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INSPIRATIONS AND CONNECTIONS IN GAMES
How 11 BIT STUDIOS became the kings of ‘dead serious’ games
For many game developers, becoming a quest designer on the Witcher series would be a dream come true. For Pawel Miechowski, however, it was a sign he was in the wrong place. The Polish writer had been working on a smaller project, which was cancelled as CD Projekt piled as many bodies as it could onto the franchise that would make its name.
“I’m a big fan of The Witcher, but being a quest designer is totally not my thing,” he says. “I felt kind of lost. I decided to quit.” A bunch of Miechowski’s friends found themselves in a similar boat, and quickly founded 11 Bit Studios. “Bits are always even, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit,” Miechowski points out. “Beginning with the name, we wanted to make unconventional connections.”