Blue Prince 2 will not occur, says creator

Blue Prince is among the 12 months’s simple indie hits — and on this enterprise, that normally results in sequel speak. However developer Tonda Ros says he could also be executed with the atmospheric puzzle recreation, whose dreamlike mansion and shifting guidelines have captured gamers’ imaginations.

In a brand new interview with Polygon, Ros is clear-eyed about what comes subsequent: not a sequel, and never even a localization effort, regardless of how loudly followers are asking. Ros defined that increasing Blue Prince would come at a private value he’s not keen to pay.

“It’s a troublesome choice to let Blue Prince be discoverable by extra individuals, however probably danger burning out myself and/or giving up making a complete nother recreation,” he mentioned. The unique improvement took greater than eight years, and correct localization to enchantment to a world viewers would principally be “making a second recreation.” And he’s not fascinated about making a Blue Prince 2 both.

“There won’t be a direct sequel to Blue Prince,” Ros mentioned. “There may be a recreation set in that universe, however I can’t even say it probably shall be in the identical style.”

As a substitute, he hopes to protect the distinctiveness that made the unique resonate within the first place. “I need all my initiatives to have the ability to get up on their very own and be distinctive issues,” he mentioned. “That’s simply the kind of sequels that I like. I like Myst adopted by Riven, not Myst 2.”

No matter Ros builds subsequent, it received’t be predictable. That’s the purpose. As he put it, any future challenge “would take as many dangers as Blue Prince took.”