![]() ![]() At the beginning of the game, your character is under a cherry tree, and the cherry tree is slowly withering away. It’s very much up to the player to infer what the story or the ultimate meaning of Tengami is, through the things that they do, see and feel as they progress. JS: We have a very non-traditional approach to the story, and there’s almost no text in the game. NoE: Please could you give us a brief introduction to Tengami’s story? ![]() ![]() It’s a very accessible game the controls are very easy to pick up, and I think because so many people know pop-up books from childhood, it very quickly becomes second nature. NoE: Have you found that people who play the game quickly understand how it works and like the idea? I unfortunately don’t have them with me today but we have shown them at shows before, and it really blows people’s minds when they see the physical scene, and then see exactly the same scene in the game. ![]() She really loved the game and she came to talk to me after she played it and said, "How can I be involved with the game?" So we commissioned her to replicate some of the most iconic scenes in the game as physical pop-ups. But it’s true that everything that you see in the game is constructed like an authentic pop-up book, and you can replicate everything that you see in the game with paper, scissors and glue – if you know how to make pop-ups!Īctually, at a show we did, I met a lady called Rebecca Sawyer, who’s a professional pop-up artist. As our technology gradually got better and better, we switched over to doing everything in our 3D editor. But the hand-crafting process is very slow for pop-ups, because if you make a tiny mistake, you need to start again from scratch. How do you actually make a folding house? How do you make a folding tree? How do you make a folding Japanese temple? Things like that. In the beginning we obviously liked to draw on paper and work it out sometimes. NoE: Did the team learn origami in order to create the game’s assets by hand beforehand? In the beginning, we studied how to make physical pop-ups, and through understanding that process, we figured out the mathematics behind the folding, and then we were able to create an editor that allowed us to make authentic digital pop-ups. JS: Yes, that was really the most difficult part of making Tengami – coming up with the technology. How did you go about creating the game engine? NoE: You mention that you interact with the backgrounds and the paper world. Essentially, you play Tengami in the same way that you would read a pop-up book – it’s very quiet, a calm and relaxing sort of game that you play on your sofa, or in your bed with the headphones on and a cup of tea! You play very much at your own pace, gently exploring some really gorgeous-looking paper worlds, and you come across puzzles and obstacles that you solve by flipping, folding, sliding and pulling parts of the world. JS: Tengami’s an atmospheric adventure game that takes place inside of a Japanese pop-up book. NoE: Could you give us a short introduction to Tengami for those who are coming to the game completely fresh? Jennifer Schneidereit: There are three of us working full-time on Tengami: Phil Tossell, Ryo Agarie, and me. How many people are on the team over at Nyamyam working on Tengami? You run around as a milk carton trying to kill a watermelon with a boomerang while avoiding giant traps and acquiring crazy power-ups.Nintendo of Europe: First of all, thanks for taking the time to speak to us today. That might sound pretty dumb, but it's honestly a fun little game. Related: Amazon Ran Anti-Union Ads On Twitch For About An Hour Before Twitch Took Them Downīoomerang Fu is a party fighting game where you play as a random food item armed with a boomerang. There are eight planes to try, eight contestants to fry, and three racing modes that'll take you to the sky in three different ways. It's a flight combat air racing game, which is a lot like modern air racing except you get to shoot down your opponents. Next is SkyDrift, an older title from Digital Reality. Each level is filled with calming and culturally appropriate music as you try to figure out how to fold your way to the next page. Tengami is a puzzle/adventure game where you jaunt across a pop-up book version of ancient Japan. Next up is something the complete opposite of Blasphemous. ![]()
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