<s>
The	O
concept	O
for	O
Code	O
Age	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Yusuke	O
Naora	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
of	O
Brawls	O
using	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
expand	O
upon	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
communication	O
of	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	B-Application
Age	I-Application
Brawls	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
;	O
players	O
controlled	O
the	O
character	O
Lost	O
L	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
split	O
between	O
2D	O
pre-rendered	O
environments	O
navigated	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
in	O
3D	O
,	O
and	O
3D	O
battle	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	B-Application
Age	I-Application
Brawls	I-Application
is	O
set	O
on	O
an	O
,	O
a	O
fictional	O
hollow	O
world	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
Dyson	O
sphere	O
,	O
with	O
people	O
living	O
on	O
its	O
internal	O
surface	O
;	O
at	O
the	O
sphere	O
's	O
center	O
is	O
the	O
Central	O
Code	O
,	O
a	O
structure	O
which	O
resets	O
the	O
world	O
even	O
ten	O
thousand	O
years	O
by	O
wiping	O
out	O
the	O
current	O
civilization	O
in	O
an	O
event	O
called	O
the	O
Reborn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
Age	O
formed	O
part	O
of	O
Square	O
Enix	O
's	O
plan	O
to	O
develop	O
"	O
polymorphic	O
content	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
marketing	O
and	O
sales	O
strategy	O
to	O
"[provide]	O
well-known	O
properties	O
on	O
several	O
platforms	O
,	O
allowing	O
exposure	O
of	O
the	O
products	O
to	O
as	O
wide	O
an	O
audience	O
as	O
possible	O
"	O
;	O
this	O
approach	O
included	O
Compilation	B-Application
of	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
and	O
the	B-Application
World	I-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Naora	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
produced	O
,	O
Code	B-Application
Age	I-Application
Commanders	I-Application
,	O
was	O
co-producer	O
with	O
Takanori	O
Kimura	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miwa	O
Shoda	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
SaGa	B-Application
Frontier	I-Application
and	O
Legend	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
,	O
wrote	O
the	O
scenario	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
creating	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
wanted	O
to	O
expand	O
upon	O
the	O
assistance	O
communication	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Materia	O
System	O
of	O
Before	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
:	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
environments	O
were	O
designed	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
way	O
to	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
VII	I-Application
and	O
VIII	B-Application
,	O
projecting	O
3D	O
character	O
models	O
onto	O
2D	O
pre-rendered	O
backgrounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
trademark	O
for	O
Code	B-Application
Age	I-Application
Brawls	I-Application
was	O
registered	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
in	O
September	O
2004	O
alongside	O
other	O
trademarks	O
relating	O
to	O
the	O
Code	O
Age	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	B-Application
Age	I-Application
Brawls	I-Application
was	O
a	O
subscription-based	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
players	O
needing	O
to	O
pay	O
a	O
monthly	O
fee	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
continue	O
accessing	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
