Representative of room9
50 years old, born in 1972. After graduating from a computer-related technical school, he aimed to enter the game industry, but was unable to do so and became an engineer in the business field. inspired by the iPhone released in 2007, he started his own business in 2010 because he wanted to develop games for the iPhone. He found out that it was possible to develop games for the iPhone, and started developing games for smartphones around 2013.
Around 2015, he exhibited at many domestic and international indie game events, and around 2017, he started developing console games for the Nintendo Switch. In 2020, he will start an indie game label called “Yokaze” with a collection of games that are immersed in the world of indie games.

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SKOOTA TALK Journey “room6 Kimura’s Journey

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I was a student who wanted to work in the game industry…
The days of a business engineer
・The advent of the iPhone and the rekindling of my love for games
・Daiyuki Shiiba, who makes the music for world for two
・The importance of music in indie games
・Music, scenario, graphics, and game system are all important.

After various life events, I started my own business
・Motivation to develop games accelerated after participating in an indie game event
・In an elegant office in Demachiyanagi, Kyoto
・About games and monetization
・Nutrition from anime during hard times
・Last ditch effort to make games interesting
・Last ditch effort to make games interesting The Importance of Test Players and the Difficulty of Judging

・Video media format is a linear media, but games are…
Games with interactive elements are the polar opposite of complex systems
・What room6 and Yokaze label want to offer based on
・Meeting hako life was a pixel art event
・Publisher business started in 2019
・Creating game works with the same care as one’s own children
・Development of the fantastic AP The co-creation of creators progressed wonderfully and well
・The latest work is ready when it is ready to be released