{"id":54369,"date":"2025-11-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54369"},"modified":"2025-11-27T19:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:29:17","slug":"arknights-endfield-draws-influence-from-a-variety-of-classics-from-factorio-and-satisfactory-to-death-stranding-we-didnt-want-to-simply-ride-a-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/arknights-endfield-draws-influence-from-a-variety-of-classics-from-factorio-and-satisfactory-to-death-stranding-we-didnt-want-to-simply-ride-a-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Arknights: Endfield draws influence from a variety of \u201cclassics,\u201d from Factorio and Satisfactory to Death Stranding. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to simply ride a trend\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This November, Chinese developer Hypergryph held a media conference about their upcoming 3D real-time strategy RPG Arknights: Endfield. <\/strong>Making a huge departure from the original tower-defense mobile game, Endfield offers a more action-driven experience, but also automation and factory management \u2013 another key element of the upcoming title. Players will be able to build factories to generate or synthesize items, and those factories can be automated into production lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with RUA, Endfield\u2019s level designer, who told me about their passion for automation games and shared some of their favorite titles that influenced the upcoming Arknights installment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2014When talking about automation games, we have to mention the great classics like Factorio and Satisfactory. Have you ever played these games?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RUA: I absolutely love those kinds of automation games (laughs). I\u2019d say, playing the masterpieces is what made me want to start creating Endfield in the first place. Specifically, I was influenced by Factorio, Satisfactory, Dyson Sphere Program and the Death Stranding series as well. Other than that, V Rising, which blends exploration and building elements, was also a big inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014So, you\u2019ve been studying not just automation games, but other genres as well for Endfield’s development?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RUA: When new games in specific genres release on Steam, we all jump to play them. We want to research and pick out the best parts of a variety of games. By the way, I learned the basics of automation games through Minecraft factory mods and Factorio\u2019s conveyor belt management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Same here \u2013 it was Factorio and Minecraft factory mods that taught me about automation games. It\u2019s really interesting how games know no national borders.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RUA: (Laughs) On the other hand, playing Satisfactory, I learned how to construct conveyor belts and how to handle structures when adapting automation game elements for a 3D environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Now that I think about it, factories in Endfield have a lot of visual interest. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RUA: Yeah. I learned about those aspects from Satisfactory. Furthermore, V Rising showed me that equipment can be crafted using factory elements. In that sense, I spent a lot of time researching all the different ways of how items produced at the factory could be used. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2014Compared to other automation games, Endfield is quite heavy on exploration. The RPG elements are strong, and it also feels like a management game. Until now there haven\u2019t been many automation games that embrace all of these different elements, so I imagine you had to pave your own way developing it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RUA: Creativity is our number one priority, and we feel like pursuing that challenge will be a rewarding task. Endfield\u2019s development started in 2022, and open-world RPGs were quite popular at the time. But we didn\u2019t want to simply ride the trend. We thought it would be wrong to just make an open-world RPG with good graphics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why we researched a lot of different kinds of games. We dug around for niche, undiscovered game elements, studied them through and then tried making a game that incorporated all of those elements. I believe this challenge-seeking attitude is the core value of Hypergryph. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Arknights: Endfield is in development for PC, PS5, iOS and Android. The second closed beta is scheduled to begin on November 28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is Arknights: Endfield an open-world game? The devs say \u201cNo, but we won\u2019t get mad if you call it that\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arknights: Endfield is a long and complex game releasing in an era of quick and easy entertainment, but the developers know there\u2019s a demand<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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