Developer Reflections 2011: Twisted Pixel On Comic Jumper
[Development teams can be tens of people strong, or sometimes they can be just one guy barely out of school. There's still so much to learn about development, so we contacted developers across the gaming landscape to ask them what they enjoyed about the last year, what was the most troubling, and what lessons they'll be bringing into 2011]
Twisted Pixel has been a big part of the Xbox Live Arcade with The Maw and 'Splosion Man doing big sales. 2010 was all about Comic Jumper, their most unique and challenging game yet. We spoke to Michael Wilford about what he's learned in 2010, and what he intends to work on in the future.
What were you most happy with during the development of your games?
We released Comic Jumper in 2010, and we tried something new that we hadn't really done before, which was to bring in writers and professional voice actors to tell a bigger story and hopefully add some spoken comedy. Going into it, we were worried about how it would all come together, but without a doubt I have to say that it's what I am most happy with. The writers Matt Entin and Ed Kuehnel were fantastic, and the actors went above and beyond to make a downloadable title sound better than a lot of big budget triple-A retail projects. I'm super proud of the game and still laugh when I play it.
What were you least happy with, in retrospect?
With all the audio and writing and the four distinct comic book art styles, we always knew Comic Jumper was going to be a big game, but it ended up being even bigger than we anticipated, so the project took longer to finish than we had hoped. Also, we set out to make the game play like Gunstar Heroes, but we could have done a better job at making it more accessible to players that don't know what Gunstar Heroes is and how it's different from a lot of shooters today.
What is the biggest lesson you're going to apply to the next game you make?
I want to find a way to make our games something that people can keep coming back to in order to find something new.
[You can pick up The Maw and 'Splosion Man for 800MSP each, and Comic Jumper for 1200MSP]
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