The scene shifted to the Software Development Department.
In the dim room, Yuji Naka was slumped over his desk, his eyes bloodshot as he stared blankly at line after line of dull code on the screen.
His messy hair resembled a bird's nest, and five or six crushed empty Red Bull cans were piled beside him.
Without the screen specifications, all of his frontend work was left hanging in midair. The feeling of having strength but nowhere to use it was driving him mad.
"Director Naka!"
With a thunderous bang, the door was shoved open roughly.
Sato Hideki rushed in like a whirlwind, carrying a briefcase.
Yuji Naka shot upright, moving so abruptly that he nearly knocked over the cup of overnight black coffee on his desk.
"You got the specifications?! You got them, didn't you?!" Like a starving wolf spotting meat, Yuji Naka lunged straight at him and shouted hoarsely.
Sato Hideki set the briefcase down heavily on the desk, flipped open the latches, and took out two display panels.
"Three inches and three and a half inches. Both have a resolution of 240 by 160 pixels. The physical dimensions and interface specifications are all here." Sato Hideki handed over a sheet densely covered in specifications as though it were a life-saving antidote.
Yuji Naka snatched the paper and greedily swept his gaze across it.
"240 by 160... 240 by 160..." Yuji Naka muttered, grabbing red and blue pencils from the desk and rapidly calculating proportions on an oil-stained scrap sheet. Then he suddenly threw back his head and laughed. "A three-to-two screen ratio! Wonderful!
It's a genius ratio! This ratio is perfect for side-scrollers and RPGs, and arranging the UI will be comfortable as hell!
My Sonic definitely won't turn into a fat guy now!"
He slammed the