Chained Echoes Latest update from developer　/　チェインド・エコーズ開発者からの近況報告など
24Jun
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Chained Echoes Latest update from developer　/　チェインド・エコーズ開発者からの近況報告など

  • By FPG Staff

（日本語の文章は英文の下にあります）

Dear Customers,

Matthias Linda, developer of Chained Echoes, has made an announcement about the current status of Chained Echoes, which we are sharing here:

"First, to get you a general understanding of the production process with the console companies, here is an overview:
  1. The game itself needs to be approved by the console companies. This was finished in Q4 of 2022 for the digital release of Chained Echoes.
  2. The physical game version needs to be approved by the console companies. This was finished in Q4 of 2023.
  3. The physical units need to be produced by the console companies. This will happen in the first week of July for the Playstation version.
The production of the Playstation units (the game itself) will start in the beginning of July, which is then estimated to take about three weeks to produce. Then it needs to be assembled by FPG and sent out. Afterwards, the Nintendo and PC version will be completed and shipped."


As expained by him, a physical release of an Indie game is not just "print the package and put the game in". Before being able to create the physical copies of the game, several bug fixes and reviews with both Sony and Nintendo need to be done before they allow us to actually produce the cartridges and games. Additionally, a new game mode was added to Chained Echoes, which is why from the start a simultaneous release of download version and physical version was impossible and we faced some delays due to the bugfixes and exchange with Sony/Nintendo.

Other things, like the design of the packaging, the creation of the manual and the actual printing also took longer than expected due to delays and lack of quality by the printing companies and punching dies that were not fitting and needed to be redone.

Please see the full post by Matthias below:

Chained Echoes Kickstarter Blog: Regarding Delays of Physical Editions

Thank you for your patience and we will try to keep you updated!

Sincerely

First Press Games

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お客様各位

チェインド・エコーズの開発者Matthias Linda氏より、現在のチェインド・エコーズの状況について発表がありましたので、以下よりシェアさせていただきます。（英文のみ）

↓下記画像は、今後の計画に関するMatthias Linda氏のKickstarter Updatesからの抜粋

"First, to get you a general understanding of the production process with the console companies, here is an overview:
  1. The game itself needs to be approved by the console companies. This was finished in Q4 of 2022 for the digital release of Chained Echoes.
  2. The physical game version needs to be approved by the console companies. This was finished in Q4 of 2023.
  3. The physical units need to be produced by the console companies. This will happen in the first week of July for the Playstation version.
The production of the Playstation units (the game itself) will start in the beginning of July, which is then estimated to take about three weeks to produce. Then it needs to be assembled by FPG and sent out. Afterwards, the Nintendo and PC version will be completed and shipped."


Chained Echoes Kickstarter Blog: Regarding Delays of Physical Editions

その他、パッケージのデザイン、マニュアルの作成、実際の印刷なども、印刷会社の遅れや品質不足、抜き型が合わずにやり直しが必要になるなど、予想以上に時間がかかりました。

Linda氏の説明の様に、インディーズゲームの物理的リリースは、単に「パッケージを印刷してゲーム（カードリッジなどデータを収めた物理的な媒体）を入れる」というだけではなく、ゲームの物理的なコピー作成前にはいくつかのバグ修正とレビューをソニーとニンテンドーの両方で行う必要があり、それらのプロセスを通過して初めてカートリッジなどの物理的なゲーム媒体を製造できるようになります。

さらに、チェインド・エコーズには新しいゲームモードが追加されたため、最初からダウンロード版とパッケージ版の同時リリースは不可能であり、バグ修正やソニーとニンテンドーとのやり取りにより遅延に直面していきました。

その他、パッケージの全デザイン、取扱説明書の一からの作成、実際の全ての印刷物なども、印刷会社からの遅延と品質の低下、設計に適合しない打ち抜き金型の全やり直しが必要になったため、予想以上に時間がかかってしまいました。
これらは、これまでに何度もお伝えしてきた事実です。


近日中に聖冠伝説の開発者からの最新情報についてもシェアさせていただく予定です。

First Press Games