Aksys Games has released the first developer diary for XBlaze Code: Embryo, their upcoming visual novel prequel from the BlazBlue universe.

Featured above, you’ll get an inside look at the game’s connections to the world of BlazBlue, via the game’s writer and executive producer, Toshimichi Mori. If you’ve ever played the BlazBlue games, you’d probably expect that the story within XBlaze is not directly connected to the fighting game, and that seems to be the case. Mori also describes the game’s story as such that “even people unfamiliar with BlazBlue can enjoy the game as well.”

XBlaze Code: Embryo is coming to both PS3 and Vita sometime this Summer in North America. There’s a demo for the game out right now – have you tried it?