# “Let’s make a better world”: Denshattack’s developers on counterculture, biker gangs, and the optimism of fighting a mecha with a train

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/lets-make-a-better-world-denshattacks-developers-on-counterculture-biker-gangs-and-the-optimism-of-fighting-a-mecha-with-a-train/
- Published: 2026-07-24T12:47:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T13:05:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Rock Paper Shotgun
- Original article: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/lets-make-a-better-world-denshattacks-developers-on-counterculture-biker-gangs-and-the-optimism-of-fighting-a-mecha-with-a-train
- Topics: Business, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Denshattack turns anti-corporate concerns into optimistic train-based action.
- Developers say its political themes emerged organically.
- The game reflects growing anxieties around AI and surveillance.

## Summary

Denshattack is an upbeat train-driving game with a deliberately rebellious spirit, pitting players against a rogue technology corporation responsible for inequality, surveillance, misinformation, police violence and AI-driven loss of craft. Its developers at Undercoders say the game’s politics were not planned as a statement, but emerged naturally from building a near-future Japan inspired by contemporary anxieties and countercultural skateboarding influences.

Director David Jaumandreu and producer-designer Àngel Beltran said development began with a prototype in 2022, before AI and data centres became such prominent concerns. They connect the game’s outlook to a desire to reclaim and reshape the world, while noting that their earlier satire SuperEpic: The Entertainment War also became more relevant after release as microtransactions, cryptocurrency failures and games-industry layoffs intensified its themes.

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