Fantastic thread. Yūki Hatakeyama, a programmer who worked on Panzer Dragoon Saga, recently replayed the game and documented his journey, also sharing his experiences relating to how each section of the game was made. Scroll up to read the entire thread.
Google translation of each post:
1
連休最終日の過ごし方
How to spend the last day of the holidays
2
サターンは半透明の描画に不透明の6倍の描画コストがかかるのだそうで、こういうシーンの半透明はほぼ網かけになる
当時のテレビでみるといい感じに滲んで半透明にみえるのだが、S端子でつなぐとはっきり網にみえるのでデザイナーさんはS端子を嫌っていた記憶
On the Saturn, it seems that it costs six times as much to draw semitransparent as it does opaque, so the semitransparent in this kind of scene will almost always be shaded.
When I watched it on a TV at the time, it looked nice and translucent, but when I connected it with the S terminal, it looked like a net, so I remember that the designer hated the S terminal.
3
で、網かけは半透明にはなっても加算演算できないので、新入社員のくせにデザイナーさんにごねて加算半透明にしてもらった箇所
サターンの半透明は実はコストの他にスプライトの形状でモワレが出たりスクロール面とは演算出来なかったりでそんな簡単ではなかったのだけど
So, even though the shading is semi-transparent, addition calculations cannot be performed, so even though I am a new employee, I asked the designer to make it semi-transparent.
The translucency of the Saturn was actually not that easy, not only because of the cost but also because the shape of the sprite caused moire and it could not be calculated with the scroll surface.
4
主人公エッジのCVは石田彰さん
石田さんスペースチャンネル5パート2にも出演していらしたので、自分の人生にそれなりに縁がある方なのだけど、お会いしたことがないのが残念
The main character Edge’s CV is Akira Ishida.
Mr. Ishida also appeared on Space Channel 5 Part 2, so he has a certain connection to my life, but it’s a shame that I’ve never met him.
5
開発中もこのダジャレはざわついたような記憶が
I remember being confused about this pun even during development.
6
今日はウル地下まで
ディスク2終了までやりたかったけどなんか午後はロスタイムが発生して進まなかった
Today we went to the basement of Ulu
I wanted to play until the end of disc 2, but I had some downtime in the afternoon and couldn’t progress.
7
今日はウル地下まで
ディスク2終了までやりたかったけどなんか午後はロスタイムが発生して進まなかった
Resuming from underground
Come to think of it, work was progressing around this area when I was assigned to the project.
I think the effect on the right was probably the first job he was given.
8
ディスク2終了
End of disc 2
9
大分山場もあったのだがスクショ忘れ
この戦闘はリアルタイムの時間制限があるのだが、7:00の:の部分を点滅させるなと強い指示が
特許に抵触するらしい
今はもう切れてるかな
There was a mountainous area in Oita, but I forgot the screenshot.
This battle has a real-time time limit, but there is a strong instruction not to flash the : part at 7:00.
It seems to violate the patent.
I guess it’s off now
10
メル=カヴァ はじめて自分に任されたエリア しかしこのエリアだけドラゴンが旋回できないゾーンがあったりフィールド上で敵以外からのダメージ受けたりトリッキー うちの母親がプレイして挫折したエリアでもある
Mel-Kava This is the first area I’ve been left in charge of. However, this is the only area where the dragon can’t turn, and it’s tricky because it takes damage from other than the enemy on the field. It’s also the area where my mother played and was disappointed.
11
ディスク3終了
かなりストーリーは大きく動いてディスク4へ
End of disc 3
The story moves quite a bit and goes to disc 4.
12
かなり大詰めまでプレイしたけどエンディングは次の休みにお預け
それにしても今みてもこのドラゴンモーフィングはかっちょいい
I played until the very end, but I’ll leave the ending until my next holiday.
Anyway, this dragon morphing is still cool
13
クリア目前で一旦取りこぼしの回収
多分昔プレイしたときはこの辺やってない
Dユニットそろえて究極形態へ
Collecting leftovers just before clearing
I probably didn’t do this when I played a long time ago.
Align D units to reach ultimate form
14
さらにあることをするとちびドラゴンがついてきて過去作のドラゴンをモチーフにしたドラゴンへ
この辺はそんな仕様があったことすらわすれていて攻略サイトが頼みの綱(笑
Furthermore, when you do certain things, a chibi dragon will follow you and become a dragon based on the dragons of previous games.
I forgot that such a specification even existed around here, so I rely on the strategy site (lol)
15
ラスボス直前
ここの背景がめっちゃかっこいい
回転面に加算面を重ねて表現
スクロール面のスペシャリスト中西さんがサターンの最後にそれまでのすべてのネタをつっこんだとおっしゃってた
動画でキャプチャできないのが残念
Just before the final boss
The background here is really cool
Expressed by overlapping the addition surface on the rotation surface
Mr. Nakanishi, the scroll specialist, said that he had included all the material up to that point at the end of Saturn.
Too bad I can’t capture it on video
16
無事にクリア
スタッフロールにある自分の名前を確認
あと1,2箇所出てるんだけどキャプチャしそこね
つか3箇所出てるつもりだったけど2箇所しか見つからなかったな
勘違いだったかしら
Cleared successfully
Check your name in staff roll
There are one or two more places that I can’t capture.
I thought there were 3 places, but I only found 2.
Maybe it was a misunderstanding
I love things like these, it’s really neat reading a developer talk about a game they’ve worked in and some of the behind the scenes.
Wish there would be more instances like these more often.
Cool thread! The part about his mother not liking Mel-Kava is hilarious! Maybe she kept getting pushed back by the projectiles causing her to exit the ship LoL!
Thanks so much for this Solo. I love reading stuff from the old Saturn teams. I so wished SEGA never closed down TA and would have loved to have seen their next game they were working on.
this is so awesome, would love if more team andromeda did this