Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss

Thalassa (2024)
Developer: Sarepta Studio
For PC, PlayStation, and Xbox

Website: Thalassa

Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss is a single player, first person psychological drama set in 1905. You play as Cam, a deep sea diver in a crew of adventurers and pioneers aboard Thalassa. As you prepare to raise a long-forgotten Spanish galleon from the ocean, what should be a great day for history takes a turn for the worst.

As part of Talespinners, I worked with Catharina Bøhler, CEO and Creative Director for Sarepta Studio, devising Thalassa’s story and characters, as well as providing both writing and narrative design for the project.

“Matt is a wonderful writer and a lovely guy. We worked closely together on the writing, character development, dialogue and game design of Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss. The design tasks on this game were very difficult. I probably would not have made it without Matt. He is structured, versatile, artistic and efficient.

Although it was a stressful time, I had a lot of fun collaborating with Matt. It's inspiring to work together with someone who has the amount of passion, and kind heart that Matt has. Can highly recommend.”

— Catharina Bøhler, CEO and Game Director for Sarepta Studio