how they were written. I love that back and forth. Even  the concept team designs something visual from that information and then that appearance of the character shapes how they are written even further.


ARE YOU PLEASED WITH HOW THE GAME TURNED OUT?


     we set out to do and it seems to resonate with a lot of people and that is very inspiring to see.


WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT FROM MAKING PENTIMENT THAT YOU’LL TAKE FORWARD INTO FUTURE GAMES? I learned so much about communication between departments on this game in ways I never needed to     to each other directly as much.     people felt the same about this one.


WHAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MAKING PENTIMENT?   and meta narratives. They take what you have tried to    best feeling.


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ARE THERE ANY DECISIONS THAT YOU WISH HAD BEEN TAKEN DIFFERENTLY? Not in retrospect. There were certainly milestones in   we navigated through those periods through being very   learned something from every barrier we encountered along the way.


WHAT HAS THE RESPONSE BEEN LIKE FROM PLAYERS – TO THE VISUALS ESPECIALLY?   drew a lot of players in that may have not otherwise given this type of game a chance and I love to see that. Lots of   pointing out little visual references in the art to real works  everyone who has shared the parts of the game they love 


“I heard from the narrative team many times that the way we drew a character eventually


 personality and how they were written. I love that


back and forth.”


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