Ukuthuthukiswa komdlalo wokuqala ovela esitudiyo somdali we-BioShock u-Ken Levine owasungulwa ngo-2014 "sisesihogweni sokuthuthukiswa," ngokusho kwe-Bloomberg. Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa, umdlalo ubuzobe ulahlwe ngokuphelele izikhathi ezimbalwa futhi uphendukele kwelinye icala.
Izinkinga zephrojekthi, ngokusho kwabasebenzi abaningi be-studio ye-Levine, ebizwa ngokuthi Ghost Story, ikakhulukazi ku-Levine ngokwakhe. I-Bloomberg ibhala lokho ngokusekelwe ezingxoxweni nabasebenzi abangaziwa abayishumi nanhlanu, abamanje nabangaphambili. Isibonelo, u-Levine wayengeke akwazi ukuxhumana kahle ngombono wakhe futhi wayengeke abekezelele impendulo evela kubasebenzi. Abantu abake basebenza naye bamchaza “njengohlakaniphi oluyisimangaliso,” kodwa futhi babhekisela kuye “njengomuntu ongafuni ukuphelela ngenkani” onobuntu obubucayi. Naye ubezofuna okukhulu eqenjini elincane. Asikho isikhathi sokukhishwa esaziwayo ngaphakathi futhi alikho igama lomdlalo okwamanje.
Ngo-2014, u-Levine wamemezela ukuthi wayevala i-Irrational Games, lapho enza khona i-BioShock, ukuqala isitudiyo esisha, esincane. Ngaphambi kwalokho, wayefuna ukuthuthukisa umdlalo oqhutshwa yindaba, nakuba lungekho olunye ulwazi olukhishiwe kusukela lapho. I-Take-Two Interactive iqhubekile nokusebenza njengomshicileli wesitudiyo, kodwa u-Levine ubengeke esazibandakanya nebhizinisi le-BioShock. Ngokusho kwe-Bloomberg, i-Take-Two okwamanje isengumnikazi we-Ghost Story, naphezu kokuntuleka kwayo kwemiphumela eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule.