Developers often try to create a sense of progress and growth when working on a sequel, and Windjammers 2 is no exception. This may raise questions about how French developer Dotemu managed to evoke that sense of progress in a sports game, especially one dedicated to a fictional sport. As the Windjammers IP has laid dormant since 1994, it seems the team had quite a while to come up with ways to add new aspects to the original. Lead programmer Kevin Delbrayelle and art director Stephane Perez spoke to Game Rant about the ways that they expanded the series' lore and mechanics in Windjammers 2.