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jbug617

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Oct 25, 2017
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For this month's update, we have an incredible support who will be joining the Bloodstained team. Can you guess who? It's WayForward!

That's right, WayForward, the makers of Shantae! As you may already know, they are top-tier when it comes to side-scrolling action games. There is even a staff member who previously worked on one of my projects, which is incredibly encouraging.

In consideration of their past achievements, WayForward will be helping the development team realize my vision for this game. Maybe I am even more excited than everyone else - with their help Bloodstained will become an even better game.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night/posts/2356781
 

KarmaCow

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Oct 25, 2017
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They didn't say in what capacity but at this point it has to be on coding/polishing end right?
 

sschol

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Oct 27, 2017
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Awesome! This game is gonna fucking rock, and WF on board only makes me feel better.
 

dred

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Oct 27, 2017
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Huh? This late in the game? Honestly this comes off as strange and even troubling to me.
 

_zoipi

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Nov 23, 2017
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Huh? This late in the game? Honestly this comes off as strange and even troubling to me.
It's possible that they have been in development for more than a year or so but couldn't make it public due to NDAs. Is some weird thing. Tekken 3D was developed by Arika but that wasn't made public until the release of the game.
 

KtotheRoc

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Oct 27, 2017
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This feels like really late in the game. I have a very high opinion for WayForward, and I hope this works out for the best, but I can't shake that weird feeling.
 

Nairume

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Oct 25, 2017
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I would be hyped about this, but this seems like its com I g too late into development to not be worrying.
 

Rbrogue

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Oct 28, 2017
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While I echo everyone's concerns saying this is worrying, WayForward are awesome so this reinvigorates my hope even if this seems to suggest troubled development
 

Mesoian

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Oct 28, 2017
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So every female character will get extra sexualized now?

Every? No.

More than there would have been...probably.

Here's the new enemy type they're showing off.

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CenturionNami

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This project has been pretty mismanaged if their adding another dev team this fucking late into the cycle. I hope IGA still has his shit.
 

transience

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Oct 27, 2017
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this kinda scares me. to bring in an accomplished studio in the 11th hour, if that's what this is here, after a delay suggests some real problems. good news though.
 

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this kinda scares me. to bring in an accomplished studio in the 11th hour, if that's what this is here, after a delay suggests some real problems. good news though.
yeah i was thinking the same thing. this is both good and bad because wayforward does good work but it's worrying that they realized they needed outside help so far into the development.
 

Sgt. Demblant

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Oct 25, 2017
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Cool, but it's a bit weird that this is happening this late.
Oh well, since Curse of the Moon ended up in my top 10 for this year, no matter what happens, Bloodstained is already a success story for me. But my excitement level for the main game really isn't very high.
 

Borman

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Oct 26, 2017
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Cool, but it's a bit weird that this is happening this late.
Oh well, since Curse of the Moon ended up in my top 10 for this year, no matter what happens, Bloodstained is already a success story for me. But my excitement level for the main game really isn't very high.

Happens quite a bit in game dev, you don't always hear about it though.
 

OmegaX

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Oct 28, 2017
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Inti Creates must have fucked up big if they need help this late in development. MN9 makes me think they aren't good for 3D development at all.
Glad I didn't back this.