Tin Hearts: making of videos (Update: Episode 6)
On April 20th, Tin Hearts (a narrative-based puzzle adventure developed by Rogue Sun) will be released on Nintendo Switch. And ahead of that release, the developers and Wired Productions (publisher) are sharing a series of weekly Making of video, showcasing and detailing how the game was created.
And in this post, you will find all the making of videos for Tin Hearts in one place. Naturally, it will be updated on a weekly basis (every time a new video is shared), so keep checking back!
Episode 1: What is Tin Hearts?
In addition to answering ‘What Is Tin Hearts?’, viewers are also taken through the games early stages which began as a VR project and has since expanded its setting, story and mechanics in part due to the mischievous Tin Soldier toys.
Episode 2: Origins and Fables
Continuing the weekly series that goes behind the scenes of the magical, toy-filled world of the game and shed light on its emotional and thought-provoking story. Episode Two titled ‘Origins and Fables’ discusses the origins of Rogue Sun, while detailing how and why each member joined, and how the legacy of Lionhead Studios lives on in the team.
Episode 3 – Designing Puzzles
Continuing the weekly series that goes behind the scenes of the magical, toy-filled world of the game and shed light on its emotional and thought-provoking story. Episode Three titled ‘Designing Puzzles’ discusses the creation of puzzles for everyone, introducing new mechanics, and how Rogue Sun have designed a puzzle game that is also forgiving.
Episode 4 – Crafting the World
Continuing the weekly series that goes behind the scenes of the magical, toy-filled world of the game and shed light on its emotional and thought-provoking story. Episode Four titled ‘Crafting the World’ discusses how Rogue Sun chose to tell the story of Tin Hearts in a natural way, whilst keeping things consistent and creating a cohesive gameplay style to drip feed the mechanics to the player.
Episode 5 – Music Box
Continuing the weekly series that goes behind the scenes of the magical, toy-filled world of the game and shed light on its emotional and thought-provoking story. Episode Five titled ‘Music Box’ discusses the pivotol role music plays in the narrative storytelling of Tin Hearts.
Episode 6 – We Made It
The weekly series that goes behind the scenes of the magical, toy-filled world of the game and shed light on its emotional and thought-provoking story. In episode six titled ‘We Made It’, the development team reveal their favourite toys and inventions that were created for Tin Hearts.
Tin Hearts (Switch) is available now in Europe and North America, and comes out on June 22nd in Japan.
Source: Wired Productions PR (22/03/2023) / Wired Productions PR (29/03/2023) / Wired Productions PR (05/04/2023) / Wired Productions PR (12/04/2023) / Wired Productions PR (19/04/2023) / Wired Productions PR (26/04/2023)
