Solo game dev promises to add anyone to credits & 200,000 people responded
A solo game developer who offered to include others in his post-game credits via an announcement ended up going viral on social media. Over 200,000 people have since responded.
Oneindie gamethat you may have probably never heard of before today is now going viral, but not in the ways you might expect. That game is Dragon’s Chronicles: The Dark Demon King and the Sword of the North Star.
It may not be as popular as the likes ofStardew Valley, and it’s still listed as Coming Soon on Steam, but as spotted byAutomaton, its solo developer is set to pull off something that may just break an impressive record in history.
Its solo dev is committed to making the longest credits ever.
Solo game developer who offered to add strangers to his game’s credits ended up going viral
Given that indie games usually involve few people, the post-game credits can be rather short. This has led the creator, Takashi Mochibe, to propose a recruitmentpost on X, looking for people to help fill in the credits.
【募集】現在エンディング用のスタッフロールを作っているのですが、ほぼ一人と関係者数名で製作しているため尺が全く足りませんそこで、全然関係ないけどスタッフロール埋めに載ってもいいよという方はいいね下さい全員載せます応募なければ架空のベトナム人100人くらいで埋めます
In the post, he wrote: “I’m making the staff roll for the credits right now, but since the game’s being made by just one person and a few related individuals, I don’t have nearly enough names to fill it in.
“If you are unrelated but okay with having your name listed in the credits, please give this a like. I’ll include everyone. If there are no applicants, I’ll fill it with about 100 fictional Vietnamese names,” he said.
Little did he know the post would eventually go viral, garnering 18.2M views and 226K likes at the time of writing. Those figures are only going up.
In a more recent update, heclaimedthat 6,000 names had already been added. With the massive amount of staff and 99% of them being “special thanks,” heexplainedthat the ending sequence is “far too short” and that it’s being displayed in a way never seen before.
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現在の状況です現在6000名ほど真心をこめて入力し終わりましたエンディングの尺が足りなすぎて本来のスタッフロールも徐々に浸食され始めSpecial thanks＆Scenario writerという見たことない表記の仕方になっていますpic.twitter.com/NRy7wOZgE6
Still, while that’s the case, the solo developer claimed he will attempt to stick to his promise and create a two-part video to showcase as many supporters as he can.
For comparison, according to theGuinness World Recordssite, the longest end credits in a game went to sci-fi platform game Mighty No. 9, with the length being 3 hours 47 minutes 50 seconds due to it featuring every one of the 67,226 Kickstarter backers.
We’ll just have to wait and see if Dragon’s Chronicles can break that record with this insane feat.
