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Rob Cham is the illustrator behind this genuine and nice interpretation of Subject W.

We also wanted to present another main character of Paradise Lost. This time we introduce you the haughty Irvine Clark, a PMC’s sniper under Galloway’s command.

This is the first take we had on the main lab where the plant it’s held captive. It’s funny to look back at this and think at the moment that it was almost perfect. Now it seems too much retro and flat… with no volume at all and a total lack of contrast, haha.

Then I started to imbue the stage with a more actual look, working on the tech and keeping an eye in the harmony of the colors. Objects where also polished or remade with new proportions. This is how it was when we started to test the cutscenes.

Now we detailed even more the overall aspect, modifying the ceilings and air vents to focus the action on the center of the stage and give a more cinematic and intriguing look to the scene. From this point the rest of elements where redesigned for the new mechanics and needs of the game, adapting things to a more realistic scale and adding new gradients and tones to give more depth to the different layers.

It’s been a complete orbital period around the sun since Subject W appeared on Kickstarter, and a lot of things happened with Paradise Lost. 

We were a little naive about the milestones and timing. The remade and polishing of things took us twice as expected, in addition to the complications appeared through the development process. We have no previous experience in the industry and every day we learn the hard way how things work. Time passed by and we felt overwhelmed by the circumstances, running out of time to have the game on date and coming to its inevitable delay.

Besides that, all of you were extremely comprehensive, understanding that we needed that extra time to give you the best experience we can make. This support gave us new strength to work even harder on the project... unfortunately, last month a new setback appeared in the way.

For both personal and professional reasons, Sigrid and I separated from the game's programmer, Fran. Despite the fact of taking different ways, we wish him the best of lucks with his future projects, and for us it’s time to set things up and reassemble to put the engine in motion again. If some of you are concerned about any change in the final result, stay calm... the story, gameplay and basically the “core” of Paradise Lost stays intact.

Same look and feel but different guts.