A brand new Kyoto-based indie studio, Denkiworks, has simply been introduced by former Q-Video games builders. In a transfer to present themselves full inventive freedom, Liam Edwards, Taku Arioka and Jan de Graaf have moved on from Q-Video games and already began work on their first sport.
A love for Japan
The trio come from backgrounds in design and programming, with Edwards and Arioka having labored within the former, and Graaf the latter. All of them previously labored on Pixeljunk Scrappers, a cellular sport that was created in handheld type due to Apple Arcade.
Edwards was additionally the previous sport director on Chuhai Labs’ Cursed to Golf.
Already engaged on its first sport, Denkiworks is positioned in Kyoto as it’s the place the place the trio first met – again in 2018 throughout their time with Q-Video games. At current, the debut title is barely recognized publicly below its codename Undertaking Tanuki, with a full reveal coming at a later, unspecified date.
As reported by Recreation Developer, Undertaking Tanuki is being developed in Unity with a key ambition in thoughts: creating the primary of many titles with a “distinctive really feel and East meets West perspective”.
Whereas Arioka acknowledged the chance in creating a brand new studio, the trio clearly finds the inventive freedom that comes with it, and demonstrating a love for Japan, to be well worth the gamble.
“It has been so stimulating to collaborate with Liam and Jan once more, and work on the brand new undertaking has been progressing so nicely already. We can’t wait to disclose it to the world,” Arioka stated.
Edwards added: “We’re so excited to lastly reveal Denkiworks. We’ve been arduous at work on our first title, impressed by our experiences of life in Japan, coming from an expat and native perspective.
“It’s primarily a love letter to this nation and its stunning tradition. All of us have an idealised imaginative and prescient of what Japan is, particularly its gorgeous countryside, popularised in artwork and media over centuries. Undertaking Tanuki can be our tackle that.”
Basing the studio in Japan could change into a sensible transfer, as Japanese audiences might be keen spenders; within the first week of Harry Potter: Magic Woke up’s world launch, Japan accounted for less than 15.3 % of installs however a significant 41.6 % of income.
On the similar time, we would love Sq. Enix to launch extra cellular video games within the West…
