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RETRO DEVS DIARY: THE YEAR THE RULES CHANGED (1997)

Scenario: It is Q1, 1997. Your small studio, "Pixel Dreams," has just moved out of the garage and into a modest office building. You have $500,000 in capital and a team of three: a Director with high creativity but low stamina, a Scenario Writer who loves sci-fi, and a Hacker who keeps asking for a raise.

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Alternative: Historical Context (Real Life)

If you were looking for information on the actual history of game development in 1997, here is a summary of why that year was legendary: RETRO DEVS DIARY: THE YEAR THE RULES CHANGED

In 1997, Yokoi and Sakamoto founded their own independent game development studio, Game Arts, with the goal of bringing their vision to life. They assembled a small team of talented developers, and together, they embarked on an ambitious project to create a game that would allow players to experience the thrill of game development. The RPG Boom: It was the year of

• The RPG Boom: It was the year of Final Fantasy VII, which popularized JRPGs in the West, and the release of Fallout, which redefined western RPGs.
• Genre Definition: GoldenEye 007 proved first-person shooters could work on consoles, while Grand Theft Auto birthed the open-world genre.
• The PC Renaissance: The PC market exploded with Age of Empires, Diablo (released late '96 but dominated '97), and Quake II.
• The Crash of the "Console War": Sega was struggling with the Saturn, Nintendo was dominating with the N64, and the Sony PlayStation was becoming the market leader.