M64 Focus | Alain Brunotte (Founder of Alchemical Works)

Alain Brunotte: (Founder of Alchemical Works)

Name/Known Alias: Alain Brunotte.

Occupation: Founder & CEO of Alchemical Works.

Best Known for/Notable Works: BattleJuice Alchemist.

Fun Fact: Despite being deeply involved in game development, I’m actually quite inept when it comes to using a gamepad.

How did you make your break into the industry: I spent about four years as a solo developer on BattleJuice Alchemist before expanding Alchemical Works into a small team. The real turning point came when we were fortunate enough to receive an Epic MegaGrant in 2022, which provided the support and resources needed to take the game to the next level.

Favourite Projects to have Worked on: BattleJuice Alchemist. It is my big passion project.

Hardest Projects to have Worked on: Also BattleJuice Alchemist. I put 6 years and over 10.000 hours of work into the project.

Currently Working on: You may have guessed it: BattleJuice Alchemist.

Currently Playing: Nothing actually, I have very little freetime.

Currently Watching: I just rewatched the Beverly Hills Cop movies, which are some of my favorite movies of all time.

Defining Career Moment: Signing with our publisher ESDigital games. Without their support, I would not be able to do what I do.

Throughout your career, of the many things you have since learned, is there anything you wish you knew at the beginning: Uniqueness is often overrated as a concept.

If you had the opportunity to work with any IP, what would it be: Eric Kripke’s Supernatural franchise.

Is there anyone you haven’t worked with yet, but would like to: Tim Schafer. To me he is one of the greatest developers of all time, seems to be able to always calm down a room while being great fun to be around.

For fans of your work, who’d like to get in touch and stay up to date with all the latest news, what are the best places for them to reach you on: Join the Alchemical Works Discord (https://discord.com/invite/DGxn7zt) or find me on X: @AlchemicalWorks

And also join our publisher discord: https://discord.gg/SErtYNTB7Z and X: https://twitter.com/ESDigital_Games