ᴄᴀʀʀʏɪɴɢ ᴀ sᴡᴏʀᴅ ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ, ᴀ Fɪɢᴜʀᴇ ʀᴜɴs ᴀᴄʀᴏss ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀɪᴅɢᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ.

Oh, ᴀ ᴍᴇssᴇɴɢᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇɪᴛʏ ʜᴀs ᴄᴏᴍᴇ!

❀ Previous Theory(until I write about my new, current one)❀

Kunitsu-Gami lore as its own entity: looking at myth of the mountain god and new ideas on Cursed Soh's identity.

Monday, 13 July 2026

Kunitsu-Gami Game Design Commentary 26: Yatsukahagi(やつかはぎ)

■第26回 最高峰に厄介な畏哭はやつかはぎ
機能としては、自らはあまり戦わず、ザコを召喚してくるボス。
悪徳でズルい感じの奴が偉そうにして居座り、高つ鳥の災のイメージで何処か鳥っぽさを感じさせつつ、纏まっていきました。
聞き取れそうで何言っているのか分からないけど、SEもハマったのではないでしょうか。
この畏哭もフットロックによって8本脚という複雑な移動を解決して貰う事が出来ました。今作のデザインが活きているのも技術のおかげと感じます。
■26th Round: The Most Troublesome Peak - The Fearful Cry of Yatsukahagi
In terms of function, it's a boss that doesn't fight much on its own, but summons minions.
It has a wicked, sly vibe, lording it over everyone with an air of arrogance, and we wrapped it up with an image of the calamity of the high-flying bird, giving it a subtle bird-like feel somewhere.
It sounds almost intelligible but you can't quite make out what it's saying—don't you think the sound effects fit perfectly?
This Fearful Cry also benefited from Footlock to resolve the complexity of its eight legs for movement. I feel like the design of this game really comes alive thanks to the technology.

Plaque Lore:
その昔、山裾宿やますそじゅくに住む怪僧かいそうがいた。このそう、生き物を共食いさせ生き残った方を呪術じゅじゅつに用いていた。のろいの言葉と共に己が居るべき真の居場所を求め、夜な夜な路地を出歩き、異界の門を探し回ったという。そんなそうを人々は不気味に思いつつも、相手にしなかった。それからしばらくして、その町ではおそろしい笑い声が度々聞こえると共に、路地には異界の門が開き、神隠かみかくしなども頻繁ひんぱんに起こったとされる。蜘蛛くものように見えることもあれば、時には猛禽もうきん類のように上空を飛行し、その笑い声の雨を降らしては村人たちに恐怖きょうふあたえたという。
There once was a monk that lived in Yamasuso Lodging. He would pit living creatures against each other, using the last survivor for his dark magic. Night after night, he went outside with his cursed words to find the gate to the other world and return to his true home. The villagers kept their distance from the unsettling man, but their neglect soon led to disaster. Crazed laughter rang throughout the streets and the villagers began to mysteriously vanish as gates to the other world opened. The monster may appear as a terrifying spider or like a raptor that surveys its prey from above, cackling as it rains terror upon the village.