{"id":39360,"date":"2024-11-06T12:02:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T03:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=39360"},"modified":"2024-11-06T12:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T03:02:44","slug":"ban-the-prologue-of-gucha-gucha-is-a-retro-japanese-horror-game-that-looks-for-beauty-in-gore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/ban-the-prologue-of-gucha-gucha-is-a-retro-japanese-horror-game-that-looks-for-beauty-in-gore\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban: The Prologue of Gucha Gucha is a retro Japanese horror game that looks for beauty in gore\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kodansha Creators Lab published the indie game <strong>BAN: The Prologue of GUCHA GUCHA<\/strong> on Steam on October 24. The title was developed by VTuber, music producer and solo game developer Ichimatsu Suzuka, whom <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/interviewsjp\/20241024-315621\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AUTOMATON<\/a> recently had the opportunity to talk to.&nbsp;<\/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=\"\ud83e\udec0\u300eGUCHA GUCHA \u87e0\u306e\u7ae0\u300fTrailer\u2460\ud83e\udeb1\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PxudR7gDCk0?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>Ban: The Prologue of Gucha Gucha is a third-person horror adventure that boasts a retro Japanese setting and surreal, gory graphics. You play as college girl Shoko Yuki who, after being attacked by a strange monster and losing her dog, gets entangled in the events of a town with a cruel and horrifying history.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ichimatsu has previously released successful indie horror titles like GOHOME and YASO: curse of soir\u00e9e, and their latest game is the first part of a new trilogy \u2013 the Gucha Gucha series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241024-315621-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241024-315621-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241024-315621-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241024-315621-002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking to AUTOMATON, Ichimatsu says that their goal for Gucha Gucha\u2019s prologue is to have players feel the beauty in scary things. In fact, they even say that the game\u2019s gory and grotesque visuals are not in the function of creating horror \u2013 but rather the opposite. The horror genre lent itself to the aesthetic and worldview that they aspired to create.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo matter how beautiful I find the things I make, I know that people who like this kind of thing are in the minority, so I thought it would be more easily accepted if I delivered it in the form of a horror game. Rather than wanting to scare people and gross them out with gore, I want to deliver my creation to a target audience that will accept and like it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241024-315621-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241024-315621-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241024-315621-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241024-315621-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But aside from its gory visuals, BAN: The Prologue of GUCHA GUCHA includes equal amounts of suspense and thrills \u2013 with the first half of the game being dedicated to building tension and foreshadowing that something bad is about to happen. In the latter half, players are chased by a terrifying killer. The game can also be enjoyed without gore in its safe mode, or toned down in its low poly \u201cRetro Mode.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BAN: The Prologue of GUCHA GUCHA is available for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2987540\/BAN_The_Prologue_of_GUCHA_GUCHA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developed by VTuber and solo game developer Ichimatsu Suzuka, Ban: The Prologue of Gucha Gucha is a surreal retro-horror game from Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":39363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-39360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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