You haven’t lived life till you write a game design proposal in Japanese!

Some game companies need applicants to write a 10-page game proposal (Square Enix needed 2 pages). So I quickly picked up a game design book in Japanese and randomly searched for game titles in the Japanese wiki to obtain some game tango. Words like:

仮想世界 (kasousekai) – Imaginary world
新たな領域 (aratanaryouiki, not zettai ryouiki ok!) – New territory
世界観は信じさせること (sekaikan wa shinjisaserukoto) – Immersed into the world
探索する (tansakusuru) – Explore/Go on a quest
ソーシャルダイナミクス (sousharudainamikusu) – Social dynamics
多人数同時参加型オンラインRPG (taninzuudoujisankakeionrain.R.P.G) – Massively Multiplayer Online RPG

Woo, what a mouthful. And not to forget レベルアップ (reberuappu) – Level up!

After that, it was off to Microsoft Word! I averaged three hours of sleep per day for the past week thanks to this bugger. But finally I’m done. I have to say, I’m proud of myself (ehek) coz when I asked the teacher to check the document, there were less mistakes than I expected. Pretty minor too. I seriously couldn’t believe that I could write a proper proposal in Japanese, but I did :)

Stuff like active and passive verbs still haunt me to this very day though.

Of course, nothing communicates better than drawings. My ugly drawings, that is ^^;;

At least I’m improving (I *think*). Following all my friends’ advice, I used my eyes to follow shapes instead of tracing. Whoa, I sound like an expert :P Greater emphasis on “sound like”.

I’m proposing a new MMORPG mechanism that’s categorically different from WoW, coz in the game design world, if you can’t beat ‘em DON’T join ‘em. Few of you might know what I’m talking about, but for the rest it’s a secret hehehe.

Now that I have patted myself on the back, let’s see whether game companies would pat my back as well. Wish me luck.

Meanwhile, it’s time to get that much needed 8-hour sleep (maybe more?). Good night everyone.