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Category: Shovel Knight

Shovel Knight: Debug Features

Good day, programming pioneers! If you’ve ever looked into the world of game development, you’ve probably heard that making games is really tough! While that might be true, as we develop more games, we are also developing new ways to make them easier to build. Today, we’d like to discuss some of the development tools and tricks that speed our games from concept to reality. If you’re making a game, we recommend you consider supporting any version of the features we’re about to discuss. Most of them only take a day or two to implement and the payoff can be years worth of work saved!

 

 

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Valuing Players’ Time

Whether you are playing a single-sitting adventure or grinding out the 80th hour of an epic, every minute you spend playing a game is precious. As game developers, it’s our responsibility to make sure that we are respectful of the time that you choose to spend playing our games. Today, we’d like to spend a little time explaining how we account for a player’s time during the development of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, and what that means in practice!

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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Cheat Database

Historically, cheats were discovered and documented by brave explorers and shared among the community in whispers. Today, we are ecstatic to reveal the complete Cheat Database for every adventure in the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove collection! Whether you’re looking to adjust the challenge or add a little extra spice to your next playthrough, try out these new ways to play!

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King Knight Hearts

Hey, heartthrobs! Today we thought it might be fun to talk about a very specific design consideration for King Knight. Notice anything particularly different about the health in King Knight’s game versus the previous games?

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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Is Complete!

Salutations, true believers! It may have seemed like it would never come, but today is the day. Shovel Knight: King of Cards and Shovel Knight Showdown are out now! This momentous occasion marks the completion of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. The long, 6 year development journey began with the Shovel Knight Kickstarter in 2013, followed by 4 more games: Plague of Shadows in 2015, Specter of Torment in 2017, and now King of Cards and Shovel Knight Showdown in 2019. It’s all finally done!

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