Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 It is certainly the title of the moment. The production of the French of Sandfall Interactive, who also earned the compliments of President Emmanuel Macron, sold well Two million copies In just 12 days and, at the moment, it is the title with the highest votes of 2025. On its indisputable qualities, a lot has already been said, but recently Director Guillaume Broch has revealed curious details about how the idea behind the game was born.
The inspiration, as far as it was declared, came at a time when Broch was “bored at work“When he was still from Ubisoft, in 2020. At that moment, the director of Expedition 33 he felt the need to get out of the box and create something different, giving life to an adventure inspired by one of his favorite sagas, namely Final Fantasy.
As for the very first phases of development, there are other interesting details. There Lead Writer of the game, Jennifer Swedberg-Yen, was found by Broche thanks to a post on Reddit in which he was looking for voice actors. And the writer, in fact, had been initially selected to give a voice to a character, but his talent brought her to another road. The composer has also been recruited in a particular way. The project director discovered it on Bandcampa site for independent artists, and was chosen despite not having any experience in the fields. A winning choice, considering the very high quality of the music of the product.
“We put together a team composed mostly from Junior professionalsbut they are incredibly talented and invested in the project, “said Broche. Words that have found a response in reality, with increasing sales and positive comments that do not mention decreasing.
Many had thought that the launch, just two days before, of Oblivion Remastered He could have compromised the indie project, but according to the publisher Kepler Interactive there was no minimum repercussions. And already just the fact of being able to compete head -to -head with a giant like Bethesda speaks volumes about the quality of one of the contenders for the game’s title of the year.