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digital edition DECEMBER 2016

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INT R O D U CT IO N: P I OT R I WA N I CK I A RT A ND C A PT IO NS: M A R CI N SU R M A

SU P E R HOTG A M E. CO M

WHAT IS SUPERHOT

MEET THE TEAM 15 WORLD DEVELOPEMENT

ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPEMENT

PAINTING A FRAME

ARTWORK 97 TRADE FAIR IN POZNAŃ

121

MURAL IN ŁÓDŹ

133

SCREENSHOT HISTORY

157

CONTRAST PARADIGMS

179

EPILOGUE 191

SU P E R HOT A RT BOOK INT R O D U CT IO N: PI OT R I WA N I CK I A RT A ND C A P T IO NS: M A R CI N SU R M A

©SU P E RHOT S P. Z O. O. FIR ST D IG ITA L E D IT IO N : D ECEM BER 2016

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ADDITION AL PHOTOS BY: AGATA MI ANOWSKA, ZOSI A DĄBROWSKA, BESTHOUND, M AREK BĄCZYŃSKI

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W H AT I S S U P E R H O T

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MEET THE TEAM

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7DFPS (AUGUST 2013)

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REDDIT AMA (MAY 2014)

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FIRST WEEK IN THE NEW OFFICE (JUNE 2014)

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KICKSTARTER (MAY 2014)

BEFORE BETA (MAY 2015)

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RELEASE DATE (M ARCH 2016)

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SET DESIGN & LIGHTING MARCIN SURMA, KONRAD KACA, TOMASZ ARTUR BOLEK ANIMATION & 2D ARTWORK MARCIN SURMA 3D MODELLING KONRAD KACA, TOMASZ ARTUR BOLEK, PIOTR KOSMALA, MARCIN SURMA SOUND DESIGN ARTUR WALASZCZYK BUSINESS DIRECTION TOMASZ KACZMARCZYK PR MAREK BACZYŃSKI, SZYMON KRUKOWSKI OFFICE MANAGEMENT MAREK BACZYŃSKI, SZYMON KRUKOWSKI QA ADRIAN WALCZAK, PATRYK CIECHOWICZ

JUST BEFORE RELEASE (FEBRUARY 2016)

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RELEASE DATE (FEBRUARY 2016)

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WINNING THE GAMERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S VOICE AWARD AT SXSW (APRIL 2016)

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WORLD DEVELOPEMENT

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ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPEMENT

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PA I N T I N G A F R A M E

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ARTWORK

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TRADE FAIR IN POZNAÅ&#x192; (SEPTEMBER 2015)

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MURAL IN ŁÓDŹ

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P H OTO : AG ATA M I AN O WS KA

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P H OTO : ZO S I A DÄ&#x201E;B R O WS KA

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P H OTO S : AG ATA M I AN O WS KA

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SCREENSHOT HISTORY

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ORIGINAL 7DFPS PROTOTYPE (AUGUST 2013)

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“THE PROTOTYPE” (SEPTEMBER 2013)

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BEFORE KICKSTARTER (MARCH 2014)

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KICKSTARTER (MAY 2014)

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E3 2014 VR DEMO (JUNE 2014)

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FIRST CYBERCONCRE TE M ATERI AL

FIRST FACELESS ENEMY MODEL

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FIRST FPS PL AYER H ANDS

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BEFORE ALPHA (OCTOBER 2014)

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JUST BEFORE ALPHA (JANUARY 2015)

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ALPHA (JANUARY 2015)

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BE TA (JULY 2015)

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C O N T R A S T PA R A D I G M S

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EPILOGUE

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