[EN]SHOWTIMExMONSTERS 2 Dev Letter [vol.8]

Hello, I'm Satoh.

Thank you very much for your continued support.

It's getting much hotter these days, and it's rainy season in Japan.

With all the commotion this year including the virus, I feel that time is flying by even faster than usual.

I would like to continue to work steadily to avoid being swept away by that speed.

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Recently, I've been working on drawing the 2nd stratum's monsters alongside with the game part of the 1st stratum.

Players and monsters are at low levels with few skills in the 1st stratum.

It's the most simple part in the game.

However, as the elements of 2nd, 3rd.. stratums pile up on top of that,

I think that the game balance of the beginning is a pretty important part that will affect the balance in the future.

In addition to that, I'm trying to make it easy for the first time players to understand the flow of the game.

I want to make the game so that players can learn how to play and fight naturally while having fun.

As it's going to take quite a while to design the 2nd stratum's monsters too,

I'd like to focus on making sure that the 1st stratum is in a good state.

I'll introduce two new monsters who are good for rainy season in this letter.

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This is one of the new monsters, "Rain Frog"

As his name suggests, his motif is frog, and he is wearing an umbrella and raincoat.

"Water" element will be added in SxM2.

This is "Rainy Fighter"

I remember that I used to play with an umbrella as a sword in my childhood, so I designed him like a swordsman who uses an umbrella as a sword.

His fresh color like hydrangea is also distinctive.

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This time, with sincere gratitude for you, supporters,

I drew an early Summer-themed special illustration for you.

"Monster Plant" from plant monsters.

From a quick glance, he looks like a monster with big plants on his back.

Though, when his clothes are broken, you can see he actually has tentacles entangled all over his body.

By the cloth breaking system, you can enjoy two impressions of him.

The motif of the plants are "Venus flytrap", one of the insectivorous plants.

It's an interesting plant which automatically closes it's mouth when a bug crawls into it.

Saying about insectivorous plants, Nepenthes are also famous. It's the motif of "Utubozu".

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That's all for this letter.

I'll post vol.9 on around 2020/7/20.

Though the world is still in a precarious situation with the new virus not yet subsiding,

I hope the future will be one in which we can live in peace of mind.

I would like to continue to work on the game patiently so that people with the same tastes can enjoy my work.

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SHOWTIMExMONSTERS Discord Server has been made (currently for English speaker)

Please join there to communicate to other fans or for new infos.

https://discord.gg/bqvYdWA

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↓Feel free to give me a comment (questions, impressions etc..)