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Nicalis blog update - Save me Mr Tako!: Q&A with Christophe Galati
What was the inspiration behind the concept for Save me Mr Tako! and what influences did you have when you began developing it?
Bonjour! The idea began back in 2014, when I was a student at a game school in Paris (Isart Digital) and had an internship where I was programming ad-games. I was a bit disappointed by the projects I had to work on, so I decided to make my own as a side project. I’m a huge Nintendo fan, as well as a JRPG player. I started making games at age 12 with RPG Maker and retained much of what I learned from these years. The first time I ate takoyaki [a Japanese snack made with diced or minced octopus], I got a vision. I thought that most of the times octopuses are portrayed as evil characters with a lot of fear associated with them. So, I began thinking about the idea of centering a game around a nice octopus who will help people and try his best to share a message of tolerance in a divided world.