Indie adventure platformer Owlboy leaves its nest, scheduled for fall release
Owlboy, a D-Pad Studio 8-bit platformer that’s been in the works since 2008, is to be released on Steam this fall. To celebrate, the developer has released a new trailer.
You might not have heard of Braid was making its debut), so nobody should bat an eye if you started mourning it already, right? Wrong, for Owlboy has risen from the (apparently) dead – its Steam page ready, its 8-year development turned into a feature, and its journey setting out with a trailer you can watch below:
And now the question emerges – why did it take the devs so long to deliver? Apart from the wonted “thorough polishing procedure,” it turns out that from the very beginning Owlboy was the apple of D-Pad’s eye, which could be appropriately taken care of only after the devs have dealt with frying slightly less important fish, like Savant: Ascent. As they explained:
Owlboy has been in production for nearly 10 years, starting as a hobby project. Shortly thereafter, we quit our jobs to focus on the game full-time. After we released Owlboy’s first demo in 2011, we decided to redesign the core mechanics and put more work into ensuring that the game was worth the wait. (Source: Kotaku)
That’s quite some time to perform an indie-incubation, isn’t it? Let’s just hope Owlboy’s hatching won’t bring another ugly duckling to the gaming world.
Meanwhile, if you’re planning on hanging around PAX West this September, don’t forget to stop in at D-Pad Studio’s booth, where a proper release date will be unveiled.
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