As the winner of numerous indie awards, The Occultist is shaping up to be one of the more promising first person horror videogames to look out for. And although the game won't be released until 2025, it's already being lauded for its graphics and gameplay elements which are centered around a psychological narrative. David Lorenzo (CEO, Pentakill Studios) was also kind enough to tell me more about the game, and was also able to lay out his future plans for The Occultist.
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How long have you been in the industry for, and what's your background in game development?
It's a bit tricky because I started working on small projects in 2014 and also in teaching. We have a school in Valladolid (Spain), the city we are located in, and in 2018 we started doing professional work for other companies, doing work for hire. We did mobile applications, VR and AR Gaming, and all this gave us experience to work as a team and to also reach the initial funding which we needed to create the studio. So in May 2021 we officially started Pentakill Studios.
You're based in Spain. What's the Spanish game development scene like, especially from an indie perspective?
Sincerely, we have a lot of work to do. The author...