Rockstar co-founder doubted Bully would turn out well, but one joke changed his attitude towards the project

The final result was liked by many, and some fans have been waiting for a sequel for many years.

Many players love Bully, often called 'GTA in school,' but during its development, its creators strongly doubted that such a project could turn out well. In a recent interview with IGN, Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser shared his memories.

Back then, Houser recounts, Bully's development was fraught with many different problems. Not just technical ones, but creative difficulties as well:

The developers long struggled to understand what this franchise was. They wondered: 'If you remove cars and weapons, what's left of the game? What will you do?' And at a certain point, Houser says, the lead designer 'started building a schedule and adding classes, and things started to move.'

One day, one of the designers came up with a joke — the ability to stick a 'Kick Me' sticker on other characters, and other NPCs could react to it and actually kick him. This became a turning point in development — that's when the creators began to understand that a project like Bully could work:

Now some players are waiting for Bully 2, but so far Rockstar hasn't announced anything, and the recent indie game Agefield High: Rock the School wasn't quite what fans were hoping for.