UNDER THE WAVES
Come on in, the water’s lovely
Developer Parallel Studio
Publisher Quantic Dream
Format PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Origin France
Release 2023
At of the sea, and a desire to protect it from reckless human endeavour. These the core of Under The Waves is a love are feelings Ronan Coiffec, CEO of Parallel Studio, and the game’s director, has long nourished, and first tried to render digitally some 15 years ago. As a resident of Brittany he had seen the impact of oil spills in the Bay Of Biscay, so he wanted to create something that touched on the tragedy of the damage they caused. “I started a little project to learn game design, visual art, things like that,” Coiffec explains. “It was a 2D sort of platformer. You were able to pilot a little submarine. You were also a diver.” The aim of the game was to record oil pollution in the water, revealing text that told a story in the process.