{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d9113730ff2b704748395da6","clusterId":"c_cb0cb2afd8f55c2df84b4304","slug":"jonathan-blow-on-why-he-waits-a-decade-between-games","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Jonathan Blow On Why He Waits A Decade Between Games","summary":"At ChinaJoy 2026, Jonathan Blow discussed his approach to game development and why he does not build sequels. His next game, Order of the Sinking Star, was announced at The Game Awards on December 11, 2025 and is due October 8, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo Switch. He also said its story is larger than those of Braid and The Witness.","whyItMatters":"Blow's three commercial releases in roughly two decades, and his refusal to follow Braid or The Witness with a sequel, describe a working method that the current game business rarely accommodates.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eOrder of the Sinking Star is a top-down game built on Sokoban-style block pushing, with four puzzle mechanics that combine as the player progresses. Blow said it has more than 1000 puzzles and takes about 250 hours for a normal clear, or over 500 hours to solve everything.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gap since The Witness has a cause he names himself: he was building the Jai programming language at the same time. He started it during The Witness out of dissatisfaction with C++, and Order of the Sinking Star runs on an in-house engine written in Jai. Jai has been in development since 2014 and has not been released to the public.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Order of the Sinking Star spans a larger story than Braid and The Witness. Jonathan Blow still treats each game as a decade project, so the scale grows while the output rate stays fixed.","twitterPost":"Order of the Sinking Star carries a larger story than Braid and The Witness, yet Jonathan Blow still ships roughly one game a decade.","threadsPost":"Jonathan Blow says Order of the Sinking Star has a larger story than Braid and The Witness. The scale grows while his release cadence stays at one game per decade, so the two curves never meet.","newsletterBlurb":"At ChinaJoy 2026, Jonathan Blow talked about how he approaches development rather than the contents of Order of the Sinking Star, which he said would mean spoilers. The game was announced at The Game Awards on December 11, 2025 and releases October 8, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo Switch. Blow also said its story is larger than those of Braid and The Witness, after earlier remarks against story in games.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/968/G096803/20260930047/\",\"title\":\"［Interview］Why doesn't he develop sequels? Jonathan Blow on making one game every 10 years\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4705,"outputTokens":647,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791257831,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T03:34:57.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T03:36:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T03:36:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_cb0cb2afd8f55c2df84b4304","canonicalTitle":"［インタビュー］なぜ続編を開発しないのか。Jonathan Blow氏に聞く，10年に1本というゲームの作り方","representativeArticleId":"a_f82b6700a079a668fac9e7f4","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Order of the Sinking Star\",\"Braid\",\"The Witness\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Jonathan Blow\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-06T02:45:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-06T02:45:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T03:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/968/G096803/20260930047/","title":"［インタビュー］なぜ続編を開発しないのか。Jonathan Blow氏に聞く，10年に1本というゲームの作り方"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Order of the Sinking Star","Braid","The Witness"],"studios":[],"people":["Jonathan Blow"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}