"The task of working out how to carry on without [Mohammad Fahmi] was not a simple matter."
Work on Afterlove EP will continue following the death of its creative director and narrative lead Mohammad Fahmi, studio Pikselnesia has today declared.
As we reported, Fahmi — the creator of Toge Productions’ Coffee Talk — sadly passed away in March of last year.
Today, the nine members of Pikselnesia wrote that “[t]he decision of the team was unanimous – we all committed to bring Fahmi’s vision for Afterlove EP to fruition.”
Stressing that the members of Pikselnesia took time to carefully consider their options, and intending to “[stay] true to Fahmi’s vision whilst still going through the same approach you need for a high quality narrative game,” the studio has brought in Sweet Baby Inc, a narrative development and consultation studio, to aid in continued development.
Pikselnesia’s Sasha Ariana will also move into the lead narrative designer role in Fahmi’s absence.
“Sasha had been working hand in hand with Fahmi on the narrative of Afterlove EP and was also part of the team on his previous game, What Comes After,” Pikselnesia said.
“She intimately understands his vision and style as well as how to ensure the authentic Indonesian culture and vibe remains at the heart of the project. Besides her work on Afterlove EP, and What Comes After, Sasha was heavily involved in the narrative design and writing for A Space for the Unbound.”
Pikselnesia will also employ the services of Pocket Sized Hands to work on PlayStation and Xbox versions of the title while Pikselnesia itself works on Switch and PC versions.
“This localisation and porting will take a while and releasing on so many platforms means there is a lot more coordination and planning to do for the launch,” the studio added. “We now expect to launch the game in Q3 2024.”
Stevivor spoke with Fahmi about Afterlove EP and other projects weeks before his passing for a piece on Indoneseian video game development as a whole.
We’ll keep you up to date as more of Afterlove EP is known.
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