The Eighteenth Floor was the Developer's Office in Final Fantasy XIV where the developers of the game make a cameo appearance during the 2015 edition of The Rising seasonal event.
Director Naoki Yoshida mentioned new jobs to be added to the game in future updates, which are Samurai and Red Mage. A "Clockwork Doomtrain" was also mentioned, which would eventually appear as the Phantom Train during the Omega raid series.
Inhabitants[]
- Naoki Yoshida - Director
- Hiroshi Takai - Assistant Director
- Mitsutoshi Gondai - Assistant Director and Lead Battle Planner
- Masayoshi Soken - Sound Director
- Nobuaki Komoto - Lead Planner
- Kazutoyo Maehiro - Main Scenario Writer
- Takeo Suzuki - Lead Designer
- Hideyuki Kasuga - Lead Programmer
- Hiroshi Minagawa - Lead User Interface and Web Artist
- Koji Fox - English Localization Director
- Koji Kirasugi from Online Business Management Division.
- Toshio Murouchi from the Community Team.