[PS4Blog.net Interview] Sturdy Video games On Loco Motive

We’ll be engaged on a evaluation for Loco Motive, so I obtained in contact with Adam at Sturdy Video games to speak a bit in regards to the recreation and its improvement. Come test it out!

PS4Blog: Good morning! Thanks for taking the time for this interview. May you please assist us get began by telling our readers a bit about your self and your work?

No drawback! I’m Adam Riches, the inventive director and co-founder of Sturdy Video games. We lately launched our debut title, Loco Motive!

PS4B: On that be aware, Loco Motive is now able to go on Nintendo Swap. What are you able to inform us about this one?

We put numerous effort into perfecting the controller assist to make sure the sport feels wonderful on the Nintendo Swap. Enjoying the sport in handheld mode has rapidly grow to be our most popular method to expertise it!

PS4B: How lengthy did it take to develop the sport? How a lot did it change between the unique recreation jam idea and the purpose and click on journey recreation we now get to play on Nintendo’s console?

Growth formally started in June 2021, and the sport launched in late November 2024 – simply shy of three.5 years in complete! The largest transformation from the unique recreation jam idea was increasing the story and introducing the extra playable characters. Whereas the sport jam model supplied about an hour of gameplay, the ultimate recreation delivers an expertise of round 10-12 hours. We managed to retain many components from the sport jam, together with characters and puzzles, however the expanded scope allowed us to deepen their complexity.

PS4B: Any likelihood we would get a bodily Nintendo Swap launch for Loco Motive? It could be nice to have an instruction booklet/artwork ebook/making-of contained in the field!

We’d like to do a bodily launch for Loco Motive and are absolutely on board with the thought. Nevertheless, we are able to’t make any guarantees at this stage!

PS4B: And now it’s time for us to go. Is there one thing else you’d like so as to add earlier than we finish this one?

We need to sincerely thank everybody who has performed Loco Motive since launch, left a evaluation on Steam, or really helpful it to a buddy. As a small indie staff, we rely closely on phrase of mouth, and your assist means the world to us!