Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept up all the awards, including the big one at The Game Awards. It was even crowned the Indie Game of the Year before being stripped of the award due to the use of generative AI. While the debate is still raging, there's no denying that it has been one of the standout games of the last few years, gaining Sandfall Interactive a lot of prestige and money.
Since their first game was so successful, you'd think that Sandfall would want to use some of that money and expand the studio, However, it seems CEO Guillaume Broche and team prefer working as a smaller unit. Back in July, he mentioned that there were no plans to expand the studio, and all the recent accolades still haven't changed his mind.
In a conversation with Edge (via the Knowledge newsletter), Broche said that there's no temptation to grow Sandfall Interactive even after Clair Obscur's unbelievable reception. He's more interested in the actual developmental process rather than managing people.
"I think it's good to have limitations when you are creative," said Broche. "It's the best way to be the best version of yourself. We could scale up now we...
