Enrique Colinet, level designer at Spanish studio The Game Kitchen, discusses the new action platformer's unique aesthetic, as well as its local folklore and 'Dark Souls' influence.
draws its aesthetics from local Spanish architecture, iconography and music, explains Colinet. "We’re a little studio based in the south of Spain and we are deeply influenced by Flamenco, the parades and religious traditions that are really important in this area. All of that influenced us since we were children. It’s something that we couldn’t pretend it didn’t exist when we were making this game," he says.
Capturing that in a retro pixel art style, however, proved a challenge. "From the very beginning we wanted to be very ‘purist’ about the pixel art style," says Colinet. "That became a real problem because we were limited by the pixel art style, by the size of the screen, by the graphics, because we were trying not to use any fancy shaders or helping ourself with some 3D elements to make something easier.
"We found out that we were stepping into limitations that games had 25 years ago," he continues, "There is nothing that is not pixel art [in]. I think people love that fact, that the game looks exactly like something that could have been released over 20 years ago."Dark Souls. "We are not following the Metroidvania formula exactly," he says. "It’s a good mixture between Metroidvania game andis in how it presents its narrative.
Community is important to The Game Kitchen, says Colinet. Certain content that the studio promised in the Kickstarter campaign had to be shelved during the development process, but Colinet promises that said content is on its way as free downloadable material in the future. "We have big plans forNow that the game has finally arrived, Colinet is excited to see how fans experience all thathas to offer — and also how quickly they can breeze through it.
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