Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka says that he and his team are "risking their lives" for their newest project, the PC and Switch-focused tactical RPG The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.
In an interview with Japanese news platform Famitsu (with additional reporting by Automaton Media), Kodaka says that his studio Too Kyo Games is in debt thanks to securing financing for the game.
Speaking on X (formerly Twitter), Kodaka elaborates that Too Kyo Games has "invested all [its] money and human resources" into the project, describing it as an "epic indie game", a comment on which he elaborates in the Famitsu interview.
In that interview, Kodaka says that he and his team had initially planned for The Hundred Line to be an "indie-scale game", but that they realized the scope of the project would need to be extended as its design and core concepts came into focus.
He notes that he and his team are still in debt from acquiring financing for the game, describing the process of development as "tough both financially and mentally".
Despite that, Kodaka seems to have come out of the experience with a positive overall opinion; he says that he "may never have another opportunity to put this much effort into a project".
Announced during yesterday's Nintendo Direct, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is a collaboration between Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka and Zero Escape creator Kotaru Uchikoshi.
The game revolves around Takumi Sumino, a "totally average teenager" who finds himself swept up in an apocalyptic battle in which he must protect the titular Last Defense Academy from monsters for a hundred-day period.
The Hundred Line promises "100 extreme despair-filled endings", as well as tough tactical combat and plenty of opportunities to explore the school and meet with its students.
You can check out The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy when it launches sometime next year on PC and Switch. Stay tuned for more.
