Narunii Taps Naoki Nagai to Supervise Scenario for Chikai no Fuchi
Bringing in a scenario supervisor with credits on established commercial titles is the concrete step Narunii can point to after a 2023 crowdfunding campaign of about 50.85 million yen and a team walkout that left the game with almost nothing playable.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Half a year after an external investigation found that only about 0-1% of Chikai no Fuchi worked after four years of development, YouTuber Advanced Knight Narunii has released a video on the project's future. Development continues, with Naoki Nagai, credited on Kamaitachi no Yoru x3 and Bravely Default II, supervising the scenario. Narunii also recounted the mistakes he says he made running the project.
Narunii described the collapse in his own terms. He met the former director, nicknamed Goblow, through his YouTube work, and the two split the project with Narunii on scenario and promotion and the other man on development and personnel. He said he started development without a hierarchy, worked without a proper contract because he thought a hierarchy was unnecessary among friends, and never updated the agreement after the crowdfunding. He also said he proposed ideas early on that caused confusion, then agreed to stop interfering and left the development floor entirely to his partner.
When the former director was asked to step down, the remaining data did not match the claim that 60% was done. Narunii compared it to opening a pot and finding water but no ingredients.
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