“I’m Making This For Me, Not To Make Everyone Happy”: Vampire Survivors Creator On His Next Game

Even after I got to Lucca, Italy to try out Poncle’s new game, Vampire Crawlers, the stories about Luca Galante kept circulating. Several Poncle developers told me with a smile how much they enjoyed adding to the mystery around him. When fans asked about Galante, they’d playfully suggest he might be nearby, even hinting that they were him. Matteo Sapio, Poncle’s chief strategy officer, chuckled, explaining that Galante is indeed incredibly talented, but also a genuinely kind and down-to-earth person who simply cherishes his privacy.








