Have you ever thought to yourself while playing your favorite video game, “I would really like to know random facts about things that happened during the production of this game”? I thought so. And, who am I to keep you from your heart’s desire? I sat down with the Producer of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego to get you some fun facts.

Nate: Carmen is a pretty worldly game. How many different languages are used during game play?

Producer: There are 36 different languages used in the game.  If you pay attention during a playthrough you would be able to greet people in those 36 languages.

Nate: Wow, looks like I should have played more video games in high school instead of going to Spanish. Anything else we can learn from playing?

Producer: Much of the text is randomly generated from fun facts about cities to odd antiquities one may find in a given region so the possible combinations are close to limitless.

Nate: How long does an average playthrough take?

Producer:  Well, the development team’s record playthrough time was 20 minutes, but I think that most people would have trouble completing the game in less than an hour and a half. However, in order to see the same case twice, you would have to play through the game over 10,000 times.

Nate: That’s amazing, something tells me I won’t be seeing all the cases any time soon. Anything else you can tell us about the team during the development that might shock our fans?

Producer: No pizza was consumed during the development of Carmen.  I believe that may be a game industry first.

Nate: Really? No pizza? I feel like there is always pizza being ordered in the office.  Out of curiosity what did you eat the most?

Producer: If I remember right, sushi was the most eaten food.