{"id":1999266,"date":"2026-06-19T11:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1999266"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:41:04","slug":"pragmatas-development-team-included-a-group-of-women-known-as-the-diana-police-to-convincingly-capture-her-child-like-innocence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1999266","title":{"rendered":"Pragmata&#8217;s development team included a group of women known as the &#8220;Diana Police&#8221; to convincingly capture her child-like innocence"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pragmata\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pragmata<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Pragmata&#8217;s development team included a group of women known as the &#8220;Diana Police&#8221; to convincingly capture her child-like innocence<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Not kidding.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1000049170.jpeg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Pragmata&apos;s Diana. She is a young girl with long blonde hair and a large blue jacket\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"1000049170.jpeg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Capcom\/Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-19T11:41:04+00:00\">June 19, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"d1fa1a57-5244-448f-b2c6-f85875a30c5c\" data-name=\"Pragmata\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Pragmata\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Pragmata\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Pragmata\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Pragmata\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pragmata\" title=\"Follow Pragmata\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pragmata<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Capcom&#8217;s long-in-the-works space game Pragmata finally released in April, garnering plenty of praise for its gameplay and more. But, one thing that really captured players&#8217; hearts was the friendship between astronaut Hugh and his android companion Diana.<\/p>\n<p>Their burgeoning father and daughter dynamic was a real highlight, and as a parent myself I immediately knew I&#8217;d protect Diana any way I could. But capturing Diana&#8217;s convincing child-like innocence was no small task, Pragamata producer Naoto Oyama revealed during a recent commemorative Father&#8217;s Day livestream.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pragmata &#8211; Official Eight Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zsjbIa__BfI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pragmata&#8217;s development team frequently deferred to a group of female members Oyama nicknamed the &#8220;Diana Police&#8221;. These ladies would carry out checks and offer suggestions to the motion capture team and voice actors to make sure Diana&#8217;s child-like character felt natural rather than contrived or annoying (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/capcom-had-a-women-led-diana-police-on-the-pragmata-team-to-make-sure-diana-was-cute-in-an-uncontrived-and-childlike-way\/\">Automaton<\/a>). For example, Nao Toyama, the voice of Diana in the Japanese dub of Pragmata, was directed &#8220;not to make it too cute, but speak like a child would naturally speak&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for why the Diana Police was composed of women, Pragmata&#8217;s director Cho Yonghee suggested it&#8217;s &#8220;easier for women to detect the &#8216;cunning&#8217; kind of cuteness in female characters&#8221;. Men &#8220;would probably go<em> &#8216;What&#8217;s the difference?&#8217;<\/em>,&#8221; he joked in a subsequent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2026\/06\/19\/168196.html\">Game*Spark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During Pragmata&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day stream, Capcom also revealed Hugh&#8217;s demo &#8220;Scribble Suit&#8221; will be available in the main game as a free update from today.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hugh&apos;s scribble suit in Pragmata\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Hugh&apos;s-scribble-suit-in-Pragmata.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7792421746293245\" width=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Hugh&apos;s scribble suit in Pragmata\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Hugh&apos;s-scribble-suit-in-Pragmata.webp\" height=\"607\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7792421746293245\" width=\"1080\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Capcom<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pragmata has been a resounding success for Capcom. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-surpasses-1m-copies-sold-in-two-days\">sold 1m copies in just two days<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-2m-sales-milestone-hugh-diana\">that number had climbed to 2m<\/a> by May. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-sequel-of-course-director-would-love-one\">Pragmata&#8217;s director has since said he&#8217;d love to make a sequel<\/a>, after Capcom USA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-success-hugh-diana-future\">chief operating officer Rob Dyer appeared to suggest Pragmata could become a franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Haven&#8217;t played it for yourself yet and want to know more? Our Dom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-review\">awarded Pragmata four stars in their review<\/a>, calling it &#8220;a proudly experimental gamble&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Capcom&#8217;s long-in-the-works space game Pragmata finally released in April, garnering plenty of praise for its gameplay and more. But, one thing that really captured players&#8217; hearts was the friendship between astronaut Hugh and his android companion Diana.<\/p>\n<p>Their burgeoning father and daughter dynamic was a real highlight, and as a parent myself I immediately knew I&#8217;d protect Diana any way I could. But capturing Diana&#8217;s convincing child-like innocence was no small task, Pragamata producer Naoto Oyama revealed during a recent commemorative Father&#8217;s Day livestream.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pragmata &#8211; Official Eight Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zsjbIa__BfI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pragmata&#8217;s development team frequently deferred to a group of female members Oyama nicknamed the &#8220;Diana Police&#8221;. These ladies would carry out checks and offer suggestions to the motion capture team and voice actors to make sure Diana&#8217;s child-like character felt natural rather than contrived or annoying (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/capcom-had-a-women-led-diana-police-on-the-pragmata-team-to-make-sure-diana-was-cute-in-an-uncontrived-and-childlike-way\/\">Automaton<\/a>). For example, Nao Toyama, the voice of Diana in the Japanese dub of Pragmata, was directed &#8220;not to make it too cute, but speak like a child would naturally speak&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for why the Diana Police was composed of women, Pragmata&#8217;s director Cho Yonghee suggested it&#8217;s &#8220;easier for women to detect the &#8216;cunning&#8217; kind of cuteness in female characters&#8221;. Men &#8220;would probably go<em> &#8216;What&#8217;s the difference?&#8217;<\/em>,&#8221; he joked in a subsequent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2026\/06\/19\/168196.html\">Game*Spark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During Pragmata&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day stream, Capcom also revealed Hugh&#8217;s demo &#8220;Scribble Suit&#8221; will be available in the main game as a free update from today.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hugh&apos;s scribble suit in Pragmata\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Hugh&apos;s-scribble-suit-in-Pragmata.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7792421746293245\" width=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Hugh&apos;s scribble suit in Pragmata\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Hugh&apos;s-scribble-suit-in-Pragmata.webp\" height=\"607\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7792421746293245\" width=\"1080\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Capcom<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pragmata has been a resounding success for Capcom. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-surpasses-1m-copies-sold-in-two-days\">sold 1m copies in just two days<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-2m-sales-milestone-hugh-diana\">that number had climbed to 2m<\/a> by May. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-sequel-of-course-director-would-love-one\">Pragmata&#8217;s director has since said he&#8217;d love to make a sequel<\/a>, after Capcom USA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-success-hugh-diana-future\">chief operating officer Rob Dyer appeared to suggest Pragmata could become a franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Haven&#8217;t played it for yourself yet and want to know more? 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