JDM: Japanese Drift Master News

Today, we have some information about the characters and art style in JDM: Japanese Drift Master. Our game is a racing game like no other. Thanks to our team of amazing artists, we merged a classic racing game narrative with a story presented on manga panels. They replace typically used cut scenes and appear throughout the story with each successive event (don’t worry, there will be an option to skip it). From our perspective, the story part is very important because we would like players to feel like a part of it.



The upcoming free prologue - JDM: Rise of the Scorpion, is an introduction to show you what type of storylines and characters we prepared for you in the full version of the game.

[h2]Art of racing[/h2]
We love classics, like Initial D, Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Evangelion. But the style we created in the making of the manga is mostly inspired by the series Gangsta. We draw inspiration from Japanese and American comics and movies. Since we are gamers ourselves and love pop culture, we wanted to add many easter eggs that players will be able to find in our open world.


[h2]Know the characters[/h2]
Each character has their own backstory to tell, so players can learn about their experiences and why they behave in certain ways. Thanks to that, everyone will be able to find someone to identify with. Meet the main cast of JDM: Rise of the Scorpion:

[h3]Hatori Hasashi, 18 years old. [/h3]
An excellent student and baseball team captain. Raised in a traditional Japanese family. Hatori finds his true calling on the track. His arrogance and pride never allow him to lose a race, but rivals keep coming.


[h3]Aoi Ishida, 16 years old. [/h3]
Hatori's girlfriend and childhood friend who always supports him, especially in drift. Their parents want them to get married right after Aoi’s 18th birthday. She loves cars and spends a lot of time with Kaori.


[h3]Satoru Hayashi, 17 years old.[/h3]
He is not rich and being in a private school is hard for him. Drives without a license with a car from an uncle, who is a famous drifter. Like him, Satoru wants to be the best on the track, so he quickly becomes Hatori’s rival.


[h3]Ayumi Kurama, 18 years old.[/h3]
A rich girl raised by a single father who fulfills her every financial whim. Ayumi is a perfectionist, who is successful in every new hobby, especially drift. The adrenaline on track is everything to her, and she treats racing with Hatori like a playground.


[h3]Kaori Kato, 17 years old.[/h3]
An artistic soul and an independent girl who works at a nearby paint shop. She’s Aoi’s best friend but she doesn’t like her boyfriend, Hatori. Kaori doesn’t trust him, but she will support her no matter what.



The art style in JDM changed a lot throughout the production of the game. The first iterations of the characters were inspired by the visual novel style. Eventually, we decided that the designs needed to be more mature. Also, manga pages added more dynamic to the story than visual novel cutscenes. This choice gave us a chance to work with many, amazing artists. Check out the first look at our characters.



Right now, we could describe the genre of our manga as seinen (marketed toward young adult men). Every concept changed from the first vision, but we really wanted to ensure that each design would be deeply rooted in the story.

We’re thrilled with how our character concept art has turned out, but tell us what you think. Next week on JDM: Rise of the Scorpion Steam page we will uncover more information about new locations from the prologue, so stay tuned and follow us there!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364930/JDM_Rise_of_the_Scorpion/

Remember to add JDM: Japanese Drift Master and the free prologue to your Steam wishlist. Follow JDM social media and join our Discord for future updates and competitions. Get your engines ready for more exciting news very soon.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1153410/JDM_Japanese_Drift_Master/


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We hope you're ready for the upcoming free prologue JDM: Rise of the Scorpion, coming in the summer of 2024! To make your wait a little more pleasant, today we're taking you behind the scenes of the car physics work in JDM.



While creating Japanese Drift Master, we pay a lot of attention to detail, as we care about your best driving experience. Recently, we invited professional drifters to the studio. They got behind the wheel of the cars in our game to share their feelings. Together with our programmers, they tested various forms of driving so that the latter could make changes and improvements to the cars' driving physics on an ongoing basis.

Many thanks to fiji.raw, ShifterDrifter i Mateusz Pasiak for your involvement and accurate feedback. We also invite you to watch the video from our meeting:

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That's not all! In order to best translate drifters' experiences into mechanics in our game, we not only invite them for tests, but also visit them on the track.

We recently had the opportunity to become one of the sponsors at an event dedicated to Japanese car enthusiasts. Together with JDM Trójmiasto - organizers of JDM Track Day - we have prepared something special for the holders of JDM Track Day 2024 - Season Pass. Thanks to weztonagraj for the amazing shots! The season began on Saturday, May 11, at the Autodrom Pomorze - Driving Technique Improvement Center. Like previous editions, this one was a track workout where participants could show or boost their driving skills.





Thank you for being with us and giving your support. If you would like to meet us live and try out the tracks of Japanese Drift Master before the official release, we invite you to this year's Pyrkon on June 14-16, in Poznan (Poland). Together with the Jeremiah Kane band, whose songs you can hear in our game, we are preparing for you many activities and contests with prizes. Join our Facebook event so you won't miss the latest news. Participation in Pyrkon will be our first event, but we assure you that it will not be the last, and what's more - not only in Poland!


That's it for today, but we'll see you soon with another news. Remember to add the prologue of JDM: Rise of the Scorpion and the full version of JDM to your wish list on Steam and join our Discord. Stay tuned!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1153410/JDM_Japanese_Drift_Master/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364930/JDM_Rise_of_the_Scorpion/

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Great news for every fan of tower defense games! The full version of Lesson Learned will be available on May 29, 2024, on Steam and Xbox!

Watch the teaser announcing the date of Lesson Learned:

https://youtu.be/RC2FGmXwU6E
In this hilarious tower defense game, Frank and a campaign led through different historical eras await you. Defend your mobile base with a succession of defense towers and distribute tasks among the minions - Frank's classmates.

You can play Lesson Learned in solo or cooperative mode. Invite friends and try your hand at split-screen campaign mode.

Play the free prologue Lesson Learned: Cult of the Elizabeth, which is now available. In it, you will learn the necessary mechanics and face the bloody Countess Elizabeth Batory. Also add Lesson Learned to your wishlist so you don't miss the release.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1563870/Lesson_Learned/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2252360/Lesson_Learned_Cult_of_the_Elizabeth/

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We’re proud to announce that the free prologue Lesson Learned: Cult of the Elizabeth premieres today on Steam and Xbox! This tower defense adventure will take you to a bizarre daydream world where the first Lesson Learned campaign mode awaits you.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2252360/Lesson_Learned_Cult_of_the_Elizabeth/

[h3]Watch the trailer for Lesson Learned: Cult of the Elizabeth:[/h3]

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Meet Amelia and her classmates, who are also her loyal minions. Give orders, gather resources, and build defense towers to secure your base. Waves of enemies are coming your way, so you need to be prepared. Use everything you’ve got to counter the attack of bloodthirsty Countess Elizabeth Bathory.

More enemies await you, so master your skills in the free prologue and add the base game Lesson Learned to your Steam wishlist.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1563870/Lesson_Learned/


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We are not slowing down! We recently announced the free prologue to JDM: Japanese Drift Master - JDM: Rise of the Scorpion, and today we return with the great news that many of you have been waiting for!



We are proud to announce a collaboration between Gaming Factory and Subaru. This is the first such collaboration for this title. With each successive one, we will be able to increase the number of famous car models that will hit the streets of the JDM world.

You will soon have the opportunity to get behind the wheel of Subaru models and we believe they will bring a new dimension of authenticity to our game. All cars are scanned by us to implement them as accurately as possible in our production.

Take a look at the trailer announcing the collaboration between JDM: Japanese Drift Master and Subaru.

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Work on JDM: Japanese Drift Master is ongoing. We are doing our best to bring you the best possible game this autumn. Don't forget to add the free JDM: Rise of the Scorpion prologue, which will be available this summer, to your Steam wishlist.

Thank you for being here and supporting us. Every comment meant a lot to us and we're delighted to have created such a large community on Discord. See you soon!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364930/JDM_Rise_of_the_Scorpion
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1153410/Japanese_Drift_Master/


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