Lewis Packwood
The Art of Still Wakes the Deep provides a detailed and comprehensive look at how the game was made, exploring the art, sound design, production, characters, narrative, and themes. All of this is interspersed with official artwork, in-game advertisement posters, concept art, and other important, often never-before-seen visuals from the game and its development It is also packed with developer interviews with The Chinese Room, including talks with creative director John McCormack and lead designer Rob McLachlan, as well as artists, sound designers, coders and BAFTA award-winning composer Jason Graves.
Written by veteran freelance video-game journalist Lewis Packwood, a contributor to EDGE and The Guardian, and author of 2023’s Curious Video Game Machines, the book goes behind the scenes to reveal how The Chinese Room carefully built the intriguing world of THE ART OF STILL WAKES THE DEEP, crafting a highly evocative vision of life in 1975. It explains the painstaking research that went into making the Beira D oil rig as realistic as possible, as well as the thinking behind the unknowable horror at the heart of the game.
In addition to a wealth of artwork and analysis, THE ART OF STILL WAKES THE DEEP features a myriad of unique elements, with a printed fore-edge resembling the horrifying caul fat from the game and a spot UV gloss to pick out movement from the water and rain on the front cover.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
LANGUAGE | BINDING | EDITION | ISBN | YEAR | PAGES |
English | Hardcover | Standard Edition | N/A | 2024 | 200 |
English | Hardcover | Deluxe Edition | N/A | 2024 | 200 |
*The Deluxe edition comes with a porthole die-cut slipcase.
OTHER NAMES The Art of Still Wakes the Deep
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