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[Ghost_Messiah]

New development blog launched with new details and screenshots!

Also a new interview was posted here. It's a good read!

The game looks beautiful! Like a children's storybook. Fantastic to see development going well. I'll be keeping an eye on the development blog.

Thoughts on the new screens?

 

[Tumle]

New development blog launched with new details and screenshots!





Also a new interview was posted here. It's a good read!

The game looks beautiful! Like a children's storybook. Fantastic to see development going well. I'll be keeping an eye on the development blog.

Thoughts on the new screens?

When did wonderboy become a lion?

 

[Trumpets]

Never played a Wonderboy title and therefore I have no attachment to the series, but this looks really good. Love the art style!

 

[woopWOOP]

Can't wait to see all the boss dragons in this style

 

[Santar]

Is it just me or do the backgrounds in these images look a bit too colorful and eyecatching?

They take the focus away from the player character and kinda makes it a bit hard to judge what is a background and what isn't.

 

[Llyranor]

Oh wow, that is a gorgeous-looking game. I never played any Wonder Boy games, but this will definitely be on my radar.

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Might be the only one but I don't like the style at all and I'm a huge wonderboy fan.
Sigh.

 

[lazygecko]

At first I wasn't that sold on the artstyle, probably due to pre-conceived notions of how these types of graphics usually turn out in practice. But in motion it looked a ton better.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Looks great. The HUD could be a bit less "clean" and more stylized, though.

 

[Kjell]

When did wonderboy become a lion?

You transform into different characters / animals throughout the game

 

[RandomSeed]

I really enjoyed the ones we got in the US on the SMS and Genesis, but definitely liked the more ARPG style over the platformer style. The naming is so damn confusing, but I think it was "in Monster World" on the Genesis that I had the best time with.

 

[lazygecko]

I really enjoyed the ones we got in the US on the SMS and Genesis, but definitely liked the more ARPG style over the platformer style. The naming is so damn confusing, but I think it was "in Monster World" on the Genesis that I had the best time with.

Well, they're technically all platformers.

 

[JaseC]

I really enjoyed the ones we got in the US on the SMS and Genesis, but definitely liked the more ARPG style over the platformer style. The naming is so damn confusing, but I think it was "in Monster World" on the Genesis that I had the best time with.

I must have finished Wonder Boy in Monster World at least 20 times back during my MegaDrive days. It was never boring even though I knew it like the back of my hand.

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

Thank you for all the positive responses and feedback everyone!. There's ten minutes of gameplay footage here in case you missed it. Check it out!

I must have finished Wonder Boy in Monster World at least 20 times back during my MegaDrive days. It was never boring even though I knew it like the back of my hand.

One of my favourite games of all-time. Such an amazing game. I've replayed it dozens of times too. It's timeless.

 

[Dremark]

When did wonderboy become a lion?

1989

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

When did wonderboy become a lion?

1989

Yeah the character changing mechanic was prevalent in both Wonderboy: The Dragon's Trap (1989) and it's subsequent remake along with notably Monster Boy also.

Surprised you didn't know man! But now you do.

 

[Takao]

The developers talked about doing a Vita version in the comments:

Hi! We love our Vita very much and believe it would be a good fit , but at this point we still working out our console targets. Being a small team we may not be able to bring the game to so many platforms. Stay tuned for more news!

We have to figure out how much overhead it will take us. Or maybe we can work with someone specialized in releasing Vita stuff, etc. Porting the game itself is quite easy and I have Vita experience (I programmed the gameplay/tools for Tearaway Vita). The problem is that even when your game appears to work on a platform there's lot of overhead and details involved into releasing it, testing it, putting it on store. Suddently 1 month of work becomes 4 months, etc. If there is interest on Sony's side maybe we can work with someone to help doing it.

 

[Ghost_Messiah]

The developers talked about doing a Vita version in the comments:

Interesting! Thanks for posting that - I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise.

Sounds like they're very interested in a Vita port but are uncertain whether it's feasible in their development plans. A Vita port would be great if they can do it.

 

[Poimandres]

Never played a Wonderboy title and therefore I have no attachment to the series, but this looks really good. Love the art style!

You are in for a treat! Dragons Trap is a genius level game.