Save me Mr Tako! was influenced by the Nov. 15th terrorist attacks in France

The Nov. 15th terrorist attacks in France are something developer Christophe Galati will never forget. He happened to be living in Paris during the attack, which is right where the major activity happened. It obviously was one of the scariest things Galati had ever experienced, and those intense moments later influenced his work on Save me Mr Tako!.

“I lived in Paris during the attacks, and Tako-San absorbed a lot of my fears and concerns about the world we live in. I was designing the human city Sarona when it happened, so the tone of the game shifted at this point, it started to reference ideas like obscurantism and it became even more personal for me. The game is not only about the war between octopus and humans, but also the concept that humans are divided into kingdoms that are at war with each other, too. It’s not about finding out who the bad guy is, but more about how uniting and accepting people’s differences can make the world a better place. My goal was to create a universe and characters that will resonate with players, and perhaps help them overcome their struggles so they can live their own great adventure.”