How much will players be able to explore and learn more about Neo-Berlin? And of course, all of that will have a role in the narrative of Encodya. I’m trying to create my own cyberpunk universe that is a bit “retro-futuristic” (there are many 80s references) and keeps a lot of the genre trademarks: a rainy city with tons of Asian signboards, controlled by huge corporations and corrupted politicians. The city of Neo-Berlin is part of a bigger project, that started few years ago with the short film Attack of the Cyber Octopuses (a live action tribute to the 80s sci-fi, entirely made with practical effects and miniatures) and later with the aforementioned Robot Will Protect You. What can you tell us about what the game’s world-building and storytelling do to bring that setting to life? It seems like the city of Neo-Berlin is going to be an integral part of the story and overall experience in Encodya. It’s somehow my own technique, even if not so different from games like Borderlands or titles from Telltale. It’s called NPR (Non-Photorealistic Render) and basically even if everything is created using 3D software, I manipulate the shaders and the overall look, to appear as much as possible “hand-drawn”. In fact, Encodya is the development of a short film called Robot Will Protect You and it uses the same style and techniques to render the beautiful environments.
So, the Encodya aesthetic comes from my experience with movies, especially animation movies. I come from the film industry, working for almost 20 years as film director/producer and started developing games not even 2 years ago. "I’m trying to create my own cyberpunk universe that is a bit “retro-futuristic” (there are many 80s references) and keeps a lot of the genre trademarks: a rainy city with tons of Asian signboards, controlled by huge corporations and corrupted politicians."Įncodya features a beautiful visual aesthetic- can you talk us through the process of how you landed on this art style for the game? You can read our conversation with Chaosmonger Studio CEO Nicola Piovesan below. How successfully it does that remains to be seen, but curious about the game as we were, we recently sent across some of our questions about what players should expect from it to the developers. Point-and-click adventure titles might not have the mainstream appeal they once had, but there’s an undeniable charm to this genre, and Encodya is certainly attempting to capture that. With the promise of a personal, intimate story against the backdrop of what looks like an intriguing dystopian cyberpunk setting, Chaosmonger Studio’s upcoming Encoyda certainly sounds like an interesting prospect.
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