{"id":669610,"date":"2026-04-03T20:53:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/life-is-strange-developer-cant-imagine-going-back-to-episodic-model"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:53:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:53:58","slug":"life-is-strange-developer-cant-imagine-going-back-to-episodic-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/life-is-strange-developer-cant-imagine-going-back-to-episodic-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is Strange developer “can’t imagine” going back to episodic model"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Life is Strange series will not return to its original episodic model, developer Deck Nine has suggested. <\/p>\n

\nSpeaking to Rock, Paper, Shotgun<\/a>, senior narrative designer Philip Lawrence said the decision to launch last year’s entry True Colors<\/a> as a complete experience was “the right decision”, and one the studio wanted to stick with.\n<\/p>\n

“I can’t imagine we’d go back to the episodic model,” Lawrence said. “The reaction has been very positive.”\n<\/p>\n

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The Life is Strange series will not return to its original episodic model, developer Deck Nine has suggested. Speaking to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, senior narrative designer Philip Lawrence said the decision to launch last year’s entry True Colors as a complete experience was “the right decision”, and one the studio wanted to stick with. “I can’t imagine we’d go back to the episodic model,” Lawrence said. “The reaction has been very positive.” Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":669611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-669610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"\nLife is Strange developer "can't imagine" going back to episodic model | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Life is Strange series will not return to its original episodic model, developer Deck Nine has suggested. 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