50 more Unity games in the works for Wii U
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Over 50 new Unity games are slated for Wii U, Nintendo of America’s Damon Baker has said.
Baker told Siliconera that on top of that, 17 Unity-based games “are currently in the pipeline, that have been submitted.” These titles “will all be out within the next two months.”
Developers brought along nine Wii U titles made in Unity to GDC this past week.
Baker’s comments in full:
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Affordable Space Adventures details
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Shacknews published a new preview for Affordable Space Adventures today after getting some hands-on time with the game at GDC. You can find information rounded up from the report – plus a few words from KnapNok co-founder Dajana Dimovska – in our summary below. Shacknews’ full article is located here.
– Take control of a broken-down spaceship
– Ship has endured heavy damage and is stranded on a dangerous planet
– Need to guide it to safety and avoid hazards along the way
– The ship will regain its functionality and slowly regenerate abilities as you play
– Player manually controls all elements of the spaceship’s functions through the GamePad touch screen
– Ex: touch the ignition to activate the ship before flying with the dual control sticks
– More elements of the combustion engine opened up, like thrust engines and stabilizers
– GDC demo lets you switch to an electric engine with its own abilities later on
“Nifflas is the core designer of the spaceship and all the engines. The idea is very inspired by spaceship games in general, but also movies like Star Trek. There was also thinking about properties or engines where we could have different environments, so we came up with this electrical and fuel engine. They’re very different, like one produces heat and one is noisier than the other. We tried to come up with systems that are very different from each other to come up with different kind of gameplay.”
– Stages are straightforward and linear
– Players search for the exit
– Puzzles are tied to the ship’s abilities
– This includes sequences that require aiming with the R button and firing off a beacon to press switches and open doors
– Other puzzles are significantly more dangerous, as hostile robots will begin to litter areas
– You can scan robots to indicate how far their lasers can reach
– Will need to sometimes fly through a robot’s line of sight, but detection is avoidable, as long as certain conditions are met
– Ex: one robot can detect heat, so you have to lower the ship’s thrusters and set the stabilizers to their lowest setting to make sure that they didn’t trigger the robot’s sensors
Hyper Light Drifter GDC 2014 demo footage
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Flowerworks HD footage
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Renegade Kid’s Max included as character skin in Hex Heroes
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Prismatic Games has confirmed a cameo appearance for Renegade Kid’s Max in Hex Heroes. He’ll be available as a skin in the game, featuring a unique look and animations. Other cameo appearances will also be included in Hex Heroes.
More: Hex Heroes, indie, Prismatic Games, Renegade Kid
Swords & Soldiers II developer commentary
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Swords & Soldiers II reveal trailer
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More Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition footage
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Dead Pixel working on Metroid Prime-inspired Wii U eShop title “Sync”
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Dead Pixel Entertainment has revealed a second Wii U title currently in development for the eShop. The game, titled “Sync” is a Metroid Prime-inspired project.
Here’s what we know thus far:
– Has been in development for 2 weeks
– First-person adventure game
– Focus on exploration and discovery
– Players won’t be given much direction
– They’ll find out that something is terribly wrong in this world and will need to save it
– Team doesn’t want to hold players hands
– They created a world simple enough to explore with a compass
– Inspired by Metroid Prime
– World is devoid of life
– Enemy characters move through specific paths
– Dual analog first-person control scheme
– Will hopefully be out later this year
– Developed alongside Starbeast
