- The Blood of Dawnwalker director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz says the team knew the game’s day and night system would be “expensive as hell”
- However, Rebel Wolves knew the concept would be “unique”
- The director says he was inspired by the werewolf tale, but from a vampire perspective
Rebel Wolves knew The Blood of Dawnwalker‘s day and night system needed to be challenging as well as expensive, but wanted to deliver a “unique” experience for players.
In an interview with TechRadar Gaming at a preview event for the upcoming role-playing game (RPG), director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz compared The Blood of Dawnwalker to “two different games” due to its day and night cycle.
In the game, the main character Coen can be played as a human by day and a vampire by night, and each version offers different abilities and ways to complete quests.
According to Tomaszkiewicz, he was inspired by the concept of the werewolf, but from a vampire’s perspective, and the dual gameplay loops allow for a unique structure in the open world.
“I have this idea of creating a creature that’s like the werewolf, but from the vampire side: they’re human by day and a vampire by night, and take that as a starting point,” he said.
“We said, okay, this is a cool idea, but if you have a human during the day and a vampire at night, you know you have to make two gameplay loops. If you create those gameplay loops and put them in an open-world structure, we’ve decided that we’re basically making almost two different games, and it’s crazy.”
Tomaszkiewicz added that the team knew the idea was “expensive as hell, but we thought it was worth it because it’s unique and different.”
“It would deliver something new to the market and deliver something different to the players,” the executive said. “That idea was from the beginning. When I started thinking about the protagonist, and the company, and the setting, and the saga that we wanted to create, let’s create a protagonist that will be something different.”
The Blood of Dawnwalker launches on September 3rd for PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S and PC.
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