

It's a far cry from their previous small home on a trading estate, although Webley has fond memories of their previous dwelling. For one, they have a fancy new office in Farnham, UK, which they've finally moved into following a number of lockdown-related delays. We last spoke with Webley and Carr over four years ago, and a lot has changed in that time. I've never been to space, so that's something I can't related to." Whether it's Hospital or Campus, there's some familiarity there, and even if we play around with it, there's something everyone has some opinion of or has some memories of. He continues: "The familiarity stuff we lean into. She's an ex-nurse, so she might not find the appeal of Campus."

"I am just frightened we're going to lose her," Carr says. Carr and Webley tell how they're worried about a fan called Rosie, a retired nurse who has played more than 4,000 hours of Two Point Hospital.

But it's exactly this familiarity that has made the genre so popular, and with people you wouldn't normally expect. These business management sims, or 'little people games' as the team call them, may sound mundane compared to some of the more outlandish titles on the market. And we kept saying 'stop worrying about what it sounds like, it isn't where it's going to go'." Two Point Campus will launch on all platforms at the same time When we were thinking about Campus, Sega was latching onto sexier sounding games. meaning, start with something you can build upon, rather than something that is already exciting and has potentially been done. Ben always says our next game is Two Point Box Factory. that sounds amazing compared with Two Point Library. If we had said we are going to do Two Point Time Traveller. "But we were so excited by the idea of Two Point Campus, because we kept coming up with new ideas."Ĭarr continues: "That's the problem with a name. " Sega had a bigger preference for one of the others, Two Point Precinct," Webley recalls. Even from the beginning, the founders Ben Hymers, Mark Webley and Gary Carr had a vision of creating a series of sim games set in the fictional world of Two Point County - with several potential settings for the next one. The team, founded by the original creators of beloved 1997 PC game Theme Hospital, was enjoying phenomenal success with its debut title: Two Point Hospital. Before settling on the concept of a university simulation game, Two Point Studios had a few ideas.
