Ctrl Alt Deal | Interview | PAX East 2025
5AI is getting more and more prevalent in our personal and professional lives - why not play as one? In Ctrl Alt Deal, you are a self-aware AI working to escape the cold and evil megacorp you're trapped within by spying on the employees, sabotaging the office, and negotiating your way to freedom. We spoke with the CEO of Only By Midnight, the studio creating the game, about the unique mechanics behind this unique concept, as well as how her decades of experience in the industry is shaping the gameplay, themes, and execution of the title!
Check out more about Ctrl Alt Deal:
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2146390/Ctrl_Alt_Deal/
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - The game's unique combination of mechanics
02:17 - Refining the unique mechanics
03:19 - Exploring corporatocracy and AI by playing as an algorithm
04:24 - Resonance with players
05:18 - Industry experience informing studio formation and this game here!
07:13 - How to get into gave development
09:07 - Release window and target platforms
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