Love in

Burroughs and Kenny talk warmly about the likes of Gone Home and Kentucky Route Zero, but one game in particular had a strong impact on the direction of Virginia: Brendon Chung’s 30 Flights Of Loving. “We played it for the first time this year,” Burroughs enthuses, “and we had a [revelatory] moment where we realised there was this whole new thread of storytelling. It told the story so effectively, and so leanly. I came away from it thinking I’d played something more emotionally rich than most games I’d played in umpteen years.” As a result, Virginia will eschew player distractions almost entirely in order to keep the narrative pacing as snappy as possible.