It's so funny that you ask us this today! We literally just posted a video about @trinketeric.bsky.social's inspirations, and the first thing he brought up was Virtual-On! Are you talking about the Astro City cabs, specifically?
That's an amazing cabinet! We were aware of the Arsenal game but it wasn't a direct inspiration for us starting out. Instead, it was more tactics games and some of the hit indie card titles at the time. The 5 slot format came after a lot of different iterations of the playing field! 😆
Thank you so much! We're excited too. There's a lot of DNA there that will be familiar to Battle Chef fans, combined with a ton of fresh and fun ideas brand new to Battle Suit Aces!
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Just curious is this game inspired by Japanese arcade cabinets? The layout reminds me of them.
Also welcome to Bluesky!!