Inside Croteam’s transition from in-house tech to UE5 for The Talos Principle 2
October 18, 2023Croatian developers Croteam have been creating over-the-top Serious Sam first-person shooters for more than two decades and they’ve been building them on their in-house engine for just as long.
But the team said they came to a realization following the release of Serious Sam 4 in 2020: It was time to retire their Serious Engine and shift all future development to Unreal Engine.
Distinctly not a shooter, The Talos Principle 2 will be the first game the team releases that is built on Unreal Engine.
We chatted with Croteam’s Chief Creative Officer Davor Hunski and Croteam lead programmer Goran Adrinek about the reasoning behind the engine shift, why the team will unlikely ever return to their own tech, and some of the inspiration behind puzzle game The Talos Principle 2 and its deep philosophical roots.
To read the rest of this story, which first ran on Oct. 18, 2023, visit UnrealEngine.com.
