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Dread Delusion : Lo-Fi RPG
Sometimes all it takes is a single image to make you want a project more than you should. What we see speaks to us or intrigues us in particular, and that’s the…
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The Art Of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
In 1969, in the Columbia Records studios in New York, Miles Davis shook up the music scene by recording the album Bitches Brew. At that precise moment, something strange and fascinating was…
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Philosophy of Failure
Context I’m starting this piece with a question that came to me during my first few hours of play in the franchise’s second installment: “Why am I so afraid of failure in…
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A reflection on the concept of choice in video games with Baldur’s Gate 3.
The mechanics of choice have become a fundamental gameplay element in the collective imagery of many players. Many agree that it creates a much deeper emotional and narrative involvement for the one…
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Lee Williams: creator of Cryptmaster
Cryptmaster is a bit of a UFO game that came out earlier this year and captivated me. It took me a few tries before I really got into it, but the unique…
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The Pixel Hunt #2 | Artistic Direction
In this second Tales From the Devs article with The Pixel Hunt, we’re joined once again by Florent Maurin, founder of the studio, and Alexandre Grilletta, artistic director on The Wreck and…
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is stuck in the past… so what?
I – Context « Conviction is the human will at its most powerful. At once effect and cause, it impresses the coldest souls, and is a kind of mute eloquence that grips…