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Indie news (March 14): Yooka-Laylee / Shakedown Hawaii / Snake Pass / Sudoku Party

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Today’s Indie news: interview with Steve Mayles about Yooka-Laylee, but also…

  • Shakedown Hawaii
  • Snake Pass
  • Sudoku Party
  • Jools Watsham’s Weekly Show
  • Wargroove

Yooka-Laylee

Last week, God is a Geek published an interview with Steve Mayles (artist) about Yooka-Laylee. It covers various topics such as how the whole project started, the comeback of 3D platformers, creating a Banjo-Kazooie spiritual successor while making something new, the Kickstarter campaign and its impact on development, and more.

Here’s an excerpt:

We get lots of messages from the fans saying what are you doing next? I think you should a Diddy Kong Racing, Yooka-Laylee or Jet Force Gemini-type game or a GoldenEye-type game! Rare was famous for doing lots of different genres, mainly because the teams were all made up of different people. So I think, sorry for the cliché, I think the world is our oyster. Because we can choose. There’s no-one telling us ‘you’re going to do this next’. We can choose exactly what we want to do and it’s usually led by what people in the company really enjoy playing or if we think there’s a particular gap in the market. We’re trying to rely, on the business side, is there a gap? Plus do we really want to make this game? If you’re working on a game you really enjoy playing, you’ll make a better product.

Click here to check out the full interview!

Speaking of Yooka-Laylee, Playtonic Games shared a picture of the game’s manual (for 64-Bit and Deluxe Kickstarter backers):

Yooka-Laylee (Switch – eShop) comes out later this year.

Shakedown Hawaii

Here’s another gameplay clip for Shakedown Hawaii:

Shakedown Hawaii (Switch – eShop) will be released this Spring in Europe and North America. The Nintendo 3DS version will follow at a later date.

Snake Pass

Here’s some more gameplay footage for Snake Pass:

Snake Pass (Switch – eShop) comes out on March 29th in Europe and North America.

Sudoku Party

Here’s some gameplay footage for Sudoky Party (and more specifically the Nintendo 3DS version):

Sudoku Party (Wii U, 3DS – eShop) will be released on March 16th in North America, and March 23rd in Europe.

Jools Watsham’s Weekly Show

Here’s the latest episode of the Jools Watsham’s Weekly Show:

Wargroove

Here’s a GIF that shows the animation process for the dragons in Wargroove:

https://twitter.com/WargrooveGame/status/841662992668360704

Wargroove (Switch – eShop) will be released later this year in Europe and North America.

Lite_Agent

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