Gamebook style RPG "Life Use Kata" Start early access distribution at Steam. Roll play to choose hatred, survival, and obsession

On May 21, our active gaming media game publishing brand PLAYISM has launched an early access distribution of " Life Use ". The compatible platform is a PC (Steam), and the regular price is 1780 yen. In the early access distribution version, up to two chapters, the actions in Chapter 1 will change the fate of the protagonist in Chapter 2.

"How to use life" is a gamebook -style multi -ending RPG that lives in the world of weak meat and strong food using the curse. Gauche, the main character in this work, succeeded his father's trace and would be a new head of his clan. However, a huge dragon appears and the village is destroyed. In the burning flame, Gauche himself wanders the edge of death, but something with his strong emotions possesses.

When I noticed, Gauche had a certain power in the rabbit. Gauche, who was caught by bandits during the fainting, together with the rabbit, Misha, who was also caught, aims to escape from the bandit's hideout. Set in a world where the power is dominated, a young man's life with the curse power is drawn.

Gauche will explore the surroundings to escape the bandits. In this work, there are multiple search points on the map, and an event occurs according to the location examined. For example, if an enemy comes from the other side, there are options according to the situation, such as hitting from the front, setting a surprise attack, hiding and passing. The success or failure of the event and the content of the battle change depending on the selected action.

Also, in this work, the choice of Gauche changes in the choice of the event, and his way of thinking and ending change. The content of the story changes depending on how the hero uses his life. The event is drawn in textbooks with an atmosphere, and some events are also characterized by analog games, such as determining success or failure by dice.

In the battle, QTE occurs for each enemy attack, and if you enter the direction key at a good timing, you can avoid the enemy's attack with no damage. However, if the timing is slightly shifted, it will be scratched, and if the timing is completely removed, it will take great damage. In this work, 3 actions are entered every turn. The enemy's actions may be announced, and Gauche's actions have guards to increase commands input and reduce damage. After the enemy takes powerful actions, there is a gap. The command that inputs the QTE and the preceding input, such as how to avoid enemy attacks and how to defeat the enemy, develops a battle with tension and strategy. In addition, status and class are introduced as elements. If you touch death, you can strengthen any abilities, and the success rate of the event changes. By strengthening the class, you can learn skills according to the characteristics of the class.

This work is working on a darling cat by Mr. Danko, a personal indie game developer in Japan. In this work, the trial version was released from the end of 2020 to January 2021. Development has been underway based on feedback from players. The early access distribution version includes up to 2 chapters. The choice of players in Chapter 1 will significantly change the fate of Gauche in Chapter 2. In addition, after the early access distribution started, the development will continue to be fully released, referring to the requests gathered from players. Specific content to be distributed includes the addition of the main scenario (the chapter for each branch), the implementation of the upper class, and the "infinite arena (provisional)" that keeps fighting until falling down.

"How to use life" is being distributed early for 1780 yen including tax for PC (Steam). In this work, the trial version is distributed by Steam.