People
The writer, director, and main creative force behind 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
Kotaro Uchikoshi
The job of a Writer pertaining to video games.
Writing out the plot of the game, not so much the actual dialogue.
1. What development company made 999?
2. What does a video game development company do?
1. Chunsoft
2. At the discretion of Andrew
What 2 genres are 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors?
Puzzle/Visual Novel
What is Prosopagnosia?
A neurological disorder where a person is unable to distinguish faces.
The editor for the localization of 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
Ben Bateman
The job of a Producer pertaining to video games.
Having control and creative direction over the actual video game part of the video game.
1. What publishing company translated 999 into english?
2. What does a publishing company do?
1. Aksys
2. At the discretion of Andrew
What year was 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors released?
2009 in Japan, 2010 in North America.
What is a morphogenetic field?
At the discretion of Andrew.
The producer for 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
Jiro Ishii
The job of a Director pertaining to video games.
Having creative control over things like plot, character, and story. Also things like what is actually in the game.
When writing the characters, Uchikoshi based the characters on what, because of the importance of the number 9?
The Enneagram of Personalities.
What is a digital sum?
The added digits of any given number.
How many sequels did 999 get, if any?
Extra cred: What were they called, if any?
2
Zero Escape: Virtues Last Reward
Zero Time Dilemma
The translator for 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
Nobara Nakayama
The job of translator pertaining to video games.
Taking the text of the original video game, and translating it into the new language.
Name at least one of the reasons that Aksys originally didn't want to translate 999? (there were two listed)
1. They didn't see commercial viability
2. Few team members that could evaluate games spoke Japanese, making it hard to judge the game.
There are two main types of gameplay in 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors. One is visual novel gameplay, the other is are puzzles based on what?
Escape room.
What pun was the plot of 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors hinging on that didn't work in English, requiring the translators to change it?
At the discretion of Andrew
At least two characters.
If you can name all 8 characters, you automatically win.
Ace, Snake, Santa, Clover, Junpei, June, Seven, and Lotus
The job of translation editor pertaining to video games.
Taking the translated text, and editing it, and/or making it make sense in the new language, which is what happened with 999.
The localization editor translated the game in a way different than the usual. How did he do it?
At the discretion of Andrew
The game played in 999 is called a Nonary game. Why?
9
What did I say the relation to mental health was with 999, not including Prosopagnosia.
At the discretion of Andrew.