Creating SLAY THE PRINCESS - Interview with Abby Howard and Tony Arias

Discover the story behind the beautiful hand-penciled art and surreal branching narrative of Slay the Princess with its creators Abby Howard and Tony Arias.
Check out the game:
www.slaytheprincess.com/
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Origins of Slay the Princess
03:26 - Illustration and Animation process
05:53 - Writing process
07:05 - Utilizing competing voices
13:37 - What to expect in the upcoming Slay the Princess update
18:06 - Designing different iterations of the Princess
20:50 - Lessons learned during development
24:44 - Sound Design
25:54 - Other media that Slay the Princess fans might enjoy
28:37 - Abby and Tony's path to creating games
31:27 - What makes games unique storytelling devices
34:28 - Games that were inspirational creatively
37:00 - Thoughts on adapting a comic book style to games
39:55 - Advice for aspiring game developers
44:03 - A book or comic that would make a great video game
47:18 - An existing series you would love to create a story in
49:50 - How the games industry can foster more innovation
Books mentioned in the interview:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
bit.ly/4cHFNI3
Kraken by China Miéville
bit.ly/3xHjsLQ
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[@LordVandor1]

As a fellow game dev, I'm SO INSPIRED by them. We do different genres, but I can definitely learn something from the storytelling and development process.

[@acezxv]

Just 100% the game rn, amazing intervieww

[@jonnoark]

I really do need to get around to reading House of Leaves… 26:04

[@drawer1386]

amazing stuff and amazing developers

[@michiellis3377]

55:30 if slay the princess was a gacha i would definitely pull for certain princesses! lol

[@mvshenhon8966]

Great people and game, love to see this.

[@jmh8817]

Very insightful! Good interview.

[@Dasherten]

I loved this, I am buying SH this week! I am so excited for it

[@LitsPlayGames]

Same. This made us excited to play Scarlet Hollow as well.

[@user-ci1gw9sb1t]

Same, played StP, absolutely love it. then i heard, that scarlet hollow are even better. I bought it yesterday, time to check is true or not )

[@Dasherten]

@@user-ci1gw9sb1t I finished it a couple days ago and man I am INVESTED. I loved it and I want to do all the achivements.

[@captainx4935]

Amazing art Amazing story for making this game!! 🙂‍↕️🙏 great video

[@natsu2032]

❤

[@GGrimmmm]

Wait Black Tabby does JSPH?! I probably would have put that together if I read it more :p I alway see it at the bottom of XKCD

[@user-ci1gw9sb1t]

Amazingly nice people.