Time to Blast Off with Rotaeno! - Corner Cab Eps. 5 feat. Chris Choi of Dream Engine Games

From sharing prototypes to building the team of his dreams, Chris Choi has gone through quite a journey on his own to grow and develop what came up to be one of the most innovative mobile rhythm games to be released today. With an extensive song collection, high-profile collaboration such as with WACCA and captivating visual novel styling, Rotaeno deservingly became the limelight of the once solo developer's works. But how does one Chris Choi reach this point of success?

In this very special interview episode of the Corner Cab, we'll talk about how Rotaeno came up to be, from the game developing background, team building, charting potential, and dig deeper into both his experiences and feelings of being shined the spotlight of Rotaeno on the world stage.

Also, just because we want to know who is best girl, hehe.

Timestamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:02:27 Coming Full Circle! | F

rom talking about Rotaeno,
to interviewing the Lead Dev
0:03:44 Expectations: Would the game explode in popularity at launch?
0:05:05 Visual Novel Story Segments
| Aesthetically Pleasing and Executed Well
0:06:31 Yes, we’re gonna talk about chapter 2
0:07:35 Rotaeno’s Early Development
| How the game was developed in the past
0:12:37 The Dream (Engine Games) team |
How the team was assembled
0:19:52 Which Came First?
The Songs or The Story?
0:22:25 -) Replayability Factor of Rhythm Games
0:27:19 -) How Reliable is your Ship?
0:28:56 Rotaeno's Development Journey
0:37:11 When you're tied with the Success of your own Work
0:43:02 Chris’ Favorite Music & Taste?
0:45:21 The Journey of Rotaeno x WACCA
0:46:30 -) How Rotaeno got in Contact with WACCA
0:48:22 -) The Collaboration's Song Selection
0:50:51 -) Respecting this Precious Collab
0:53:25 -) The WACCA Skin Designing
0:55:06 -) The remnants of the WACCA Experience
0:56:09 (cont.) The Journey of Rotaeno x WACCA
0:58:54 Conceptualizing Rotaeno's Story
1:01:22 Who is best girl? From the creator himself
1:04:45 Actually Talking about Chapter 2
1:07:43 APRIL FOOLS EVENT??
1:11:36 Words from the Rotaeno Charting Team
1:12:32 -) Charting with Phone Rotation in Mind
1:13:31 -) The Trackmaker Duration Debacle
1:14:45 -) Having Charting Guidelines (the good, the bad, and saved up patterns)
1:15:25 -) Factors of Determining Chart Difficulties
1:16:15 -) Thoughts of Revealing Chart Constants
1:18:46 -) Getting our Asses(figuratively) Kicked by Inverted World
1:20:39 -) Discussing Galactic Warzone
1:22:38 -) High Profile Charts Hiding Behind Aliases
1:24:35 -) Preview Animations for Special Occasions
1:26:25 Thank You Rotaeno Charting Team!
1:26:46 Dev Blogs & Social Media Presence
1:30:24 Closing

Check out Rotaeno, the gyroscopic control mobile rhythm game!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rotaeno...
https://www.taptap.io/app/231280

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