Sandfall Interactive's acclaimed role-playing game has earned 436 awards, surpassing Elden Ring, the previous record-holder.
The creative director and lead programmer both reiterated the studio's previous thoughts about wanting to keep the team small.
Josef Fares noted that the success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 might cause publishers to leave AAA behind in favour of smaller budgets.
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The RPG's difficulty curve was seemingly designed around the idea that players would focus in the main story instead of side content.
"I've seen too many TV shows and books be swayed trying to please a lot of people," says lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen.
The extraction shooter was followed by the Steam Deck, along with other games like Battlefield 6 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
"It was just a new tool, we tried it, and we didn't like it at all. It felt wrong," said Guillaume Broche when asked about AI use.
The studio noted in a statement that generative AI was briefly used to generate placeholder textures that have since been removed.
On the even of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeping the awards at The Game Awards, "Soulframe" Liang asked the studio for advice.
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Sandfall Interactive's acclaimed role-playing game also won for its direction, narrative, art direction, score, performance, and more.
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Sandfall Interactive increased the core team after securing funding from its publisher and saved money by avoiding an open world.
"This year has been so far beyond what any of us could have imagined," says Sandfall's creative director, Guillaume Broche.
As for whether this means that the studio with over 30 employees has plans of growing, Guillaume Broche said that it's unlikely.
Guillaume Broche spoke about how the studio was trying to make sure that 'it's going to be cool' rather than 'it's going to be big'.
Sandfall Interactive's acclaimed RPG won awards for Best Storytelling, Best Visual Design, Best Soundtrack and much more.
Sony Interactive Entertainment has also scored a collective 19 nominations between Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yōtei.
However, that's currently not possible given "the position I have in the company" and "what they want me to make," says Naoki Hamaguchi.
