Today (August 28, 2026), "Fan Ying," the first new ARPG from top original animation and digital content production company YHKT Entertainment, has officially launched its EP02 test. Since its reveal, "Fan Ying" has attracted significant attention from players. This test will allow more players to experience this new work, which blends top-tier cinematic narrative, action combat, and diverse exploration and progression, up close, fully appreciating YHKT Entertainment's practical achievement in transforming its film and animation production expertise into a gaming experience.
"Fan Ying" is developed and produced by YHKT Entertainment, the studio behind the "Ling Cage" animation series. It is an ARPG driven by high-precision Chinese anime-style rendering and narrative presentation, blending ACT action, box-garden exploration, and character progression. Built on Unreal Engine 5, the game leverages the team's years of experience in film and animation production to construct a grand fantasy world filled with extensive narrative content. In the game, players assume the role of a Sea Walker, riding Sea Patrol Beasts to embark on legendary adventures across diverse ecosystems such as the Pure Sea, Long Bo, and Land Islands, uncovering hidden histories and conflicts while seeking the truth of the world.
Movie-Level Animated Sequences: Breaking Down the Immersive Boundary Between Narrative and Gameplay
The most distinctive feature of "Fan Ying" lies in its high-specification presentation of narrative and cinematic sequences. All main storyline CGs and cutscene animations in "Fan Ying" utilize film-quality storyboarding, precise lighting, color grading, and camera language, bringing an extremely immersive cinematic feel and emotional tension to the narrative experience. Each story sequence rivals premium animated blockbusters. For players who value narrative expression, character development, and world-building atmosphere, this deep integration of animation production capabilities into game narrative constitutes a prominent content identifier for "Fan Ying".
Furthermore, unlike traditional games where gameplay and CG cutscenes are presented separately, "Fan Ying" transforms the content creation capabilities of a top-tier animation team into a unique narrative competitive edge for the game. It specifically focuses on creating interactive, movie-level animated sequences, breaking down the immersive boundary between story narration and gameplay. Players are no longer mere spectators watching pre-rendered videos; instead, they participate within the story, absorbing its emotional tone as they advance through their adventure. This further amplifies the sense of immersion brought by the story, providing an ultimate audiovisual experience during gameplay.
Differentiated Gameplay Design: Diverse Experiences in Box-Garden Exploration, Combat, and Home Building
Beyond top-tier narrative and animated sequences, "Fan Ying" prepares a variety of differentiated gameplay content for players. The game does not simply follow the traditional open-world map exploration model; instead, it adopts refined box-garden-style dungeon scene designs, creating multi-layered, high-detail closed-loop maps. Players can freely explore diverse ecological scenes such as giant beast islands, mysterious ruins, and mountain-sea secret realms. Each box-garden area carries its own exclusive storyline, environmental puzzles, and satisfying combat challenges. The exploration process has clear objectives, balancing visual presentation with gameplay pacing.
Building on this, "Fan Ying" also offers a unique Pure Sea gaming experience. Players can not only pilot their Sea Patrol Beasts to explore the Pure Sea freely but also equip them with various weapons to battle strange creatures on the water. Meanwhile, players can own their exclusive Long Bo home on the Pure Sea. This mobile Long Bo home integrates a series of interesting home-building gameplay elements. Resources obtained from the main story and secret realm explorations can be used to craft and upgrade your exclusive home, unlocking diverse functions such as life simulation, resource exchange, and character interactions. This design, combining combat exploration, life simulation, and character interaction, further enriches the game's content layers.
In terms of combat, the game adopts a four-member squad battle mode. Each character has a clearly differentiated class role, performing specific duties. By acquiring different characters, players can form exclusive combat lineups tailored to various battle scenarios. The combat system in "Fan Ying" also offers considerable depth, featuring mature mechanics for breaking toughness, parrying, and extreme dodging. When players break an enemy's toughness shield and deplete their toughness bar, they can trigger cool execution moves. Precise parries can quickly reduce enemy toughness, while successfully avoiding damage through extreme dodges allows for follow-up special actions, turning the tide of battle. This entire action mechanism balances operational depth with combat strategy, providing players with rich tactical possibilities.
Conclusion
Transitioning from animation production to game development, "Fan Ying" represents YHKT Entertainment's bold attempt to leverage its strengths in narrative presentation, scene exploration, character progression, and action combat gameplay, carving out its own differentiated path. We look forward to "Fan Ying" fully presenting this grand fantasy world, exciting storylines, and fun-filled diverse explorations to players in the future. Although recruitment for the EP02 test has ended and the test has officially begun, interested players can still complete pre-registration through official channels to stay updated on "Fan Ying"'s subsequent official announcements and version progress, awaiting the arrival of this new long-form narrative fantasy ARPG.
Wherever the heart desires, there shall be a response—upon the Pure Sea, we look forward to the official start of the legendary adventure on the backs of giant beasts!