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That almost comical turn of events ended up fueling Hutchinson’s newly established studio, Raccoon Logic, to give sequel Revenge of the Savage Planet a stronger satirical bite.
“We bought the IP back from Google and [former publisher] 505 Games, and we’re excited. It was all a bit tiring, overall. I think at the end of the day, everyone wants to make games, but of course, you collide against the realities of the business,” said Hustichson about the experience with Google Stadia. “You’ve seen that a lot in the games industry over the last few years, but you have to take [the process of making games] seriously and earnestly and understand that it’s not magic. With this game, we’ve stayed tiny as a studio; we’re still only 30 people, which gives us a sense of stability, and that’s really nice.”
The hurdles of re-acquiring the rights to their own game, and the tumultuous last few years within the games industry, added fuel to the concept of the sequel, which tries to be an optimistic but “funny dystopia.”
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Compared to the original, Revenge of the Savage Planet has a greater degree of freedom in traversal and puzzle solving, which largely retains the elements of the original’s Metroidvania-style design. It’s more engaging to interact with the alien environments now, but the added effect of changing to third-person makes the comedy more expressive. Revenge feels more cartoonish, with exaggerated animations and action giving some strong Looney Tunes vibes. It fits the oddball nature of the game.
According to Hutchison, the game’s approach to giving players a range of tools and assets from Kindred all points back to the satire of late-stage capitalism in the far future.
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“Someone smarter than me said that science fiction isn’t about the future; it’s about the present. Like, we’re doing this interview about a video game in a parking lot next to a Mexican restaurant that’s in front of an abandoned high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles. We just took all those ideas [from our present day] and exaggerated them into the future, several hundred years. But the idea is that it’s an optimistic yet funny dystopia.
“I think it’s very hard to be serious in a game, like when people are running around and they’re just listening to someone in the game give this terrible backstory about the death of their family, and then you’re just lobbing grenades over their head or something right after. It’s far easier and more natural to lean into the comedy aspect of games and say it’s a bit ridiculous.”
So far, Revenge of the Savage Planets nails what made the original so novel, but its departure from the structure and perspective gives it its own identity. Some of the jokes really landed for me, too, like Kindred’s 3D printer that acts as a respawner for players. The game maintains that sense of self-deprecating humor and high-tech, low-lives mentality for a vision of the future that feels plenty relevant right here and now.
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