{"id":14044,"date":"2022-07-15T09:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T00:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=14044"},"modified":"2022-07-15T09:33:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T00:33:33","slug":"20220715-14044","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220715-14044\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Create is a monster creation and castle building battle game by the creator of Freakyforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Marco Farinaccia based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220714-210309\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-07-14 12:18 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>PICTOY has officially announced <strong><em>Monster Create<\/em> <\/strong>for iOS and Android. A future Steam release is also under consideration. The game is currently 50% complete and is expected to be released between spring and summer 2023.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"610\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-001.jpg 995w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-001-600x368.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-001-380x233.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-001-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-001-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-001-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-001-696x427.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-001-685x420.jpg 685w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>As the name implies, <em>Monster Create<\/em> is a game where you create your very own monsters to battle with. Monster creation is said to be an intuitive process where you can freely customize a wide variety of available parts, including the face, eyes, torso, arms, legs, tail, wings, and horns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After configuring the skills and abilities of your monsters, you can then have them take part in castle building battles. The game will include online modes that let players show off their monsters and do battle against one another.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"894\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002-380x265.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002-696x486.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002-1068x746.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002-601x420.jpg 601w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20220714-210309-002-100x70.jpg 100w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>PICTOY is a game studio established by Hiroshi Moriyama, who previously worked for development company Skip. After serving as director on the games <em>Chibi-Robo!<\/em>, <em>Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol<\/em>, and the Japan only <em>Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie \u014cs\u014dji!, <\/em>he left Skip and joined Asobism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Asobism, he worked as director on <em>Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!<\/em> and also created a number of highly original smartphone games, such as <em>Dragon League<\/em>, <em>Dragon Poker<\/em>, <em>Castle &amp; Dragon<\/em>, and <em>Gunbit<\/em>. Moriyama then founded his own studio and began developing <em>Monster Create<\/em> with former coworkers Keita Takeuchi and Masahiko Kikuchi.<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=\"Nintendo eShop - Freakyforms Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IgjjG6_A3aM?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><br>While <em>Monster Create<\/em> seems to be influenced by both <em>Castle &amp; Dragon<\/em> and <em>Freakyforms<\/em>, in a past interview, Moriyama stated that players will be able to enjoy a new style of play that they\u2019ve never experienced before (<a href=\"https:\/\/app.famitsu.com\/20201002_1694204\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu App<\/a>). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is still a lot we don\u2019t know about <em>Monster Create<\/em>, but there\u2019s no questioning the fact that it is loaded with Moriyama\u2019s creativity. The game will be on display at the indie game event BitSummit X-Roads that will be held in Kyoto this August, so the wait for more information may not be very long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the name implies, Monster Create is a game where you create your very own monsters to battle with. 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