"Japan makes a ridiculous amount of RPGs," said Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe in lengthy blog postast week (translated from Japanese). "But how many Japanese-made shooters are there? The only one that comes to mind is Resident Evil, and that didn't have guns as the main focus. I decided that Palworld would be a shooter at the very beginning of the project because those are the most popular games globally."
「日本製作了大量的RPG遊戲。
但有多少射擊遊戲是日本製作的呢?
我腦海中唯一想到的是《惡靈古堡》,
但又並非槍械為主要焦點。
我在專案一開始就決定,Palworld將成為射擊遊戲,
因為這是全球最受歡迎的遊戲類型。」
There are other Japanese-developed shooters out there—you could count Splatoon and the Earth Defense Force games, for example—but it's certainly not the most popular genre to develop in Japan, and Mizobe said it wasn't easy to find a developer with experience in the genre.
雖然還有其他由日本開發的射擊遊戲,
例如《Splatoon》和《地球防衛軍》系列,
但這絕對不是日本最受歡迎的開發類型,CEO表示,要找到有這方面經驗的開發者並不容易。
"We wanted someone experienced in FPS/TPS game production. If we couldn't find someone in Japan, we'd have no choice but to hire someone from abroad—but none of us are fluent in English, which would make things tough."
「我們希望找到在第一人稱射擊,
或第三人稱射擊遊戲製作方面有經驗的人。
如果在日本找不到,我們將不得不聘請外國人,
但我們中沒有人能流利地講英語,
這會讓事情變得很困難。」
A miracle occurred when, while browsing Twitter, Mizobe stumbled upon an anonymous account filled with gun-reloading animations (see the video below for an example). After exchanging messages, it was revealed that the mystery artist was a 20-year-old part-time convenience store employee from Hokkaido with a middle school diploma and zero industry experience
然而奇蹟發生了。
在Twitter上瀏覽時,他們偶然發現了一個匿名帳號,
發佈了一堆槍械重新裝填的動畫。
在交換聯絡方式後,才揭露這位神秘製造者,
是一名來自北海道,20歲的超商兼職店員,
他只有國中學歷,且完全沒有遊戲製作經驗經驗。
The artist had taught himself how to animate entirely by watchingouTubeideos. He had also become near-fluent in English by playing FPS games, according to Mizobe.
"Sure, the team could have learned how to do these animations given time. But I wanted someone working on Palworld to be obsessed with guns. I'm so glad that I met him."
這位製作者完全是透過觀看YouTube自學動畫製作的。
根據CEO的說法,
他還通過玩第一人稱射擊遊戲,學會了十分流利的英語。
「當然,製作團隊也可以花時間學會這些動畫技能。
但我想讓Palworld製作槍械的成員,對槍械領域充滿熱情。
很高興能夠遇到他。」
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