How Moss: Book II improves upon its predecessor in nearly every way

One of the key reasons Moss: Book II works is that it builds on what came before, adding a more fleshed out world and a wider array of environments that take players everywhere from a snowy mountaintop to the depths of a fiery inferno. "We wanted to take players where they wanted to be," Polyarc Artist Mike Jensen stated.

Polyarc Designer Doug Burton added,  "We want it to be a world you can relax, have fun, and feel challenged without ever feeling like you needed to take the headset off to take a break or deal with things getting to be a bit too much."

Elaborating on how Unreal Engine was integral to the development experience, Jensen stated, "Blueprints were the key to everything. They're used all throughout the project. What’s great about them is an artist like me can go in, use a Blueprint, and understand what's going on. I think that speaks to how well that system is implemented." Burton then explained how the visual-scripting system helped the studio experiment with creating the game's bosses, "Everything kind of just comes together, and you can watch it all play out like a little orchestra."

Armstrong added, "Unreal State Machines have made it possible to control all of those things in a way that is intuitive across disciplines. Maybe our animators or our artist are less familiar with that kind of structure, and being able to visualize it in a way that is intuitive as Unreal makes it possible for me to collaborate with the animators and bring our shared vision to life."