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It’s not a normal thing for grown men to be into, let’s face it.
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We simply don’t let people join the game team unless they like Harry Potter. But we’re pretty damn strict on ourselves because we’re fans of the fiction. We tend to make sure that anything that leaves our building is good, so I actually don’t think that in nine years she’s ever said no to anything we wanted to do. JB: There are a couple of stages, so Warner Brothers gets to see everything we do first then they forward it on to J.K Rowling. Not just the script of the mission… if we want character A to do something or other, she might say, “actually, I don’t think that character would have done that. All of our scripts go to her, all of our mission plans. The beauty of working so closely with not only the film-makers but also with Joanne (K Rowling) is that she effectively signs off on everything we do. JB: And there’s no way you’d invent Quidditch.ĭP: But to be fair there have been occasions where we have proposed our own fiction. It’s not something we’ve done before…ĭarren Potter: I don’t think we’d even considered it for previous games. I don’t think we’d have come up with a potions game if potions hadn’t been in this book. There are times when you think, “Wouldn’t it be cool if we did this?”, But actually there are lots of other cool things we can do. We get a 120 page script and a 650 page book, and it’s, “wow, what an amazing opportunity!” rather than, “oh, have we got to tell the story? Wouldn’t it be cool if Harry Potter had a machine gun?”. What we do differently with the Harry Potter game, compared to other movie-game makers, is really embrace the fiction. Jonathan Bunney: I think there are times when it feels like that, but the truth is that JK Rowling’s world is amazing. : This is an amazing licence you’re working with, but are there ever times when it feels restrictive, in terms of how creative you can be? Last week we caught up with executive producer Jonathan Bunney and the appropriately-named producer Darren Potter, chatting about waggling, the Potter licence and the challenges of making games for kids. The next Harry Potter game, The Half-Blood Prince, is due for release later this year on every conceivable format under the sun.