When Surgent Games founder Abubakar Salim was a kid in Welwyn Garden City, his dad would sit beside him on the couch and together they’d battle through games like Legend of Zelda. His father died in 2013, but Salim’s developer debut, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, feels very much like he’s taking one last journey with his old man.
This is a story of grief told through the medium of Metroidvania (a 2D platformer/ puzzler-style game); a genre Salim says is perfect for exploring how people learn to understand and control the unfamiliar world of those left behind when a loved one dies.
