Being a game developer in Japan demands a level of commitment that borders on absurd, especially when your boss asks you to strip in the office for the project. Publisher ILLUMINATION confirmed that the anticipated game Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns will officially launch on Steam next August 27. This gem, marking the legendary franchise’s definitive jump to 3D with optional VR support, had to delay its original spring release due to its crowdfunding campaign exploding, achieving a ridiculous 1,370% of its initial goal.

What truly stunned the community was the recent interview with producer Kentaro Matsui and director Yoshi-K. In their obsession to make the famous mahjong punishment sequences perfect, the team used motion capture technology. However, to test the choreography before official recordings, the game designers—a group of middle-aged men—met in the office to strip in front of each other. The director admitted with laughter that they criticized each other seriously, saying things like “Mr. Yoshi-K, you’re unzipping too fast,” awkwardly building the basic movements they would later pass to their attractive waifus models.

The level of madness at this industry studio didn’t stop at underwear parades. Realizing that physics engines couldn’t realistically simulate falling clothes, the team decided to adjust and animate the clothing manually, frame by frame, comparing their painstaking method to traditional clay animation. Matsui acknowledged that the classic 2D art of the original franchise from the 80s has an almost unbeatable appeal that purists love, but he’s convinced that this bizarre attention to 3D detail will deliver a visual experience that surpasses the past of arcade machines.

Seeing a group of Japanese adults strip each other and critique how they take off their pants to understand how clothes fall realistically, do you think this insane level of technical commitment will be worth it when the game finally hits the market?