Surgent Studios boss Abubakar Salim has shared the primary footage of his subsequent recreation, Undertaking Uso, solely with VGC.
In a brand new video, which could be seen under, Salim dives deeper into Undertaking Uso, which was introduced final week.
“When my daughter was born, the query of ‘who am I now?’ actually type of hit me,” Salim instructed VGC “As a result of if (Tales of Kenzera) Zau was this exploration of ‘who am I and not using a mother or father?’ Uso goes to be ‘who am I as a mother or father?”
The footage offered within the video is from a presently in-production construct of the sport. Surgent Studios says it’s presently in search of a companion to publish the title.
“The story (with Zau) is that as a shaman you’re difficult the God of Demise as a method of trying on the concept of wholesome dealing with grief, so I got here up with the concept of what if one reader is impressed to defy loss of life itself, so that they create this android which is long-established to cradle the spirits of the useless.”
Salim additionally mentioned the challenges he’s confronted discovering funding for the brand new mission, and the well being of the online game market.
Hundreds of recreation improvement jobs have been misplaced prior to now 18 months. Earlier this 12 months, Surgent Studios itself laid off over a dozen builders.
“With Zau, we didn’t even have something playable when pitched to EA, but it surely acquired signed and it acquired seen too. Now it’s a special beast, the business is enjoying at a special scale,” Salim defined.
“I don’t know what it’s, but it surely’s nearly just like the response from the increase of Covid. Folks had on a regular basis on the planet to play video games or watch content material, until at this time once we’re going exterior. There may be this adjustment, that shaking of the foundations is affecting everybody.
“We’re seeing much more folks making cautious video games reasonably than daring ones. We’d like extra daring video games. We’d like extra thrilling video games.”
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU was launched earlier this 12 months. Printed as an EA Original title, the sport acquired usually optimistic evaluations at launch, with a Metacritic rating of 76.
VGC’s Tales of Kenzera evaluate known as it a “difficult, poignant Metroidvania.”
