Across Industries

A list of games made by people from different industries who did not originally have game development as their main business.
Below, this is the result of the process of picking up those who have been kicked off this list and fallen into the drainage channel.

21 Games

Dragon Quest
Dragon Quest
Horii Yuji
Freelance writer
Momotaro Dentetsu
Momotaro Dentetsu
Sakuma Akira
Freelance writer
EarthBound Beginnings
EarthBound Beginnings
Itoi Shigesato
Copywriter
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei
Okada Koji
Commercial machine designer
Sansara Naga
Sansara Naga
Oshii Mamoru
Director (Anime etc.)
.Hack//Quarantine
.Hack//Quarantine
Itoh Kazunori
scenario writer(anime & tokusatsu)
Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke
Ore no Shikabane o Koete Yuke
Masuda Shoji
advertising industry
Far East of Eden: Ziria
Far East of Eden: Ziria
Hiroi Ouji (Anime Producer)
Sakamoto Ryuichi (Composer)
Far East of Eden II: Manji-maru
Far East of Eden II: Manji-maru
Hiroi Ouji (Anime Producer)
Hisaishi Jo (Composer)
Sakura Taisen
Sakura Taisen
Hiroi Ouji (Anime Producer)
Akahori Satoru(Anime Screenwriter)
Tanaka Kōhei(Anime & Tokusatsu Composer)
Fujishima Kōsuke(Manga-ka)
Gunparade March
Gunparade March
Shibamura Yuri
Self-Defense Force(maybe army?)
Incidentally, he is Japanese of Ukrainian descent.
Kamaitachi no Yoru
Kamaitachi no Yoru
Abiko Takemaru
Novelist(Mystery fiction)
Sound Novel Machi: Machi
Sound Novel Machi: Machi
Nagasaka Shukei
Scenario writer(Drama & Tokusatsu)
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls
Miyazaki Hidetaka
account manager(Oracle Corporation)
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On
Kawara Juro
Self-proclaimed Gambler(An intellectual with a degree from the University of Tokyo, a rarity for a game designer at the time.)
Valkyrie Profile
Valkyrie Profile
Yoshinari Ko & Yo brothers
Animator
Haunting Ground
Haunting Ground
Takenaka Naoto
Actor, Comedian
Laughing and angry performance.
Cosmology of Kyoto
Cosmology of Kyoto
Komatsu Kazuhiko(supervision)
Cultural Anthropologist
Ryu ga Gotoku 1&2 HD EDITION
Ryu ga Gotoku 1&2 HD EDITION
Hase Seishū (story supervised)
Novelist(crime novels)
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Kawashima Ryuta(supervision)
Doctor of Medical Science
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Tago Akira(supervision)
Psychologist

3 Comments

dehri

1 year ago

I had no idea Shibamura Yuri was an ex-sdf member but it makes so much sense given how much GPM revolves around actual soldier stuff.

alessio

1 year ago

Tago Akira in Professor Layton?

LSW

1 year ago

@alessio Thank you for the suggestion! Added.
LSW

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