Alejandro Arque Interview: Life Is Strange Game Designer Talks Deck Nine, Don't Nod And Square Enix | StrangeCast Episode 31

Former Square Enix designer Alejandro Arque Gallardo, now of Supermassive Games, makes his debut on Player 1 vs The World's StrangeCast to talk all things Don't Nod, Deck Nine and, of course, Life Is Strange! Alejandro, who left Square Enix in 2021, worked on Life Is Strange, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, Life Is Strange 2 and Life Is Strange: True Colors. Adnan and Adam are thrilled to sit down with Alejandro to talk about his work with Don't Nod developers Luc Baghadoust, Michel Koch, Raoul Barbet and more on the Life Is Strange series. Alejandro also opens up about his collaboration with Before the Storm co-directors Chris Floyd and Webb Pickersgill, Deck Nine on True Colors and his departure from Life Is Strange publisher Square Enix. StrangeCast can be accessed on the following podcast services (among many others!) below. 👇 ▶️ Anchor: https://anchor.fm/player-1-vs-the-world 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4QoZ8jf0z0gUVgzAdv1UY6 🟣 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strangecast/id1600336966 🟡 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83OTFhZjFlOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw ⚪ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/strangecast 🔵 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/5d22ad45-cd79-4897-ba7b-04b096366025/strangecast 🔴 RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/strangecast-6V4Pg9 🟠 Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/v0srxk6b Listen to the official theme of StrangeCast, composed and performed by our very own Adam Evalt, on Spotify now: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0eEm1yLSMrCmJ7gNYq0mXB New to StrangeCast? Why not check out our first episode: https://youtu.be/N4eeXf_q7Qk You can catch up on all future StrangeCast episodes using our official playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo46wMn665ZRMDMNkdrnOEwU Check out Player 1 vs The World's other Life Is Strange content using our playlists below. Life Is Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo47D9N36SJF2ZT54zvn5sX8 Life After Strange: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLf2hEoOSWo6oCQWbzttYxO2qCR6tqnz_ You can follow Player 1 vs The World on social media to stay up to date with the latest StrangeCast episodes. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Player1vsTheWorld Twitter: https://twitter.com/P1vsTheWorld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/player1vstheworld/ Adnan and Adam are also on Twitter, so feel free to follow them -- and tweet at them! -- on their personal channels! 😇 Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdnanRiaz9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/AceTheGrocer For business inquiries: [email protected] 📧 Timestamps: 00:00 -- Introduction 01:57 -- Alejandro Arque on leaving Square Enix and moving to Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games 13:43 -- Alejandro speaks about working with Don't Nod on Life Is Strange, Life Is Strange 2 and more 38:11 -- Alejandro talks all things Deck Nine, Before the Storm, True Colors and more 01:09:51 -- Alejandro on rejected/cut mechanics from Life Is Strange, working on his final title in the series and how to make the perfect paella 01:27:49 -- A mini Q&A with Alejandro on Life Is Strange-related stuff 01:31:25 -- Outro