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How Disco Elysium Was Made and Shares a Deep Personal Connection With The Devs

This Disco Elysium documentary details the development of the detective RPG Disco Elysium and goes behind the scenes of its creation. Discover more about the development studio ZA/UM and the people behind it. Their story begins after a drunken night in Estonia when Robert Kurvitz, who ultimately became the lead writer and designer, and his friends decided to start a creative collective to make their artistic voices heard. Before attempting to make a video game, Robert first wrote a book that ended up becoming a big failure which launched him into a deep depression. The documentary also explores all the design decisions that ZA/UM made and shows how they took inspiration from Twitter.

English
  • Originally Aired April 15, 2022
  • Runtime 23 minutes
  • Created November 21, 2022 by
    eaharry
  • Modified November 21, 2022 by
    eaharry