Superwarp
Encyclopedia
WARP is a now-defunct video game developer
. Founded by Japan
ese musician, Kenji Eno
, WARP was composed of five members and was dedicated to creating interactive cinema
. Their most successful series of games, the D series
, featured the same lead character, Laura, and were known for their musical scores (though their games were usually panned by critics). Fumito Ueda
, who would later go on to design Ico
, once worked for WARP.
After D2, the company's last game, they changed their name to Superwarp and left the video game industry, widening their scope to network services, DVD products, and online music.
, Superwarp was officially announced as retired and a new company was born by the name of From Yellow to Orange
. The company is being directed by Kenji Eno and will again make video games.
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
. Founded by Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese musician, Kenji Eno
Kenji Eno
is a musician and video game designer based in Japan. He is best-known for his cult survival horror series, the D games and his audio game series, Real Sound.-Childhood and early years:...
, WARP was composed of five members and was dedicated to creating interactive cinema
Interactive cinema
Interactive cinema tries to give the audience an active role in the showing of movies. The movie Kinoautomat by Czechoslovakian director Raduz Cincera presented in the Czech Pavilion in Expo '67 in Montreal is considered to be the first cinema-like interactive movie...
. Their most successful series of games, the D series
D (series)
D is a series of video games that follow the events of "digital actress" Laura and were published by now-defunct WARP. Officially, the series includes 1995's D and 1999's D2, though 1996's Enemy Zero is considered part of the series...
, featured the same lead character, Laura, and were known for their musical scores (though their games were usually panned by critics). Fumito Ueda
Fumito Ueda
is a video game designer born in Tatsuno, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1970. Ueda is director and lead designer of the PlayStation 2 video games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus....
, who would later go on to design Ico
Ico
is an action-adventure game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and released for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, who wanted to create a minimalist game around a "boy meets girl" concept. Originally planned for the PlayStation, Ico took...
, once worked for WARP.
After D2, the company's last game, they changed their name to Superwarp and left the video game industry, widening their scope to network services, DVD products, and online music.
, Superwarp was officially announced as retired and a new company was born by the name of From Yellow to Orange
From Yellow to Orange
From Yellow to Orange, or fyto, is a Japanese video game developer. Kenji Eno, of D2 fame, is its president and CEO. When Gamasutra met with Eno at E3 2006, he revealed that he was working on a game for a next generation title for a console with a new control device. The game, entitled Kimi to Boku...
. The company is being directed by Kenji Eno and will again make video games.
Games
- Totsugeki Kikan (Karakuri) Megadasu!! (1994) (1995)
- Oyaji Hunter Mahjong (1995)
- DD (video game)is a survival horror puzzle-oriented adventure game released in 1995 by WARP. The first entry in the D series and one of the first games released by the company, it dealt with taboo content such as violence and cannibalism, featured 3D CGI full-motion video and a first-person perspective, and...
(1995) - Short Warp (1996)
- Real Sound (1997)
- Enemy ZeroEnemy Zerois a 1997 video game for Sega Saturn, developed by WARP and directed by Kenji Eno. After its Saturn release, it was ported to Microsoft Windows. It was the second game to star the digital actress Laura.-Gameplay:...
(1997) - Real Sound: Kaze no RegretReal Sound: Kaze no Regretis an adventure audio game created by WARP, Inc. for the Sega Saturn in 1997. The game was intended to provide equal access to both players with sight and to blind players.-Production history:...
(1999) - D2 (2000)
External links
- Superwarp official website (in Japanese)
- 1up.com Kenji Eno from WARP blog entry
- History of WARP
- WARP on GameSpotGameSpotGameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which...
- Warp, Inc. at MobyGamesMobyGames-Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...