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Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout producer thanks fans for supporting the game, and discusses lessons learned
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout has been a phenomenal success for Koei Tecmo. The title has sold over 350k units in a short amount of time, making it the best-selling entry in the Atelier franchise so far. In an interview with Siliconera, producer Junzo Hosoi took a moment to thank fans for buying the game, and also talked about lessons learned during the game's development.
An extraordinary number of gamers played this game, and we are very grateful for this. The thing I learned the most from this game is that you need to keep challenging yourself.
In this game, we considered everything from scratch, from the theme to the production concept to the visual concept. Even within the company, there were various opinions about the scenario concept and use of the single season of summer.
But because we took on these challenges, I feel that as a result many gamers played this game.
And so, we will continue to create games without forgetting to always challenge things with a positive attitude.