![]() ![]() Hutchinson: I think science fiction lends itself to cultural commentary as you can take the issues of the day and magnify or reposition them to make your point, so it's not surprising and games give you the perfect opportunity to make the player an active participant in it as well. Do you think this is a reflection of the game industry, societal commentary, or something else entirely? ![]() Q: There's been a recent trend of space games serving as critiques of fictional corporations, with titles like Deep Rock Galactic, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, and Viscera Clean Up Detail. RELATED: Journey to the Savage Planet 2 Reportedly Cancelled By Google If you are doing a lot of weird stuff, you’ll get a lot of weird jokes. The other key is to make sure the player is driving the action as much as possible, so most of the jokes are supporting player actions like scanning or entering a new area or dying, meaning the pacing is in their hands. Q: For those unaware, what are the most exciting additions to the Employee of the Month Edition? Also, we were the first, last, and only game internally published by Google, and they made us redundant on the day we shipped. I think the funniest thing about the first project was that we were acquired by Google, then the pandemic started, so we switched to working from home, then just as the pandemic ended they shuttered Stadia, and we were all made redundant without ever having set foot inside a Google office. ![]() Hutchinson: Hi! My name is Alex Hutchinson, and I was the Creative Director of Journey to the Savage Planet, plus I was one of the founding owners of both Typhoon Studios and now Raccoon Logic, which has formed from the ashes of Typhoon after we were bought by Google to work on Stadia, then regurgitated when they found game development too difficult and subjective and closed Stadia down. Q: Please briefly introduce yourselves and share a story from the development of Journey to the Savage Planet. RELATED: Journey to the Savage Planet Getting Free Next-Gen Upgrade ![]()
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