I slutet av denna månad släpper Dlala Studios (Battletoads) sitt Metroidvania-plattformsspel Disney Illusion Island. Detta bedårande äventyr innehåller fyra av Disneys mest kända karaktärer - Musse Pigg, Mimmi Pigg, Kalle Anka och Långben - i ett äventyr där de ska rädda världen från katastrof.
Gamereactor fick nyligen chansen att prata med Dlalas creative director och VD, AJ Grand-Scrutton, och passade då på att fråga om hur det är att arbeta med Disney:
"It's been absolutely fantastic. And I'd love to pretend that's a marketing shill, but no, it's true. It's been this wonderful, like, caring, collaborative relationship because, you know, the whole thing from the start was we wanted to make a game that only Dlala and Disney could make together. And so the Dlala part and the Disney part are both so important there. And Disney really helped us to figure out the tone and the voices of these characters because, you know, these are iconic characters. They're four of the most famous cartoon characters ever created. So getting to work with them closely on that and figure out the tone of voice. And, you know, when we're working on the new designs for the characters, understanding why they look like they do already. Yeah. And it's just been wonderful. They've really supported us in just trying to make the vision of the game we wanted to.
The weirdest thing is, I don't think I've heard the word no. Well, not yet, at least. So, yeah, no, it's just been a wonderful collaboration."
"Like when they told me, first of all, when they said we could do the fully voiced cutscenes, I was over the moon. When they told me we'd get to use the authentic voice actors.
So I just had these surreal moments where I'd be like zooming into a recording session and it'd be Bill Farmer doing Goofy and Bill's been Goofy since like the mid 80s. So like that's my Goofy. That's Goofy movie Goofy. That's the Goofy I grew up with. And I got to watch my Goofy reading a script that I'd written. And you sit there and you're like, this is my job. Like someone has paid me money to do this. Like I'd pay money to do it myself."
Du kan se hela vår intervju med Grand-Scrutton nedan, där vi pratar om att göra Disney Illusion Island till ett spel för fans i alla åldrar, utöver utmaningarna med att skapa helt nya Disney-världar.
