'You have all of these assets already developed, bits of animation already done, gameplay sequences mapped… so you really are doing the work of making connections and building narrative between them, rather than coming in and making something from the ground up.' You have a lot of pieces left over from the original narrative, and you sort of have to pick through them,' said narrative designer Kim Belair. 'I think when you join a game already in motion, the first couple weeks are a bit like putting together a puzzle. They also say they changed a lot about character motivations and personalities.

In an interview on their website, they explain that they brought in a new narrative team in June 2020 (right around the time the game was revealed at E3) and started on the daunting task of rebooting the whole story. The reason for Goodbye Volcano High's delay is because the team are changing the game's 'entire narrative direction'. I certainly don't begrudge anyone for needing a little more time, even if I was excited to see big angsty teen lizards. This isn't the first game that the global pandemic has caused delays for, and I'm sure it won't be the last. We don't want to crunch, and we don't want to put ourselves in stressful situations to finish the game by 2021 when we can take a little more time,' they add.

'It's been a really hard year for many reasons, and the mental and physical health of the team has to come first.

Goodbye volcano high canceled