What’s It Like to Work at a Japanese Interactive Fiction Studio?
Posted by Michael Pinto on Apr 22, 2009 in Videogames |
Interactive fiction does quite well in Japan and one the more successful studios is Key which has created Kanon, Air and Clannad — all of which have made the transition from games into anime series. Shown here is a behind the scenes tour of their studio, what’s really cool is that each workstation is surrounded by various otaku goodies. Currently the next game coming out from Key will be Rewrite:
As you can see the relations between the characters in these visual novels is pretty complex:
And here is some artwork from the game itself:
