{"id":56154,"date":"2026-01-27T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=56154"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:39:02","slug":"japanese-indie-studio-spends-over-300-hours-making-a-30-minute-long-end-credits-scene-after-promising-to-credit-over-60000-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-indie-studio-spends-over-300-hours-making-a-30-minute-long-end-credits-scene-after-promising-to-credit-over-60000-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese indie studio spends over 300 hours making a 30-minute-long end credits scene after promising to credit over 60,000 names"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After amassing a whopping 64,901 likes on an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TaTGamesJP\/status\/1987419978535215239?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X post<\/a> that promised to put everyone who liked it in the end credits of an upcoming co-op horror title <strong>Twilight Moonflower<\/strong>, developer <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-horror-indie-game-has-to-credit-over-60000-people-in-its-end-roll-after-dev-innocently-makes-open-call-for-a-couple-extra-names-to-add\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ConnectedShadowGames put in the extra time<\/a> to make sure everyone was included. That promise has now been fulfilled, although it took creator TaT roughly 300 extra hours to accommodate everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u30cb\u30fc\u30c8\u308f\u3044<br><br>\u5c11\u3057\u3067\u3082\u81ea\u4f5c\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u77e5\u3063\u3066\u3082\u3089\u3046\u70ba\u3001\u3044\u3044\u306d\u3057\u305f\u4eba\u5168\u54e1\u3092\u30a8\u30f3\u30c7\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u306b\u8f09\u305b\u308b\u7d04\u675f\u3092\u3057\u305f\u7d50\u679c<br><br>\u7d0460000\u4eba\u304c\u96c6\u307e\u308b\u3082\u3001300\u6642\u9593\u304b\u3051\u3066\u6c17\u5408\u3044\u3067\u5168\u54e1\u8f09\u305b\u5207\u3063\u305f\u6a21\u69d8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sALczMgUBU\">https:\/\/t.co\/sALczMgUBU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; T a T\u3010\u30bf\u30c3\u30c8\u3011 (@TaT12364250) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaT12364250\/status\/2015237658709278918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-palette-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><em>Post translation:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In an effort to get my solo-developed game noticed, I promised to credit everyone who liked an X post in the ending credits.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The result?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some 60,000 people liked the post, but I managed to cram every single one of them &nbsp;in after 300 hours of sheer determination.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the game\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TaTGamesJP\/status\/2014901707868930474?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official X page<\/a>, Twilight Moonflower\u2019s end credits scene runs for 30 minutes and features an original song composed and written by YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFZ1pGFvxXb2B-Dem3lzk0Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creator KY<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"941\" height=\"530\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260126-561540001.jpg\" alt=\"Twilight Moonflower gameplay.\" class=\"wp-image-56158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260126-561540001.jpg 941w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260126-561540001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260126-561540001-768x433.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twilight Moonflower is an upcoming co-op horror game that follows indie game creator Shota as he returns to his hometown. Chasing after his childhood memories of a frail girl whom he used to play with, he is transported into a twisted version of the town. Whether it be alone or with up to three friends, you must identify and seal supernatural phenomena while avoiding roaming yokai foes. Featuring three endings, a Time Attack mode, and a Custom mode that lets you adjust a run\u2019s parameters, the game is supposed to have a fair amount of replayability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially set to release last year, Twilight Moonflower will now launch on January 30 for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3752230\/Twilight_Moonflower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/from-using-peepee-and-poopie-powers-to-escape-prison-to-working-with-humans-to-outsmart-ai-5-japanese-indie-multiplayer-party-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From using Peepee and Poopie powers to escape prison, to working with humans to outsmart AI: 5 Japanese indie multiplayer party games<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chillas-arts-creepy-fishing-game-umigari-coming-to-steam-on-february-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chilla\u2019s Art\u2019s creepy fishing game UMIGARI coming to Steam on February 4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese indie dev reveals it took over 300 hours to add 64,901 names into the 30-minute credits scene for their game Twilight Moonflower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":56157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-56154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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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