Posted by Leticia Lago, Developer Advertising
#WeArePlay is on a digital world tour: beginning first with the U.S. final summer time by spotlighting the tales of app and recreation founders from each state, then visiting India sharing tales from throughout the nation, and extra just lately visiting Europe by sharing tales from international locations throughout the area.
At present, we’re persevering with our tour with yet one more cease: Japan. From a snowboarding app made by a paralympian, to a recreation impressed by the enchanting landmarks of Gifu. Uncover the individuals rising apps and video games companies on Google Play.
We’re beginning with tales from Chubu, Chugoku & Shikoku and Kinki, with extra following all year long. Let’s discover a few of the tales from throughout these 3 areas.
First, Takao Hayashi from Nagoya, Aichi. When Takao’s father sadly handed away when he was solely 9 years outdated, he determined to double down on his interest of coding and assist his household turn out to be financially safe. He ultimately launched Ateam, and after releasing varied apps and video games in Japan, his firm started to deal with enlargement into new markets. Their efforts are paying off, as real-time battle RPG Unison League has turn out to be a world hit. The Japanese artwork within the recreation has turn out to be so standard that some followers have even adopted the fashion of their favourite characters into their style. Subsequent, Takao needs to launch new video games and attain gamers in additional elements of the world, together with India and Latin America.
Subsequent, Keiji Okamoto from Kobe, Hyogo. Keiji labored exhausting to pursue his ardour for snowboarding all the best way to an expert stage. Nevertheless, an accident on the slopes left him with a spinal harm and the information that he would possibly by no means snowboard once more. Along with his future plans unsure and hoping to contribute to the game regardless of not having the ability to snowboard, Keiji based yukiyama: a platform the place snowsports fans can entry ski resort maps and observe their distances down the slopes. At present the app is used throughout Japan. The group plans to make it accessible to vacationers too by localizing it to different languages. Because the app grows, so does Keiji’s sports activities profession, who now competes within the Paralympics.
Now, Hitomi Wada from Kakamigahara, Gifu. Hitomi has been a fan of fantasy role-playing video games since a good friend first launched her to them as a toddler. Years later she acquired impressed to create her personal recreation, Gifu Quest, whereas exploring the enchanting sights and landmarks of the Gifu prefecture. Gamers should save all 42 municipalities from smash and might even play a job within the recreation’s creation – with a few of their images of Gifu that includes within the recreation, and plenty of sharing their travels to the locations that seem within the recreation underneath the hashtag #realgifuquest. Subsequent, Hitomi needs to create new video games and ultimately characteristic the entire of Japan.
And final however not least, Masaomi Kurokawa from Kure, Hiroshima. Masaomi’s love of computer systems and gaming started again in center college, when his dad purchased him his first pc to program. Later, through the mid-2000s, he determined he wished to revive traditional retro video games from his childhood. His RPG title Dragon Lapis has a attribute old-school aesthetic – with dragons, legends and battles, and is massively standard with followers of the RPG-genre. His nostalgic video games have a loyal fanbase each in Japan and abroad. Masaomi has extra video games within the works and, sooner or later, needs to tackle new challenges like transferring into the app house.
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