This past Friday at New York Comic Con, four cast members from hit indie game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reminisced about their time in Lumiere. The panel featured Kirsty Rider (Lune), Rich Keeble (Monoco), Jennifer English (Maelle), and a chaotic Ben Starr (Verso). But it was perhaps English who proved the most chaotic during development.
During the “Cast of Clair Obscur” panel, English related a story from the making of the game. As she put it, she got “a bit merry” at a holiday party hosted by the developers, Sandfall Interactive. She ended up making two requests. The first was that Maelle be “the strongest.” According to English, Maelle was originally the fourth strongest of the playable characters. She went back and forth with the team, saying “No, you will make her the strongest.” And Sandfall caved. “And now she is,” related English with a smile.
For context, Maelle is arguably the strongest party member out of the six playable characters. During the game, players have access to Lune, Monoco, Maelle, Verso, Gustave, and Sciel. Though they don’t have access to all at once, for reasons I won’t spoil here. A standard party consists of three characters.
Maelle is widely...
