Nava: "There's a lot of surprising things in Abzû"

We were joined by Giant Squid creative director Matt Nava (art director on Flower and Journey) to learn more about the fascinating underwater adventure Abzû. Nava explained how the story is told completely through the environments.

"What we're really interested in doing is seeding the environment with all kinds of different clues and mysterious things," says Nava. "That you are wondering about in the beginning of the game, and as you go deeper you start to realise what they are and how they are related to you as a diver."

"The game seems like a very serene, meditative experience," continues Nava. "Because it is, but at the same time you're going to dive deeper and start to realise that 'oh, there's more meaning here' and there's a narrative that you can kind of get into. There's dangerous environments, there's other things like that to explore, so there's a lot of surprising things in Abzû."

Abzû is set to launch on PC and PS4 on August 2nd.