EXNOA Developers Detail In-House Production, Partnerships, And Operations
Three EXNOA staff spoke to GameBusiness.jp about how games are made at the company behind DMM GAMES. Yoshihiro Daimon, a director on Dot Abyss, came from solo development and works from Toyama.
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Why it matters
EXNOA's own directors describe a studio built from three different hiring paths (new graduate, mid-career, individual developer) rather than one production model, which is the operational picture behind the DMM GAMES lineup.
Key Facts
- EXNOA operates the DMM GAMES platform and also develops games in-house.
- Dot Abyss, released in June 2026, surpassed 400,000 pre-registrations at the fastest pace in DMM GAMES history.
- Yoshihiro Daimon is one of the directors of Dot Abyss and works from Toyama.
- Shingo Yoshimura is producer on Muv-Luv Girls Garden, a title developed with a partner.
- Shungo Harada is director of Jewel Princess Reincarnation.
Shingo Yoshimura, producer on Muv-Luv Girls Garden, entered the industry at 35 and joined EXNOA at 40. Shungo Harada, director of Jewel Princess Reincarnation, joined as a new graduate and now also works on new titles.
Dot Abyss, the dot-art abyss exploration RPG released in June 2026, passed 400,000 pre-registrations at the fastest pace in DMM GAMES history. Daimon joined EXNOA when the Dot Abyss project launched, after years of making games as an individual developer, and works from Toyama. Yoshimura spent about four years in a department handling titles for women before leaving the company; Yudai Hasegawa, now leading Studio KUMASAN, asked him to return for the studio's launch. Harada moved from planner to director on titles for women and took his current post on Jewel Princess Reincarnation.
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