Dying Light 2 Interview: Tymon Smektała

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In 2016, Techland began development on Dying Light 2 while also continuing to support the first game. After numerous delays and development hiccups, Dying Light 2 was released to great reviews and a warm reception from fans. Although some felt it wasn't the extremely refined game that they had seen at E3 2019, it was still a solid sequel to its 2015 predecessor.

Now, Techland is looking to the future. Even to this day, the first Dying Light is getting new content updates and seems to have life left in it. Given the community supported the original title for so long, Techland was happy to produce new content for it and it will do the same forDying Light 2. The developer has pledged five years of post-launch support, meaning Dying Light 2 will be an active game until at least 2027.

Related: Dying Light 2 Review: A Satisfying & Solid Sequel

In a new interview with Screen Rant, Lead Game Designer Tymon Smektała talked about the game's lengthy production, Dying Light 2's infamous and ambitious E3 demo, cut content, and what the future of the series looks like. Although the interview is light on spoilers, those who haven't finished the game and want to preserve their experience should come back to this interview at a later date.

It's been a long road to get here, there was speculation that the game was in development hell for a while, but Techland denied this. Did it ever feel like you were unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel, though?

Tymon Smektała: I don't think so. Like the goal was always there and I'm not sure if I told you this already at the event, but, what we did in 2016 is we used Dying Light 1 assets in the Dying Light 1 engine to build a prototype of what we wanted Dying Light 2 to be. And we recorded