Eigotaku design.

 Nintendo’s odyssey part 2- the Switch launch and beyond.

I’m learning how to make a game. I’m using a program called pico 8- find out more about it here. https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php I first managed to get a ball on screen following a video tutorial. I then designed a sprite and the four directions it would be facing.  Then coding to first make the sprite move…​…

I helped interview the newly formed publisher DanGen entertainment for Source Gaming. http://sourcegaming.info/2017/05/27/straight-from-the-source-dangen-entertainment/

I helped interview Goichi Suda (No More Heroes, Killer 7) for Source Gaming. http://sourcegaming.info/2017/05/26/straight-from-the-source-goichi-suda-no-more-heroes/

I interviewed Atsushi Inaba with @PushDustIn for Source Gaming.  Check it out.  http://sourcegaming.info/2017/05/29/straight-from-the-source-atsushi-inaba-platinum-games/

Nintendo releases their newest IP on their newest console on June 16. ARMS is predominantly an online multiplayer 3D fighter. Recently, there’s been a demo, titled ‘global test punch’ which will happen for the last time this weekend, before the game ships. Reaction has been positive and publicity material has placed ARMS right at home…

While TGS is the flagship Video game event in Japan, Kyoto’s Bitsummit is a coming together of specifically indie developers. This year was its fifth and certainly its biggest and Nintendo had a pretty decent showing- not in years has the company backed a local event like this, January’s switch event notwithstanding. Key speakers like…

If you like gaming, particularly retro games, I recommend checking out space station in Osaka. ​ Video Game Bar Space Station 〒542-0086 Ōsaka-fu, Ōsaka-shi, Chūō-ku, Nishishinsaibashi, 2 Chome−１３−３ 080-4151-6336 https://goo.gl/maps/bBGotQTp5iD2 ​​ ​

  Curiously proclaimed as a ‘Rhythm Violence’ game by it’s developers, the term makes perfect sense once Thumper is experienced. Previously on PS4/ PSVR in October 2016, the game has now come to Nintendos newest system, the Switch. Co-founder and head programmer Marc Flury explained how it came to be. ‘I met a couple of…