Knapknock, developers of Spin the Bottle on Wii U, and Nifflas, developer of Knytt Underground on Wii U and NightSky on 3DS, have partnered together to announce a new game the companies are developing exclusively for the Wii U.  In an interview with Gamasutra, the unusual pairing of game companies announced ‘Affordable Space Adventures’ that will be coming exclusively to the Wii U.  A trailer for the game can be viewed above and some screens as well as some snippets from the interview with Gamasutra about the upcoming title can be seen below.

According to the interview with Nicklas ‘Nifflas’ Nygren and Dajana Dimovska and Lau Korsgaard of KnapNok, Affordable Space Adventures will use the GamePad extensively.

The duo of development teams plan to turn Affordable Space Adventures into an “atmospheric, low-key, very suspenseful game that gets the players excited but a bit scared at the same time, and to have a game where a complex configurable vehicle is fun to figure out and control.”, says Korsgaard.

When asked about developing Affordable Space Adventures exclusively for the Wii U, both indie developers gave some love to Nintendo’s Wii U and explained why they chose the Wii U for their next game rather than other platforms.

“It’d definitely be cooler with a multitouch controller, but the Wii U with its controller that has both a big touchscreen and buttons/thumbsticks is by far the most suitable hardware on the market for what we want to do with this game.”

“…we have seen very few games, also from Nintendo themselves, that actually uses the GamePad in a meaningful way. Hopefully we can show that the Wii U is great, and it can give you experiences you can’t get anywhere else as long as developers dare to design something exclusive for the hardware.”

“Technology and interfaces evolve, and game design should eveolve with them. New platforms and interfaces give an oportunity to think and design novel games, and we love that approach to design. Wii U is one of these platforms; the combination of motion controllers, secondary screen, touch screen, camera, thumb sticks and buttons gives so many opportunities for new and creative designs.”

“Yes, there are not that many Wii U consoles out there, but does it matter if there are 5 or 10 million units sold when we just need to sell some 10-20-30 thousand copies to be happy? As long as we keep our cost low, I think it is much more important to work on a platform that excites us than to work on the stuff that everybody else is doing. “

The full interview with Nifflas and KnapNok can be found at Gamasutra.

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Description

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History

Affordable Space Adventures is a collaboration between Nicklas “Nifflas” Nygren (Knytt Underground, Nightsky) and KnapNok Games (Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party). We are merging Nifflas’ passion for making atmospheric exploration and mind-bending puzzles with KnapNok Games’ dedication to work with weird new interfaces and an eye for what is happening in front of the TV. Nifflas (Sweden) has been working in the KnapNok Games offices (Denmark) since the summer 2013 realizing Affordable Space Adventures. The game is supported by the Danish Film Institute.

Features

  • Suspenseful stealth puzzling: How do you configure and control the system so you don’t get seen, heard or otherwise detected?
  • Experience thrills, spookiness and beautiful areas of the world crafted and designed by Swedish indie game developer “Nifflas”.
  • Multiple difficulty levels ranging from family friendly to extremely complex.
  • Play with your friends and control the ship together or take on the challenge alone.
  • A game that truly utilizes the potential of the Wii U hardware.
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