While escaping the antiflux, while siren rang, it continues to develop game development with members who escaped the battle [Special serialization]

Ukraine invasion by Russia has a major impact on the game industry. GAME * SPARK contacts Indie Games developers based in the surrounding countries that will help Ukraine, Russia, and even a direct impact to deliver their actual situation from various perspectives, and We tell us the voice as an emergency series. The seventh will deliver a mini-in-tavy to WAEL AMR, an Indie Studio FrogWares, Indie Studio, the Sherlock Holmes Chapter ONE, etc.

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• Which one do you come now? Is that safe? Please tell me the current situation.

• What is the situation of infrastructure such as electricity, water and gas? Do you get a daily necessities such as food? Is your work?

• Are you contacting the domestic game developer community? Sometimes some have evacuated outside the country?

• Some developers say that STeam has paused remittances to Ukraine banks. Is that affected?

• National Memorial Ordinance has been issued, but is there a member that joins the battle? How long is it?

• What do you think of many game industry officials and game companies express their support to Ukraine?

• What do you want to convey to the people of the world, including Japan, and the gamer?

In addition, it is of this interview It is Japan time March 22nd 4:32. Situations are sometimes changing from momentary, but the answer does not add an extremely good hand, and partially misleading parts are serialized by the rule that it supplements in the form of editing. **

Each answer should be understood after understanding that it is an interview individual.

Emergency series "Game Developer under War"

- How are you now? Is that safe? Please tell me the current situation.

Wael AMR (the following WAEL) Members of the development team are located in Ukraine, but some have evacuated to other European countries. Currently, many members are near Lviv, West of Key and Ukraine. But it is a situation that may not be said that "safety" today may not be so on tomorrow.

The Key Wars withstand power strongly, but the Russian army is already in the consumable battle and looks at other places like Mariu Poli. This weekend, a huge shopping mall in the center of the Keuu was attacked with long distance missiles. There is no military value at all. This is to hunger and kill people. Many people are evacuated to Lviv and around the area around Ukraine and are considered the most safe, but a few days ago missiles landed for the first time.

However, even if you look at the development team, you will still feel strong liveliness, even if you look at the whole of domestic domestically. As a public citizen, we are just trying to survive the most out, and this is a bigger middle finger in the Russian army. And Ukraine has a hard decision that this war can not end in the form of yield.

- What is the situation of infrastructure such as electricity, water and gas? Do you get a daily necessities such as food? Is your work?

Many of the WAEL development members are still relatively calm and are in the area governed by the Ukrainian government, so there is a minimum, and it is possible to work remotely. Good food is available, but it depends on where you can get anything, so everyone is doing the biggest thing you can do. The electricity is also the same. What we are the most obstacle of our work is that every time the siren sounds, it has to evacuate to the antiflux. Although the army warns us as soon as possible, it depends on what you are, but you need to hide 3 to 4 times a day.

Now, the development team is doing best to return to some extent. As soon as the war started, we wanted to release them in the best form as possible because the DLC and switch version of " SHERLOCK HOLMES CHAPTER ONE " were almost completed. ** These are mainly a member who has been released from members and warrants that have been evacuated to foreign countries. ※ Editor's note: "Sherlock Holmes Chapter One" PC DLC has been released safely today.

-Is it contacted with the domestic game developer community? Sometimes some have evacuated outside the country?

WAEL Yes, some other development teams and developers are contacted. But each situation is different depending on where you are in Japan. Mainly women are planning to escape to the western border, including our members, or those who are not as soon as possible. Some people have decided to remain in Japan because they can not leave their families. Both selections are a big sacrifice and courage. It is really horrible to get such a terrible choice.

- Some developers say that STeam has paused remittance to Ukrainian banks. Is that affected?

Wael Yes, our team also received the same contact from Steam. I am talking with Valve so that this problem can be solved as soon as possible.

- National General Memorial Ordinance has been issued, but is there a member that joins the battle? Also, how long is it?

WAEL Yes, of our members, several people with military experience went on their own and take a weapon. Considering their safety, it is only that. So far, there is nothing to be incorporated by anyone who volunteered.

A man from 18 to 60 years old is in a state of being able to leave Ukraine, but it is not a matter of trying to get up with the will. Lies Fighting to protect the place and family from the collapsed invader, so there are many people who are motivated to fight.

- How do you think that many game industry officials and games companies have expressed support to Ukraine?

We are really grateful for WAEL we and support for Ukraine. In the disastrous situation called war, the world is the light of hope that we did not forget us.

- What do you want to convey to the world of the world, including Japan, and the gamer?

WAEL I think that all Ukrainian people are our friends, as they are invaded by Russia and keeping pressure on Russia. Thank you for the country that we can call "brother".

Everyone wants you to talk about this war every day. Share this war with SNS, and this war decorates the front page and I want you to get into the war into your heart. Now the pressure applied to Russia is beginning to appear in various ways. But I still need it. This "Snowball" will be gradually increased and you have to cause "avalanche". And Russia must not break the influence to hide with various hands.

Also, I would like to ask for donations for Ukraine. This war has already rushed to a long battle, not the lightning game. It is a match if it can be taken to the determination of Putin and the war crime collapse. The Ukrainian government posted a useful link how to help Ukraine.

The future of our company is greatly dependent on the results of this war. We want to work in free and independent Ukraine and live. Ukraine is our hometown, and we are a place where we live. The future of this country will decide our future.

Currently, there is information provided by developers and related parties in Japan and overseas, and we will earn a response from now on.

Emergency series "Game Developer under War"

# From the editorial department (June 18 partially updated)

# # About the purpose of serialization

It is decided that the developer interviewed by GAME * SPARK is what you think about the current situation, meaning that it is meaningful, and is published in the form of 1 Developer 1. Although the past interviews were large, there were many developers in Russia, and the ratio of interviews may not be the same as in consideration of damage situation, but now we will focus on listening to a number of raw voices I will go. In addition, serialization called echoing, and we received a developer that had no contact from multiple people. We will also deliver voices other than developers that have interviewed so far.

I will try to reduce the bias as much as possible, but it may not be that, that is, it is not a specific political intention that I intentionally picked up the voice of the Russian side. I would appreciate your understanding. This project is told that this project has been placed in a sudden battle, and it is intended to tell me from the viewpoint of his view, and to convey it as it is, and the game is deep. I hope that the readers who felt overseas games made in both countries or surrounding countries are helpful to grasp the current situation.

# # About the contents listed

We also listed at the beginning, but we are listed on the interviews all about planning and postops of articles. There are many cases where you could not get consent or a lot of cases that are concerned about your own safety, but for all questions, it is determined in the editorial department and the editorial department in this project. Please understand that there is.

Basically, the content of the interview is almost a legal intervertiring, and it does not induce something that is not in the remark from here, or guidance to something. On the other hand, it has been recognized in advance in the editorial department that has the potential to be a political content that will be a political content in the future, and conversely, and it is carefully discussed in the publication. Has repeatedly. In addition, for developers, it is not always required to reveal political stance, and it is not necessary to make the attitude clear to force, or not to judge good and evil for the presence or absence of an answer or its contents I also tell. The purpose of this series is that the purpose of this series is the " to talk about the current and recognition from the viewpoint of each of the party" ", and it is significant to leave it, including the answer. thinking about.

In addition, we have contacted multiple developers for Ukrainian developers, and Developers finally continued to continue working with related countries and still keys (Kyiv). It is an array of arrivals as soon as a response is obtained.

# # About editorial policy

Since this series, it is not desirable to specify the stance about political matters in interviewer every time, it does not want to change the stance of the normal interview, which is likely to change the stance of the normal interview. I will tell again. However, we have interviewed it as needed to ask questions that are more thrown from this series.

As you are in the first time, I hope that this's worst situation ends early in a day, as the fun game news is exhausted. At the same time, it was only hit with a lot of Ukrainian municipalities and game industry-related people who have hit the daily life, and I just pray that peace can be recovered as soon as possible. The movement of the game industry that supports people who suffered such damage will also be welcome at any time, but as before, we will increase the number of articles about the topic related to the game industry without reducing the volume of your daily article. We will respond while.