On February 2, 2016, Figaro Gaming House interviewed Co-Game Director and Co-Writer Michel Koch and Producer Luc Baghadoust in a panel called Life is Strange vu par ses créateurs DONTNOD (Life is Strange as seen by its creators, DONTNOD).
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Interviewer: "They are welcome for the return of the figaro we return late we start late as always it is 18h23 not quite 18h18 but you are already it pleases us today we welcome 2 guests | committee of the studio in Paris so we will talk about the surprise of late 2015 and early 2016 I have heard about life is strange"
"Figaro half House season 2016"
"Today with my guests from DONTNOD Michel hello, Luc hello"
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Summary[]
- Michel Koch stated that Max Caulfield and Chloe Price are the ultimate pairing. When asked about romance (i.e. Max and Chloe's relationship), he replied: "Chloe et Max ne marchent qu'ensemble", which means they "only walked together" (as also in romantically attached to each other) as in they are a great pair and can only function with each other. He also called Chloe an antagonist and that her being the opposite of Max is the reason their pairing worked. Therefore, Chloe is described as being both antagonist and ally.
- The creators indicate that it was interesting to address a theme of friendship and more between two women, because it is discussed very little.
- Two sub-themes of the game are:
- Acceptance - choosing to sacrifice Chloe or Arcadia Bay and the player accepting they cannot change everything, and;
- Searching - Max's questioning of her relationship to Chloe and Warren Graham. There is curiosity about her relationship with Chloe. Max is questioning and searching herself and trying to find what it really means. Is it just friendship or something more?
- Michel Koch confirmed that the blue butterfly is Chloe's spirit animal.
- Michel insisted on both endings being "canon" and disagreed with people who were claiming that only the "Bay" ending (Sacrifice Chloe ending) was canon.
- Luc Baghadoust said he chose Sacrifice Arcadia Bay ending in his personal playthrough.
- At the end of each episode, websites that offer help against suicide and harassment are indicated so that each person feeling concerned by those subjects at the heart of the game can go and search for help.
- "Everyday heroes" is a phrase inspired by a real association that helps children who are bullied at school, and Dontnod associated themselves with this company and collected $25,000.
- The title of the first episode was supposed to be called 'Life is Strange' and the game 'What if?'
- Life is Strange got a Japanese version with Japanese dub, and DONTNOD say the voices are good.