Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn creator Lucas Pope spoke about what he is engaged on subsequent—and why we’re not listening to about it extra—on the most recent episode of Mike & Rami Are Nonetheless Right here, the podcast of Nuclear throne developer Rami Ismail and No Extra Robots founder Mike Rose.
Although Pope mentioned he sometimes enjoys speaking about his work, he thinks “the scenario simply feels totally different” within the trade. “You do not actually discuss stuff whenever you’re engaged on it,” mentioned Pope. “It is getting slurped up by AI or persons are gonna copy it, or one thing else like that.
“It isn’t a tough rule, however I’ve bought a kinda feeling about that. I simply do not feel as comfy speaking about what I am engaged on once more.”
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Even with the radio silence, you may suppose that at the least means he is engaged on one thing—however it does not imply the artist will in the end resolve to share it. “I used to be fairly pleased with Obra Dinn and Papers, Please,” Pope mentioned. “And perhaps I can not do it once more? Perhaps I simply wanna exit on a excessive be aware. Why drag myself down with the following factor that individuals perhaps will not like.
“I really feel fortunate with these two video games. And I can do the identical issues once more—I can concentrate on narrative and gameplay and mechanics—however who is aware of. It may very well be a complete miss. So in that sense, I do not actually wanna push my luck an excessive amount of.”
Truthful sufficient—two stone chilly all-timers is greater than most individuals can aspire to, and with Pope having printed each hit video games himself, he possible would not face the identical monetary pressures as different builders. “I am simply discovering the enjoyable over right here,” Pope mentioned of the final six years of his recreation dev profession, which included the Playdate-exclusive alien help group sim, Mars After Midnight. You may take heed to Ismail and Rose’s full interview with Lucas Pope on episode 10 of Mike & Rami are Nonetheless Right here.
