#SPELUNKY 2 PS4 UPDATE#
#SPELUNKY 2 PS4 FULL#

You navigate through four levels of various themed worlds, using all manner of tools and tactics to jump and whip your way through a slew of enemies and traps in hopes of reaching one of many ends. Spelunky 2 largely plays the same as its predecessor. Spelunky 2 is that bigger and bolder version I was hoping for, and barring some strange design choices, manages to successfully replicate the feeling of playing Spelunky for the first time all over again. You can bet that when Spelunky 2 was announced, I was beyond stoked to get back in the habit and flex my skills in a new and expanded version of the game I came to love.

When the Steam version came out, with its daily challenge feature and leaderboards, I got even more hooked, going for some of the hardest achievements in my attempt at technical perfection.

#SPELUNKY 2 PS4 FULL#

I spent at least a little bit of every night after high school trying to get further and further in the procedurally generated platformer, which was full of secrets in a way that tickled my Banjo-Kazooie brain. Although we’re not quite ready to announce a release date, we’re getting closer and closer, finally getting to implement the deepest parts of Spelunky 2 that have been collecting dust in my notepad for years.When Spelunky HD launched on Xbox Live Arcade back in 2012, I was at the height of my platforming and roguelike obsession. Thanks for reading and thanks for your patience. Or even our improvements to the journal and menus, which don’t seem as important but nonetheless contribute a lot to the overall experience. Or the ways we’re tying the feeling of progressing through the caves into the feeling of building a small community of friends and family. There’s so much more that I could talk about! Deathmatch, which was a bit of a sleeper mode in the original game - we’re trying to expand on the concept and make it stand tall next to Adventure Mode. It’s perhaps a more subtle change but adds a lot to the distinct feel of each area. Landing on grass in the Jungle will sound very different than landing on a conveyor belt in Volcana, for example. Each area not only has its own unique musical theme, but every creature, trap, item, and surface has its own suite of sound effects associated with it. Eirik Suhrke, who worked on Spelunky 1, is creating a dynamic, multilayered soundscape that is much more immersive than the first game.

One thing we haven’t talked enough about yet is audio. Fans who have been following Spelunky for a long time may even spot some familiar faces within the vibrant community of new NPCs that will be joining them in Spelunky 2! But there will also be more characters in the vein of the shopkeeper, who can help or hinder the player in unexpected ways. This can come in many forms - new items that, in the Spelunky style, are carefully designed and have a lot of obvious and non-obvious interactions with the rest of the world. We want to keep supporting that kind of creativity by adding more variety to the game. Of course, players of the original game created a lot of their own stories through their choices during the game, and in my opinion those are still the most meaningful. Effects like lighting and liquids are more vibrant now, too, contributing to that feeling of a dynamic, living world that has been our goal since day one.Ĭontent-wise, one of my goals with Spelunky 2 was to make each run feel even more like a personalized adventure. Thank you to the fans who gave us their feedback about that after viewing the last trailer! I think we’ve struck a good balance now, where the graphics are crisp and easy to parse, but the details still stand out enough so that you can easily soak them up as you play the game. I wanted to share some of that progress with you here right now!įirst off, we’ve been working on making the game look even nicer, adding more details to each area and making sure that the ones that were already in there popped out better.

#SPELUNKY 2 PS4 UPDATE#

It might feel like it’s been awhile since our last update - to the Spelunky 2 team, however, it feels like almost no time at all, since we’ve been hard at work and seeing the steady progress we’ve been making each day.

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