Project SEKAI: Project Message Vol. 3

Another Project Message have been released by the development team at Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku, answering even more of the questions asked by fans on Twitter with the hashtag #セカイの質問箱! See what questions they answer now that the second closed beta test has concluded.

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Q1: “I love VOCALOID music, but I’m bad at rhythm games. Will I still be able to do well in the game by playing just the lower difficulty levels?”

A1: Project SEKAI was developed with the goal of being a game that anyone from rhythm game beginners to high-level players can play and enjoy.

To that end, regardless of what difficulty levels you are able to clear, the game content that you get to enjoy – such as story progression and rewards that you can receive – will remain the same for the most part.

In particular, while you can achieve a slightly higher score by playing the game on higher difficulty levels, we made sure that it doesn’t have much impact on regular gameplay. Therefore, even if you’re someone who can only play and replay songs on the lowest difficulty levels, you can still enjoy pretty much all of the game’s main content.

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Q2: “Will there be events in the game? If so, what kind of form will they take?”

A2: Yup, there will be events!

When the game is released, each unit will have their own main story, and coming after that will be more stories that we plan to present to players through regularly scheduled events.

For the game’s first event, we’re taking the orthodox approach in which players can earn points by playing the rhythm game portion, and unlock stories and get rewards based on the amount of points that they earn.

However, there are two main points that we are keeping in mind:

First, for players who don’t have much time to play the game, we want them to be able to get at least the minimum rewards more easily.

That doesn’t mean simply lowering the required amount of points for the rewards, but rather enabling them to consume more of the so-called “Stamina Concept” (referring to Project SEKAI’s version of Live Bonus boosters) in one go.

However, for those players who can invest more time in the game, we want them to be able to get more points, so we are currently figuring out the best balance while keeping the big picture in mind as we continue development.

Secondly, we want to add more value for participating in the special events.

This is closely related to a new function that we still cannot reveal, so we’re figuring out the best time to talk about it before the actual event starts.

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Q3: “In addition to changing outfits, can we also swap accessories and other things that characters wear?”

A3: You sure can!

Some outfits will come with accessories while others won’t. When you acquire one of the former, you’ll get both the outfit and accompanying accessories.

You can then customize both the outfits and accessories for each character. For instance, you can combine the outfit from Outfit A with the accessory from Outfit B.

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Q4: “Are you planning to hold an open β-test?”

A4: We will probably not hold an open β-test, but we are considering ways to get more people access to play the game before its release.

We will announce details as they get ironed out, and appreciate your patience until then.

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Q5: “Will there be stories with just the VOCALOID characters appearing in them? I’d also like to read stories that focus mainly on the virtual singers.”

A5: Just like the other units, the virtual singers will also have their own story that can be unlocked by raising their unit rank.

We plan for it to be something like an omnibus of side stories for each of the different sekai that aren’t depicted in the unit stories for the game’s original characters.

By reading both the stories for the original character units, and the story for the virtual singers, you’ll be able to enjoy the complete story of a singularly connected world.

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Q6: “So there are six sekai, and the VOCALOIDs are each assigned their own sekai to lead (?), but will there be times when they cross over into other sekai?”

A6: Yes, they will.

We’ve heard the concerns expressed by the many people who think it’d be a shame if “this character won’t be in the same sekai as that character.” But after the game’s release, characters will be able to meet the other virtual singers who currently don’t inhabit their sekai.

For example, among the music videos that we’ve released, there’s the one for Sweet Magic in which Rin appears. That’s made possible by the “structure” of the sekai that enables the virtual singers to appear in a variety of sekai under certain conditions.

Although the background for this structure will not be fully clear in the main story at the time of the game’s release, it will be explained to players bit by bit through the previously mentioned events and side stories.

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That concludes another Project Message! Remember that you can continue to ask your questions about Project SEKAI by tweeting them with the hashtag #セカイの質問箱* and possibly get them answered directly by the dev team in the future!

*Your question will have a better chance of getting answered if asked in Japanese

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Links

• Project Message Vol. 3 press release from the Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku official site
• Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku official Twitter
• Initial game announcement and “rumors”
• Official outfit designs
• “Daily Life at Project SEKAI” Comics
• Highlights from the October 23, 2019 livestream
• Highlights from the March 9 (Miku Day), 2020 livestream

Project Message

• Vol. 1
• Vol. 2

Colorful Broadcast

• Episode 1
• Episode 2
• Episode 3

Character Profiles

Virtual Singers
・Hatsune Miku
・Kagamine Rin
・Kagamine Len
・Megurine Luka
・MEIKO
・KAITO
Leo/need
・Ichika Hoshino
・Saki Tenma
・Honami Mochizuki
・Shiho Hinomori
MORE MORE JUMP!
・Minori Hanasato
・Haruka Kiritani
・Airi Momoi
・Shizuku Hinomori
Vivid BAD SQUAD
・Kohane Azusawa
・An Shiraishi
・Akito Shinonome
・Toya Aoyagi
Wonderlands x Showtime
・Tsukasa Tenma
・Emu Otori
・Nene Kusanagi
・Rui Kamishiro
25 o’clock by Night Code
・Kanade Yoisaki
・Mafuyu Asahina
・Ena Shinonome
・Mizuki Akiyama