{"id":12957,"date":"2022-05-30T11:43:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T02:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12957"},"modified":"2022-05-30T11:43:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T02:43:51","slug":"20220530-12957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220530-12957\/","title":{"rendered":"Animator Hanabushi\u2019s Piggy One is being turned into a video game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220529-203485\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-29 16:50<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Japanese animator Hanabushi has announced <em><strong>Piggy One Super Spark<\/strong><\/em>. While the game\u2019s genre and supported platforms are currently unknown, the game is scheduled to release in 2023.<\/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=\"\u300e\u30d4\u30ae\u30fc\u30ef\u30f3 SUPER SPARK\u300f (PIGGY ONE SUPER SPARK)1st Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mzRzwSSRRjo?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><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Piggy One Super Spark<\/em> is being made as a collaboration between Hanabushi and hako life. In the trailer we can see characters designed by Hanabushi running through side-scrolling stages as they run away from incoming lasers and a giant boar. Despite only being roughly a minute long, the trailer features distinct animations and pixelated graphics.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220529-203485-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><figcaption>The above images were captured from the trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Originally an animator and illustrator at Toei Animation, Hanabushi has acted as a character designer and animation director on a number of projects. Hanabushi also made music videos for the Japanese band Zutomayo and their songs \u201cKuraku Kuroku\u201d (Darken) and \u201cObenkyou Shitoiteyo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>hako life is a game developer and the brand manager of room6\u2019s indie game label Yokaze. hako life and Yokaze released<em> Unreal Life<\/em> in 2020, and as of this writing, the game has received 544 user reviews on Steam, with 97% of them being positive giving the game a rating of \u201cOverwhelmingly Positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this collaboration, it looks like <em>Piggy One Super Spark<\/em> is delivering a fascinating world with an atmospheric graphic style and we can\u2019t wait to see more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animator Hanabushi\u2019s Piggy One is being turned into a video game in collaboration with Unreal Life developer hako life. 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