Long Time Coming
Hi everyone, Mod Fukawa here. It’s been a criminally long time. I know it was irresponsible to go so long without saying anything. So at last here’s an explanation.
First, a little bit of history. Danganronpa RPG began as a passion project. It was an idea born from my desire for a Danganronpa game that I could actually enjoy the gameplay of. I know, sounds weird, but I’ll be frank: I never enjoyed the gameplay of Danganronpa. Danganronpa’s characters alone are what captivated me so much, I think we can all agree this series is home to so many fantastic characters. That’s why I was inspired to create this. Taking this series’ cast, and putting them into a genre I enjoy much more.
However, over time, I became very, very dissatisfied with the state of Danganronpa, as a franchise. I haven’t truly enjoyed an installment since Danganronpa 2. I found parts of Despair Girls to be terrible. I loathed Danganronpa 3 (as did many), and I didn’t enjoy v3 either for various reasons I won’t get into here. Anyway, what I realized is that Danganronpa was something I only liked superficially. Since that realization, my passion for the series has dwindled. It took me a while to admit this to myself.
Followers might remember 2017, where I struggled to work on the game due to mental health issues. That’s unrelated to this, but its timing was the start of the slump I had with getting myself to work on this game.
Long story short, TLDR, I lost my passion for Danganronpa so I’ve resigned from the project.
Mod Komaru, who also resigned and has left Tumblr, has similar sentiments as I do about Danganronpa.
All the files had been handed over to Mod Kirigiri. Although busy, she still has interest in making it. If anyone has questions about the current state of the game, she can answer them.
To close this, I want to say I overall had a good experience. Thank you for your support for the years, everyone! It made me really happy seeing over 500 people following this blog! If you have any questions you want to ask me, you can head over to my personal blog @hopefragment.
Goodbye everyone, and I’m super sorry for this delayed announcement.
- Mod Fukawa