EXCLUSIVE: Building A Bot: The Making of Astro Bot

VGC recently got the chance to visit Team Asobi and speak to the team behind Astro Bot, PlayStation's next big exclusive.

In this exclusive footage, VGC got a behind-the-scenes look at the development process of Astro Bot, and learned more about what went into creating Astro as a character.

For more Astro Bot content, watch our exclusive interview with the game's composer, Kenny Young:

[scottd]

The haptics really set this game apart. When i stood on top of the hot air ballons and i could feel the texture and the sagging of the weight on the balloon wow. When done right the dualsense really shines.

[hemangchauhan]

You can see how passionate the creative director is.
And how much lenghts he went to, convince Sony management to release a game like this

[Hexaroot]

This studio develops like a retro studio while one day they probably will do digital for designing its fascinating they still use pen and paper like the old days

[matty_mather]

I haven’t had this much fun with a game since my childhood. I hope this game shows that there’s still a huge audience for 3D platformers and we get more games like this in the future!

[eq]

Thank you for the coverage on astro bot VGC!

[Benbenarie]

Best value for my money.
Just don't stop making more of this game

[Eliseu]

It must be really fun working in a studio like this

[Mtotheissle]

Love seeing a good game like this have a moment!

[mrBytemare]

Amazing cool and fun game! I really felt in love with it right away. <3 One thing though I'd really like to see is make it possible to adjust the camera sensitivity. Other than that, it's perfect. :)

[theoriginaljrest]

I haven't purchased a game DAY ONE in many, many years, much less pay full price. I usually wait for a sale. ASTRO BOT changed that and picking up my preorder in an hour.

[senshai]

Just can the love these devs have put into every pixel of this game .

[dyztructive]

Such a fun game, thankyou for making it Asobi!

[johnshepard]

Just love that after 30 years PlayStation finally has its own mario that has the same quality in its platforming and puzzles as mario that not even crash bandicoot coukd achieve

[anasshahid]

Solid Astro Bot coverage VGC! You can tell how passionate the team at Team Asobi is in developing Astro Bot, they truly created a masterpiece game. 👏👏👏👏👏

[pilouuuu]

Brilliant game. Lovely character. Passionate development.

[DrRegistered]

inside looks at studios like this are so incredibly valuable for those interested in them, thanks for the great coverage of asobi vgc

[luxdalet]

The game looks awesome. It's only ps5 exclusive that makes me interested in the console, and reminds me of the classic joy of games I used to play on ps1 and ps2.
Wishing the best to Team Asobi!

[EntropyExplorers]

Literaly the best game ever. I played it three times over with my 4 year old daughter. She loves the game! Please make the next one.

[tHoMr]

This game is a shining light in a dark world.

[erikhendrickson]

Sadly, *_Astro's Playroom_* did more with the DualSense than just about any other PS5 title I can think of. And it was a console-release, pack-in title.

Sony REALLY should've pushed harder for deep DualSense integration in native PS5 games.