Development and release D (video game)

kenji eno, president of warp , lead director of d, seen here in 2007

development of d lasted 1 year , directed warp president kenji eno. eno heavily inspired polarware s transylvania adventure game series , believes d have never been created if not playing games. eno , warp still relatively unknown in industry, d first major title. in mind, eno felt gambling development career on d, , if not successful stop developing games. there 3 phases d s development: adventure game structure, story creation, , violence added. since adventure gameplay largely finished before story began take fruition, flashbacks added detail plot. plot largely based on of dracula, eno found boring, , added violence , cannibalism make game more striking. fmvs created using amiga 4000s.

eno believed d s violent cannibalistic themes deemed taboo or horrifying others , worried game not permitted publishing. in mind, eno kept many of violent sequences secret, including other members of warp. when game finished, submitted clean version (i.e. without violent , disturbing story content) approval. deliberately submitted master late, knowing part of penalty require him hand-deliver manufacturers in united states. while on plane ride us, switched clean discs finalized discs including horrific content, bypassing censorship.

d success in japan. in total sold 1 million copies there , saturn version reached top of sales charts in first week. 1 of few genuine hits 3do in japan, , drew significant cult following of hardcore fans before being ported other systems. japanese re-release 3do titled d s diner: director s cut contained additional content , bonus soundtrack disc. playstation release of d set published acclaim , manufactured sony. orders around 100,000 units had been made before sony decided give other titles manufacturing priority. sony told eno had manufactured 40,000 units, made eno upset, ultimately, sony had manufactured 28,000 units. shortage upset eno later announced, @ sony event, release next games sega saturn. warp s later games, including in d series, enemy 0 (1996) , d2 (1999), released exclusively on sega platforms.