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Wattam (Katamari creator) gameplay trailer - launching December 2019
- Thread starter Arm Van Dam
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I don't really play videogames anymore (except Katamari Forever on PS3 lol, I don't have enough time nor money to invest in it anymore) so I'm really happy to see it's gonna be released on PC too.
That trailer just reminds me of Don Hertzfeldt work.
I'm pumped for more music from Shigeru Matsuzaki.
I'm pumped for more music from Shigeru Matsuzaki.
Yeah I thought I remembered the name. How has it taken 5 years I wonder?
Nice! Played it at PAX West last year; it's a very strange and unique game. Also seems to have been in development forever, so it's great that it's finally coming out.
Still not sure about this. I really love Katamari but couldn't get into Noby Noby Boy, and this reminds me more of the latter.
I hope the rest of the soundtrack is this amazing. I'm assuming Takahashi's wife is working on at least some of the music in this, too.
I'm in for whatever Keita decides to release <3
This lovely Q&A was released as well:
What is the most important rule you've tried to abide by while creating Wattam?
Keita Takahashi: I am not sure if I have any specific rules of game development. But I might have similar thing. Now I have two kids, and taking care of them is sometimes harder than game development. When I was working at Namco, I had been working from 10am to 10pm every day. But I can't do that now. I have to help my wife as much as possible.
Of course, I have talked about game and design with the team a lot, but I didn't have any time besides making Wattam at the office. So I had been eating lunch while working on my desk. But anyway, I am not a person who likes to talk a lot, haha.
What is the goal you're trying to achieve with the final product?
Same as usual, I just wanted to make the game I have never played before.
In a brief way, can you describe how to play Wattam?
Turn on the PS4 or PS4 Pro, grab the controller, buy/download Wattam (thanks) and hit button to start the game.
What has changed since you first shipped Katamari Damacy way back in 2004?
I don't think I have not been changing anything myself, besides that I have a family and also gaining weight, but this world has been changing a lot in bad way unfortunately. I'm sad, and thinking what the videogame can do for it…
What's one lesson you've learned about game development since Katamari Damacy that you would recommend to newer or aspiring creators?
Trust your team, but sometimes you need to fight with them for making good games. Believe yourself and your ideas, but you always have to doubt yourself and your idea to make good games.
The games you've released to date have embraced absurdity as a theme, but they always feel incredibly pure and welcoming. How do you make a game like Wattam weird without running the risk of alienating players?
It's a difficult question to answer correctly because I have never had that sense of the risk of alienating players in my game dev life, haha. Maybe I am a just selfish designer who doesn't care about players. Sorry.
What emotions do you hope players feel while playing Wattam? How do you create situations in the game to evoke those emotions?
I hope just having a fun time even if you saw some glitches. Wattam is a kinda narrative-based game more than you expected, so if I said something, it might be a spoiler.
If you could remake any game from PlayStation history as a different genre, which game and genre would you choose? How do you think that game would play?
I would say ICO. I want to swap a boy for a girl.
This lovely Q&A was released as well:
What is the most important rule you've tried to abide by while creating Wattam?
Keita Takahashi: I am not sure if I have any specific rules of game development. But I might have similar thing. Now I have two kids, and taking care of them is sometimes harder than game development. When I was working at Namco, I had been working from 10am to 10pm every day. But I can't do that now. I have to help my wife as much as possible.
Of course, I have talked about game and design with the team a lot, but I didn't have any time besides making Wattam at the office. So I had been eating lunch while working on my desk. But anyway, I am not a person who likes to talk a lot, haha.
What is the goal you're trying to achieve with the final product?
Same as usual, I just wanted to make the game I have never played before.
In a brief way, can you describe how to play Wattam?
Turn on the PS4 or PS4 Pro, grab the controller, buy/download Wattam (thanks) and hit button to start the game.
What has changed since you first shipped Katamari Damacy way back in 2004?
I don't think I have not been changing anything myself, besides that I have a family and also gaining weight, but this world has been changing a lot in bad way unfortunately. I'm sad, and thinking what the videogame can do for it…
What's one lesson you've learned about game development since Katamari Damacy that you would recommend to newer or aspiring creators?
Trust your team, but sometimes you need to fight with them for making good games. Believe yourself and your ideas, but you always have to doubt yourself and your idea to make good games.
The games you've released to date have embraced absurdity as a theme, but they always feel incredibly pure and welcoming. How do you make a game like Wattam weird without running the risk of alienating players?
It's a difficult question to answer correctly because I have never had that sense of the risk of alienating players in my game dev life, haha. Maybe I am a just selfish designer who doesn't care about players. Sorry.
What emotions do you hope players feel while playing Wattam? How do you create situations in the game to evoke those emotions?
I hope just having a fun time even if you saw some glitches. Wattam is a kinda narrative-based game more than you expected, so if I said something, it might be a spoiler.
If you could remake any game from PlayStation history as a different genre, which game and genre would you choose? How do you think that game would play?
I would say ICO. I want to swap a boy for a girl.
Not sure but i remember people commenting it possibly being Vaporware for a while
If you could remake any game from PlayStation history as a different genre, which game and genre would you choose? How do you think that game would play?
I would say ICO. I want to swap a boy for a girl.
Keita should check out Toren.
Edit: Damn, I didn't notice the bottom of the screen getting messed up. Oh, well.
Looks amazing! Can't wait to flush shit on my head.
It looks very similar to how it did years ago. I wonder why it's been in development hell for so long exactly.
I played this at the last two PAX Easts and it's the most a game has made me feel like such a kid again in a while. Its rules and progression aren't often pointed out to you: you kinda slowly discover the progression as you go in a delightful, surprising way.
Like in the demo I played you get an acorn friend and play around with them until you find a spot where they can plant themselves in the soil, then they become a tree. That tree creates fruit characters, and when that happens a giant table arrives at your little grassy world, with utensils and a mouth character. When the table arrives it says in big blocky letters "WELCOME BACK TABLE". You can control the mouth character then and have them eat the fruit, who become poop characters. When they all become poop a toilet arrives. If you control the toilet and flush all the poop they become golden poop, and it attracts a giant bowling alley island to your world, which then says in big letters "WELCOME BACK BOWLING" and then a bunch of bowling pins and balls get off and join your team. This goes on an on, each with a little new unexpected interaction, and you get to play around with these characters and their unique properties a whole bunch, slowly expanding your cast of characters.
It's incredible, I can't wait!
Like in the demo I played you get an acorn friend and play around with them until you find a spot where they can plant themselves in the soil, then they become a tree. That tree creates fruit characters, and when that happens a giant table arrives at your little grassy world, with utensils and a mouth character. When the table arrives it says in big blocky letters "WELCOME BACK TABLE". You can control the mouth character then and have them eat the fruit, who become poop characters. When they all become poop a toilet arrives. If you control the toilet and flush all the poop they become golden poop, and it attracts a giant bowling alley island to your world, which then says in big letters "WELCOME BACK BOWLING" and then a bunch of bowling pins and balls get off and join your team. This goes on an on, each with a little new unexpected interaction, and you get to play around with these characters and their unique properties a whole bunch, slowly expanding your cast of characters.
It's incredible, I can't wait!
