OlliOlli World developers talk about their inspirations

OlliOlli Earth is an action-packed skateboarding platform game. With lots of colors, heaps of content to unlock, and lots of tricks, players effectually the world are loving it. We had the chance to sit with some of the senior staff who built OlliOlli World to get their thoughts on the game.

Inspiration backside OlliOlli World

Naturally, being a skateboarding game, you'd expect the designers to exist into skateboarding. Creative director John Ribbins and Roll7 co-CEO Simon Bennett had got back into skateboarding around 2022. During this time, Bennett said information technology "felt like the natural time to render to the OlliOlli serial," as many fans were asking for some other installment.

Simultaneously, the team "had the artistic and creative hunger to put all the lessons" learned over the past few years into practice. Information technology had been nearly a decade since the original OlliOlli game had released in 2022.

Skateboarding and culture

Inclusive skateboarding civilization is primal to OlliOlli Earth (Image via Private Division)

The creators of the game said that whilst skateboarding forms the footing of the game, it isn't "patently" a "literal" interpretation of skate culture. Instead, much of what is happening in the game is a "love letter" from the Ribbins to "the way skate civilisation changed from when he was growing upward." Ribbins was much younger than he is today and the civilisation of skateboarding has changed a lot. When he was a kid, it was very much a closed circle.

Bennett describes skating culture today as "a lot more than open to multifariousness, and the skating world embraces people from all walks of life […] it's no longer ruled over past the Skate Godz, or built around grinds that wrap buildings and climb tree." Instead, skating culture today paints a flick of "joy and fun" for anybody. The team says this is the reason why OlliOlli World is so colorful and welcoming.

At its core, "OlliOlli Globe is a really fun activeness platformer." The team encourages people to swoop in and get "lost in the flow and claiming yourself." Anyone should be able to pick upwardly the game and find something that resonates with them.

Bringing in the glory talent

If you've been following the OlliOlli Earth news, you lot've probably seen Danny Trejo is an in-game character. Bennett said it'south yet only a "wild" feeling to know they have Trejo in their game. The team said they were "looking for somebody zany and really fun" who fits the "wild and wonderful" cast of characters currently in the game. Trejo seems to have fit this bill. More than glory talent is likely to come to the game, only the team wasn't giving away whatever secrets.

What's to like well-nigh OlliOlli Earth?

Arctic vibes and cute artwork are cartoon in players from all walks of life (Image via Individual Sectionalization)

The reviews from OlliOlli World have been pouring in from around the internet. The team members at publisher Individual Division said they have been diddled away by the "astonishing reviews and previews." Bennett said that "it's so rewarding to see people loving on this game we've all been working on quietly for years!" According to them, they believe people are enjoying the overall "vibe." It'south a "very arctic kind of game," as Bennett describes it.

The team believes the broader appeal compared to their offset two games, forth with a new fine art style, are what's bringing new people to the game. Bennett said it's tough to choose a favorite part of the game, but it's probably the fine art fashion. "OlliOlli World feels like such an aesthetically pleasing space to be in; it's unique, about visually hypnotic. I dearest it."