Topic: Yooka-Laylee

[Abnormal Freak]

Yeeeeeeesssssss!

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/30/spiritual-successor-to-banjo-kazooie-reveals-its-lead-characters

[theANdROId]

To be honest, I didn't much care for Banjo & Kazooie (I don't have any idea why though)...but nonetheless this does interest me.

[Kingshango]

The Kickstarter went up 40 minutes ago and as of this typing it's already hit it's goal.

[Abnormal Freak]

I'm hoping since some of these guys are Rare veterans, they'll know how to budget properly and not become bloated and waste money like some other game developers who had successful Kickstarters.

I totally haven't linked to the fundraiser, by the way. Right now it's almost at $2-and-a-quarter million and they've almost reached the final stretch goal (with 39 days left to go): a full orchestral soundtrack. I guess a lot of folks like me have really been jonesin' for a good 3D action platformer collectathon. It's pretty darn exciting and I'll be happy to play this on my Wii U. It would just feel so right being on a Nintendo console.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-rare-vival

[shelverton.]

I'm still confused how this game can be made with half the budget of Mighty no 9, but still look twice as advanced.

[KaZudra]

I'm still confused how this game can be made with half the budget of Mighty no 9, but still look twice as advanced.

Solid direction, also I've been hearing a bit of buzz that Inafune is more of a business man than a game developer.
Still, hat's off to all three, even though that Yooka-Laylee, Mighty No. 9, and IGA's new game may look like knock-offs to the original games they are trying to represent, it still makes a point that as long as there is love in them, they will live on, even if the original IP is pretty much dead and the companies who own them don't want to do anything with them now.

[Abnormal Freak]

Yeah, I think the Playtonic guys are real technically savvy, they're veterans, and presumably know how to budget. I've never seen Inafune as the creative force behind Mega Man; he's an illustrator and a producer, the end.

One of the aspects of Yooka-Laylee I'm looking forward to the most is the "expand" (dong?) design, where you can play a level in its entirety but come back later to pay coins and make the level bigger. It's apparently optional but it sounds really cool.

[RichterB]

With Bloodstained's KS ended, here's a friendly reminder for those who haven't heard about Yooka-Laylee. Reposting from another thread:

...I've got to put in a plug for YOOKA-LAYLEE (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-rare-vival). The video game industry needs a game like this just as much as it needs something like Bloodstained, IMO. Plus, it brought a lot of video gamer attention to Kickstarter just prior to Bloodstained (it was one of the fastest video games to make its base level of money before Bloodstained, if I recall), and its spirit is essentially from the same era of gaming as SotN. So, consider backing it, or telling someone who might be interested in backing it. The tiers are largely lower than Bloodstained was to get the full game, as far as I can tell. If you haven't heard, it's from a talented team of senior ex-employees of Rare involved in Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, etc. Its in the same vein as those previous personality-filled 3D platforming games, where you have 3D playground-type worlds in which you solve puzzles and grab collectables to progress through said worlds and unlock new ones. You do so with a duo of characters who work together, and it's been stated that the overall game design will be honed from past efforts. These non-linear 3D platforming adventure games have largely disappeared, as even Nintendo has shifted their 3D Mario series in a more linear/stage-based direction as of late. Anyway, Yooka-Laylee's creators dumped their own money into making it up to this point, and went to Kickstarter to secure funds that would allow them to expand the game's content and reach. It's at 1,915,826 British Pounds right now with 53 hours left, and if it reaches 2 Million British Pounds (a little over 3 Million US Dollars), Backers get free DLC in the final stretch goal. Just something to consider.