Hello folks!
As we approach the end of the year, I figured I'd collate a bunch of stuff into one place in case you're just joining us or may have missed things!
In June, we announced Yooka-Replaylee was coming! Our remastered/remixed version of Yooka-Laylee! The goal was to go back over the first game, as there was lots of very valid critiques and feedback, both internally and externally, and to try and make it the game we feel it should have been from the start! Having the lovely knock-on effect of setting our bigger teams up with even more knowledge and experience for future projects!
Here's a list of just some of the things we're doing to make Yooka-Replaylee a more comprehensive experience:
- Revised controls! Tweaks have been made to abilities to chain together, make everything feel tighter
- A new camera! No more getting lost behind objects!
- Obviously, shinier graphics! New character renders and stuff like improved world lighting, reactive snow, grass, water etc to make the worlds feel more alive
- Revised Quill locations to aid better/more worthwhile exploration
- An entirely new collectible coin to spend at Vendi, and elsewhere!
- Other yet to be revealed collectibles!
- New characters, such as Mark a bookmark who’ll help you warp around worlds, saving the need to constantly run around, and Coinelius, a ghostly piggy bank!
- A world map and challenge tracker to aid exploration and completion
- Always expanded levels
- All moves unlocked from the start
- New and revised challenges
- New and improved minion/enemy variety
- An orchestral soundtrack
- Probably a bunch of other stuff I forget right now or we haven’t announced just yet!
We've also held two Q&A/interview style videos, both of which can be found below! We'll have more videos with devs coming soon, too!
We then also confirmed that Yooka-Replaylee will be coming to PS5, Xbox Series consoles and... Nintendo!
This trailer teased some more gameplay footage, while we also confirmed that Steam owners of Yooka-Laylee with get a discount for Replaylee, as well as confirming that we're working to ensure we can offer the same to console owners when we announced the console versions!
In October, we brought the game to EGX for the public to play an early demo of Glitterglaze Glacier! You can watch a side-by-side comparison of new and old below!
Things have already moved on quite far since this demo in a short amount of time! We've heard some of your feedback about things like the text boxes, and lighting on this level, and we're exploring options around those topics, so stay tuned!
Speaking of the demo, I also sat down with Gavin Price, studio head and game director on Yooka-Replaylee to go into a little more detail about the changes we've already made since the demo, and teasers of some things we're still yet to show, take a look below!
That's about all we've got for you this year! We'll be back in the New Year with even more Yooka-Replaylee, more gameplay, more new features and some other exciting announcements!
Let me take this opportunity to thank the community for joining us on this ride, from Playtonic as a whole and myself personally, as the community guy. I joined in January 2024 to kickstart all of our outward communications again and it has been an absolute pleasure to get to know this dedicated fanbase more intimately, to share our vision for the future with you, and to just goof around on social media. Many gaming communities are dedicated, but you folks have a passion for this lizard and bat that is often unrivalled!
Thank you again for your support <3
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