Allison Road is back in business after shutting down production back in June 2016. Creator Christian Kesler confirmed to IGN his studio was able to partner with a new publisher after its deal with Team17 fell through.
The indie horror game gained traction after releasing a demo shortly after the cancellation of Silent Hills . The graphics, ghost and general atmosphere of Allison Road reminded fans of Silent Hills P.T. , which excited Hideo Kojima fans and horror fans alike. Kelser told iDigitalTimes back in October 2015 the team lucked out with the timing of Silent Hills P.T. cancellation, as the game was already in development when Konami released the demo.
“It wasn’t planned like this at all. We were working on the game before Silent Hills P.T. even came out,” Kesler said. “We were posting about Allison Road online about our progress and then the news broke that Silent Hills got canceled. The press then picked up on Allison Road and called us the ‘spiritual successor’ and we sorted of rolled with it. For us, it was really incredible because it was unintended. It was really lucky. We’re humble; it’s some pretty big shoes to fill.”
The Allison Road team originally opted to fund its game development through Kickstarter back in 2015, but canceled the fund after striking a deal with Team17. Kesler didn’t provide details about why the Team17 partnership fell through, but is excited to pick up production for Allison Road .
“It did take a bit of soul searching to find the drive again to work on Allison Road and to simply make a call on what to do next,” Kesler told IGN . “After the set back, I took a bit of a break from working on it and re-evaluated all the work that had been done so far — the whole journey, so to speak. I started making a few (in my opinion) necessary changes to the story and the flow, little bits and pieces here and there, and before I knew it, it sort of naturally came back to life.”
Allison Road does not have a release date, but will be available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
