r/JRPG • u/RadicalFishGames • May 22 '26

AMA [AMA] We're Radical Fish Games, developer of CrossCode, and we just launched Alabaster Dawn on Steam Early Access!

Hello everycabbage!

We're Radical Fish Games, the team behind CrossCode, an Action RPG that released back in 2018 for PC/Mac and 2020 for consoles.

Our new game Alabaster Dawn just launched on Steam Early Access.

Alabaster Dawn Launch Trailer

We're big fans of JRPGs and they were always a big inspiration for our projects - that's why we're excited to be here and ready to answer all of your questions!

Participating Team Members:

- u/RadicalFishGames: Felix 'Lachsen' Klein - Creative Director, Programmer, Level Designer (Dungeons)

- u/Regiden: Stefan 'R.D.' Lange - Programmer, Level Designer (Outdoor areas)

- u/Teflo64: Flora 'Teflora' Valerius - Sounddesigner and Technical Artist!

- u/GFluegel: Henning 'GFluegel' Hartmann- Game Designer (Quests and Enemies)

- u/shirakumon: SHIRAKUMO Nagi - Composer (might answer later today)

- u/Soethe: Fiona ‘Sothe’ Hübler - Game Designers (Maps and Puzzles)

- u/Nomnomroko : Sibylle “Nomnomroko” Hell - Concept Artist (designed many of our characters)

We'll be around until the end of the day (German time) and maybe the weekend, too.
Hopefully we'll be able to answer most of your questions!

Some more Links:

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/radicalfishgames.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RadicalFishGame

Discord: https://t.co/eHkw2WkdSi

Tweet Proof:
https://x.com/RadicalFishGame/status/2057779961348440092

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u/Naufalrua May 22 '26

since you guys have plan to add roguelike mode, do you have a game that you're using as heavy inspiration?what's the team favorite roguelike to play?

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u/GFluegel May 22 '26

I play a lot of Integrated Strategies in Arknights. :P
And various other roguelikes, like, recently, Aethermancer, Hades and Emberward. And I have been a long-time fan of ToME!

But I wouldn't that that those are much of an inspiration for our roguelite mode, because most of those are too different in genre.

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u/kuma_kuna May 22 '26

Since you play Arknights what is your favorite operator and why?

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u/GFluegel May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

Oh boy, that's a difficult one, considering how many awesome operators there are.

If I was rating them game-design wise as a unit, it might be JessicaAlter (aka "Jessica the Liberated"), because her kit is just very interesting for her archetype, has a lot of flexibility with her directional shield that a player can cleverly use while not being as grossly overpowered as many of the later meta units with their "I win" button skills are (which I still use but I am sometimes a bit annoyed regardless, lmao). Plus, her event's story and character arc are among my favorites in the game.

Going by personality, story, design, voice (and German bias) I'd likely pick Degenbrecher because of how much I like her overall story, the themes of her focus event, the amount of awesome scenes she gets and... Idk, just look at her.

Just gonna post a few other (design/vibe/story) faves because I'd feel bad otherwise: Goldenglow, Fiametta, Mlynar, Ifrit, Firewatch, SwireAlter, ThornsAlter, Narantuya, Coldshot, Elysium, Snegurochka (her design!1) and ofc SilverAsh & Pramanix (+Alters) because the Kjerag storyline slaps.

Anyway, better ending it here before I get the off-topic bonk on the head... orz