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MinnMax Interview - Tchia's Director Is More Inspired By GTA Than Wind Waker
🕑 Added 2023-03-06 17:16:00 +0000 UTC
MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Phil Crifo, the game director of the upcoming open-world adventure Tchia. In this interview we talk about the studio Awaceb, the full development history of Tchia, and why it's inspired more by the Grand Theft Auto series than The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. The game releases on Epic Game Store and PlayStation on March 21st, 2023.
Watch and share the video version of the podcast here - https://youtu.be/TLQUYoI7jo0
To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:39 - Phi Crifo's Game Informer fandom
00:03:34 - Visiting New Caledonia with the development team
00:08:21 - Getting to know the studio Awaceb
00:11:40 - The game industry's embrace of Tchia
00:16:02 - How to encourage exploration
00:22:44 - The history of the transformations/soul-jumps
00:28:44 - Where the funding came from
00:33:44 - How Tchia was inspired by Grand Theft Auto
00:36:50 - How did a team of 9 people make this
00:39:42 - Biggest challenges of creating Tchia
00:42:50 - Production lessons
00:45:10 - The studio's game after Tchia
00:46:22 - Why Awaceb loves Double Fine
00:47:32 - Best feedback for Tchia so far
00:49:13 - Connecting with locals in New Caledonia
00:54:28 - The history of the name Tchia
00:55:56 - Releasing Tchia before Zelda
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Thom Blackburn
Well, that just got more interesting
