MediEvil (1998)

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==Development==

Development of MediEvil started in 1995 at independent developer Millennium Interactive. Creative director Chris Sorrell said that the first design proposal for the game had the working title ‘Dead Man Dan’ and described a game that was a fusion of Capcom's Ghost'n Goblins with the art style of Tim Burton– especially the look and feel of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Both cases were things that he was a huge fan of back in the mid ’90s. Lead artist Jason Wilson shared his interest in dark, gothic influenced artwork and they worked together to define the look and feel of the game. In addition to bringing together a brand new team – none of whom had really made a 3D game of this scale before – they were in ‘sell’ mode almost from day one, with the future of the studio riding on their ability to attract a major publishing deal as quickly as possible. They were initially working on multiple platforms including Windows and Sega Saturn as well as PlayStation before finally having the chance to pitch an early demo to Sony, who were so impressed with their work that they bought the whole studio in order to have the team work exclusively for Sony.

Development of MediEvil started in 1995 at independent developer [[Millennium Interactive]]. Creative director Chris Sorrell said that the first design proposal for the game had the working title ‘Dead Man Dan’ and described a game that was a fusion of Capcom's Ghost'n Goblins with the art style of Tim Burton– especially the look and feel of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Both cases were things that he was a huge fan of back in the mid ’90s. Lead artist Jason Wilson shared his interest in dark, gothic influenced artwork and they worked together to define the look and feel of the game. In addition to bringing together a brand new team – none of whom had really made a 3D game of this scale before – they were in ‘sell’ mode almost from day one, with the future of the studio riding on their ability to attract a major publishing deal as quickly as possible. They were initially working on multiple platforms including Windows and Sega Saturn as well as PlayStation before finally having the chance to pitch an early demo to Sony, who were so impressed with their work that they bought the whole studio in order to have the team work exclusively for Sony.

Jason Wilson designed the art and set the visual style. During the project he also became the lead designer owning to his experience in game design on previous titles. He pushed the game into more of a Zelda-like direction and added many details to the story of the world and its characters, as well as writing the preliminary scripts and working on the VO recordings.