Official PlayStation Magazine - 04.2020

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THE OPM II ERVIEWE Q

OPM: Your games often blend the line

between introspection and being

joyous, even silly, fun. Why are you

drawn to this balance?

KT: Because my mind has so many

contradictions. I don’t play videogames

but I like to make videogames. I like to

make videogames because it’s more

interesting than just playing videogames,

but videogames are unnecessary things.

We can live without videogames, but we

can’t live without medicine, food, water,

electricity, sewerage, etc etc. Those are

more important than videogames. To

play videogames, we need to buy a

console, PC or phone first, and still need

electricity, walls, roof, sofa, TV, AC etc

etc. We need a lot to play just

videogames. Very luxurious things.

I see a lot of homeless people here.

I have earned by making videogames,

which are unnecessary things.

But I have a family, and basically making

videogames is fun. I know this is kinda

an extreme thought, but I think those

contradictions make my games have

different faces.

OPM: Wattam manages to
capture an essence of
childhood play and wonder
at the world. Do you think
this is something smaller
studio games are able to
explore more easily?
KT: I think I know what you
mean, but it doesn’t matter if
it’s big or small. I know some
small studios feel like
Triple-A studios because the
executives are ex-Triple-A.
And they just do what they
have done before at a big
company. So I can’t tell.
OPM: How do you feel when
you read reviews of a game
you’ve released?
KT: Just nervous. I have been
trying to avoid reading any
reviews, but I have read

some by accident. I totally

understand all negative

reviews because I know

Wattam is far from a decent

commercial product. The

development process was

just tougher than you

expect. I just feel so sorry

when I saw tweets about

Wattam’s unstable

performance or^

design issues.