With its larger than life cast and mix ;n ; match gameplay, Runescape game is over the top; its pop art visuals are deliberately provocative. But its intricate writing and shocking storytelling balance well with its unusual visual style, and bizarre as it can be, it ;s always engrossing.Gamasutra recently had a chance to rs gold sit down with Runescape game ;s producer at Japanese firm Spike Chunsoft, Yoshinori Terasawa, and associate producer Yusuke Katagata to learn more about the creative process behind this cult hit in the making.I think one of the things that ;s most striking about Dangan Ronpa is that it ;s very grotesque. Can you talk about why you wanted to tell a story that ;s so grotesque and so over the top?Yoshinori Terasawa: Do you know the movies Saw and Cube? I was especially a big fan of those movies, and their creators as well, and I ;ve been inspired by those movies.I ;ve also noticed examples from Japanese culture: There can be a strong undercurrent of brutal stories stories about the breakdown of society. Do you think that ;s an important part of Japanese pop culture right now?YT: Do you think so? Well, in Runescape games, it might be really rare, still. That ;s the reason why we decided to focus on something very different from the usual culture of Runescape games. In manga and anime, you might see a lot of it.Why do you think it ;s interesting to explore the grotesque?YT: That ;s deep. Why is it interesting? It ;s easily influencing people ;s emotions. That ;s the main reason.In Japanese pop culture you often see the theme that society has rules, and someone creates a situation with its own rules. In Dangan Ronpa, Monokuma sets the rules.YT: I have a question myself, too. In Japan, the kids are all raised under certain rules, and we know we have to follow them. In American culture, are the kids more free from rules?I would say America has more emphasis on individualism, but at the same time, there are unwritten and unspoken rules, and if you fall outside of them, then you start to run into problems.Yusuke Katagata: I think that ;s written in the Bible.?Among other places.I ;ve noticed in Japanese culture, the world quot;ruuru quot; rule is very common, and it ;s not as word you ;d see used the same way in American pop culture.YK: We might sometimes cut our hair short you cannot have longer hair. That ;s one rule.YT: You have to have it short enough that the ear is showing. And especially, in Japan, people are very strict with time.Another thing about Dangan Ronpa is that it is not realistic visually speaking. But there is a sense of realism to the way its story ;s told. Can you talk about that?