Former Disco Elysium builders who labored off at ZA/UM have established not one, not two, however three new impartial studios, and all three have been introduced on the identical day, with every confirmed to be engaged on RPG initiatives.
For starters, there’s Darkish Math Video games, which at the moment has a group of about 20 individuals, roughly half of whom labored on Disco Elysium. The studio is at the moment engaged on a detective RPG titled XXX Nightshift, which is at the moment in improvement for PC.
Set in an low season vacation resort in Antarctica, XXX Nightshit will place an emphasis on alternative and consequence mechanics, a dynamic companion system, and distinctive detective techniques and mechanics. Take a look at the sport’s announcement trailer beneath, which showcases dialogue-focused gameplay glimpses.
“Moreover to innovating the standard RPG mechanics, we’ll carry one thing recent to the desk,” says Darkish Math Video games co-founder, artwork director, and tactical lead Timo Albert. “You will note. And naturally, just a few much less phrases. And some extra bullets, maybe. In complete: lot extra enjoyable.”
Then there’s Longdue, a brand new studio shaped by former Disco Elysium builders, in addition to business veterans who’ve beforehand labored at Bungie, Rockstar Video games, and extra. The studio says it has secured funding with which it is going to develop its debut mission, which it describes as a “psychogeographic RPG with narrative depth”.
“At Longdue, we’re impressed by a long time of basic RPGs, from Ultima and Wizardry, via Fallout and Planescape, to the justifiably adored Disco Elysium,” says narrative director Grant Roberts. “We’re excited to proceed that legacy with one other narrative-first, psychological RPG, the place the interaction between interior worlds and exterior landscapes is the beating coronary heart of the expertise. We’re constructing a world-class group for a world-class sport that may inform a world-class story, and we are able to’t wait to point out you extra.”
Final however not least, there’s Summer time Everlasting, one other new impartial studio that’s described as each an “artwork collective” and “RPG studio”. The studio is based by a variety of former Disco Elysium builders, together with writers Argo Tuulik, Dora Klindzic, and Olga Moskvina, idea artist Anastasia Ivanova, voice actor Lenval Brown, and graphic designer Michael Oswell.
Co-founder Argo Tuulik says, “I imagine that the final time round, we made one thing genre-breaking. Self-discipline-transcending. One thing utterly new. I’m not prepared to surrender on that. The teachings discovered, expertise developed, expertise cast—for 5 fucking years I’ve been ready to place them to make use of. So we went again to the drafting board with one objective in thoughts—let’s do it recent from the beginning, however this time let’s not fuck one another the second the checkered flag drops. It makes all the mankind look unhealthy.”
