Death or Treat (Interview)

 

1. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GAME THAT YOU PLAYED THAT MADE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH GAMING?

Good question, because we are 8 in the team, so each one has different opinión about

this. Probably games like Metal Gear Solid or Crash Bandicot are good choices

2. WHAT MADE YOU GET INTO GAME DEVELOPMENT?

Passion for the industry, just that simple. Let me clarify that this is an extremely

technical and difficult industry, but if you have passion, interest and dedication you

can always find a bright spot

3. WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE NAME OF SAONA STUDIOS?

There is a beach in Dominican Republic called Saona Beach, and we always joked about

the ideo of spending some time there after finishing a game. We are still dreaming

about that idea

4.  TELL US ABOUT THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE NAME DEATH OF TREAT?

We wanted an easy name, something the player can remember and also related with

Halloween. There were different options at the time, but Death or Treat was the

chosen one.

5.  WHAT ENGINE ARE YOU USING FOR THIS GAME AND WHY?

Unity. We feel very comfortable with Unity, of course there are also some downsides, no

engine is always perfect. But we are happy with Unity for now and is the engine that

the team knows more.

6. WHERE DOES DEATH OR TREAT TAKES PLACE?

In the Hallowverse, it is a joke of the combination between Halloween and the

Multiverse because we found there was a lot of hype and crazzyness about the

multiverse and so on, and it was funny just to mix Halloween with that.

7.  WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST IN DEATH OR TREAT?

Scary, seems clear why we decided that name

8. TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE LEVELS IN THE GAME THAT WE CAN EXPECT?

I can not speak much, because we want the player discover everything by himself. But

there are several worlds and each one has a different color and modd.

9. WHAT TYPE OF WEAPONS CAN YOU GET AND USE IN DEATH OR TREAT?

There are a lot, and by that I really mean a lot. You can choose a saw, a hammer, a

magic stick. I think much of the development team was around making a huge number

of weapons and enjoy them

10. SO WITH THE ROGUE LITE ASPECT OF THIS GAME WHEN YOU DIE WILL YOU LOSE

EVERYTHING IN THE GAME?

Not everything, you will keep most of the ingredients you have collected throught the

run. And those ingredients are quite important to level up you skills.

11. WHAT TYPE OF SPECIAL ABILITIES CAN YOU GET IN THE GAME?

There are 3. One is something related about ghosts (of course because this is

Halloween). The second is a tornado and the third one is a boomerang

12. GIVE US THE BACK STORY BEHIND SOME OF THE BOSSES YOU FACE IN THE GAME?

Each world is a social network in the backbone. As a player you probably dont notice at

the beginning but should be quite clear beyond world 2. So each boss is a member of

the organization who commands that social network and who Works for the final boss

Clarck Fackerberg.

13. WILL THERE BE ANY DLC IN THE FUTURE FOR THIS GAME?

Can´t speak for now

14. WHY SHOULD PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME DAY ONE?

Because we have put a lot of detail, the quality of the animations is crazy and people

who has already played it really enjoyed a lot.

15. WHEN WILL DEATH OR TREAT RELEASE AND WHAT PLATFORMS WILL IT BE ON?

11th of May on PC, PS5, XBSX and soon after Switch and PS4.

16. WHERE CAN THEY FIND YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

@saonastudios