GDC Side Quest is back! This month, GDC Content Marketing Manager Beth Elderkin chats with Sandfall Interactive lead writer and localization producer Jenniver Svedberg-Yen about the creative decisions that went into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, easily one of the most-talked about games of 2025.
As the lead writer of Clair Obscur, Svedberg-Yen deserves a huge amount of credit for the game’s gut-wrenching story, but like all great tales, this one didn’t just appear out of thin air. It took collaboration, rewrites, and drawing meaningful inspiration from the people in their lives for Sandfall Interactive to make such a fantastic piece of art.
Because even in a highly technical field like video games, sometimes calling your mom can be a far more important source of inspiration than anything else in your life.
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