Gloomwood battleheart legacy5/16/2023 A true sequel to the original Battleheart.īattleheart Legacy was bigger and more elaborate than its predecessor, but also fundamentally different – the shift to playing a single character, the change in art direction, and trying to focus on dialog and exploration brought with it pros and cons. Still, we knew when it was done we’d be ready for something a little more ambitious and crazy again. That isn’t to say it wasn’t also a step forward for us as developers – Lost Frontier’s AI was a unique challenge, and we pushed the envelope with how many sprites we could fit on screen. It was the perfect project to get back into developing games after the seismic life-change a baby brings. I wouldn’t call developing it easy, but compared to some of our previous games it came together pretty quickly. A turn-based strategy game seemed like a perfect intersection of fun, novelty, and approachability from a development standpoint. It was conceived in terms of “what would be a fun genre we haven’t tried yet?” while also considering “what can I do now that my time is more limited?”. Lost Frontier ended up as a departure from our past games in many ways, and one of those was scope. Obviously the creative juices did eventually return. There was a time a couple years ago, sleep-deprived and creatively drained, when I wondered if we’d ever ship another game. Battleheart Legacy was our biggest game yet, took over 2 years of our lives, and that was before adding a time-consuming infant into the mix. I’m going to be candid – it was a struggle getting inspired and back to work after being a full-time parent for months. It’s no secret that our studio is an indie family affair, and when 100% of your staff is on maternity/paternity leave, not a lot happens. So what are we up to now?Īfter shipping Battleheart Legacy, the answer was simple – lose a lot of sleep and care for a newborn child. We’ve dusted the cobwebs off our back catalog, and revived our old android games. We launched our latest game, Lost Frontier. This has been a busy year for us at Mika Mobile.
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