He allegedly had just 20,000 yen (US$188.87) left in savings when the game was released.
The independent role-playing game 7 years from now, or Nana-nen ato de matteru in the original Japanese, is considered by many who have played to be one of the most heart-rending, beautiful narrative games available on a mobile platform. What’s more, the game is free to play to the end thanks to in-game advertising — the only thing that requires money is the post-credits content.
The game was confirmed to be coming to the Nintendo Switch platform earlier this year, much to the excitement of long-term fans as well as the developer himself. Mafumi Yoshida, or hiraya-space as he is known in the industry, wrote up an emotional blog post about his game developer’s journey leading up to his eventual success.
Yoshida began making games in…
