A couple of years in the past, Naver Webtoon turned fairly energetic in desirous to gamify their webcomic IPs – we had beforehand maintained a great relationship with them creating different video games for them — so that they proposed to us three decisions, and one in all them was “All of Us Are Lifeless.”
For these unfamiliar, that exact webcomic was printed on-line between 2009 to 2011. On the time, the Korean webcomic market was nonetheless exploding, and since zombie content material was nonetheless considerably unfamiliar in Korea, it gained a number of enthusiastic followers. Quick-forward to 2021 and zombie-related content material has poured out as a result of unfold of streaming and OTT. Towards this backdrop is once we have been capable of make the daring resolution to develop a non-mainstream style sport, a visible novel utilizing the “All of Us Are Lifeless” IP.
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After I was supplied the IP, it was when the journey group had simply fashioned at IkinaGames. Fortunately, each the producer and director loved studying the webcomic “All of Us Are Lifeless,” in order that made the choice simpler (to pitch). I simply needed to watch out as a result of it was my first problem on this style, and I set the aim as small as potential with out making any main adjustments to the unique story and commenced growth with a 10-month schedule.
Consulting with Joo Dong-geun, the creator of “All of Us Are Lifeless,” the one request he had was he didn’t need the end-result to be considerably subdued or too romantic. The webcomic itself utilized a mixture of portray and lifelike kinds, and we agreed to place that ambiance and the seriousness of the story into the sport. That’s how the present graphics model was established after a number of iterations.
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Later in growth, Joo Dong-geun turned far more open about our model of the situations within the sport and the extra components we added. He additionally performed early builds and inspired our group all through growth. As we neared the tip of manufacturing, he mentioned he needed to be useful, and helped promote our sport via his social media community.
By early January 2022, we had gone via two prototypes, established the gameability with alpha builds, and by the point the state of affairs was written as much as chapter 2. After which increase. The Netflix collection “All of Us Are Lifeless” was launched. We had no concept in regards to the movie till it was introduced. Nonetheless, after the discharge, the collection turned a worldwide hit that far exceeded expectations — and I fell right into a panic. We have been abruptly below stress to vary the route of the undertaking, which was initially being developed as a small undertaking, to now change into a sport that may face up to the load of worldwide IP.
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The basics of visible novel and story-oriented video games couldn’t be modified, so we centered on strengthening the spine of the sport by refreshing character profiles and reinforcing episodes extra dramatically to arrange the situations extra carefully. You might discover that whenever you begin enjoying, in case you take a look at the story till Chapter 2, it flows equally to the unique webtoon after which unfolds fully otherwise beginning with Chapter 3.
I believe, in some instances, this added stress introduced a optimistic impact to growth. The variety of situations elevated and the graphics, variety of characters, variations, results, and even the illustrations began to exceeded our preliminary expectations. The artwork group turned actually motivated to create extra property and so they began so as to add new character expressions and variations. Due to this, there are actually greater than 10 variations for every character’s stance within the sport. They even voluntarily went via the difficulty of manufacturing a scene like animation sprites in a number of frames, saying the scenes wanted to be extra dynamic.
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Wanting again, I’d say there have been two foremost issues I encountered whereas making a sport from a webtoon. The primary was altering the storytelling strategy of a webcomic to sport narrative methods. The unique comedian, which was serialized weekly, composes a narrative with a really quick breath however with influence, and doesn’t put a lot weight on long-term narratives. Visible novels are likely to tackle a stronger sense of immersion, offering catharsis by regularly constructing narratives after which bursting via the conflict of characters.
To alter such a state of affairs, the character’s previous and profile have been added with settings that weren’t within the unique, and every story needed to be produced with care to vary the construction itself, similar to assembly characters who weren’t within the unique webcomic.
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The second was to think about a number of situations by contemplating individuals who had already identified the unique webcomic and those that didn’t, who in our case, have been individuals who watched solely the Netflix collection. That model solely shared the names of the characters from the unique comics and had fully totally different tales and characters. So, we aimed to create our personal storyline whereas taking the fundamentals of the unique webtoon.
For instance, whereas sustaining the unique foremost occasion setting of the characters gathering on the rooftop of the college, the method of every character reaching the roof was a totally totally different. I needed to make it potential for individuals who watched dramas to take pleasure in different factors of view, and for individuals who don’t know IP to be immersed within the scene as properly.
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There may be a number of prejudice in regards to the visible novel type, particularly in Korea. It’s a market the place the likes and dislikes of the style are very clear. Creating a visible novel outdoors of what was anticipated (e.g. romance) was a problem I set for myself. Moreover, there’s a horde of zombies and but it’s not an motion sport, however a visible novel. Now come to consider it… maybe sure. Possibly the undertaking itself was a problem from the very starting.
Many gamers who’ve skilled the sport mentioned that the story and graphics have been of top of the range. We hope that “All of Us Are Lifeless” will likely be open to the potential of different visible novels. I need to present the worldwide market that this sport, this story, is feasible with an IP like “All of Us Are Lifeless.”
You’ll be able to play All of Us Are Lifeless on Xbox beginning as we speak.
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All of Us Are Lifeless…
IKINA GAMES
$19.99
All of Us are Lifeless – The Visible Novel
An interactive, visible novel primarily based on the hit webcomic collection.
◆ Story
Summer time. July. Zombie virus breaks out in Hyosan Excessive. Mates and academics change into contaminated, and lots of cannot deliver themselves to take down the contaminated. They have been mates and academics, in spite of everything. Quickly, your complete college is infested with zombies with no means of escape.
Expertise the struggles of strange college students as they juggle extraordinary challenges. Be a part of the jocks as they face overwhelming odds whereas combating for his or her survival. Be cautious of the fear that lies inside the college for zombies weren’t the worst of their troubles. See how every one survives in their very own, distinctive means.
◆ All of Us are Lifeless: The Visible Novel
– Based mostly on the hit webcomic of which the live-action drama collection ‘All of Us are Lifeless’ relies on. Uncover wholly new content material untold in different variations!
– All new occasions, endings, and extra! Watch the place your selections take you and see how they unfold.
◆ Artworks
– All new character artworks are made to replicate each character’s particular person character.
– Persistent paintings. Any encounters or occasions that have an effect on the character persist within the paintings, even because the story progresses!
◆ Excessive High quality Illustrated Occasions
– 100+ high-quality illustrations for optimum drama.
– Animated occasions!
◆ Absolutely voiced in Korean
– 12+ hours of totally voiced situations.
– Voice-over
Lee Bohee, Park Seongyeong, Ryu Seung Gon, Lee Kyung Tae, Music Harim, Mun Yujeong, Kim Na Yul, Search engine optimization Da Hye, Kang Si Hyun, Ahn Hyomin, Kim Younger Solar, Kim Hye Sung, Jang Mi, Choi Seunghun, Jang Ye Na, Shin Beomsik, Park MinGI, Bang SiU, Kim Jin Hong, Lee Eun Jo, Jung Eui Jin, Lee Myounghwa, Sung Ye Gained, Jung Ui Taek