Affordable Space Adventures screenshots, latest fact sheet
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Game title: Affordable Space Adventures
Publisher: KnapNok Games
Release date: April 9th, 2015
Platform: Wii U™ / Nintendo eShop
Players: 1-3 playersGame description:
Affordable Space Adventures is a 2.5D side scrolling spaceship simulator. You are using the Wii U™ GamePad as a “Heads Down Display” – spaceship cockpit, and you have to configure all the systems in order to fly around undetected on an alien planet. You can either pilot the Small Craft TM solo, or fly as a crew of 2 to 3 players, requiring a lot of communication between the players.Features
– Suspenseful stealth puzzling: How do you configure and control the system so you don’t get seen, heard or otherwise detected?
– Experience thrills, spookiness and beautiful areas of the world crafted and designed by Swedish indie game developer “Nifflas”.
– Two difficulty levels going from family friendly to extremely complex.
– Play with your friends and control the ship together or take on the challenge alone.
– A game that truly utilizes the potential of the Wii U hardware.History
Affordable Space Adventures is collaboration between Nicklas “Nifflas” Nygren (Knytt Underground, Nightsky) and KnapNok Games (Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party). We are merging Nifflas’ passion for making atmospheric exploration and mind-bending puzzles with KnapNok Games’ dedication to work with weird new interfaces and an eye for what is happening in front of the TV.
Affordable Space Adventures teaser trailer
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
[Weekly Screenshot] Affordable Space Adventures #1 – Loading screen hint: Do not touch anything valuable.
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Weekly Screenshot, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
It’s been a few months since we last highlighted a game as part of our “Weekly Screenshot” feature. But there’s long been an indie title on my mind that I thought would be a perfect fit for the idea: Affordable Space Adventures. Now that its development is coming to a close, we’ve teamed up with KnapNok Games to showcase more from Affordable Space Adventures. For the next several weeks, we’ll be sharing exclusive images from the game along with a bit of additional information. If Affordable Space Adventures isn’t already on your radar, hopefully you’ll gain some interest as we introduce new content!
The first photo we’re posting is one of the loading screens that appears between sections in Affordable Space Adventures. It reminds players about the important gameplay mechanic of scanning artifacts to see their range and type of detection before they attempt to attack the spaceship. Loading screens in the game – as well as well as the Wii U digital instructions manual – show a manual written by Uexplore, the company that in the game’s universe offers “Cheap… but functional” spaceships to travel to Spectaculon.
Here’s the official screenshot description from KnapNok:
When exploring around Spectaculon, remember to scan left and right for completely safe alien artifacts. Just don’t disturb them or you’ll be fined. Or shot at.
Another Affordable Space Adventures screenshot will be posted on the site next week!
More: Affordable Space Adventures, highlight, indie, KnapNok Games, Nifflas, top
Affordable Space Adventures footage
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Affordable Space Adventures devs looking into possible 3DS version
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Affordable Space Adventures was announced as a Wii U exclusive last year. That being said, it sounds like a 3DS version isn’t completely out of the question.
In a Reddit AMA conducted today with the game’s developers, it was revealed that the team has “been looking into” a potential 3DS version. Note that the Wii U version is still being prioritized.
Anchel Labena, who is handling PR for Affordable Space Adventures, stated:
Actually, we’ve been looking into it and we’re in talks to see what we can do. There’s nothing we can announce yet, but we’re obviously prioritizing releasing a great Wii U game first
Labena also touched on Affordable Space Adventures’ multiplayer:
Multiplayer takes tasks that would otherwise be handled by a single player and shares them with the rest of the players.
Think of it as flying a ship solo or coordinating with a crew.
So whereas in single player one person will control all the aspects of the ship from the Gamepad, in multiplayer one will be the Navigator, piloting the ship around with a Wii remote or Pro Controller, another can be the Engineer, changing the different systems via the Gamepad touchscreen, and a third is the Science Officer, scanning alien artifacts and focusing the ship’s flashlight.
But of course, it could also just be two players and these tasks get arranged differently.
KnapNok designer Lau Korsgaard noted in the same Reddit AMA that it’s possible to play one, two or three player co-op. “The experience of the three modes are quite different actually,” he said.
Affordable Space Adventures screenshots, fact sheet
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
Game title: Affordable Space Adventures
Publisher: KnapNok Games
Release date: Q1 2015
Platform: Wii U™ (Nintendo eShop)
Players: 1-3 players
Legal Line: © 2014 KnapNok Games ApSGame description:
Affordable Space Adventures is a 2D side scrolling spaceship simulator. You are using the Wii U™ GamePad as a “Heads Down Display” – spaceship cockpit, and you have to configure all the systems in order to fly around undetected on an alien planet. You can either play it alone, or fly as a crew of 2 or 3 players, requiring a lot of communication between the players.
More off-screen Affordable Space Adventures footage
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
More off-screen Affordable Space Adventures footage
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Off-screen Affordable Space Adventures footage
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
KnapNok thinks Spin the Bottle name may have been a mistake
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
During a GDC Europe presentation, KnapNok Games’ Lau Korsgaard reflected on a few different topics including Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party.
Korsgaard feels that the studio succeeded with its Wii U eShop game. However, he did admit that the “Spin the Bottle” name may have been a mistake.
Korsgaard said:
“It has been really hard figuring out how to frame [the game] right. For instance, it hasn’t been received that well in the States … it has been received okay but a lot of people thought it was too naughty. Spin the Bottle in America has all the sexual subtext of people kissing each other, so I don’t think parents would let their children buy this game and play it. So I actually think maybe we shouldn’t have called it Spin the Bottle but just Bumpie’s Party or something like that.”
