00:01Hi, my name's Davey Readon, and along with the rest of the team at Ivy Road, I've been creating Wanderstop,
00:07a narrative cozy game about making tea.
00:10You'll play as a former tournament fighter named Alta who has to put her past aside in order to attend
00:15a charming shop and brew tea for its various customers.
00:20Years ago, I wrote and directed The Stanley Parable and The Beginner's Guide, and after finishing those games, I was
00:26unbelievably burnt out.
00:28Like, I seriously thought I might never write another narrative for games ever again.
00:33And so I decided that I wanted to make a cozy game, something simple and peaceful that could heal me
00:40and restore balance to my life.
00:42And I discovered very quickly that I didn't actually know how to design a cozy game, and so suddenly the
00:49stress was piling on exactly the same as before.
00:52Something had to change.
00:54And so very slowly, piece by piece, I began taking elements of my burnout and my feelings of hopelessness, and
01:02I just put them right into the game's narrative.
01:05And then suddenly the coziness became this really interesting creative constraint.
01:09Like, how do you tell a really unpleasant, uncomfortable story in a format designed around comfort?
01:17Typically in games like this, the protagonist is cheerfully excited to do the work.
01:21And so what if instead our protagonist absolutely did not want to be here?
01:27If she was broken and beaten down and starving for answers, could this charming little environment help heal her?
01:35And this became super interesting to me because that's what I had wanted.
01:39I had wanted to just do some pleasant work and then become all better.
01:44But healing is way more complicated than that.
01:47Healing is messy, and it's bitter, and I want to know how to do it.
01:52I want to believe it's possible to leave your old self behind and become someone new.
01:57Someone better than I am.
01:59Someone more capable of rest and calm and inner peace.
02:05But God, it's so, so hard to do.
02:21PlayStation.
02:22PlayStation.
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