Sport programmer and director Yuji Naka revealed on Twitter on Friday that he has been finding out programming once more and is making a “easy” recreation for smartphones with Unity by himself.

Naka resigned from Sq. Enix on the finish of April. Naka had said he couldn’t presently clarify the rationale why he resigned, however when the time comes he would discuss it publicly. He had additionally been contemplating retirement since he was 55 years previous. Naka turned 56 on Friday.

Naka labored for 22 years at Sega. He’s the previous head of the Sonic Crew and lead programmer of the unique Sonic the Hedgehog video games for Sega Genesis. He additionally labored on such video games as Nights into Goals and Phantasy Star On-line whereas at Sega.

Naka is the president, and CEO of the PROPE recreation improvement firm, which he based in 2006 after leaving Sega. At PROPE, he labored on such video games as Fishing Resort, Buddy Monster, and Legend of Coin.

Naka joined Sq. Enix in January 2018. He directed the Balan Wonderworld recreation, which Sq. Enix launched for Xbox One, Xbox Collection X, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Change, and PC through Steam on March 26.

Sq. Enix introduced in July 2020 its launch of Balan Firm, a brand new motion recreation model. The “Firm” within the title refers back to the solid and employees of a theater group or musical. The model brings collectively professionals from Sq. Enix‘s inside and exterior motion recreation improvement, in addition to video and music manufacturing sectors.

Supply: Yuji Naka‘s Twitter account through Siliconera