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It’s been three months since Shenmue 3 closed its Kickstarter campaign and development appears to be going pretty well, judging by a status update made by developer Ys Net.
“Yes, we are in the third month of development of Shenmue 3. The story and scenarios are now out of the planning stage and it is time to get the people, places and things to start fitting together into a world with proper dimension, adequate space, and appropriate scale to keep the feel and essence of all that is a Shenmue game,” explains the Kickstarter blog.
Development is now focussed on map testing, which the blog explains will “define the different areas to make sure they are neither too big, nor too small to get to that Goldilocks zone”. During this phase areas sizes will be tweaked and character density will be altered to make everything feel right.
The team has also released a few screenshots, but be aware that much of what you see is placeholder. For instance Ryo is an older model, and backgrounds will be reworked.
“The development team is in high spirits now that we have reached this stage where we are finally able to start testing,” concludes the blog. “The studio has become quite the lively place as of late, even on Saturdays for some of us! We look forward to your continued support!”
Source: Kickstarter
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