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Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope says he no longer reveals what he’s working on in case it’s stolen or ‘slurped up by AI’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 145 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Pope also said he was more wary of releasing a major new game now because he enjoyed such critical success with Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn that he doesn’t want to let players down.

“There’s also the sense that I was pretty happy with Obra Din and Papers, Please and I don’t… you know, maybe I can’t do it again, kind of thing. Do I really want to maybe just go out on a high note? Why drag my myself down with the next thing that people may not like?

You know, I feel him there. I can't even imagine how to make a successful follow-up after two games that were not just smash hits, but brilliant and unconventional too. Everyone is basically expecting a piece of genius (me included). Not to mention the step up from Papers to Obra Dinn was so huge in terms of production and scope that it's easy to expect another escalation.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

He's in a tricky position but I'd like to see him create anything that he finds interesting. It doesn't need to be as refined as Obra Dinn, but it would be a shame if he didn't release something just because it's 75% as good as Obra Dinn.

Lucas Pope is a much smarter person than me, so I'm sure he'll make the right decision for him. I'm sure just making money doesn't mean all that much to him anymore.

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