Indie news (Jan. 22) – Temple of Yog and FAST Racing Neo updates, more

22 January 201622 January 2016 Lite_Agent Aperion Cyberstorm, Chudchud Industries, Elliot Quest, FAST Racing: Neo, FreezeMe, Graphite Lab, Hive Jump, Hover, HullBreachStudios, Pikii, SDK Spriter, Shadow of Adam, Shadow Puppeteer, Shin'en Multimedia, Something Classic, Soul Saga, Temple of Yog

Temple of Yog

On Monday, CHUCHUD industries announced that Temple of Yog would get an update in mid-February. This version 1.1 has been submitted to Nintendo for approval, and will not only fixes bug… it will also add new content!

Here’s what’s in store:

Global Screen Swap
Improved Collision Detection
Spawn Refinement
New Enemy Type: Swap
More Quests
Improved UI
Improved Enemy AI
Post-Wilderness Times
Dungeon Upgrade Room
and more…

Click here for more details!

Aperior Cyberstorm

In a statement sent to NintendoLife, the developers of Aperion Cyberstorm explain how the controls will work with each controller:

Regarding controllers, we’ve tried to support every official option as far as possible — sorry, no balance board…

As we said last year, the game will support a Wii Remote without an attached Nunchuk. We figured there are a lot lying around or cheap to buy, so getting five players together should be simpler than other options. When we got down to it, we realised the logistics of mapping a twin stick shooter to that device.

How it works is something like a golf grip. Players point with the IR sensor in the direction they want to shoot, and use the D-pad to move. Abilities sit on the 1 and 2 buttons. It might take some players a bit of time to get used to that, so we’ve included an autofire option as well. The plug-in classic controllers work, too!

Wii Remote and Nunchuk is supported, and this too uses either IR or autofire, and lefty-flip on the ability activating buttons.

Pro controllers can be used with a lefty flip on the ability triggers and control sticks. It’s my recommended option!

Because the game might be played at a show or with people who play in a certain way, we’ve popped the above options into a secondary menu in the ship select screen. That lets the player customise the controller to suit them — no more playing with inverted controls if you don’t want to!

Shadow Puppeteer

The developers announced that Shadow Puppeteer would be released on January 28th (next week!) in Europe and North America!

Here’s some gameplay footage:

Hive Jump

Yesterday, the developers posted the latest update for the game on their Kickstarter page. This month, the following topics are tackled:

first look at online multiplayer
back NPC and cameos
Pure Nintendo’s Indie Spotlight
Community Spotlight: Crashlands

Click here to check it out!

Head after the break for the rest of this post!

FAST Racing Neo

Yesterday, Shin’en Multimedia announced on Twitter that update ver. 1.1 for FAST Racing Neo was currently being tested at Nintendo. It should be released within the next few weeks!

Soul Saga

Yesterday, the developers of Soul Saga (coming later this year on Wii U) posted another Kickstarter update. This time around, it’s all about airships! Click here to check it out.

Shadow of Adam

Shadow of Adam in a RPG made by Something Classic, and it might come to Wii U. It all depends on whether the Kickstater campaign is successful or not. If you’re interested in the game, you should check out the Kickstarter page and see for yourself if this project is worth backing!

FreezeMe

Here’s the latest trailer for FreezeMe, which was recently approved by Nintendo of America:

A release date should be announced pretty soon. As for Europe, the creator is waiting for the game to get its PEGI / USK rating, and then it will be submitted to Nintendo of Europe!

Source: Nintendo

Elliot Quest

Elliot Quest already came out in Europe and North America, but not in Japan. Good news for players with a Japanese Wii U: Pikii is bring the game to Japan, this Spring, where it will cost 1 000 Yen.

Source: Japanese Nintendo

Hover: Revolt of Gamers

Yesterday, the developers of Hover: Revolt of Gamers posted another update for the game on their Kickstarter page. They revealed a new special stage: The Sewer. Here’s some pictures: