Comment on Katamari creator says he left Bandai Namco to develop games with people from other countries

• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  The worm one was Noby Noby Boy.

  I think it’s interesting to note here that he was the Director of the first two Katamaris, Director/Designer of Noby Noby Boy, but from there on out is just a designer. I think it shows that not only does he want to work with other people but that he doesn’t necessarily want full creative control as much as he values the input from others in creative ideas.

  Which also makes it a little frustrating that all the games are still marketed as “From the Creator of Katamari Damacy!” while it seems like he’s just another designer on a team and he’s happy with that. More like the businesses use him as a marketing gimmick, maybe?

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  • Kelly@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The list is crazy, so many niche platforms and limited availability:

    • Glitch was a failed Fash based MMO, that launched as production release, was pulled back to beta 2 months later and then closed in late 2012. During this second beta they seemed to host a death cult. Its messaging framework was later rebranded as Slack
    • Tenya Wanya Teens was designed to tour as an art piece last exhibited in 2014
    • Alphabet was bundled with Experimental Game Pack 01, a promo for LA Game Space a failed incubator/exhibition space the broke up in 2018
    • Woorld was a mixed reality game developed for Google Tango, a tech that hasn’t seen support on a new device since 2017
    • Crankin’s Time Travel Adventure was developed for the Playdate and was featured in Season 1. This is still available, in fact it is a pack-in title with the Playdate.

    I’ve just wish listed Wattam, its his only still available non-Katamari title that runs on a mainstream platform.

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  • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Either that or he got tired of Bandai’s meddling with Namco.

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