Secret Tunnel Entertainment shares an update on Shapes of Gray
Last year we told you about a small indie title known as “Shapes of Gray”. The developer shared a new update today, revealing that quite a bit has changed over the past few months.
The latest from Secret Tunnel Entertainment is below:
The core design is still there, but the interactions between the various enemies are more complex and dynamic. After getting some great feedback from other developers who have worked on similar games (like Alex Neuse, the lead director of the BIT.TRIP series, and Rami Ismail, the producer behind Luftrausers and Nuclear Throne), I also added in more eye candy and visual polish, along with a ton of new sound effects, all of which add up to make the game world feel much more alive.
Probably the biggest criticism of the original PC version of Shapes of Gray was that there was no score-tracking; imagine, an arcade game with no way to see your high score! Having people tell me that my game is fun and that they’d like to play it over and over again, but that they have no incentive to, was pretty disappointing—so one of the biggest additions that I’ve made to the Wii U version of Shapes of Gray is the Arcade Mode. Designing Arcade Mode has been a ton of fun, and there are a few differences in how it plays that make it really interesting to “figure out”—you’ll get more info on that in just a few weeks.
On top of all that, there’s still so much more to the Wii U version of Shapes of Gray that I can’t wait for you all to see. The core game is now doubled in length, with twice as many enemies and bosses, there are new powerups scattered throughout the levels, there are challenges for the best players to take on, and there are even some awesome new surprises that you’ll have to see for yourself. Of course, the fantastic soundtrack (composed by Negative World’s very own Chicago-based indie-punktronic Andrew Nee) is still intact, and sounds better than ever being blared into your ears from the Wii U Gamepad speakers.
Speaking of which, there will be Gamepad-only play too—because what’s a Wii U game without it?
Secret Tunnel Entertainment remains on track for launch sometime this spring.
