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Hyper Light Drifter Wii U Port "In Limbo"
- Thread starter dancrane212
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DriftingSpirit
Member
At least they are being transparent about it.
DrROBschiz
Member
Doesnt sound like its their fault
Maybe Nintendo is juggling plates in its current transition and cant get this resolved?
Maybe Nintendo is juggling plates in its current transition and cant get this resolved?
OrbitalBeard
Member
Wasn't WiI U a part of the initial KS campaign?
If so, they should offer refunds to anyone who pledged with the intent of playing that version.
If I'm wrong about that, nevermind.
As for me, I'm buying this bad boy at launch on PS4. It looks fantastic.
If so, they should offer refunds to anyone who pledged with the intent of playing that version.
If I'm wrong about that, nevermind.
As for me, I'm buying this bad boy at launch on PS4. It looks fantastic.
Wii U was one of the last stretch goals.
This is Game Maker right? Sucks for Wii U owners who backed this, and part of why I'm wary of kickstarters that promise console support.
Hope the Vita version is still on track.
I don't think this is due to not properly testing something, it's contractual.
They aren't giving refunds yet because they are trying to get their engine maker and Nintendo to come to an agreement. They have the money and time to port it they just don't have Nintendo's backing at the moment for whatever reason.
Not testing related. Nintendo and the engine maker won't come to an agreement about the engine on the WiiU.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Ok, thanks. I consider stretch goals a part of the initial campaign, assuming they're hit.
So, refunds are what this team should seriously consider....assuming they don't get it working on Wii U. Fingers crossed they figure something out.
No, this was announced years ago during the campaign, during which by the way they pulled in a ton of money. These guys are either incompetent to not even look at a Wii U kit in the years since, or this is a spin job. My bet is on the latter.
I didn't back this because I never, ever got the hype about it, but anyone who did who wanted it on Wii U should not go quietly into the night. You were either treated as an afterthought from Day 1 or you're being lied to now, full stop.
I didn't back this because I never, ever got the hype about it, but anyone who did who wanted it on Wii U should not go quietly into the night. You were either treated as an afterthought from Day 1 or you're being lied to now, full stop.
outunderthestars
Banned
It happens and is outside of their control. Just happy that the game looks like it is getting close to finally coming out. 
Colonel Mustard
Banned
If this happens and they cancel, I don't want another key. I want my money back.
Did you not bother to read the update? They were told the engine would be working on the WiiU. Now they have started to work on it and the engine is not approved by Nintendo for some legal reason. They aren't the problem point your hostility at Nintendo and the engine.
It doesn't matter, they should have had this stuff nailed down long time ago. Working on a Wii U game myself and dealing with Nintendo directly, I'm not sure what kind of contract problems they're having. Unless, it's not Nintendo, but some other entity that is causing an issue. Again, they should have known what was going on long time ago.
If there was even the slightest hint that they weren't going to be able to do something, then they should have had a backup ready. During development it should be known what engine you're using and what your portability options were going to look like. If your engine wasn't fully supported on a platform, then something needed to be done to either get it done, or have another engine ready. I just don't find having that planned out to be unreasonable. These kinds of things just shouldn't take people by surprise.
From the update, it's completely out of their hands, but go ahead and grab that pitchfork.
Did you even read the update? It says that they did have this stuff nailed down years ago, but contractual conflicts between the engine developer (not them) and Nintendo (not them) are causing the problem.
thomasmahler
Member
What engine are they using?
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Wii stay losing.
they say it's an issue between nintendo and the engine developer so i'd say that latter counts as "other entity"
they are being upfront about it and are trying to solve the issue so hopefully they can
I believe it's Game Maker Studio, and they don't support the Wii U currently. I'm guessing Yoyo would like Nintendo to pay for it (Microsoft and Sony seemed involved to get support for their respective platforms), and Nintendo doesn't think it's worth it.
I guess finding a studio to port the game for them is a possibility. Maybe in the future provided the game is successful, and they deem it worth the costs of hiring a third party for that port.
Finale Fireworker
Member
I've been waiting very eagerly for Vita, which is hopefully fine...
Edit: Their Twitter says that every other version is still on schedule.
Edit: Their Twitter says that every other version is still on schedule.
I did read it, and again they would have known where this was going a long time ago and should have had a backup. We're not talking about stuff that was a couple of months ago, this has been a long time in the making and they should have been prepared for that possibility it wasn't going to work out. Again, this stuff shouldn't take people by surprise.
Pretty sure the game was shown running on Vita showfloors a few times already, so it should be safe.
Technically they weren't told. They had information 2 years ago and assumed things would work out eventually.
Recently they decided to start the port and it seems a problem with the contract happened.
Have they said on which engine they're currently working on?
Like maybe they signed with Unity along the free tools and stuff and they changed and ended using something different which causes the contract between Unity, Nintendo and the developer to be voided.
Like when Dyack starting working then had tons of problems with Unreal Engine; then sued because he claimed Epic wasn't giving proper support. Then he used his own thing...which was still based on Unreal so he lost.
EDIT:
So it seems it's currently Game Maker...which has never been supported on the Wii U as far as I know.
I think they are using GameMaker. And, knowing past KSes and developing shit in GameMaker before, it doesn't really get along with Wii U and it's not outright supported. The Wii U version was always going to be a port.
EDIT: I think I recall GameMaker/Nintendo "announcing" a partnership a couple of years back, so they (HLD) may have promised a Wii U port based on that. GM has never supported Wii U. Take that however you will.
EDIT: I think I recall GameMaker/Nintendo "announcing" a partnership a couple of years back, so they (HLD) may have promised a Wii U port based on that. GM has never supported Wii U. Take that however you will.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
Good of them to be upfront about it. I 'm glad to have backed the project.
Sylverstone14
Member
Ah, damn. I hope things pan out well.
TheMoon
Member
Broken Rules
M2
Engine Software
Ripstone
Curve Studios
... probably more.
Devs, talk to each other. Put the word out in the "dev community" (=twitter). With a high profile game like this, offers from experienced studios will come.
This is the same situation as with Undertale, also using Game Maker.
M2
Engine Software
Ripstone
Curve Studios
... probably more.
Devs, talk to each other. Put the word out in the "dev community" (=twitter). With a high profile game like this, offers from experienced studios will come.
This is the same situation as with Undertale, also using Game Maker.
frankie_baby
Member
Apparently it uses game maker, game maker doesn't support Wii U, nothing to do with contractual issues (unless you count the company that makes Game Maker wanting money off Nintendo to support it as a contractual issue)
The devs took the money for a Wii U stretch goal, they really should have paid someone to port it to an engine the Wii u supports a long time ago
Usually that's after the game has launched to success (or not). Devs want to at least know what they are doing is worthwhile before doing a port.
Undertale is a runaway success, so no surprise studios want to port it.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Shame. At least it looks easy to run so it should run on a modest PC.
I went for the Vita/PS4 version myself as part of my reward.
I went for the Vita/PS4 version myself as part of my reward.
TheMoon
Member
Hyper Light Drifter has been on indie hype lists since forever. It's one of the few big ticket indies out there.
Fancy Clown
Member
I assumed the whole game was in limbo at this point
I would have no problems porting their game for them in Unity. Looks like a fun game and this way everyone gets what they were promised.
Vital Tundra
Member
If they can't do it they should prepare for an NX version maybe.
diffusionx
Gold Member
I was always confused at the idea of these far away games getting Wii U ports, like Bloodstained last year.
My ability to read the update is unrelated to the issue, which is that they took a great deal of money for a Wii U port and are now, years after, turning around and saying they can't do it.
But the fact they never bothered to check before whether the game would run on Wii U is definitely Nintendo's fault, good point.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Yeah, that one's baffling. Calling it now, Bloodstained's not coming to Wii U.
SatoAilDarko
Member
I was really hoping to own all the Runbow guest characters' games on Wii U and 3DS.
The one character that won't work at all is Unity-chan.
With how well certain throwback games sold on Wii U (Shovel Knight and Freedom Planet) that was a logical port.
The one character that won't work at all is Unity-chan.
With how well certain throwback games sold on Wii U (Shovel Knight and Freedom Planet) that was a logical port.
Finale Fireworker
Member
But they did check if the game would run on the Wii U. They were told the engine would be supported, but now it's not. This isn't their fault at all. What more do you want from them?
frankie_baby
Member
The dev doing the port won't be happy then
diffusionx
Gold Member
Bloodstained was logical? It actually uses a fancy engine that isn't native on the platform, and it's coming out after the Wii U will be replaced.
frankie_baby
Member
They checked 2 years ago, it didn't support it then, allegedly they were told it would, maybe they shouldn't have waited 2 years to check again
OrbitalBeard
Member
Armature? They'll be fine. Heck, they'll probably port it to NX.
A digital Wii U game won't have a market in mid to late 2017 (or 2018) when this game launches.
Ragnar Blackmane
Member
Things still get ported to the Wii U?