Tale of Ronin

Game Location

A detailed piece of artwork showing a smugglers shop with the shopkeep standing in front. The room is cluttered with different Edo-period artifacts, relics, and armor. The shopkeep, or smuggler, has a monocle and wears a purple robe with multiple coin purses on his belt.

The Making of a Smuggler’s Shop: Tale of Ronin’s Artistic Process

Tale of Ronin is a narrative-driven RPG, but the visuals also play a key role in establishing the world and atmosphere of the game. This is especially true for the real-life locations players can visit. Edo period Japan is well-documented, so keeping the environments and villages realistic is important to our team. One location available …

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A detailed piece of artwork showing a village called Saka Village in the Tale of Ronin game.

The Saka Village

Saka village is the home to various travelers, merchants and ronin. One of the few villages that is not part of any territory owned by a lord, a Daimyo. One of the few locations that the peasants don’t have to hand over their life’s work to the land owners and starve day and night. Many …

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