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1. ODIN SPHERE OR GRIMGRIMOIRE UPGRADE
2. ODIN SPHERE OR GRIMGRIMOIRE SOFTWARE
3. ODIN SPHERE OR GRIMGRIMOIRE SERIES

A notable part of the collaboration was the character Lujie Piche, who also appeared in Nippon Ichi Software's Soul Nomad & the World Eaters. The scale and quality of the designs was severely limited by time constraints. Like Odin Sphere, Vanillaware used 2D rather than 3D graphics that were dominating the game industry: Kamitani wanted GrimGrimoire and Odin Sphere to be the new leading edge for 2D art design. The initial character concepts were created by Kamitani, while the character designs were handled by Kouichi Maenou. Due to the staff's familiarity with StarCraft, the gameplay was designed very quickly, but as Japanese gamers were not used to the RTS genre, they had to lower the difficulty and make the game user-friendly to genre newcomers. Time and budget constraints lead to the number of characters being kept very low, and as a result a repeating timeloop was incorporated into the story. Kamitani later said his state of excitement over the project led to many of the decisions abound the story, deriving thematic cues from the universes of Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg and the Harry Potter series. Kamitani was a fan and avid player of the real-time strategy game StarCraft, and as most of the staff at Vanillaware shared his passion, they decided to create a fantasy-themed side-scrolling RTS. Due to this, the team did not restrain themselves, not considering long-term commercial issues with whatever project they might create. Shinkawa said he wanted to collaborate on a game, and that Vanillaware could make whatever they liked. Shinkawa later said he "fell in love" with Kamitani's artwork, prompting the initial inquiries.

Interested in working with them, the then-president of Nippon Ichi Software, Sohei Shinkawa, contacted Vanillaware.

ODIN SPHERE OR GRIMGRIMOIRE SOFTWARE

While development on Odin Sphere was ongoing, Nippon Ichi Software heard that the Princess Crown team had formed their own studio. Vanillaware was established by George Kamitani along with a small group to develop Odin Sphere, an action role-playing game that acted as a successor to Princess Crown, an earlier project by Kamitani for the Sega Saturn. They are strong against Glamour and weak against Sorcery. Alchemy units specialize and have fierce ranged attacks. Sorcery is strong against Alchemy and weak against Necromancy. Sorcery are units which are demonic in nature and have high hit points. Necromancy is strong against Sorcery and weak against Glamour. Necromancy summons undead units, which are astral and cannot be affected by most physical attacks. Glamour is strong against necromancy and weak against alchemy. Glamour summons fae-type creatures such as elves, fairies, and unicorns. There are four different magic schools with a rock-paper-scissors arrangement of strengths and weaknesses among the schools.

Only the familiars are under the player's direct control. The game's plot is presented through cut scenes with large, animated character portraits.

ODIN SPHERE OR GRIMGRIMOIRE SERIES

The game consists of a story mode and a series of bonus maps that are unlocked upon completing the story mode for the first time. Unexplored areas of the tower are shrouded in a fog of war.There are a number of ways to select individual or multiple units. Resource gatherers take the form of elves and other small creatures who harvest mana from crystals. New runes and familiars are found as Lillet collects and studies the grimoires.

ODIN SPHERE OR GRIMGRIMOIRE UPGRADE

Mana can be spent to upgrade the Runes in each fight. Units known as familiars are created by placing summoning circles called runes on the map. Lillet appears onscreen as a cursor which is used to guide troops around the field. Lillet discovers dark secrets about her classmates, teachers, and even the school itself before she discovers the truth. She then relives the five days before the tragedy over and over again, retaining the knowledge of the magic she learns in those five days and desperately trying to solve the mystery to prevent the same events (or worse) from taking place. Before Lillet is also killed, she is suddenly propelled back in time to her first night at the school.

Though she attends normal classes for the first four days and meets the various professors and students, on the fifth day she awakens to learn that everyone in the tower is dead. The main character, Lillet Blan is a young magician admitted to a prestigious magic school, the Tower of Silver Star. While writer and director George Kamitani had planned and wished for a continuation, no sequels to GrimGrimoire have been developed. Upon release, the game met a mixed to positive reception. Due to various factors, GrimGrimoire released before Odin Sphere, becoming the company's international debut while also draining the company of its funds. GrimGrimoire was born from Vanillaware staff wanting to create their version of StarCraft, beginning development once work was completed on their first title Odin Sphere.