Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 382 Beginner's Guide
The novelty generated by "getting it moving" may be even greater than the development team anticipated.

At that moment, Kenji Sato felt as if he had seen his favorite manga being adapted into an anime.

Even though the character model hadn't changed at all, except that it could move freely, Kenji Sato acted like a child who had received a new toy, exclaiming in surprise.

"It's moving! It's moving! It's so smooth!"

While controlling Artoria to run around the church, he would occasionally make sudden stops and turns, just to observe the changes in the character model's movements.

All I can say is that after making a whole bunch of "2.5D" games, StarCraft has really mastered the character animation. StarCraft Engine even has a patented framework structure.

Just as Kenji Sato was controlling his character, "Running with the wind, freedom is the direction," the game's "Tutorial" popped up on the screen.

on the screen.

A chibi version of Artoria blinked her beady eyes, her ahoge (cowlick) bobbing slightly, and then the voice that countless players had etched into their DNA rang out, clear and solemn.

"Master, welcome to this fake Holy Grail Feast."

Kawasumi Ayako!

Kenji Sato's eyes lit up instantly.

Although it was just a short line of dialogue, he immediately recognized that it was Artoria's original voice actress!

Not only is the animation in a chibi style, but the tutorial is also presented in a very easy-to-understand way. For example, when introducing the "Pseudo-Heroic Spirit Faction," a broken, dark red Holy Grail wrapped in black chains appears on the screen.

"The corrupted Heroic Spirits, also known as false Heroic Spirits, have only one goal—"

Saber's tone became serious.

"Eliminate the others and seize the remnants of the Holy Grail before your identity is exposed."

In the animation, the chibi version of Medea reached out her hand to Cú Chulainn. A flash of purple magic appeared, and Cú Chulainn's chibi form instantly transformed into a small blue ghost floating in the air, with a halo above his head.

"Hahaha, Cú Chulainn died far too hastily!"

Within the realm, a third icon appears: a gray Holy Grail engraved with a question mark, representing the [Individual Victory Faction].

"Besides these two major camps, there are some more unique participants."

"Their motives are varied; perhaps they want to witness the final outcome, or perhaps... they simply want to enjoy the chaos."

In the animation, a chibi character with the title of "Survivor" hides in a corner and trembles the whole time, but in the end, he survives to the end, and the word "Victory" pops up on the screen.

The other "evil spirit" character deliberately said some suspicious things at the meeting and was successfully voted out, thus also "winning".

The final part of the tutorial is the meeting and voting process.

When the chibi version of Sasaki Kojiro discovers Cú Chulainn's "corpse," a huge "Report" button pops up. Clicking it teleports all surviving players to the central round table meeting scene.

"When someone discovers a victim or presses the emergency meeting button, the discussion will begin."

“Here, language is the only weapon. You can state the facts, or you can… fabricate lies.”

The characters in the animation have various speech bubbles popping up above their heads, some accusing, some defending, some analyzing, creating a chaotic mess.

When the voting stage began, everyone cast their votes for the person they suspected.

The character who is voted out will have a unique "exit animation". Gilgamesh, who was voted out, was turned into ashes by a golden beam of light that fell from the sky amidst a roar of "Insolent bastard!"

"Hahaha, is Gilgamesh's exit always this spectacular?" Kenji Sato laughed, slapping the table. "So detailed! As expected of StarCraft!! There must be some veteran StarCraft fans on the development team!!" The entire tutorial, only three or four minutes long, presented the game's core gameplay, faction objectives, and unique systems in an extremely vivid, interesting, and high-quality way.

The chibi-style animation is adorable yet retains the essence of the original work. The full voice acting by Saber's voice actress is the perfect finishing touch, making the entire tutorial experience feel less like learning rules and more like watching a well-made short anime.

Even though there was a very obvious skip button in the upper left corner, Kenji Sato had no desire to skip it at all.

As the animation ended, the system began distributing characters to the players.

[Current Faction: Heroic Spirits]

[Victory Conditions: 1. Complete all magic node repair quests; 2. Vote to banish all 'pseudo-Servants'.]

"On the side of faction? Looks like they're the good guys."

Although Kenji Sato didn't fully understand the tutorial just now, he immediately grasped the content as soon as he started practicing. This method of explaining with animation and then practicing with hands-on experience is very effective.

It can be said that they take great care of newcomers.

This also shows that Starry Night Games initially prepared tutorials for players who knew nothing about the Werewolf game.

Once you enter the practical phase, the tasks available for the current area will appear in the upper left corner of the screen.

[Calibrate the magic node on the east side of the church (0/1)]

Below the quest bar, there is also a team quest progress bar, which shows the total quest completion rate of all players in the "Heroic Spirit" faction.

"Oh, I see. This is another way for the good guys to win, as mentioned in the tutorial."

"It seems that even if we're not good at reasoning, as long as we work hard on the tasks and fill this progress bar to the maximum, we can still win."

As Kenji Sato analyzed the situation, he guided Artoria to the east side of the map, where the tutorial cursor was flashing, indicating that he should complete the first task.

On the east side of the church is a row of huge floor-to-ceiling stained glass windows. Outside the windows is a virtual moonlit night. Moonlight shines in and creates a dappled pattern of light and shadow on the floor, which is very beautiful.

He walked to the location indicated by the cursor, and a glowing magic circle appeared beneath Artoria's feet. An interaction button popped up on the screen.

"【Calibrate Magic Nodes】, requires 8 seconds to cast."

Kenji Sato read it aloud and pressed the confirm button at the same time.

Artoria knelt on one knee, planted the Excalibur in the center of the magic circle, closed her eyes, and a blue progress bar appeared above her head, slowly increasing.

The task was completed quickly, and the overall task progress bar increased accordingly.

"It seems pretty simple?"

Just as this thought flashed through Kenji Sato's mind, a blinding red light suddenly lit up at the top of the screen!

[Report: Sasaki Kojiro has been defeated!]

[Location of discovery: Basement]

Immediately afterwards, a huge "roundtable conference" appeared in the center of the screen, and the countdown began.

It was Joan of Arc who discovered the "corpse" and summoned everyone.

(End of this chapter)