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Project Q: new awesome 2D platformer from Knytt/Deep Forest creator
UncleSporky
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It's official: the Wii is the console for high quality 2D side scrolling. We've had Wario Land and upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii. In the future there's A Boy and his Blob, Muramasa, Cave Story, Night Game, and recently announced La Mulana.
And now this!
Ok, it's pretty but the screens do not make it look like much compared to fancier 2D games. However! Please watch the video and you'll get a better idea of how it looks.
Project Q is being made by Nick Nygren AKA Nifflas, creator of Within a Deep Forest, Knytt, Knytt Stories, and the upcoming Night Game. If you have played any of the above games you don't need any other reasons to look forward to this game. (His other games are free by the way, check them out!)
The video makes this look like a high def Knytt Stories. The main character is different but she moves in the same way as the Knytts, including climbing walls rapidly. The game is also being compared to the old 16-bit title Flashback.
IGN has an interview with Nifflas up here.
Looks really great, I'm always up for more platforming from this guy.
And now this!
Ok, it's pretty but the screens do not make it look like much compared to fancier 2D games. However! Please watch the video and you'll get a better idea of how it looks.
Project Q is being made by Nick Nygren AKA Nifflas, creator of Within a Deep Forest, Knytt, Knytt Stories, and the upcoming Night Game. If you have played any of the above games you don't need any other reasons to look forward to this game. (His other games are free by the way, check them out!)
The video makes this look like a high def Knytt Stories. The main character is different but she moves in the same way as the Knytts, including climbing walls rapidly. The game is also being compared to the old 16-bit title Flashback.
IGN has an interview with Nifflas up here.
IGN: This is a WiiWare title, right?
Tyrone: We certainly have WiiWare in mind. In truth, it could be WiiWare, Wii disc or even PSN, XBLA and PC. Since he wrapped up most of his work for Night Game, Nicklas has been spending his time putting this together with Yann van Derr Cruyssen [new music composer, Cave Story]. It could work on any console and we're shopping it around right now as it doesn't have a publisher.
IGN: Q seems set in a post apocalyptic world. Tell us about the story and the character. What is the purpose of the game?
Nicklas Nygren: You're stuck and to find missing parts of a teleporter that's not working. The part about why she has to fix the teleporter is a lot more exciting, but I wouldn't want to spoil it.
IGN: Tell us about the graphics style, which looks great.
Nicklas: Thank you! The player and enemies are vector characters, and then there's a main "layer" where the gameplay takes place that uses solid color tiles. There are 10 additional background and foreground layers where I basically put modified photographs. I've been creating a photo library of different objects and sceneries for a few years to design a game like this, and at the present the photo library contains around 2200 files in around 80 different categories.
IGN: This reminds us of another game you created. Is this a sequel to Knytt? Is that Juni?
Nicklas: Nope, but it might or might not take part in the same universe. No, that's a new character created especially for this prototype. It looks pretty much like a platformer, but it plays more like a puzzle solving adventure game.
IGN: So there are puzzles in the game. Are they all the same?
Nicklas: They are all very different. The puzzles are one of the main things about this game, and they're often connected to each other.
IGN: The main character jumps around a lot. Is she able to attack?
Nicklas: She's got the movement skills, but isn't a fighter. As much as I personally like violent games, I don't want my own games to be. I can't really sympathize with a main hero who runs around and kills all things around her. My games are about the beauty and life in the various environments, it would be such a shame if she'd kill that.
IGN: So how does one handle enemies?
Tyrone: You'll have to dodge them like Nicklas' previous games.
IGN: It looks like the character takes on different uniforms. Tell us about that.
Nicklas: It's all quite simple and logical! Some planets are warm, others are cold. Some have air while others don't. She dresses accordingly. She'll look like she does now, but if I have time I want to add more movements and detail.
Looks really great, I'm always up for more platforming from this guy.
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Well I did say 2D, meaning no polygons (although I suppose NSMB alone has polys). :P By the same token that excludes Shadow Complex.
That's not a bad thing.
Looks pretty cool. I hope it comes to pc.
Steam // Secret Satan
I never asked for this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAsDRIF25SE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tigsource.com%2F&feature=player_embedded
I never asked for this!
However, it's being ported by the people who are porting Cave Story. Expect it to come out two years from now.
NNID: Glenn565
But it is coming so fuck yeah!
I never asked for this!