Ludosity on why Ittle Dew is coming to Wii U, sequel, release date, price and a new 3DS concept
A portion of a TGPS interview with CEO of Ludosity, Joel Nyström...
TGPS: What made you guys decide to bring Ittle Dew over to Wii U & how is the Wii U GamePad utilized?
JN: When we decided on porting to the Wii U, the console hadn’t even launched yet so we were naturally really excited to have one of our games on there. We also think the game fits perfectly on the platform with really nice controls and HD graphics. We’re using the GamePad pretty much as you’d expect, with a map that updates as you go. We didn’t want to make something gimecky with it so we kept it simple.
It’s taken a lot of time to come out on the Wii U, and as we all know it’s kind of struggling sales wise. However I’m ever the optimist and I think it can pick itself up and become a solid platform over time. If nothing else, maybe it’ll become something of an indie station and hopefully we’ll see more innovation coming from that direction. Nintendo is certainly very open to us small-time studios so no problem there.
TGPS: What is Ludosity going to do next after Ittle Dew? Any particular genre you want to tackle? Any more plans for the Wii U or 3DS?
JN: We tend to move from genre to genre. We have already released two more titles after Ittle Dew first came out on PC last year; Muri which is an honest-to-god DOS game, and Card City Nights which is a “card-adventure” game on PC and tablets.
Right now we’re working on Scrolls with Mojang, helping them with the tablet versions, and (this is a scope! =) the prototype for Ittle Dew 2. For the sequel, we’re doing both PC and consoles. We’re also working on a new concept for the 3DS, but it’s in even earlier stages so I can’t say much more than that.
TGPS: Could you tell us anything about Ittle Dew 2?
JN: We’re always prototyping stuff, I’m sure we have way over 100 prototypes floating around the office. So obviously one of them is Ittle Dew 2 =) We really don’t have anything to announce today, but one thing is for certain – we’re not abandoning this universe any time soon!
TGPS: When can we expect Ittle Dew to release on Wii U & how much will it cost?
JN: Ittle be out in May and the price will be on par with the PC version!
TGPS: What made you guys decide to bring Ittle Dew over to Wii U & how is the Wii U GamePad utilized?
JN: When we decided on porting to the Wii U, the console hadn’t even launched yet so we were naturally really excited to have one of our games on there. We also think the game fits perfectly on the platform with really nice controls and HD graphics. We’re using the GamePad pretty much as you’d expect, with a map that updates as you go. We didn’t want to make something gimecky with it so we kept it simple.
It’s taken a lot of time to come out on the Wii U, and as we all know it’s kind of struggling sales wise. However I’m ever the optimist and I think it can pick itself up and become a solid platform over time. If nothing else, maybe it’ll become something of an indie station and hopefully we’ll see more innovation coming from that direction. Nintendo is certainly very open to us small-time studios so no problem there.
TGPS: What is Ludosity going to do next after Ittle Dew? Any particular genre you want to tackle? Any more plans for the Wii U or 3DS?
JN: We tend to move from genre to genre. We have already released two more titles after Ittle Dew first came out on PC last year; Muri which is an honest-to-god DOS game, and Card City Nights which is a “card-adventure” game on PC and tablets.
Right now we’re working on Scrolls with Mojang, helping them with the tablet versions, and (this is a scope! =) the prototype for Ittle Dew 2. For the sequel, we’re doing both PC and consoles. We’re also working on a new concept for the 3DS, but it’s in even earlier stages so I can’t say much more than that.
TGPS: Could you tell us anything about Ittle Dew 2?
JN: We’re always prototyping stuff, I’m sure we have way over 100 prototypes floating around the office. So obviously one of them is Ittle Dew 2 =) We really don’t have anything to announce today, but one thing is for certain – we’re not abandoning this universe any time soon!
TGPS: When can we expect Ittle Dew to release on Wii U & how much will it cost?
JN: Ittle be out in May and the price will be on par with the PC version!
