Cuphead is a game that has folks eagerly waiting because of how different and unique it is. It’s a side scrolling game with a bold 2D art style, which recalls classic, mid-20th-century animations, and engaging, tough boss battles catapulted Cuphead to everyone’s most anticipated list. It was showcased at E3 2014 with a release for 2015 but then it got delayed and is now scheduled to release in September 2017. But these delays were for the betterment of the game.
“The reality is, Cuphead is closer now to the game we always wanted” explains Chad, speaking to GamesRadar+. “We aren’t throwing levels in to mollify people, we’re putting them back in after originally cutting them from our ‘dream scope.’” The problem with StudioMDHR initially being able to go through with its original “dream scope” for Cuphead was a serious lack of resources.
But to fulfil their dream they had to make some risky choices.
“My brother and I quit our jobs, remortgaged our houses and began expanding the team. This was our chance to actually deliver the game we wanted to make all along, rather than the cut-scope game we originally planned with a three-person team.” says Chad Moldenhauer, Cuphead’s lead designers and co-creator.
Now, this is a very risky move but you can see the passion, the love they have for this project. With now 20 employees working on this game ranging from animators and designers, to a hand-lettering artist and digital painters. And while they know the visual style is a big pull for the game, they know the controls and gameplay are just as important.
“The speed of the jump, the movement of the character on screen, the timing of the actions in relation to a button press – these are a lot of things we spent a ton of time getting right in the beginning, before we even started working on the bosses or levels,” says Chad. “Cuphead comes from a lineage of games where the action is fast and the player’s input response is paramount. What the player presses on the controller happens immediately on screen.”
Cuphead is a very promising game and I personally am hoping that it does well because of all the hardship and effort these guys are putting into this project. This is a little insight into the development of the game and as to why we haven’t seen much of the game lately.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles that is inspired by cartoons of the 1930s and is being developed by Studio MDHR for the PC and Xbox One with a release date of 29 September 2017.
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