The menus within role-playing games by Atlus, including the new Metaphor: ReFantazio, unfurl in a sensory feast of color, movement, sound and typography. By Rollo Romig There are days when life seems ...

There was a stretch of time when starting a console game meant waiting. Menus crawled in. Progress screens lingered. Losing a match could cost you more time in loading screens than in actual play.

Discover how open-world game development works, from the complete game design process for creating vast maps to building advanced NPC systems that bring worlds alive.