https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:44:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/game-development/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/making-it-technically-work-and-making-it-actually-enjoyable-as-a-game-are-different-things-japanese-devs-weigh-in-on-why-retrofitting-live-service-games-with-offline-suppo/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/making-it-technically-work-and-making-it-actually-enjoyable-as-a-game-are-different-things-japanese-devs-weigh-in-on-why-retrofitting-live-service-games-with-offline-suppo/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65405 This comes amidst controversy surrounding the unofficial "offline version" of Square Enix's NieR Reincarnation.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/making-it-technically-work-and-making-it-actually-enjoyable-as-a-game-are-different-things-japanese-devs-weigh-in-on-why-retrofitting-live-service-games-with-offline-suppo/feed/ 3 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/indie-publisher-says-offering-a-paid-game-for-free-for-4-days-brought-in-250000-in-revenue-on-steam-the-key-is-dlc/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/indie-publisher-says-offering-a-paid-game-for-free-for-4-days-brought-in-250000-in-revenue-on-steam-the-key-is-dlc/#respond Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:45:42 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65283 The CEO of indie game publisher tinyBuild has shared the impressive results of a four-day free givaway campaign for Graveyard Keeper.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/indie-publisher-says-offering-a-paid-game-for-free-for-4-days-brought-in-250000-in-revenue-on-steam-the-key-is-dlc/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/going-fast-will-feel-realer-than-ever-in-ace-combat-8-thanks-to-new-proprietary-cloud-engine-devs-detail-new-features-and-technology/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/going-fast-will-feel-realer-than-ever-in-ace-combat-8-thanks-to-new-proprietary-cloud-engine-devs-detail-new-features-and-technology/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:20:42 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65068 Bandai Namco Entertainment's new Ace Combat 8 Developer Diary details new features and technology used in the upcoming new installment.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/going-fast-will-feel-realer-than-ever-in-ace-combat-8-thanks-to-new-proprietary-cloud-engine-devs-detail-new-features-and-technology/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/open-world-pirate-game-windrose-is-a-souls-lite-survival-adventure-made-by-a-group-of-hardcore-gamers-producer-talks-about-the-games-orig/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/open-world-pirate-game-windrose-is-a-souls-lite-survival-adventure-made-by-a-group-of-hardcore-gamers-producer-talks-about-the-games-orig/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=64953 We talk to the developers of open-world pirate survival game Windrose ahead of the title's Early Access launch.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/open-world-pirate-game-windrose-is-a-souls-lite-survival-adventure-made-by-a-group-of-hardcore-gamers-producer-talks-about-the-games-orig/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-also-tend-to-find-out-last-minute-so-go-easy-on-us-japanese-game-devs-discuss-the-realities-of-sudden-end-of-service/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-also-tend-to-find-out-last-minute-so-go-easy-on-us-japanese-game-devs-discuss-the-realities-of-sudden-end-of-service/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=64799 This comes following the EOS announcement of Link! Like! Love Live!, which will be shutting down on June 20 after 3 years of service.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-also-tend-to-find-out-last-minute-so-go-easy-on-us-japanese-game-devs-discuss-the-realities-of-sudden-end-of-service/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-is-what-it-means-to-be-good-at-art-capcom-veteran-akiman-on-why-elden-rings-environments-stand-out-even-among-higher-fidelity-aaas/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-is-what-it-means-to-be-good-at-art-capcom-veteran-akiman-on-why-elden-rings-environments-stand-out-even-among-higher-fidelity-aaas/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=64712 Former Capcom art director and character designer Akiman (Akira Yasuda) talks about the strengths of FromSoftware's "controlled" environment design.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-is-what-it-means-to-be-good-at-art-capcom-veteran-akiman-on-why-elden-rings-environments-stand-out-even-among-higher-fidelity-aaas/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/following-backlash-from-japanese-developers-monotype-announces-revised-game-font-licensing-plan-but-a-new-vaguely-worded-limitation-raises-concerns/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/following-backlash-from-japanese-developers-monotype-announces-revised-game-font-licensing-plan-but-a-new-vaguely-worded-limitation-raises-concerns/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=64642 Monotype has announced revisions to the LETS font license service for games, previously owned by Japan's Fontworks.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/following-backlash-from-japanese-developers-monotype-announces-revised-game-font-licensing-plan-but-a-new-vaguely-worded-limitation-raises-concerns/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-crowdfunded-340k-game-still-missing-half-its-funds-as-platform-claims-it-accidentally-sent-the-money-elsewhere/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-crowdfunded-340k-game-still-missing-half-its-funds-as-platform-claims-it-accidentally-sent-the-money-elsewhere/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=64585 "I suppose I was acting under the assumption that people are inherently good.” ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-crowdfunded-340k-game-still-missing-half-its-funds-as-platform-claims-it-accidentally-sent-the-money-elsewhere/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/ai-generated-rip-off-of-unfinished-japanese-indie-game-beats-original-to-release-sparking-concerns-about-safety-of-sharing-dev-progress/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/ai-generated-rip-off-of-unfinished-japanese-indie-game-beats-original-to-release-sparking-concerns-about-safety-of-sharing-dev-progress/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=63884 A generative-AI user has published a self-pronounced "rip-off" of an unreleased indie game to the Japanese game platform Unityroom.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/ai-generated-rip-off-of-unfinished-japanese-indie-game-beats-original-to-release-sparking-concerns-about-safety-of-sharing-dev-progress/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/worked-in-the-industry-for-10-years-with-nothing-to-show-for-it-japanese-creators-discuss-the-harsh-reality-of-working-on-cancelled-game-projects-as-freelancers/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/worked-in-the-industry-for-10-years-with-nothing-to-show-for-it-japanese-creators-discuss-the-harsh-reality-of-working-on-cancelled-game-projects-as-freelancers/#respond Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=63443 Japanese creators discuss the difficulties of spending years working on game projects that never get to see the light of day.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/worked-in-the-industry-for-10-years-with-nothing-to-show-for-it-japanese-creators-discuss-the-harsh-reality-of-working-on-cancelled-game-projects-as-freelancers/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-youtuber-revives-320k-crowdfunded-dream-game-after-complete-development-limbo-but-says-completing-it-will-require-10x-the-budget/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-youtuber-revives-320k-crowdfunded-dream-game-after-complete-development-limbo-but-says-completing-it-will-require-10x-the-budget/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=63187 Narunii, shares update about development progress after his $320k crowdfunded passion project faced major complications.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-youtuber-revives-320k-crowdfunded-dream-game-after-complete-development-limbo-but-says-completing-it-will-require-10x-the-budget/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/tokyo-xtreme-racer-series-big-reboot-actually-started-out-as-a-modern-mobile-game-but-the-prototype-was-scrapped-in-favor-of-a-full-price-game/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/tokyo-xtreme-racer-series-big-reboot-actually-started-out-as-a-modern-mobile-game-but-the-prototype-was-scrapped-in-favor-of-a-full-price-game/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=62938 Tokyo Xtreme Racer developers look back on the game's pre-launch overhaul and subsequent success.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/tokyo-xtreme-racer-series-big-reboot-actually-started-out-as-a-modern-mobile-game-but-the-prototype-was-scrapped-in-favor-of-a-full-price-game/feed/ 0