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Prepare your gear, climbersJun 5, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHello climbers! We know you are all itching to start Kami’s ascent, and we get it - so are we. We’re super excited to announce Cairn will launch November 5, 2025 🎉 Do you ever wonder what’s pushing Aava to attempt this once in a lifetime climb? Alpinism is freeing, but also grueling and dangerous. Our latest trailer explores her determination, the encounters she’ll make on her way up and Kami’s long lost past... You’ll also see more about a new gameplay feature: ice climbing!! and what it’s like to climb at high altitude. Watch it below 🏔️ You’re also hearing in the trailer the first track of our collab with The Toxic Avenger. We have an amazing team of musicians working on Cairn, read more here: https://www.thegamebakers.com/the-great-people-behind-cairns-music/ Thank you all for the support you’ve given us since Cairn was revealed, it really keeps us going in these last few months of development to give you the best game we can. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45050904/296d5ae95bbca648dacefdeee16bae29386e7bdb.pngHaven fanart contest winners revealed!Dec 11, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsIt’s time to announce the winners for Haven’s fanart contest! This community week, the theme was meet cute, and boy did you deliver. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/d5def498284ffc07d3c03f97ac52ece7cba8544c.jpg Kicking off with our coup de coeur, by Mango! Sharing an umbrella is such a classic meet cute, we’re eating it up. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/800d0d52f3951174917f76f884935d70a4e11364.png Third place for this contest goes to Drone Trouble by Vin_c_! We’re not above destroying personal property in the name of love. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/207ac0c66affd4cea94aa20a407d47b317c59836.png TRCelyne wins second place, by putting Yu and Kay in the Romeo + Juliette meetcute. Enough said {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/4dc0e81707bd862f81db5cd190349422d679ba11.png And first place goes to Gotuya, with this adorable clumsy Kay. We can already hear Yu teasing them about this. Thank you all again so much for your entries, it was so hard to pick our winners!It's time to climb in Cairn's demo! 🏔️Dec 5, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHi there, You know how they say good things come to those who wait? Well, thank you for your patience, but wait no more: go and play Cairn's demo right now 🧗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3170150/Cairn_Demo/ In the demo, you play as Aava, attempting your first ascent before heading to mount Kami. After a warm-up in the climbing gym, you climb to the summit of mount Tenzen. You have full freedom to explore the small mountain ridge, learn how to climb, forage, and survive in a low-pressure environment. It packs many of the features of the full game. To mark the occasion, we premiered a brand new gameplay trailer, check it out: Source Geoguessr is back!Nov 21, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsDo you remember all of Source's nooks and crannies? Do you know where the Birble family lives? Well you're back on for a Haven Geoguessr then! This time around, we will be hosting it on Discord, join us at discord.gg/thegamebakers November 24 at 5pm CET (11am ET). The winner will be announced November 25, and will bring home a cute Oink plushie! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/c41ed7d5b2e88b6263e9521b34a83e4f9f2ecfd3.png This is one of the last edition's screenshots, not a hint!Haven Speedrun with Nichole GoodnightNov 21, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsDid you know that Nichole, aside from being the extremely talented actress of Slay the Princess' Princess, is also the world record holder for Haven's speedrun? Truly a woman of many talents. She has agreed to come on our stream and show us how it's done, this Friday November 22 at 5pm CET (11am ET)! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/767b6453fab614e434c975ff5df37919880e0cf4.png Join us all on our Twitch, and enjoy this (very fast) life on Source: twitch.tv/thegamebakers Haven fanart contest: meet cute editionNov 21, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsIt's a tradition, and every community week we truly enjoy seeing the incredible artworks you all come up with. For this community week, as we're going into Hallmark movie season, we would love to see how you think Yu and Kay met! Is Yu the big city girl who's going to save Kay's Christmas tree farm? Is Kay the cute but aloof barista who spills Yu's latte on her? You tell us! The contest's winners will be chosen by the dev team, and we'll announce them on December 9. Here are the prizes: 1st place: $70 gift certificate of Haven merchandise and goodies 2nd Place: $50 gift certificate for Haven merch 3rd place: $30 gift certificate for Haven merch Coup de coeur: $30 gift certificate for Haven merch {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/75048b9e5a15b7b02a25452081c2bcd940455f0c.png Stargazing by TRCelyne, one of our winners from the last community week. Your submission can be made in any media, but must be made for the purpose of the competition and submitted by the creator. Please send them to [email protected] before December 8 at 5pm CET. Cover art by Kou, Oink wants a kiss too and banner art by Aurora, Night Date, two other winners of the last edition.Haven's artbook, coming to a Steam store near youNov 21, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsA lot of you have requested a digital version of the artbook, since our store doesn't deliver to every country (yet!) and you can't really zoom in on paper. Well we have heard you! Haven's artbook is available to purchase as a DLC on Steam, and we even made a small selection of the artbook entirely free for you to discover! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3320740/Haven_Digital_Artbook Join our newsletter to get the free sample: https://bit.ly/NewsletterTGBA new Haven community week is upon us!Nov 21, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, It's time for Haven community week! We've got plenty of cool stuff happening through the week, and we're celebrating Haven's queer community alongside the Steam festival Season of Pride. All of our merch is 20% off, and you can get 30% off if you join our Newsletter! https://bit.ly/NewsletterTGB So what do we have planned? The artbook in digital form! Merch discounts Merch giveaways New interviews about Haven's development And surprises... Well, first up: an Oink dress up contest! We'd like to ask you to come up with your best costumes for Oink: they can be drawn, edited, or modeled by your Oink plushie! Send them to us at [email protected] before December 8 at 5pm. The Oink to Impress contest is open right now, and we will choose the winner through a Discord poll on December 9. Winner gets an Oink plushie and some Oink pins 🦎 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/b62f0b7a70245109f2488811bf9853e4deb52f5d.jpg Oink is modelling a 3D printed hat, and a broom made from a bamboo stick and cut up baguette bag. Oink is a sustainable king. Enjoy all the community week content here and on our social media, and keep your eyes peeled for surprises! And if you haven't already, wishlist our next game Cairn : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1588550/CairnIntroducing CairnJun 7, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone! It is finally time for us to let you in on what we've been cooking: our next game Cairn, a mountain ascent adventure with an intuitive climbing simulation. Read the whole description here - also see the superstars who have joined our team to make this game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1588550/Cairn/ We have created a new climbing simulation that gives you complete freedom to explore the mountain, read the rock face and decide on your route. Climbing is challenging, with difficult sections to navigate, and you will need to use your equipment and pitons wisely. Cairn’s story mode will take you on Aava’s journey, as she sets to conquer a summit no one has reached before, and you will decide what she’s ready to sacrifice to achieve the ascent. We'll share more with you soon, but in the meantime wishlist Cairn and stay tuned by: Joining us on Discord Joining our (very occasional) newsletter. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/6d60c64cf78b1f2fcd7b371b9fdcecf1b1a41ec1.jpg After years of secrecy, it feels really good for the whole team to finally be sharing this with you, and we can’t wait to hear your feedback - and show you more! Until then, The Game BakersHaven community week winners revealed!Feb 29, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHiya, Thank you for spending this Haven community week with us! We had a lot of fun with our Haven Geoguessr, and a beautiful new Nest wallpaper to share with you. And it's time to announce the winners of our fan art contest and our Haven Geoguessr! This community week's fan art contest theme was Date night on Source, and boy did you deliver! We received 28 beautiful artworks, and it was incredibly hard to pick winners. Up until yesterday, we had an 8-way tie for the coup de coeur and a 3-way tie for first place. Thank you so much to all of you incredible artists who submitted work! Here are our 4 winners, take a look at their work: First prize - Night Camp, by Aurora - we just love the sky and the bloofs! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/b78925c6f1aa2dbacfaaa81f5605b512b11c33dc.png 2nd prize - TRCelyne's beautiful stargazing artwork {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/b385c871c68e6f44bbbc5d5f836d525a5c4687f0.jpg 3rd prize - Oink wants a kiss too, by Kloudinthesky. And Oink deserves that kiss {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5a5b61d44b6f84ad8c61c7330a6b7b35870f196a.jpg Coup de coeur - Date night shenanigans by eldikay.art - that is very in character for Yu! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/f4b798eb9b9306746b4f2a509a9b1cf36c9cb5dc.png Geoguessr winner The official Source tour guide and winner of our Haven Geoguessr is Mykeelay! They not only got all of the answers right, but they also did so in record time. Out of all the participants, 16 of you got all five screenshots right! That is better than our in studio performance, and we're impressed. It came down to how quick the answers were, and our top 3 were almost tied, with only 60 minutes between their answers.Enjoy this new Haven wallpaper!Feb 14, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsWill you be our Valentine? We have a gift for you, and it’s this Oinktastic new wallpaper. Long winter nights are to take a hot shower and curl up on the couch with Oink! Download it here: https://bit.ly/Oinkpaper {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/8f88956252d906f989f24c4189b0bf73a54c5a7c.jpg Art by Beloup ✨Haven Fan art contestFeb 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsIt wouldn’t be a community without our traditional fan art contest, we can’t get enough of your amazing artworks! This year’s theme for Haven is Date night on Source, and I beg you to give us a hot date with Oink Here’s what you can win by entering : 1st place: $70 gift certificate for Haven merch 2nd Place: $50 gift certificate for Haven merch 3rd place: $30 gift certificate for Haven Merch Coup de coeur: $30 gift certificate for Haven Merch {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/1801708f18340b3f27db314b23ceeddf394dca60.png As always you’re entirely free to use any and all medium, the only restriction is that the piece must be created for the contest, and can only be submitted by its author, and be submitted by February 23rd, 5pm CET. Please send your artwork, with a title and your nickname to [email protected] to enter! Good luck, we can't wait to see what you come up with 💫 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/602a9c4747a50da3c451192a3c1c1d29958b22a4.png Cover art by TRcelyne and banner art by Mikayla, both winners of our last fanart contest!Haven Community Week is back!Feb 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, You’ve given Haven so much love this past year, with someone going as far as writing up an Applebrew cocktail recipe! It means the world to us that Yu & Kay have a special place in your hearts. It’s time to celebrate all that love with a community week 🎉 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/c03c5ff1d5d3d38b334dc1d3143e1251a1d13111.gif We have plenty of activities planned for this week! In the spirit of Valentine's day, I’ll share the team’s favorite games they’ve gifted their partners and cozy games for a night in. 💞 We'll also share stories behind artworks and concept arts and answer your questions about Haven and its universe. Join un on Discord on February 12 at 6pm CET for the Q&A on Haven with Marjorie (3d artist) Céline (Content manager), Audrey (exec prod). And Koyorin (character artist) will also give their answers later in the week! And it’s a tradition, we’ll host a fan a fan art contest! We always love seeing your creations, you’re so talented ✨ More details and prizes soon! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5543f02a7664fe74f0fd25cbfb752ec2b7c6c5c9.jpg Garayann - Lovebirds traveller, one of our winners from the last community week How well do you remember your time on Source? It’s time to go back and explore the islets again, because we’re running our own Geoguessr-inspired game with Source islets! Tune in to our social and answer the daily islet quiz to win the one and only Oink plushie. We’ll be posting one Source islet a day at 8pm CET from Monday February 12th to Friday 16th. Both having the right answer and time to answer will be taken into account so be on the look out for the daily post! https://www.facebook.com/thegamebakers/ https://twitter.com/TheGameBakers https://www.instagram.com/gamebakers/ https://discord.gg/thegamebakers https://bsky.app/profile/thegamebakers.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@TheGameBakers And last but not least, Haven is on sale for the whole community week, at 60% off! It’s a great time to rope a friend into playing it, but it also makes for a great Valentine’s present wink-winkFuri Demake - The Chain, out now!Nov 30, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, We have a gift for you today: we’re launching a new game, inspired by Furi, and it’s entirely free! It’s an 8-bit-inspired version of The Chain’s boss fight, with frantic controls, fast-paced combat and mix of melee and ranged combat. In good old 8-bit pixel art and music from the 90s! Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2593450/Furi_Demake__The_Chain/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23727865/8e6b7f2cc0318cf80262284490f17b322f58f922.gif To make this game come true, we’re partnered with Sylph, a solo dev specializing in 8-bit games. It’s been a passion project for the past few months, and we wanted to make this Demake completely free to thank you for your amazing support since the launch of Furi. Ready to dive into some intense and fast Furi-inspired gameplay with retro controls and style? And to celebrate, we’ll be hosting a week-long community celebration, from now until December 6th. This week’s activities will include a dev stream with an all-star cast from the dev team, Furi’s creative director fighting The Strap in Furi, a fan art contest, a Furi Demake speedrun competition, merch discounts, and surprises that will be posted here and on our social media during the week. That’s not all! Furi and its DLC Onnamusha are discounted the whole week - let your friends know they can get them at a low price and try out the demake. Participate and stay posted with our news by joining our Discord or signing up for our very occasional newsletter from The Bakery.17 excellent games are coming to PS Plus in MarchMar 15, 2023 - VG247A haul of 17 new games are making their way to PS Plus, following a cheaky tease during the recent State of Play. This includes a whopping 14 new additions to the Games Catalogue for PS Plus Extra subscribers, and three beloved classics to the PS Plus Premium Classics Collection. Each month, new games are added to the service for PlayStation Plus subscribers to download and play. As long as you have the required tier of sub, you'll be able to download a huge number of popular titles, all of which will remain on your account forever. Here all all 14 games coming to the PS Plus Games Catalogue, for those with a PS Plus Extra subscription: Read more Haven Fan Art Contest - ResultsMar 7, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, As per tradition, we ran a fan art contest during Haven last community week, and the theme was "We love them when they do...". We have received amazing applications, the jury has deliberated, and now it’s time to unveil the winners. First of all, we would like to thank each of you for taking the time to participate: Freya, TRCelyne, Sieghiro, Skyler van Alen, MrPimp, Will, Baktos, Garayann, Mikaila, Loustica Lucia, Daranee, Aeroshino, Miomiea, June Gloom, Sukara Daiko, Catherine A., Raven, Apis Azura, Val, Basil, Svengouli, Kour, KhanSJet. And the winners are… 1st place {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/c4b25f3c014eef075619554a89f091198c76db8e.png Will - A Long Night 2nd place {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5543f02a7664fe74f0fd25cbfb752ec2b7c6c5c9.jpg Garayann - Lovebirds Traveller 3rd place {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/0e2bfc5793dd5da5f8b8e053d6ce51f5e007576e.jpg Mikaila - I love them when they do the seed contest Coup de coeur {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/8974b4b06422dc7a9b4e6d47d4b183f205e7f617.jpg TRCelyne - When You Have No Clue What Morphognenesis Is But She Looks Too Passionate To Interrupt Her Thank you to you for submitting great artworks. You can check the summary of everything that was announced or discussed during Haven Community Week here. And join The Game Bakers community, stay posted about our news and give us your thoughts directly by joining our Discord, or on our social media or signing up for our occasional newsletter. Haven Community Week is over! Thank you Feb 24, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHaven Community Week is now over! Thank you so much for your participation, all the messages and the submissions to the fan art contest. It was fun for us, we hope it was fun for you all too! You will find below a summary of everything we shared, to be sure you didn’t miss a thing! The Haven Cutest Creatures contest on Twitter is now over and the winner is Salamash (Oink). What a surprise!). We also shared the story behind the names of the creatures in competition. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/b951f700afa49068569996b406d4089ee1a50159.png We unveiled a new Haven t-shirt (and you seem to like it a lot). It was exclusive to our team members, but you can win one with the Haven Fan Art contest. It will also be available this Spring when we re-open our merchandise store. Stay tuned! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5c54ee9205a52dd2eddd92cfa959c967b6d02dc1.jpg We shared 10 secrets about Haven on Twitter. With the help of our Discord Community, we created a bingo of things you should do while playing Haven. Have you filled it already? You can read a full interview with Florian Coudray, concept artist who created most of the creatures on Source. We shared on YouTube Haven’s credits video, if you haven't reached the end of the game yet, or just want to enjoy the sensual outro video one more time Our team shared their favorite love stories, if you are looking for recommendations on new things to read, watch or play, it’s here. We shared new wallpapers & the super cute new avatars that Koyorin drew for this Community week. You shared with us which streamers you would like to see playing Haven together, and you had great ideas, thank you! We interviewed Thomas Brasdefer & Diana Díaz Montón about translating Haven, which is available in 9 languages. Now, the Community Week is over, but the Fan Art Contest is still live for a few more days! I hope you loved it as much as we did. You can join our Discord or register to our newsletter to stay in touch until the next Community Week! Interview with Thomas Brasdefer & Diana Diaz MontonFeb 20, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, If so many players could enjoy Haven in 9 different languages, it’s thanks to our amazing translators. It’s time to highlight their work with an interview of Thomas Brasdefer and Diana Díaz Montón! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/0ea4fbf12b01e10194977915875a3a712d2cbc61.jpg Can you introduce yourself, your background and your work on Haven? Thomas: My name is Thomas, I’m an anthropology professor currently at University of Vermont, I specialize in linguistics and I translated Haven from French to English. Diana: My name is Diana, I am a professional translator specialised in game localization, and have been working in the industry for over 20 years. I have participated in the localization of hundreds of games, as a translator, editor/proofreader or multilingual project manager. I am also co-founder of Native Prime. I was the Spanish editor at Haven. According to you, what are the most important qualities to be a great video game translator? Thomas: Translation is never just about words, most of the work is making sense of something for someone else… Which means that the translator has to understand the reasons why the words exist. But in a video game you have a million things to interact with, from the NPCs to the environment, and a surrounding community of gamers; so you have to take an entire universe into account before you even get started. I would say that having a carefully crafted game as material is definitely a big part of it. Diana: I completely agree with Thomas. In game localization, the goal is to convey the emotions into the different target languages, so players can truly engage with the characters they are controlling and immerse themselves in the game universe. A good video game translator needs to understand how games work as a whole, they should be familiar with the different mechanics. It is important that they also master the source formats we work with, and how strings will be used in the game, be it as part of the interface or as VO dialogue. And also need to know their target audience well, their expectations. But overall, translators have to master the source and target language so the results sound fluent and natural and match the tone and style of each particular game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5610f88a5f3bfe601be818fcfbc6a83f26bc79ea.png Haven is a huge project, with more than 90 000 words. How do we start while translating a game as talkative? How long did it take to translate the game? Thomas: Believe it or not, Haven isn’t the longest game I’ve worked on. And on top of that, there are parts of the script that didn’t make it into the game! I actually like it better when there is a lot of dialogue, because that gives me time to become closer with the characters, and to watch them grow through the storyline. But it does have some drawbacks when it comes to continuity: games aren’t being developed in a linear manner, there’s alternate stories, some parts are ready before others, some need to be re-written,...Favorite Love Stories of the team!Feb 17, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHaven is at its core a story about love and freedom, and we’ve asked our team to share with you their Favorite Love Stories (and they had plenty to share!). So if you like romance, you will find below some recommendations of new works to read, watch or play. Please share yours in the comments too! Pierre, Writer The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Novel) by Carson McCullers: When asked by a journalist why there weren’t any love stories in the Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers seemed startled and she replied : « There is nothing but that ! ». This is always the first book that comes to my mind when I hear « love story », and even if it is not a romance, it’s definitely all about love. Locas (Comic book) by Jaime Hernandez: Locas is a comic book series started in 1985 and still going today. It tells the decades long love story between two L.A. latin-american punk girls Maggie and Hopey. At times they’re together, at times they’re apart, and sometimes they’re not even there. I’ve been reading their stories since I’m a kid and I hope I’ll keep reading them for a long time. Locas is my The Young and the Restless. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/b0be62eac200f8dad3f219b74ab96ec3ca19b4f2.jpg Pilules Bleues (Comic book) by Frederik Peeters’ Lupus: I already mention Frederik Peeters’ Lupus when asked about my inspirations for Haven. Pilules Bleues is an autobiography about a couple dealing with H.I.V. It’s funny, sad, beautiful but most importantly : it’s deeply human. Strangers in Paradise (Comic book) by Terry Moore: Katchoo loves Francine. David loves Katchoo. As for Francine, well, she’s figuring things out. This might sound like a pretty classic love triangle, and it would be if Strangers in Paradise didn’t also involve troubled pasts, secret agents and crime syndicates. Is this soap opera comic book a bit too long? Maybe. Did it jump the shark a few times? Certainly. It’s still a landmark of US indie comic books and is well worth your time! When Harry met Sally (Movie) by Rob Reiner & Nora Ephron: This movie is often mentioned as one of the best romcom movies of all times (if not the best) but what I love the most about it is that… it’s hardly a romcom? I mean, most of the movie is about friendship, not romance. A Friendcom maybe? Now, is there really a difference between friendship and romance? Are they two different categories? A spectrum? Is sex compatible with friendship? Its absence with romance? Well let’s watch the movie and find out. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/88ea6784792b65885b0913ed3604a371a2e72d35.jpg Castaway on the moon (Movie) by Lee Hae-joon: He’s stuck on a desert island in the middle of Seoul, she’s stuck in her room. Soybean noodles will bring them together. Sure, it doesn’t make any sense now, but in its own way, Castaway on the moon is a pretty classic romcom. Language Lessons (Movie) by Natalie Morales & Mark Duplass: After a year in lock-down doing zoom calls after zoom calls, I didn’t think I would enjoy a movie which is basica...Interview with Florian Coudray, concept artist on HavenFeb 16, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, We received a lot of positive feedback about the creatures of Haven and Source bestiary, how you enjoyed their design, their presence by the two lovers’ side, and to pet them too! You have just chosen a favorite during the “Cutest Creature of Source” contest on Twitter (link)... and the winner was: Oink! Surprise!!. To give you a bit more context on the work behind the bestiary, we have decided to share with you an interview with Florian Coudray, concept artist on the game, who created most of the creatures on planet Source. Learn more about his work below. Can you tell us more about you and your work on Haven? Hi I’m Florian, I’ve been a freelance concept artist since 2017 and Haven was actually one of my first missions. This was an absolute treat to be able to work on such diverse topics and having a lot of freedom on concepts. I designed a lot of vehicles and creatures for the game. The scope of the game was pretty different back then and a good part of my work was also to design environments, vegetation and flavorful places. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/06fa3f33556175b6a7e3a97d81d8c045152d19b7.jpg How did you come to join the team working on Haven? After participating in a community art challenge on Artstation I was contacted by Emeric Thoa who I guess appreciated what he saw and we came to chat and meet along with Audrey Leprince to discuss the game, the overall intention and start our collaboration. What was the workflow for you, creating concept arts for the environments, fauna and flora for the world of Source? I used softwares like Photoshop to paint rough ideas, sometimes I use photographs and bash them together to get a strong basis. I was always looking for some sort of story telling when designing places, in order to give some consistency and hopefully inspire the team with narrative ideas. There were a lot of discussions with Emeric and Audrey about narrative intentions, colours and overall mood of the game. They were always feeding me with cool ideas and this helped a ton get the concepts going. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/472ff105d278d87991c316f8bcb1feee4fb51c76.jpg You designed most of the creatures of the game. Oink is a big favourite but they are all amazing. Where did ideas come from? For Creatures I was inspired by creature design from Star Wars, and particularly the work of Terryl Whitlatch. I love the idea of injecting some earth-like elements in the creatures while always having some sort of quirkiness in them. I’m kinda fascinated by salamanders and the range of textures and colours we can find in them. Oink was one of many critters at first. In the end It’s the design team who made him into the lovely creature you want to befriend. What was the more challenging part of designing creatures for Haven? What did you learn? Finding a fun interesting twist for each creature was I think the most challenging part. Also thinking about the overall ecosystem and potential interactions between them : predators, herbiv...
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