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[IGN] Shovel Knight Developer Announces a Brand New Game, Mina the Hollower

Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage

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Shovel Knight Developer Announces a Brand New Game, Mina the Hollower [Updated] - IGN

Update: Mina the Hollower has already met its initial Kickstarter goal, just hours after the campaign launched.
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Kickstarter here:
 
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Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage

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SpiceRacz said:
Day fucking one. Looks amazing. I'm on board anything Yacht Club does. With that said, I still want a proper Shovel Knight sequel.
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I only ever played the OG and never realized they put out 3 additional games.

The stand alone & Treasure Trove version are both on sale now. I'll probably pick them up and give them a playthrough rather than do the Kickstarter.

Save 38% on Shovel Knight Standalone Bundle on Steam

store.steampowered.com store.steampowered.com

 
SpiceRacz

SpiceRacz

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SlimeGooGoo said:
Just sounds like an excuse to cheapen development costs.
So many indies make that move to justify having to spend less time on art and animation. For small indies I'm ok with it, but not with already estabilished companies.



I said: LOW RES (pixel art) CRAP.
Metal Slug and Pocky and Rocky are examples of good high resolution pixel art.
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I'm just kiddin' bby
 
TYRiAX

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Have loved everything YC related so far, so chances are high I'll be picking this up - however after MightyNumber9 i promised to never to Kickstart software again!!
 
TheGreatMusashi

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SpiceRacz said:
PIXEL ART CRAP!?

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Haha, I love pixel art as much as the next guy and I like that they’re targeting some sort of fake compatibility with older systems but C’MON!

Target N64, PS1, Dreamcast, something a little more advanced.

I saw the Bloodborne PS1 demake came out today and there’s more love than ever for the early 3D era.

I’d just love to see Yacht Club hit one of those targets with their skill and presumed budget.

Other than that, I think it looks alright. Not totally in love with the art style but I know they’ll do it justice which is enough for me.

Day Uño brother.
 
Holammer

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SlimeGooGoo said:
Enough with low resolution pixel art crap.
If it was some solo indie dev, fine I guess, but coming from Yatch Club that has the resources to make something more detailed?

I expected something of this level at this point

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I'm with you, but increasing resolution and color count multiples the work required. That's why Indies go for the NES palette.
 
Kiddo Cabbusses

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Earlier there was a thread on another indie game that took "inspiration" from 2D Zelda and it looked almost like a shameless rip-off.

Unfortunately, I'm kinda feeling similar vibes here; Many of the graphics look WAY TOO LITERALLY like stuff pulled from Link's Awakening and the Oracle games, and the "Castlevania with furries" art style spin doesn't sound so creative when Bloodstained is still fresh on my mind.

It's disappointing because Shovel Knight actually at least took some creativities with it's mechanics to carve some of it's own identity from it's Capcom Ducktales inspirations.
 
bender

bender

What time is it?
I enjoyed Shovel Knight but I'm not sure why they need Kickstarter. Surely they've made enough and have enough publisher relationships to not need crowd funding again. There was also a time when reward tiers offered would be lower than what the game would eventually retail at and I can't imagine that's the case here.
 
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Notabueno

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01011001 said:
they really know how to do good retro pixel art. you could think this is actual NES hardware running this.



everything is better than Realistic graphics and wannabe hollywood shit
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Pixel art in 2016 was already third tier crap for losers, Shovel Knight was amazing (until they started to milk it), but now fuck that and any game that has lazy 8bit graphics that nobody gives a retro shit about.
 
Kiddo Cabbusses

Kiddo Cabbusses

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Notabueno said:
Pixel art in 2016 was already third tier crap for losers, Shovel Knight was amazing (until they started to milk it), but now fuck that and any game that has lazy 8bit graphics that nobody gives a retro shit about.
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Dude, shut your techwhore mouth, you're making my own critiques of this look bad simply by being in the same thread as your ridiculous hot takes..
 
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Notabueno

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Kiddo Cabbusses said:
Earlier there was a thread on another indie game that took "inspiration" from 2D Zelda and it looked almost like a shameless rip-off.

Unfortunately, I'm kinda feeling similar vibes here; Many of the graphics look WAY TOO LITERALLY like stuff pulled from Link's Awakening and the Oracle games, and the "Castlevania with furries" art style spin doesn't sound so creative when Bloodstained is still fresh on my mind.

It's disappointing because Shovel Knight actually at least took some creativities with it's mechanics to carve some of it's own identity from it's Capcom Ducktales inspirations.
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This?

Lol...
 
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Khalborg

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SlimeGooGoo said:
Just sounds like an excuse to cheapen development costs.
So many indies make that move to justify having to spend less time on art and animation. For small indies I'm ok with it, but not with already estabilished companies with lots of resources.



I said: LOW RES (pixel art) CRAP.
Metal Slug and Pocky and Rocky are examples of good high resolution pixel art.
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I'm not sure how Kickstarted funding differs from other game dev projects- but wouldn't it make sense to target platforms that are easier to develop/release on then work on higher resolutions/ bigger consoles at a later time?
 
existensmaximum

existensmaximum

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SlimeGooGoo said:
I was referring to the sprites resolution, not the output resolution.

In 2D games the sprites are created once and that's it.
My issue is that a company as big as Yatch Club has the resources to hire artists that can make high resolution pixel art sprites (e.g. Metal Slug, Pocky and Rocky)

Instead, they're doing a Kickstarter to fund a game that is at the same level (if not lower) than their first game Shovel Knight, when they're were basically nobodies.
Except they're not nobodies anymore.

Some people can argue that they "love retro pixel art" and yada yada, but we all know indie devs intentionally choose game boy and NES level of sprite resolution just to cheapen the development cost and reduce time to make the sprites and animations.
I'm ok when solo indie devs do it, because it's usually people with very little time to make their games in their spare time.

But there's no excuse for a company as big as Yatch Club to pull this crap.
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The "excuse", not that they need one, is that they prefer it? They want to do it, and many gamers love it. Everyone just doesn't have the same opinion as you do.
 
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MrA

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Notabueno said:
Pixel art in 2016 was already third tier crap for losers, Shovel Knight was amazing (until they started to milk it), but now fuck that and any game that has lazy 8bit graphics that nobody gives a retro shit about.
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going to be funded in a day, likely to be a million seller, clearly lots of people like this art, there are 1000s of games with every art-style under the sun, why are you getting so worked up about this one game using the visual style the company is known for? go and enjoy what you like and don't worry about what other people enjoy, that's part of being an adult.... or perhaps you are a small boy

anyway
looks like a pallet choice and the design looks really GameBoy color-ish, don't particularly care for it
 
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MrA

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Captain Toad said:
I'm talking about 32-bit 2D pixel graphics.
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we get those,
spend 5 minutes and you'll find plenty that is already out
fight n rage, horizon chase, legend of the darkwitch, mercenary saga, blazing chrome, a little research goes a long way
 
F

Feel Like I'm On 42

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SlimeGooGoo said:
Enough with low resolution pixel art crap.
If it was some solo indie dev, fine I guess, but coming from Yatch Club that has the resources to make something more detailed?

I expected something of this level at this point

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What game is that? BTW Pocket Dungeon is a clear step up graphically from shovel knight
 
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