#E3 SEA OF SOLITUDE PROFESSIONAL#

Kay finds herself separated from the other girl, but can now use one of her abilities, a fire flare, to point herself in the right direction. In the demo, darkness eventually creeps back in when danger is near.

Geppert took her relationship woes, her mental health struggles, and her desire to make more meaningful, artful experiences and channeled them into what eventually became Sea of Solitude. That same year, Jo-Mei Games received enough funding to wrap up their free-to-play efforts and create something independent.

#E3 SEA OF SOLITUDE PROFESSIONAL#

With microtransactions you need to build everything around the core mechanic.вЂќД«y 2014, struggling with these personal and professional crises, Geppert was ready for a change. вЂњWe had a publisher and the contract forever so we could make nothing and still get money. Business was good, but there wasnвЂ™t much creative freedom. When Geppert founded Jo-Mei Games with co-CEO Boris Munser in 2009, the studio did a lot of contract work, creating game concepts for publishers. вЂњI've always wanted to make art games, story-heavy games, but you cannot really do that with free-to-play games,вЂќ she said. But thereвЂ™s another source of inspiration as well: GeppertвЂ™s desire to break out of the вЂњgolden cageвЂќ of making free-to-play games in order to design something completely different. The symbolism is heavy you donвЂ™t need to know GeppertвЂ™s background to understand that itвЂ™s about a woman wrestling with some very dark feelings of despair and hopelessness. The sea is a gorgeous green, the sky is clear blue, and the water level drops to reveal more of the surrounding architecture. Soon the sun comes out again, and the world isnвЂ™t so dark. ItвЂ™s a scary, empty world, and clearly dangerous not the sort of place one would want to traverse alone.ДЄs Kay laments her situation, another girl appears, one whose emanating brightness is in stark contrast to KayвЂ™s ghastly form. Looking like a creature of the dark herself, sheвЂ™s found herself lost in a submerged town loosely based on GeppertвЂ™s home city of Berlin. We donвЂ™t know much about Kay, but her intense loneliness is palpable in the demo. Sea of SolitudeвЂ™s stunning art design uses the juxtaposition of bright colors and near-total darkness to tell the story of a young woman named Kay, also voiced by Jud. She took us through one of the first live demos of Sea of Solitude, talking about its вЂњmost personal storyвЂќ as lead animator Miriam Jud played the game. вЂњI'm always like an open book,вЂќ Geppert told GameDaily earlier this month at the EA Play event in downtown Los Angeles.

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