Take a look behind-the-scenes of one of the most-anticipated games this fall with this latest video from Bokeh Game Studio. The team behind Slitterhead have released the first entry in their developer diaries, Kowlong Express: Bringing Forgotten Fragments into Slitterhead. In this ten-minute video, legendary developer Keiichiro Toyama describes the essence of the setting behind the action-adventure title and its integration of what he remembers of a more chaotic era of a well-known city district in Japan.
Rebuilding a Memory
As you see, the journey back to the Kowloon City District was one he made with a timid sense of excitement. Keiichiro took inspiration from what was the Kowloon Walled City, which was a densely populated and lawless enclave of China. The city was demolished by the British colonial government in 1993. As described, Keiichiro recognizes its presence among many Japanese, as it has made its way into games and anime such as Kowloon’s Gate and Ghost in the Shell.
There is this duality that Toyama wanted to display in his game, more specifically surrounding the environment of the city itself. There's disorder and chaos on the streets on one side, yet there's a...
