'The world is living and it's not waiting for you' The Blood of Dawnwalker director says the RPG's 30-day timer gives the story a 'sense of urgency' and 'emotional impact'

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Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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The Blood of Dawnwalker director, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, wants players to feel driven by a "sense of urgency" with the RPG's unconventional 30-day timer.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The Blood of Dawnwalker game director, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, says the game's 30-day time system offers a "sense of urgency" The game will give players 30 days to rescue Coen's
family, and the timer will add "emotional impact" Tomaszkiewicz says, "the world is living and it's not waiting for you" The Blood of Dawnwalker game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz wants players to feel driven by a "sense of urgency" through the role-playing game's (RPG) unconventional time-limit mechanic .

In an interview with TechRadar Gaming at a hands-on preview event, Tomaszkiewicz explained why Rebel Wolves chose to include a time system that gives players only 30 days to rescue protagonist Coen's family. Every time players take on a quest, time moves forward within the game's world, so choosing how to spend time is vital. It's a unique feature for an RPG because these games typically allow players to explore for hundreds of hours without consequence. However, as Tomaszkiewicz explained, in The Blood of Dawnwalker
, "The world is living and it's not waiting for you." Latest Videos From
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"If you have some particular goal and you decide to go and do some stuff
which is not connected with this goal, you have some consequences, right?" he said. "I think that in the games and the RPGs where time is not important,
you lose this sense of urgency, and you lose this belief that this goal is real.

"If we give you the goal that your family is in the castle and something bad will happen to them, but if time wouldn't move and events wouldnt move it forward, you wouldn't feel this sense of urgency and any emotions connected
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Tomaszkiewicz added that the timer also allowed the team to tell a story that has "a bigger emotional impact" and while it may look like a small thing, it changes almost everything and "changes your thinking about the content."

"It's not only giving you the feeling that you are there, but you need to think what you want to do, and sometimes, to decide when not to do
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"Going there and doing something is your choice, but not going there is also your choice, and it will have consequences. It adds to the non-linearity of the game, because you know the world is living and it's not waiting for you stuff will just happen."

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