Ex-ZA/UM developers reveal Red Rooster, an "incendiary RPG" that is very intentionally not trying to be a "Disco Elysium successor" or "Disco-like"
Back in 2024, we heard about the formation of Summer Eternal : a new studio composed of Disco Elysium writer and world-builder, Argo Tuulik, and other veteran ZA/UM staff such as Dora Klindžić, Anastasia Ivanova, and Michael Oswell.
Back in 2024, we heard about the formation of Summer Eternal : a new studio composed of Disco Elysium writer and world-builder, Argo Tuulik, and other veteran ZA/UM staff such as Dora Klindžić, Anastasia Ivanova, and Michael Oswell.
The short version
- Aleksandar Gavrilović, secretary of the Croatian Game Development Alliance, and Lenval Brown, Disco Elysium's narrator, are also part of the crew.
- Red Rooster is being built in Unreal Engine to make use of advanced physics engine features, and the studio adds it's "breaking away from isometric constraints to drop you into a three-dimensional world with dynamic camera movement.
- " Elsewhere in the release, it name-drops Expedition 33's Sandfall Interactive, noting the collective is aiming for a "double-A production budget" similar to the "compact team" that worked on 2025's breakout RPG.
What happened
Summer Eternal says the game is "nearing the end of pre-production" and that an internal playable tech demo already exists. The book shows a little of this, and while I appreciate the team is trying to put distance between itself and Disco Elysium, you can't help notice the similarities in some aspects.
Why it matters
Below, you can see a quick pic I snapped of the eponymous Red Rooster - he bears more than a passing resemblance to Harrier 'Harry' Du Bois, right?
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