We asked a Star Wars Jedi: Survivor dev about its biggest twists, and the joys of killing Stormtroopers
. With a few weeks with the game under our belt—and a chance for everyone interested to dive fully into the game’s complicated story, which centers once again on titular survivor Cal Kestis, fighting to stay a live and maybe make a difference during the height of the Galactic Empire’s power—we sat down with one of the game’s narrative technical designers, Respawn’s Joanna Robb, to talk about the adventure, its biggest twists, and the gaming industry as a whole.
AVC: Pulling back a bit: You went to DigiPen before doing an internship at Respawn. How do you feel that prepared you to work in the industry?It was an environment that allowed me to be really creative, and to fail, and to get help and to collaborate with people. The thing that stands out about DigiPen’s curriculum is that they force you to make—I shouldn’t say force—but they force you to make so many games.
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