Disco Elysium Adds a Collage Mode to Fabricate New Scenes, Former Creatives Dispute Studio ZA/UM’s Claims

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Disco Elysium's PC version just got a Collage Mode. After a couple of Valentine's Day-themed tweets teasing it, studio ZA/UM has dropped a fun diorama tool that lets you set up custom scenes with beloved characters hailing from Revachol, with added flair such as filters, magnification, stickers, and more. The free update weighs about 300MB and can be accessed from the main menu. It also features “Bonus Secrets to Find” relating to the history of Martinaise — the location in the game — a new voiceover from the deep-voiced narrator Lenval Brown, and five new unlockable Steam achievements. This news comes in the midst of the ongoing legal dispute between Disco Elysium's creators and studio ZA/UM.

Contrary to a photo mode, Disco Elysium's Collage Mode does not let you pause the game midway to take screenshots that can be edited. Instead, it lets you create a setting from scratch — you can drag and drop characters, choose locations from the game, adjust weather conditions and time, add filters and frames, and even add text. The game is set on a two-dimensional isometric plane, on which every item appears hand-painted. Think of it as a scrapbooking tool with cutouts that you glue on to create your own scenes. The drag-and-drop controls let you place dozens of assets wherever you want and even zoom in to comically magnify the characters. You can set them in daft poses such as a backflip, curling into a ball, dancing, or even making out.

Create the Disco scenes of your dreams.Introducing Collage Mode: the new functionality that gives you the creative freedom to stage just about anything in-game.Available now for PC and Mac players, with console rolling out soon: https://t.co/PTkM4PBmLy pic.twitter.com/3dCZGmGzyQ

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