The marsh had been left unresolved for a long time, so we decided to tear it apart and finish it as a team. Eric updated the main structures, Alex adjusted the catwalks, Luis took care of all the lowest structures, and I handled the vegetation and general colors. Color was …
Around Christmas time, Jon surprised us with a bunch of new slab buildings full of puzzles in the center of the island. Previously, there were only some empty ruins here, so the whole area was redesigned by the architects to accommodate the new puzzles. I attacked it first, …
The PS4 launched last week and, though I still barely believe my luck, I got the chance to accompany Jon to the launch event in New York! As it turned out, I was a bit too shy to help him out too much with the questions, but it was still …
Interview with Adam Sessler at last week’s PlayStation event: Discussion on PlayStation Blogcast (Witness talk starts around 26:25): http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/10/18/playstation-blogcast-094-witness-the-daylight/ (From the way the PS guys talk, it sounds like it is all me making this game, but as always on games of this size, there is a whole team …
Sony had an event today at their offices in Foster City to give the press some hands-on time with upcoming games running on the PlayStation 4. The Witness was among the games being shown! We were the only third-party game there. Also shown were a whole lot of Killzone: Shadow …
The shipwreck is an area of the island that has not been shown before, because up until recently it was one of the barest, most undeveloped areas we had. It grew bigger and bigger over the years (like most things on the island), from a little slab mockup Jon had …
What’s up, internet? I’m Eric – one of the artists working on The Witness. I figured what better way to celebrate more than two years on the project than by making my very first post on the development blog! (plus, Luis and Orsi hassled me!!!) So here goes: In the …