Did the Monsters vs. Aliens IP provide a good starting point for creating game?
Absolutely. We got really excited about it the first time we heard just the title ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’. It was a really great opportunity to work with and as soon as we saw the first concept art and the first direction the movie was going forward with, we got really excited about it. With what all of the monsters and aliens backgrounds offered, it was great for us to be working on that property. Develop: How much creative control has the Dreamworks’ team executed in terms of the game’s development? Wilson: It was a great relationship working with Dreamworks. First of all we had already worked on the Bee Movie game, and so that was our first contact with Dreamworks. We got the chance, on that project, to establish trust and a good relationship by sharing information with the film’s director, with the film’s team, and also with the game team. So on Monsters vs. Aliens we had a great chance to travel multiple times to Dreamworks’ studio and had a chance to talk about our ideas, and get a
