Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM talks Project [C4] at GDC

ZA/UM, the studio behind 2019 hit Disco Elysium, is hoping to bounce back from recent controversy with its latest game, codenamed Project [C4]. PC Gamer’s Ted Litchfield recently got to sit down with writer Siim Sinamäe, better known as “Kosmos”, to discuss [C4] and how they hope to build on Disco to craft a daring and cerebral espionage RPG.

Unfortunately, we’re not allowed to show any of the gameplay we saw, so we’ve used clips of ZA/UM’s previous game, Disco Elysium, which [C4] appears to iterate on.

0:00 – ZA/UM’s recent controversy
0:48 – What is Project [C4]?
1:38 – Conditioning and dissonance mechanic
5:16 – Improvisation and "failing forward"
7:38 – Visual style

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