Ustwo Working on Two New Mobile Games, Talks About Difficulty of Creating in the Long Shadow Cast by ‘Monument Valley’ - Videogames Blogs

Ustwo Working on Two New Mobile Games, Talks About Difficulty of Creating in the Long Shadow Cast by ‘Monument Valley’



It’s hard to find more of an all-around mobile gaming success story than Ustwo’s Monument Valley series. When the original game launched in the spring of 2014 its Escher-esque visual style and level designs captured the imagination of both the gaming world and the mainstream world at large. It won a seemingly never-ending stream of awards, including a coveted Apple Design Award at WWDC 2014 as well as Apple’s own pick for iPad Game of the Year 2014. It was also a huge financial success for Ustwo not even a year into its launch, and seemed to only sell better with age.

Monument Valley looked like it would be a tough act to follow, but in June of 2017 at WWDC Apple was in the midst of talking about their massive App Store redesign when they surprise announced that Monument Valley 2 was launching that day. The sequel brought even more gorgeous puzzle levels but also a touching story about a mother and child, and Monument Valley 2 went on to be an even bigger success than the original game. Ustwo pulled off the rarely possible feat of releasing a masterpiece to a masterpiece. Ustwo thus became synonymous with their critical hit game series, and while they proved they were able to make more of what people loved so much about their original breakout hit, what does “the Monument Valley studio" do when it wants to make a game other than Monument Valley" That’s the tricky part, as Ustwo goes on to explain in the following video from Red...
Source: Touch Arcade
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