Project Mugen ‘Disclosure of Production Information’ developer diary [Update]
Technical director and game designer introduce the urban open-world RPG.
Publisher NetEase Games and developer Naked Rain have released a new developer diary for “urban open-world RPG” Project Mugen.
Here is the full transcript:
Zane Zhang, Technical Director: “Hi everyone! We are very excited to introduce our game Project Mugen, an urban-themed open-world RPG.
“You will play as an investigator, searching for and researching Chaos, traveling the world, making friends, and facing dangerous adventures together.
“We hope that Project Mugen can bring you a fresh way to experience freely exploring an urban metropolis.
“Our development team is devoted to combining the feeling of ‘freedom’ with the ‘metropolis’ vibe. To achieve this goal, we introduced technology that procedurally generates city environments, allowing us to quickly build an entire city, in addition to customized urban ecosystems, which together create a complete and vibrant urban landscape right before our eyes.
“In a city this large, how can characters navigate the urban environment efficiently? Movement like swinging, grappling ,swimming, riding, and driving are integrated into a single, intuitive system. This is our solution, the highly mobile ‘3C system.’
“With the 3C system, you can easily switch between different movement methods, shuttling around and between the skyscrapers of the city.”
Hannah Yin, Game Designer: “In addition, we have striven to ensure that the game showcases lively urban life.
“Indoor scenes are seamlessly integrated into the external world, enabling players to easily explore the shops and stores while exploring.
“With the lively outdoor scenes, vivid cutscenes and unique gameplay that are close to life, you can experience a fascinating urban life in Project Mugen without even leaving your home.
“In the future, we will further explore the diversity and possibilities that cities offer.”
Zhang: “When discussing urban exploration, our designers pointed out that objects on the street should not just be decorations, but also things to vandalize or utilize, opening up new possibilities for exploration and interaction.
“This idea meant a lot of extra work for our development team, but we believe that offering this sort of freedom is what really matters when making a game like Project Mugen.
“Strolling on the streets in Project Mugen, you can interact with almost any object that you can see.
“Whether you want to wreak havoc on the streets like a bully, or relive your childhood by playing peekaboo with cats, there is no limit to what you can do here!
“Well, that’s all for now! Thank you, and we hope you can join us in Project Mugen‘s metropolis soon!”
Project Mugen is in development for PlayStation 5, PC, iOS, and Android. A release date has yet to be announced. (Update 09/21/23 at 10:50 p.m.: NetEase Games has clarified that the PlayStation 4 version of Project Mugen is no longer planned.)
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