▁Director ▁Mark ▁Pac ini ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁game ▁has ▁been ▁in ▁development ▁since ▁early ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁production ▁team ▁came ▁over ▁from ▁Ret ro ▁Studios , ▁which ▁developed ▁ ▁the ▁Met roid ▁Prime ▁series . ▁Orig ins ▁Black gate ▁has ▁a ▁similar ▁feel ▁and ▁construction ▁to ▁those ▁games . ▁None ▁of ▁the ▁console - game ▁technology ▁is ▁being ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁game , ▁with ▁everything ▁being ▁done ▁by ▁Arm ature ▁from ▁scratch . ▁The ▁game ▁uses ▁a ▁check point ▁system ▁to ▁save , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁have ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁save ▁anywhere ▁at ▁any ▁time . ▁All ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 D ▁anim ations ▁were ▁done ▁in ▁house ▁at ▁Arm ature ▁and ▁are ▁fully ▁vo iced . ▁While ▁set ▁after ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁Ark ham ▁Orig ins , ▁Arm ature ▁Studio ▁worked ▁closely ▁with ▁W B ▁Games ▁Montr éal ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁games ▁to ▁be ▁played ▁in ▁any ▁order ▁and ▁not ▁spo il ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁material ▁from ▁either ▁game . ▁The ▁story ▁of ▁Orig ins ▁Black gate ▁is ▁written ▁by ▁Adam ▁Be e chen . ▁ ▁Arm ature ' s ▁technical ▁director , ▁Jack ▁Mat he ws , ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁neither ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁versions ▁is ▁a ▁port ▁of ▁the ▁other , ▁with ▁the ▁graphics ▁as ▁the ▁only ▁difference ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁platforms . ▁Matt he ws ▁further ▁stated ▁that ▁Arm ature ▁has ▁custom ▁tools ▁to ▁help ▁generate ▁ide ally ▁s ized ▁models ▁and ▁text ures ▁for ▁each ▁platform ▁from ▁a ▁common ▁source , ▁and