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Tinykeep review1/10/2024 Review Fix: What makes this Kickstarter special? There are these great moments of seeing a character like Flip use his swing ability, then saying “holy cow, this would be so cool if he did a backflip between swings†and you go and draw something wonderful. It’s been hugely rewarding to see it all come together in the game though. Even drawing on a computer, it’s A LOT of work: 5 seconds can take you a few weeks when you’re drawing each frame individually. We’re doing all of the animation by-hand too. This creates a lot of extra design work tuning character abilities to work well together and making sure that levels work well with each character’s abilities. We’re following the formula of games like Little Samson, Shantae, or Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, where the player can switch between characters or forms with different abilities. This is going to be a richer game than most platformers. Totten: Development has so far been a lot of hard work, but with some really great payoffs. Review Fix: What has development been like? Eventually I’ll dive into Level Design too. I’m also the Lead Animator and Art Director. Totten: I’m the Creative Director for the project. Review Fix: What is your role in the game? I wrote a design document down and kept it on the back burner for several years, but after talking about the idea with some friends at GDC in 2019, we decided to go for it. I also thought that Little Nemo’s world would fit the gameplay of games like Little Samson, which I felt deserved a second look. The comic is old enough to be in the public domain, so I got to thinking about how it might become a cool video game, especially if we tried to recreate the comics’ art style. As someone with an architecture background, I loved the detailed backgrounds and unique panel layouts. Review Fix chats with Chris Totten, Founder, Pie for Breakfast Studios, who discusses his upcoming game readying a Kickstarter, Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends.įor More Information on the Project, Head Here.Ĭhris Totten: I’ve been a fan of Little Nemo for years, since seeing the NES game for the first time on the rental shelf at our grocery store when I was a kid (in that signature purple Capcom box!) I eventually learned about the original comic strips, which were published from 1905-1914 and again from 1924-1927.
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