The Day Before Co-Creator Joins War of the Worlds: Siberia Team, Compares Attention to Both Games

Said Osmanov, an animator on MGLA’s The War of the Worlds: Siberia, previously worked on the notorious The Day Before at FNTASTIC. He discussed both projects on a recent episode of the “After the Credits” podcast.

Osmanov was the guest on episode 318 of the podcast. Many players are also looking forward to MGLA’s new game.

Before joining MGLA, Osmanov worked on FNTASTIC’s The Day Before, a game from Yakutia. He said he initially studied international relations, but “around my second year as an undergraduate, I realized it wasn’t quite right for me.” He began drawing and took courses from Blizzard Entertainment artist Marc Brunet.

At the time, Osmanov thought, “I really want to draw,” but then he encountered the realities of the job market:

“Then, when I started looking for work, I suddenly realized: what, are there no artists? It was just that at the time there were no openings for artists.”

Osmanov modeled and animated a character for a test assignment and applied for a 3D animator position that included training:

“In my first week [at FNTASTIC], they gave me access to a Google Drive with animation courses on it. They were like, ‘Basically, watch and do.’ So I started watching and doing. That week, my training ended.”

He said he is more involved in making The War of the Worlds: Siberia than he was while working on The Day Before:

“I wasn’t as involved in the processes on The Day Before as I am on The War of the Worlds: Siberia, because here I have the opportunity to talk to the person in charge, do some planning, and work with interns. On The Day Before, I just animated. The only other thing I managed to do there was get on senior management’s nerves and say, ‘I want more zombies.’ Here, my level of involvement is much greater.”

У «Война Миров: Сибирь» есть кое-что общее с провальной The Day Before — соавтор игры присоединился к разработчикам и сравнил уровень внимания к играм — Image source: MGLA

During the conversation, Osmanov compared the attention given to The War of the Worlds: Siberia with that given to The Day Before, which he said “spent three days on Steam.”

MGLA studio head Albert Zhiltsov also commented on The Day Before, saying the game “caused a lot of buzz, but the animators clearly weren’t to blame for that.”

The War of the Worlds: Siberia can be added to a Steam wishlist. The developers have not announced an exact release date, but the game’s page says they plan to release it in 2027.

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