Disco Elysium Creator Seems To Be Hiring For A Space Project
Studio ZA/UM, the creator of 2019's hit game Disco Elysium, appears to be hiring for a new game set in space. Disco Elysium was one of the most acclaimed and important indie games of 2019, and players have been waiting eagerly to see what its studio will come up with next.
Disco Elysium was released in 2019, the brainchild of Robert Kurvitz, a Finnish novelist who had previously published a book set in the same universe. The game quickly grew a fanbase, which culminated in multiple awards, including four Game Awards, three BAFTAs, and a D.I.C.E. Award, cementing it as a critical success. Disco Elysium was praised for its art style, presentation, and refreshing take on combat and NPC interaction. It's no surprise, then, that any evidence of a new project from ZA/UM is met with excitement from fans of the original game, especially since Kurvitz has previously stated that the game is only one small part of the universe it takes place in, meaning that the possibilities for a new RPG title set in Disco Elysium's universe are virtually endless.
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As reported by PC Gamer, Reddit user An_Italian_Meal posted job listings from Studio ZA/UM's site on the Disco Elysium subreddit that hint at what its next project could be. Some skills and requirements that stand out in the job postings are an understanding of architecture or city planning, a love of sci-fi and space, and the creation of non-earth environments. This could mean that Studio ZA/UM is taking its next project in another direction genre-wise, away from the RPG genre of its previous game. There's no indication that this in-development project will also be set in the isometric RPG universe of Disco Elysium, but given past
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