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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION 201X
Project Name: Nobunaga’s Ambition 201X (信長の野望 201X)
Platform: Web browser, iOS, Android
Language: Japanese ( Chinese, Korean version coming soon)
Price: Free to play, with in-app purchase
First Release Data: 20 March 2015
Developer: Koei Tecmo Games
Official Website: http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/d5/
Promo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VyxBlh-POI
Nobunaga’s Ambition 201X is a spin-off of the famous simulation strategy game Nobunaga’s Ambition series.
The game is a free-to-play mobile game with very interesting setting and unique gameplay. The game brings famous generals from Sengoku period to current time, fighting monsters with modern weapons like rifles or rocket launchers. Its unique gameplay is named “Formation Battle RPG”. User need to swipe to rotate each lane horizontally and vertically on a 3x3 grid to place their generals in favourable positions to attack enemies and avoid enemy attacks.
The game was a big success in Japan, reached top 5 in free game download rankings in both Apple Store and Google Play Store.
The project is developed with Unity Engine. The teams consisted around 10 people, 5 programmers and 5 designers.
WHAT I DID
I joined the team since the prototyping stage of development. I was in charge of server structure and development, animation (programming), UI, game system, game logic, in-app purchase, Apple Store and Google Play Store API, Facebook and Twitter API, and miscellaneous tasks. I also helped with designer tasks, during brainstorming, and made lots of suggestions in crafting system design, battle improvements, game balancing and monster design.