Back to the trenches

The designer of successful and rated indie titleDownwellhas left what some would consider a dream job at Nintendo in order to pursue working on new games within the indie scene.

Ojiro Fumoto joined the mighty Japanese developer/publisher about a year ago, working with the studio for the majority of 2018. However, in a tweet released just yesterday, Fumoto revealed that they had left the company in order to return to the homespun indie scene and continue creating new games.

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“Working there was an incredible experience,” says Fumoto in the tweet, which you can see below. “But ultimately I found my passion to simply be making a thing I want to make.” A very bold move, but an admirable one. You gotta admire that passion. Fumoto also makes mention of getting straight to work on a new game for 2019.

Downwellis available now on PS4, PS Vita, PC and Android and iOS devices.

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I was working at Nintendo for most of 2018 but I quit at the end of the year to pursue being an indie dev again. Working there was an incredible experience but ultimately I found my passion to simply be making a thing I want to make.So yeah, I’ll get working on that this year!

— Ojiro Fumoto (@moppin_)June 23, 2025

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