Re: Osaka Team Recruiting for Technical Artist & Network Programmer for Kingdom Hearts 3 !

THIS WAS NOT UP WITH THE JOB LISTING LAST NIGHT

Osaka Team, what are you up to?

Oh good! More new blood! Field effects are another aspect of the KH games that deserve to be upped, among other things. All good things, it seems!

-wonders what they need a network game programmer for-

There are some interesting things happening with the Osaka team right now, that's for sure.

I shall keeping my eyes and ears pealed for more info on what's to come:)

Also, the talk of water, rain, and snow effects makes me really, really happy:)

And here's hoping that the Technical Artist can make things flow beautifully, alongside the Kingdom Shader=D

Speaking of rain, has there ever been a KH world that had rain or snow happening during the gameplay? I can't remember right now.

Nope. Not that I can recall, anyway (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

Definitely not snow--since there's only snow in The Land of Dragons and it definitely didn't snow there--but not rain, either, since I don't remember rain in TWTNW or anything like that.

So for that very reason, all this talk is so exciting, imo. III's the first time in the series that we'll see the elements during gameplay, probably. Eep!

Edit: @Sign I know there was rain in the TWTNW cutscenes, but I don't think there was in gameplay? (I'm probably wrong... I should go check.)

They better put multiplayer in this game. Still hurt over the 2.5 Mirage Arena.

More new people...is there a conspiracy here?!

OK, in all seriousness, this is definitely interesting. I kind of wonder if Disney may have had a hand in this to help speed the process along.

Rain...rain. Quick, what Disney films have rain!

Great Mouse Detective...Atlantis...Brave?

First game since KH: Chain of Memories GBA not heavily relying on asset reuse. It makes sense that making all that shit is more of a process now. People trying to compare old development cycle times usually don't account for that.

If frozen get's added they better make it snow.

Better if they can make a blizzard like in the movie,for original worlds any type of weather would be great,like raining for radiant garden l feel would be great.

Ninja'd by kuraudoVII LOL. So I'm just going to say Dead Man's Chest (they could put the Kingdom Shader to good use there), Enchanted (I think, and that would also put the KS to good use), and A Bug's Life. I'm pretty sure there was rain in A Bug's Life...

Also... does the snow comment pretty much confirm Frozen in KHIII? (Not that it wasn't all ready pretty much confirmed, what with all of Tai Yasue's comments from before.)

Also, you can assume that 'KINGDOM SHADER' is more of a buzzword than anything else. They have a new lighting engine. It isn't magic. They still have to work it like any modern game works a lighting engine. It's more or less a title saying 'We understand our artstyle can cause a dissonance when visiting locations and we're trying to fix it through texture and lighting'.

That's actually really helpful to know. Seriously. Thanks a bunch for the info, LaunchpadMcQuack. I really appreciate it:)

Also... there was rain in Gargoyles, right? -she asks way too hopefully, heedless of the knowledge that her hopes are going to be crushed into a million tiny pieces before her very eyes--

Princess and the Frog had Rain in it

While it's not the biggest news, it's something and I'll take it! Hopefully whoever they bring on is the man/woman for the job to make this title all the better. And I wonder if they do need a network programmer for something multiplayer oriented =o.

Wow, these are some great job openings! It would be amazing to work with the Osaka Team, and maybe someday I'll be able to.

...Welp, time to move to Japan and get me a job! xD

jk jk, that sounds pretty cool, it sounds like they are working hard that they need more people, that sounds promising.

The Dream Drop Distance world, Symphony of Sorcery, had rain in two instances. Not permanent, but yeah.

What about Ducktales Treasure of the Lost Lamp had rain in one of the parts. What about like Lady and the Tramp or Sword and the Stone since Merlin was in Kingdom Hearts like a full story of Sword and the Stone. It would be nice if Kingdom Hearts wouldn't have any Star Wars in it yet and keep most things original like the beginning of the series.

My Ideas for other Disney movies to put into Kingdom Hearts:

Jack and the Beanstalk, Wreck it Ralph, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, The Rescuers Down Under or The Rescuers, Robin Hood, maybe The Aristocats or The Jungle Book, The Three Caballeros, Monsters inc, Toy Story, and Tangled.

I hope these are good ideas and I hope that the Osaka Team can find the right person or people they are looking for.

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I have all the Kingdom Hearts games as well except for Chain of Memories for Gameboy Advance is the only game I'm missing from the series! :-).

Awe yeah! New job listings!

Playing with Sora while your friends join through PSN and they control either Donald or Goofy (or whichever party member we are gonna have). Make it happen Square.

Why did I change my plans of learning Japanese and going to school for game design and the like? I'd love to be a part of SE, specifically Osaka. Oh well
This is actually rather nice to hear. I'm hoping this means Mirage Arena will return in KH3. I never got t use the multiplayer. Was there a versus mode in there? I remember the original CoM had that, and that should return. As well as some mission-like modes from Days (just less repetitive/tedious).

I'm also taking the weather thing to mean Frozen is confirmed. I mean, it doesn't mean that at all, but I'd like to dream.

This kinda makes me question how far along they are into development, It's making me a bit nervous.

Either way though, It'd be awesome to see more weather stuff in KHIII. Running around in the snow or rain would be amazing. Imagine going through one of the hub worlds in the rain? That alone would make a familiar world seem so... diverse and different. I'd kill to run around Traverse Town, Twilight Town, or Radiant Garden in the rain lol.

Also, the multiplayer stuff really interests me. At first I was thinking maybe it had something to do with Chi, but I don't think the Osaka team has anything to do with Chi, correct me if I'm wrong though. Also, the description asked for people with console experience or something. I'm very very interested in that aspect. I'd be happy to see some multiplayer in KHIII so long as it doesn't affect the single-player story/gameplay.

AWWW MAN...! That would've been maybe job of my dreams.. I'm studying in finnish university to become game designer, and also japanese language.. in couple of years I maybe would've had a at least a little tiny change.. ;.;

I have this super awesome (and cliché) image of the final battle in the Keyblade Graveyard with rain in my mind. Just imagine the Thirteen vs Seven standing there in rain and facing each other just before the battle begins. I can hear the Fate of the Unknown in my mind

Weather effects would be a very interesting change for KH. Same goes for a day/night cycle.

Imagine a segment where Sora just decides that fighting means giving Xehanort what he wants ... So he retreats back to Destiny Islands ... And then it starts to rain heavily so he goes into the secret cave to watch it while thinking.

Oh give me more of those PS4 graphics!

Should be a scene where it's raining and master xehanort is just standing there while the rain gently caress his bald head,and then at that moment..xehanort feels love for the first time and changes his ways...BY THE POWER OF RAIN!

But seriously i hope this means something great..i would freaking love night/day cycles plus weather for all the original worlds.

I'm trying to remember whether or not The Little Mermaid 2 and Marry Poppins had rain. I'm pretty sure that the last one did... (And if nothing else TLM2 had water. XD).

And didn't Return to Neverland have rain in it? I'm pulling for that one, if for no other reason than to see everyone happy and flying together there.

Did The King of Thieves have rain? I know Aladdin has his hood up at one point in it, but that might have just been when he was impersonating his dad. In any case, I'd really be more than fine with them finishing the Aladdin trilogy in KHIII, so bring on TKoT, Square.

Hercules also had rain! And we saw the Rock Titan in the D23 trailer! This could mean something!

There was also rain in The Lion King 2, right? Right?!

And so did Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time have rain, I think. Not that they'll include that. And nor should they, probably, but I still think it's worth a mention.

Now watch: all of us are going start theorizing/hoping about this rain and snow stuff (bring on the Gargoyles, Square-Enix, I beg you), and this is just going to be referring to it raining in TWTNW and snowing in Twilight Town, or something like that (not that I would mind snow in Twilight Town: I've always thought of that idea, for some reason, and I imagine it would look quite lovely).

Or maybe it'll snow on the Islands! What? It's possible! And it would be really cool and unexpected, too. It could be some deep, plot twisty, atmospheric type scene. And it would just be so pretty, and look like when the worlds were returning at the end of KH1, and I almost can't bear to think of the awesomeness of something like that. Wow.

(I'm also liking you guys' idea about Sora hiding from the storm in the secret place, or the final battle having rain in it. If the latter happens, though, the heroes had better have badass hoods to cover up their faces with, in pretty graphics, no less. Makes me think of Attack on Titan, actually. Man, that'd be cool...)

[strike]Maybe the rain means we'll get some clichéd, sweet, and cute SoKai kissing in the rain scene. I'm joking: don't bite my head off. But if KH was mainly Disney, we all know that would happen. XD[/strike]