Support by Kodansha Game Creators Lab is decided.
Details will be announced at INDIE Live Expo Winter 2021 on Saturday, November 6th!
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Kodansha Game Creators Lab will be supporting the project.
Further details will be announced at the INDIE Live Expo Winter 2021 on Saturday, November 6th.
【Japanese】
Kodansha Game Creators Lab (GCL) is an indie game creator support project that is familiar with “Why don’t you make your favorite game because we will pay 10 million yen a year?”
This time, he is known as a composer and director of the “Persona” series and the “Shin Megami Tensei” series.
Kodansha Game Creators Lab will support Shoji Meguro.
Mr. Meguro has been making a game using UE4 (Unreal Engine 4) by himself for about 5 years under the pseudonym “Megarock”. The work was submitted for the first GCL recruitment in September last year and proceeded to the final interview. Although I was not selected as the first student, I offered 500,000 yen as a special prize.
After the subsequent exchanges, Kodansha sent a separate frame from the first GCL students.
We will provide further support.
An overview of the game being produced will be held on Saturday, November 6, 2021.
It will be announced at INDIE Live Expo Winter 2021.
Please look forward to the games created by Mr. Meguro and the future of Kodansha Game Creators Lab.
INDIE Live Expo Winter 2021: Saturday, November 6th, 16: 00 ~
HP：https://indie.live-expo.games
Twitter：https://twitter.com/INDIELiveExpo
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Hello. This is Shoji Meguro.
Suddenly,
I, Shoji Meguro, left Atlas Co., Ltd. on the end of September, 3rd year of Reiwa.
I’ve been making role-playing games by myself for about 5 years in my private time.
Last year, when I applied for the first recruitment of Kodansha Game Creators Lab, I was able to remain until the final selection.
We will ask you about the editor in charge of Kodansha.
Therefore, I decided to take the plunge and leave Atlas Co., Ltd. to focus on my dream of developing indie games.
However, we will continue to have a good relationship with Atlas.
While focusing on developing my own indie games, I plan to continue working on game music at Atlas.
If you are worried about the sudden announcement, please rest assured.
Finally, Atlas Co., Ltd. who listened to my selfishness, the family who allowed me to challenge,
And I am very grateful to Kodansha for giving me a chance to take on the challenge.
From now on, with the music of Shoji Meguro
We hope you can look forward to the game you are working on.
Thank you.
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Shoji Meguro (https://twitter.com/s_megarock）
Click here for the message video of Shoji Meguro ↓
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The secret of editing, told by a veteran editor in charge of “Kaiji”. When I went to hear the story of the game, I came into contact with Kodansha’s 111-year history (exhibitor: Den Famitsu Gamer)
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Kodansha’s indie game introduction program “Anapre!” Will be distributed on YouTube from October 2021. Start accepting self-recommended applications for works introduced in the program (Exhibitor: Denfa Minico Gamer)
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/210719l
“Kodansha Game Creators Lab” 1st term members 7 groups announced. Indie game support project (exhibitor: AUTOMATON), which is paid 10 million yen a year
https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20210215-152089
[Kodansha Creators Lab]
A department newly established in Kodansha’s Fourth Business Bureau in June 2021.
With the slogan “Everything is for creators”
1. Operation of posting sites such as “DAYS NEO”
2. Management of the indie game creator support project “Kodansha Game Creators Lab”
3. Business “Kicstarter Navi” (https://kickstarternavi.jp) based on a partnership with the world’s largest crowdfunding site for creators “Kickstarter” (https://kickstarter.com)
The main business is.
HP：https://creatorslab.kodansha.co.jp
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【English】
Kodansha Game Creators Lab (hereinafter referred to as “GCL”) is an indie game developer support organization known for the slogan, “We’ll give you 10 million yen a year, so why don’t you develop the game you want to?” The Kodansha Game Creators Lab is a project to support indie game developers. GCL will be supporting Shoji Meguro who is known as the composer and director of the “Persona” and “Shin Megami Tensei” series.
Under the pseudonym, “Megarock”, Mr. Meguro had been making games using the UE4 (Unreal Engine 4) all by himself for about five years. He applied for the “GCL Round 1 Recruitment” last September and made it to the final interview. Although he was not selected as a Round 1 GCL member, we supported him with 500,000 yen as a special prize. After subsequent communication, we decided to assign Mr. Meguro a separate position from the first GCL members.
The game we are working on at the moment will be presented at the INDIE Live Expo Winter 2021 on Saturday, November 6th.
Stay tuned for the games created by Mr. Meguro and the future of Kodansha Game Creators Lab.
INDIE Live Expo Winter 2021：Nov. 6, 12:00 AM PDT
HP：https://indie.live-expo.games/en/
Twitter：https://twitter.com/INDIELiveExpoEN
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＜Message from Shoji Meguro＞
Hello. I’m Shoji Meguro.
I know this is quite sudden, but I, Shoji Meguro, resigned from Atlus Co., Ltd. at the end of September 2021.
I‘ve been creating role-playing games by myself during my spare time for the past five years now, and I applied for a Round 1 Kodansha Game Creators Lab recruitment and was selected as one of the finalists. Then staff from Kodansha was assigned to work with me.
I decided to leave Atlus and focus on my dream of developing indie games.
However, I will continue to maintain a good relationship with Atlus. While focusing on my own indie game development, I will continue to work with Atlus on game music, so I hope that those of you who were concerned about the sudden announcement will feel relieved.
Lastly, I would like to thank Atlus Co., Ltd. and my family for accompanying me. I would also like to thank Kodansha for giving me a chance to take on the challenge.
I hope you will enjoy the music of Shoji Meguro as well as the games I am currently working on.
October 27,2021 Shoji Meguro (https://twitter.com/s_megarock）
Shoji Meguro’s Message Video:
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Kodansha’s Youtube program, “Anaplay!”, that features indie games, will be released on the channel from October 2021. It will also start accepting self-recommendation applications for games to be introduced on the channel. (Source: Denfaminico gamer)
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The first seven members of the Kodansha Game Creators Lab have been announced. Indie game support project to provide 10 million yen per year. (Source: AUTOMATON)
https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20210215-152089
【Kodansha Creators Lab】
Kodansha Creators Lab is a newly established department within Kodansha’s Fourth Business Bureau in June 2021.
Under the slogan, “All for the Creators”, Kodansha Creators Lab has been working on the following projects:
１. Operation of digital platforms such as, “DAYS NEO”
２. Operation of the Kodansha Game Creators Lab – a project to support indie game developers.
３. Businesses (“KickstarterNavi” https://kickstarternavi.jp) based on a partnership with “Kickstarter”(https://kickstarter.com) which is the world’s largest crowdfunding website for creators.
HP: https://creatorslab.kodansha.co.jp
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