After years of being a mobile-only series, Infold Games is launching the big new open world adventure Infinity Nikki on PC next month. The developer is celebrating the near fruition of several years of work with a short documentary looking back on Nikki's journey to a bigger new Miraland and way more platforms. Infinity Nikki's development journey began in December 2019, Infold Games' chief technology officer Fei Ge says, when the series' producer expressed interest in working on an open world Nikki game. "At that time the project was kept a secret," Fei says. "So we rented an additional workspace of about 50 to 60 square meters separate from our main office. Then we gradually began recruiting and assembling our initial team, working on ideas, laying the foundation and building the infrastructure. We continued in this way for over a year." It's common enough for developers to work on a game for multiple years before publicly announcing it—which Infold Games did with the first Infinity Nikki trailer two years later in 2022—but it does sound a little like this massive new direction for the series was at least a little secret from the rest of the team for a period of time, too. I've no doubt it was quite the undertaking for a formerly mobile gacha dress up series to expand into the whole open world adventure that Infinity Nikki has become. Infold details some parts of that journey in the rest of the development documentary: how its producer sculpted a miniature version of its giant Millewish Tree area out of clay as inspiration for developers in the office and how its musicians traveled to Hungary to incorporate certain instruments into the soundtrack. You'll also spot in the doc some of the external talent that Infold worked with: Kentaro "Tomiken" Tominaga, designer on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Andrzej Dybowski, a concept artist from The Witcher 3. Those are some powerful resume namedrops to call in. As it goes for pre-release development docs, this is of course mostly fluff and getting to hear from developers all the parts of the game they were excited to work on. Though I will say I'm pretty psyched to see the Millewish tree area in-game at launch. Truly, nothing beats a really bigass tree with a village inside it. The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Infinity Nikki has been referring to itself as "the coziest open-world game" and though I had some initial fears about the freemium gacha game style barging into cozy gaming, I am ultimately as weak as anyone else and have wound up rather excited about the possibility of Nikki leading the way for dress-up games on PC . We'll find out soon enough if my called shot has any merit, because Infinity Nikki is launching on December 5 on mobile, PS5, and PC through Epic Games or its standalone launcher. Oh, and not for nothing, but if you're a gacha pro who knows the ropes, make sure to bookmark my list of Infinity Nikki codes where I'll be logging the launch giveaways you'll be able to redeem as soon as they're announced.Title: Impact of South Korea's "Emergency Martial Law" Controversy on Sino-Korean Relations: Response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairspaper roulette 。

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Published 23:50 IST, December 8th 2024 Technology used in crime investigations under the new criminal laws is "foolproof", provided protocols are strictly followed, Chandigarh DGP SS Yadav said. Chandigarh: Technology used in crime investigations under the new criminal laws is "foolproof", provided protocols are strictly followed, Chandigarh DGP SS Yadav said on Sunday. Under the new laws, it is mandatory to record every step of the investigation, from receiving a distress call on the 112 emergency response helpline to the collection of evidence, which is video recorded, photographed and digitally uploaded on the special application E-Sakshya -- a cloud-based service operated by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). The laws also require the use of various applications for fingerprint detection, facial recognition, prosecution, trial and court procedures, making the entire process -- from emergency response to investigation, chargesheet and trial -- seamless. Yadav said the new laws and processes ensured the investigations were swift, time-bound, legally tenable, self-evident and self-presentable, unlike the previous system, which had a lot of subjectivity. Asked if the dependence on technology made investigations vulnerable to hacking or misuse, Yadav said, "The technology is always foolproof if the protocol is followed and remains intact. In the E-Sakshya application, from origin to end, there is the same hash value, ensuring continuity of the process and a foolproof system." "Our officers can only use tablets issued by the administration to collect evidence and follow procedures, so the chances of abuse are minimal," he added. A hash value is a unique numerical identifier representing the contents of a file or data on a digital device. Every step -- from the distress call, dispatch of a PCR van, and the arrival of a forensic team at the scene -- is now recorded on dedicated devices with timestamps, which must be provided to the court, he said. Yadav noted that evidence collection could not be tampered with, as the process -- including the recording of witness statements -- was directly uploaded to the cloud with timestamps through the E-Sakshya application. A certificate is generated, which is provided to the court within 48 hours, he said. A massive infrastructure upgrade was carried out to ensure the full implementation of these processes. Chandigarh set up 80 videoconferencing facilities with various agencies -- hospitals, forensics and administrative offices -- besides training of all stakeholders on the new platforms, he said. Five subdivisional magistrate offices were designated for private citizens to appear via videoconferencing to record their testimony, officials said. The court information system was upgraded to version 4.0 to synchronise with the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), and Internet bandwidth increased to 150 Mbps to handle all data uploads and downloads smoothly, they added. Yadav said, "The new laws reflect a modern and developed India. The Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) were introduced during the British era after the first rebellion for independence in 1857 to keep India under colonial rule. The focus of the new laws is on citizens and quick justice delivery." He said new provisions were introduced to address crimes against women and children, snatching, economic offences and mob lynching. The provisions in the IPC and the CrPC were no longer in line with social realities, the evolving nature of crimes, and societal needs, he said. "All stakeholders -- police, hospitals, forensics, and courts -- are connected through a dashboard on a specialised application. Chandigarh has made it operational, and other states are working to implement it under the guidance of the Union home ministry. The aim is to ensure the crime investigation process is technically superior, modern, and reflects a new India," he said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Republic and is published from a syndicated feed.) Get Current Updates on India News , Entertainment News along with Latest News and Top Headlines from India and around the world. Updated 23:52 IST, December 8th 2024

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