https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/8yaezs/ama_panic_button_ask_us_anything/
Good time as any to ask these guys for the secrets behind their magic tricks.
Good time as any to ask these guys for the secrets behind their magic tricks.
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Panic Button doing an AMA
- Thread starter mutantmagnet
- Start date
and even hinted at perhaps a Switch port. https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/8yaezs/ama_panic_button_ask_us_anything/e29jz0f/
I dunno, they seem good at porting games. I'd rather them keep doing this. :)
That's what I thought about Bluepoint and then they did a wonderful remake of Shadow of the Colossus - I'd like to see Panic Button get a shot at something like that.
Take aways from skimming:
- Possible Gyro aiming for Warframe?
- When porting, they feel like they're close to maximizing the Switch hardware but then go back after and think there's room to optimize. Nintendo also provides new tools to help them out every so often.
- No particular "Achilles heel" with developing on Switch. "pretty capable hardware with everything we've thrown at it."
- Biggest obstacles are the file sizes
- Very positive relationship with Nintendo and Bethesda.
- No release date for Warframe (of course they're not gonna reveal this in an AMA).
- Trying to close gap in terms of release date with Switch and other consoles
- Hint multiple times that there are more games coming to Switch, also into 2019
- Many other companies approaching them about porting to Switch (no specifics)
- Possibility of Subnautica on Switch, but TBD
- They have had thoughts and have plans for original games
- Not speaking for Bethesda or Nintendo, but they're happy with sales of Switch games.
- At the beginning, they approached companies (Psyonix, Bethesda, etc) about porting.
- Porting game like Doom takes less than a year
- Wolfenstein DLC not up to them
- Have high standards for a port; balance of resolution, frame rate, battery life, etc. Sounds like they enjoy the challenge
- Development of Doom and Wolf 2 started before Switch was available
- No problems with Nintendo content-wise and Doom/Wolf 2.
- Digital Extremes working on using Warframe PC accounts with Switch. They'll share more when they have more info.
- Dream game port would be Planetfall (lol)
There's probably more I missed but that's the stuff that jumped out at me.
- Possible Gyro aiming for Warframe?
- When porting, they feel like they're close to maximizing the Switch hardware but then go back after and think there's room to optimize. Nintendo also provides new tools to help them out every so often.
- No particular "Achilles heel" with developing on Switch. "pretty capable hardware with everything we've thrown at it."
- Biggest obstacles are the file sizes
- Very positive relationship with Nintendo and Bethesda.
- No release date for Warframe (of course they're not gonna reveal this in an AMA).
- Trying to close gap in terms of release date with Switch and other consoles
- Hint multiple times that there are more games coming to Switch, also into 2019
- Many other companies approaching them about porting to Switch (no specifics)
- Possibility of Subnautica on Switch, but TBD
- They have had thoughts and have plans for original games
- Not speaking for Bethesda or Nintendo, but they're happy with sales of Switch games.
- At the beginning, they approached companies (Psyonix, Bethesda, etc) about porting.
- Porting game like Doom takes less than a year
- Wolfenstein DLC not up to them
- Have high standards for a port; balance of resolution, frame rate, battery life, etc. Sounds like they enjoy the challenge
- Development of Doom and Wolf 2 started before Switch was available
- No problems with Nintendo content-wise and Doom/Wolf 2.
- Digital Extremes working on using Warframe PC accounts with Switch. They'll share more when they have more info.
- Dream game port would be Planetfall (lol)
There's probably more I missed but that's the stuff that jumped out at me.
OP
OP
It took me awhile to notice they had 2 team members answering questions and this comment was illuminating about their skill.
We all work on multiple projects at once, so it's hard to divide the studio into 'teams'. If someone has expertise in something (or is just passionate about it), and a project has need, that person can pitch in and help out. The amount of 'context switching' we do is something fairly unique to our studio and it's one of the things we make sure we interview for, because not everyone can do it (or wants to). Our high mark for concurrent projects was 9, I believe.
OP
OP
Not brave enough to ask yourself?
Was it even the same studio?
I think you're confusing them with Big Red Button, who are a completely different developer.
Oh shit oh shit!!
Switch will have an Endless Ocean spiritual successor yet!!
"Working at Panic Button is fantastic! We have a very cool culture that's built on a lot of mutual respect and admiration- we're always fascinated with what each other work on. One of the best things about the type of work we do is that you never get stuck doing the same thing- there's always a new challenge and you're always learning. We're also a no-crunch studio and we do a lot of stuff outside of work (the whole studio just saw Ant Man and Wasp yesterday). I'm probably biased, but I wouldn't want to work anywhere else."
They do exist! But really, this is good to hear.
They do exist! But really, this is good to hear.
Hope Subnautica won't be a severe although still solid downport as that seems to be what they've been doing so far.
Has someone asked them about Hulk Hogan's Main Event? ;-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan's_Main_Event
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan's_Main_Event
I like the cut of their jib. Planetfall was the first game I bought when I got a disc drive for my Atari 800XL.
Seriously? They've done quite an amazing job, have you played any of the switch ports