Some of the ideas that came out of this process had potential for very interesting gameplay, such as enemies that would only appear clearly in the peripheral vision of the player, and a procedurally generated three-dimensional electrified maze, similar to Vincenzo Natali's film Cube.Įarly concept artwork attempting to define the appearance of different pig creatures. These ideas ranged from small adjustments to the established Amnesia formula through to more radical and complete departures from it. This invitation to experiment meant that in terms of both gameplay and story, time was spent during early development throwing around a lot of different ideas for plot, puzzle scenarios, game mechanisms, enemy designs and enemy encounter scenarios. Such experimentation with established formulas is something that arguably should be encouraged more across the industry in order to keep pushing at the boundaries of the established design spaces that we currently operate within.
FG must be commended for their willingness and openness towards experimentation with an established intellectual property such as Amnesia. Creative FreedomįG took a very hands-off approach during early development, allowing a high degree of creative freedom amongst the TCR team. In discussing both the game's successes along with these problems, this postmortem aims to provide a comprehensive overview of what was an enjoyable if sometimes arduous development.Ĭoncept artwork for the cut Boiler level. The game has demonstrated success in a number of areas, however the game and the development process itself were not without their problems. Pigs has released to predominantly strong critical praise, but has clearly proven to be a divisive title amongst players.
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