{"id":12336,"date":"2022-05-07T13:12:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T04:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12336"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:09:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:09:46","slug":"20220507-12336","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220507-12336\/","title":{"rendered":"Clock Tower inspired indie horror game Soukaishin is in development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220507-201583\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-07 10:23<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese YouTuber Gatchman has announced <em><strong>Soukaishin<\/strong><\/em> (<em>\u846c\u56de\u8a3a<\/em>), a new horror game about a girl trying to escape from a terrifying hospital. Gatchman is involved in the project as a supervisor, and the game is set to launch in 2022 for mobile devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u914d\u4fe1\u3067\u544a\u77e5\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u304c\u3001\u30ac\u30c3\u30c1\u30de\u30f3\u76e3\u4fee\u3067\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u5236\u4f5c\u4e2d\u3067\u3059\u3002\u30bf\u30a4\u30c8\u30eb\u306f\u300c\u846c\u56de\u8a3a\u300d\u73fe\u5728\u5236\u4f5c\u4e2d\u3067\u7d9a\u5831\u306f\u5f8c\u7a0b\u767a\u8868\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\uff01\u203b\u30b3\u30f3\u30bb\u30d7\u30c8\u30a2\u30fc\u30c8\u306f\u30e2\u30b2\u30e9\u30c3\u30bf\u3055\u3093<br>\uff08\u8a02\u6b63\uff1a\u30af\u30ea\u30c1\u30e3\u30fc\u30c7\u30b6\u30a4\u30f3\u306f\u958b\u767a\u306e\u5409\u7530\u3055\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\uff09<br>\u30b9\u30de\u30fc\u30c8\u30d5\u30a9\u30f3\u5411\u3051\u3067\u958b\u767a\u4e2d\u3067\u3059\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dk9l2GZcBn\">pic.twitter.com\/Dk9l2GZcBn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30ac\u30c3\u30c1\u30de\u30f3 \/\u30ac\u30c3\u30c1\u30de\u30f3V\uff08\u7dcf\u5408\uff09 (@Gatchman666) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gatchman666\/status\/1522600554262052864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gatchman has been active as a content creator since 2009. They are known for their calm and relaxed approach to playing horror games (such as <em>Siren<\/em> and the <em>Resident Evil<\/em> series) and are regarded as a content creator who viewers can watch without being frightened by the games they\u2019re playing. Their main YouTube channel has over 1.65 million subscribers, and their second channel, where they act as a VTuber named Gatchman V, has around 460,000 subscribers as of this writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 6 marked the second anniversary of the Gatchman V channel, and they announced the development of <em>Soukaishin<\/em> during a special livestream held on that day. The title refers to doctors\u2019 hospital rounds but with wordplay to add sinister nuance to it (like hospital rounds made to kill and bury the patients).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1138\" height=\"640\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001.jpg 1138w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1138\" height=\"640\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002.jpg 1138w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507-201583-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The game is set in a hospital, and players will take on the role of a girl being chased by a mysterious creature. There is no means to fight back, so the girl must hide or run in order to survive. It looks like there\u2019s a time limit as well, likely to force players to keep moving instead of hiding in the same place. <em>Clock Tower <\/em>was mentioned as one of the game\u2019s inspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Soukaishin<\/em> is currently in development, with Hori P involved as the director, Cuticle Nyan as the main developer, and Mogelatte as a character designer\/concept artist. It&#8217;s scheduled to launch this year in Japan.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u51f8\u6b53\u8fce \u3011\u30ac\u30c3\u30c1\u30de\u30f3V\u6d3b\u52d52\u5468\u5e74\uff01\u632f\u308a\u8fd4\u3063\u3066\u304a\u795d\u3044\u3057\u3088\u304b\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rcJ7HaYFYg4?start=8967&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>*The announcement starts at the 2:29:27 mark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese YouTuber Gatchman has announced Soukaishin (\u846c\u56de\u8a3a), a new horror game about a girl trying to escape from a terrifying hospital. 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