cases of scalping of Pokémon Trading Card Game cards in Japan, The Pokémon Company has signed an agreement with Mercari, a marketplace app.
Tears of the Kingdom’s Surface and Depths share a deep connection
Players have been discovering the various fascinating connections between The Surface and the Depths in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Tears of the Kingdom players bring about the dawn of mechanized agriculture
Players of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have been using Link's abilities to invent everyday life machines for livestock, agriculture, and fishing.
Tears of the Kingdom’s Ascend even lets you pass through enemies’ bodies
Players have discovered that the Ascend ability in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lets you physically go through your enemy's body during battle.
Tears of the Kingdom: Runakit Shrine solutions are more diverse than you may think
The final puzzle of the Runakit Shrine in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has players using a variety of solutions, some elegant, some less so.
Some say Tears of the Kingdom & Elden Ring are similar, but are they?
Some players say The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Elden Ring are similar in some way, but are they? Here's my opinion on this topic.
Tears of the Kingdom players create super-long objects with Ultrahand
The Ultrahand ability in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has awakened players' desire to make excessively long objects.
Metal Gear Solid Delta to use the original MGS3 voices according to Konami
Konami has announced that the story and character voices in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, a remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, will remain as they were in the original game.
Sign guy Addison is at the mercy of cruel players in Tears of the Kingdom
The oddball NPC Addison in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is becoming strangely popular recently, and much to his chagrin, the object of bullying as well.
Tears of the Kingdom: Cooking restores Energy Cells for some reason
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players have discovered a way to instantly replenish Energy Cells when in a pinch - cooking.
Susuyai Shrine is an early example of Tears of the Kingdom’s puzzle flexibility
With Link's new abilities in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, players have a lot more freedom in puzzle-solving, leading to creative solutions.
Man arrested in Japan for uploading Steins;Gate & Spy x Family footage
A man in Japan was arrested on the grounds of copyright infringement for uploading videos which include content from Steins;Gate and Spy x Family.
Link got nerfed in TOTK’s intro, but how do other sequels handle maxed-out protagonists?
Link got nerfed in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom opening, but how do other sequel games make recurring protagonists return to a weaker state?
Shield surfing evolves into shield skateboarding in Tears of the Kingdom
Players use new features in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to make fun and convenient skateboards out of their shields.
Two AI NPCs’ conversation turns uncanny with ChatGPT plugin for RPG Maker MZ
A game developer has used the ChatGPT_APIMZ plugin for RPG Maker MZ to experiment with what it would be like to have two AI NPCs talk to each other.
Nintendo gives a heads up on Tears of the Kingdom’s large 16GB file size
Nintendo has released a notice regarding the amount of free space that will be necessary to download the digital version of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.