Nintendrone rant:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/df-inside-pennys-big-breakaway-the-platform-game-evolved-developer-deep-dive.927021/
They always surprised when history repeats itself, but is never a problem inherent of Nintendo.
Hero of Legend wrote:*Goes into a super long tangent on how they had to optimize for the and I quote "mobile hardware" when addressing the Switch version*
My counterpoint:
Should've made the game for Switch specifically from the get-go. Bam, done, problem solved.
They created their own problem by failing at the starting line. How Christian Whitehead, a super accomplished programmer fucked that up I will never know.
Who in their right mind would make a game like this and think "yeah, totally let's make it NOT specifically for the Nintendo system where these games thrive in the millions".
Sorry man, but that's extremely disappointing coming from him. You surely began this in 2017 or 2018 (hell Evening Star didn't even form until AFTER Mania released in Aug 2017), so the lack of dev kit access wasn't an excuse they could pull.
Hopefully they learn from this and do better next time.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/df-inside-pennys-big-breakaway-the-platform-game-evolved-developer-deep-dive.927021/
They always surprised when history repeats itself, but is never a problem inherent of Nintendo.