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Early on during development of Still Wakes The Deep, THE CHINESE ROOM LTD decided that they wanted to play on different fears and phobias. One dev who particularly fed into this process was Principal Environment Artist, Dominique Buttiens, who's claustrophobia influenced the game's eerie environments 🧵👇 In an interview with PlayStation Dominique discusses how, alongside the wider team's focus on the fear of the ocean and isolation, the environments are influenced by a fear very vivid to Dominique. "I wouldn't say it's comforting but I think it will make for a thrilling story." Worry not - Dominique found using personal experience to be "useful and intriguing" to the environment art process. Read the full article for more details, and video examples of the depths of the Beira D oil rig… if you dare 😱 🔗 https://bit.ly/3A0TKDo #StillWakesTheDeep #EnvironmentArt #GameDev