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The characters are voiced by well-known actors: the intruder is voiced by Willem Dafoe (“Zack Snyder’s Justice League”), the wife by Daisy Ridley (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”), and the husband by James McAvoy (X-Men: Dark Phoenix).
The idea for a time loop game came from Antonio’s desire to explore “the concept of accumulated knowledge,” said Antonio, who previously worked on PlayStation game “The Witness” and had created art for Rockstar Games before becoming an art director at Ubisoft. “If you know what is going to happen, how can we use this as a mechanic for a video game?” he said.
That required that the environment and time frame be limited, otherwise, the repercussions of every action would be voluminous. All the action happens in the apartment; Antonio chose a top-down view to make the game more accessible.
“We’re going for something like a theater play,” he said. “You’re never going to see their faces so there is a big focus on voice acting and animation so that you believe these characters are alive.”
“Twelve Minutes,” to be published by Annapurna Interactive, is expected to be available on Xbox and Windows PCs later this year.
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