Så snart et spil bliver populært, ved vi, at fans vil bringe det til live i vores analoge verden med fankunst, cosplay, fanfiction, tatoveringer, tegneserier, mods og meget mere. Meget af det er normalt af høj kvalitet, og et spil, der tydeligvis har oplevet dette, er Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Da vi for nylig mødte hovedforfatter Jennifer Svedberg-Yen til et interview om hendes arbejde med spillet at gøre, drejede emnet sig mod fankærlighed. Vi spurgte hende blandt andet, om hun havde oplevet noget særligt sjovt eller mærkeligt fra fans. Hun svarede:
"So far everything I've seen has been really nice. I've been super impressed by everyone's creativity, and oh my gosh. Okay. So, first of all, the fan made plushies are so cute. I want them all! Some people made amazing figurines, like Monoco, and Maelle, and Verso statues, statues of all the characters. I was impressed. They're so detailed and high quality. I love all the cute fan art, like the little chibi versions of all the characters. It's so cute. Some people have amazing cosplays with incredible attention to detail, like the quilting that they did on the jackets, the tattoos, and just all the small details, it's just amazing."
Men det stopper selvfølgelig ikke der, og der har været nogle mere humoristiske kreationer, såvel som folk, der skaber deres egne historier i dette unikke univers. Hun fortsætter:
"There's also the really funny ones, like there was a group of cosplayers who dressed up as Expedition 60 - the Naked Expedition. We don't even have a visual for them in the game, right? It's just a journal. But they came up with an amazing cosplay. They sent us the photos, it was A plus. The creativity is just off the charts. So yeah, there's been some amazing art.
And I think some people have felt inspired to write their own stories, both Expedition and non-Expedition stories. I think it's amazing that people are drawn to create. That's a huge compliment to know that people feel inspired by our game. I've gotten a lot of really wonderful messages from aspiring writers who told me that they've always wanted to write, or writers who were feeling blocked for a while, or feeling discouraged. But after playing the game and engaging with the story, they feel excited again. They feel vibrant, and they feel ideas returning to them, and they're inspired to write again. And I'm like, wow, that's crazy. That's incredible."
Vores fulde interview med Jennifer Svedberg-Yen vil blive offentliggjort på Gamereactor inden længe, hvor vi også taler om hende om spillets rejse, om inspirationen til alle de triste drejninger i eventyret og om slutningen. Gå ikke glip af det.