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Subscribe to our newsletter Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn creator Lucas Pope spoke about what he's working on next⁠—and why we're not hearing about it⁠ more—on the latest episode of Mike & Rami Are Still Here, the podcast of Nuclear throne developer Rami Ismail and No More Robots founder Mike Rose.Though Pope said he typically enjoys talking about his work, he thinks "the situation just feels different" in the industry.

"You don't really talk about stuff when you're working on it," said Pope.

"It's getting slurped up by AI or people are gonna copy it, or something else like that.

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Lucas Pope Wants Buttering Up - YouTube Watch On "It's not a hard rule, but I've got a kinda feeling about that.

I just don't feel as comfortable talking about what I'm working on again."Article continues below Even with the radio silence, you might think that at least means he's working on something⁠—but it doesn't mean the artist will ultimately decide to share it ## Editor's Note Stay tuned for more updates as this story develops. Source: [PC Gamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/papers-please-creator-lucas-pope-no-longer-feels-comfortable-talking-about-work-in-progress-games-the-situation-just-feels-different/)