{"id":48482,"date":"2025-05-30T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48482"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T07:19:07","slug":"428-shibuya-scramble-devs-new-game-blows-past-crowdfunding-target-in-only-an-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/428-shibuya-scramble-devs-new-game-blows-past-crowdfunding-target-in-only-an-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"428: Shibuya Scramble dev\u2019s new game blows past crowdfunding target in only an hour\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Game developer Jiro Ishii<\/a> recently launched an Ubugoe crowdfunding campaign<\/a> for his yet-unnamed Shibuya live-action adventure game. While the upcoming project is not a sequel or derivative work of Ishii\u2019s 428: Shibuya Scramble, the game\u2019s genre, setting, dev team and cast shares a lot in common with the 2008 cult-classic visual novel. This\u00a0has helped fully fund the new game’s development at an astonishing speed, with the campaign reaching its $34,290 USD target in only an hour and seven minutes since it went live.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led by Ishii and 428: Shibuya Scramble writer Yukinori Kitajima, the project is envisioned as an \u201censemble drama\u201d adventure game, where multiple characters interact with each other. Through still images and text, players will experience the different viewpoints (both physically and psychologically) of the characters inhabiting Shibuya. Ishii comments that while most games are \u201cselfish in nature\u201d (i.e. encouraging you to raise your character\u2019s level no matter the cost), this project will feature an altruistic design whereby players will be motivated to positively influence the characters\u2019 interconnected stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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