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Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article’s publication date: 2022-01-25 12:00<\/em> JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The Shueisha Game Creators Camp has announced the winner of their One Piece<\/em> themed game design contest held to commemorate the series reaching 1,000 chapters. A roguelite vertical scrolling rhythm RPG called Kung-Fu Dugongs Unison Daikoushin<\/em>, which could be translated to something like Kung-Fu Dugongs Unison Parade, won the top prize. In addition to 2 million yen (roughly $17,500) in prize money, the development team can also receive up to 20 million yen (roughly $175,500) in support for development costs to continue making their casual smartphone game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shueisha Game Creators Camp is a project from Japanese publishing company Shueisha to discover and support creators. This latest contest was held to commemorate the Weekly Shonen Jump manga One Piece<\/em> reaching 1,000 chapters. Entries to the contest were accepted between April 20, 2021, and July 31, 2021, and the subject of the contest was to design a casual smartphone game with a One Piece<\/em> theme.
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Kung-Fu Dugongs Unison Daikoushin<\/em> is a game focused around the Kung-Fu Dugongs that appear in One Piece<\/em>. They are characters that previously battled with Straw Hat Luffy and became his disciples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the game, players move the Kung-Fu Dugongs through randomly generated stages by timing their movements to the rhythm of the kung-fu forms they are practicing. The stages also have items and enemies placed on them, and a battle ensues if contact is made with an enemy. In battles, players receive a random selection from the items they\u2019ve picked up to fight with and can\u2019t let their health drop to 0. And as the Kung-Fu Dugongs make their way through the stage, more and more Kung-Fu Dugongs join their ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development team consists of Yoh Nakamori, who worked on board games such as Rashomon<\/em>, Takuma Okubo, a former member of Onion Games now working at Tasto Alpha, and Tom Ikeda, another former Onion Games member and Tasto Alpha game designer.
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Besides the grand prize winner, there was also a game called Gomu Gomu no Bound Battle<\/em> (Rubber Bound Battl<\/em>e) where you hold your smartphone and actually jump to have jump rope battles, and a 2D top-down battle royale called One Piece no Chou Fushigijima <\/em>(One Piece Super Mystery Island<\/em>). Outside of the grand prize, these two games and two others will receive a prize of 100,000 yen (roughly $900).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To see more about the contest winners, check the Shueisha Game Creators Camp<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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