Ex-Rocksteady Directors Launch Secret of Circadia Kickstarter After 2024 Suicide Squad Flop
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Updated · Rock Paper Shotgun · Jul 2
Ex-Rocksteady Directors Launch Secret of Circadia Kickstarter After 2024 Suicide Squad Flop
2 articles · Updated · Rock Paper Shotgun · Jul 2
Summary
Axel Rydby and Johnny Armstrong, former Rocksteady directors on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, have launched a Kickstarter for Secret of Circadia, a city-builder, deckbuilder and roguelite.
Bloomberg reported the pair turned to the new project after Suicide Squad’s poor reviews and weak sales left both questioning whether they wanted to stay in games.
Rydby said repeated delays shifted work from making a generous live-service game to chasing replayability and budget recovery through opaque marketing spreadsheets pushed by Warner Bros. executives.
A few months after leaving Rocksteady, the two reconnected and decided to build a game together, framing Secret of Circadia around AI risks and nature reclaiming the world.