In principle, improvised visual effects, more sprites on the screen and a complex lighting system. Inspired by retro video games, but without the limitations of that time. We call Kingdom Two Crowns’ visual style ‘modern pixel art aesthetics’. In addition to changing their mounts as they explore and expand their kingdom, players can now unlock and switch between these four different characters.Įach of them brings with them a powerful and unique trait that can be used to defend against the greed and eventually bring about their fall. In terms of design, adding these action-oriented characters has been a challenge, and it has resulted in a great new feature for Kingdom. They include Shardbinder Miriam and three unlockable characters – Demon Hunter Zangetsu, Summoner Gebel and Alchemist Alfred. IGA was and is a great inspiration for my design philosophies.ĭead Lands’ four new playable monarchs all come straight from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. This gave rise to the idea of merging the two universes.
The gothic horror action RPG Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night – published by 505 Games and created by the legendary game developer Koji ‘IGA’ Igarashi (my personal design hero) and his studio ArtPlay. Building a kingdom has never been so scary!ĭuring development, we met publisher 505 Games at an indie game event and found out that they are huge fans of Kingdom Two Crowns! And which game from 505 is also set in a dark world? This inspired us to create Dead Lands – a dark, mystical world with eerie mounts that is shrouded in darkness. This passion for a creepy environment has given us the following thought: ‘Why don’t we create something similar, but as a complete game environment and even darker?’ Every year, the previous title Kingdom: New Lands has a Halloween event that our players love.
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