How one studio is reverse engineering a video game using TikTok

A poster for the TikTok series 'Ashfall', starring Michael Le. — Liithos/TNS

Whether it's a hit TV show like HBO's The Last of Us or an interactive theme park land like Universal Studios' Super Nintendo World, video games are ripe for adaptation and reinterpretation.

But what if the game isn't established IP? What if the game hasn't even been released yet?