Clair Obscur: “Expedition 33” director says sales and awards shouldn’t change the studio — “We want to do exactly what we intended when we started”

That doesn’t mean Sandfall won’t apply what it learned during Expedition 33’s development. Broche acknowledged there were “mistakes we made” that the team will use to improve future productions.

“More than awards, the greatest reward for us has been the emotional reactions to the characters and the story,” Broche added. “Seeing players embrace the characters and say the game helped them through difficult times is profoundly meaningful. That’s why art exists — to move people — and it’s what we intend to keep doing.”

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s lead joked that the studio would find it harder to lean into its Frenchness further unless they “put snails and frogs everywhere” in the next game.