Krome Studios, the developer behind the 00s-era platformer sequence Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, is serious about bringing the extra titles within the franchise to Nintendo Switch.
This follows the HD remaster of the primary Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, brough to Switch earlier this 12 months.
Speaking to Nintendo Everything, Krome Studios’ Steve Stamatiadis confirmed that each Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2 and three are “ready to go, from an art perspective” – though the corporate is at the moment centered on porting the primary game to different platforms.
“We’d love to,” mentioned Stamatiadis of future HD re-releases. “If sales go well, we’d absolutely love to bring the other games to the Switch (and other consoles). … we’re working on the other platforms. TY2 and TY3 are ready to go, from an art asset perspective. They’re already on Steam. For the porting work, it would be different though because they are on a different engine than TY1.”
The developer has additionally revealed {that a} new addition to the sequence remains to be a chance. Unlike the newest entry within the sequence, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4 – which launched to PC as a side-scroller in 2015 – the staff imagines its fifth addition as a full 3D platformer. But the studio is at the moment hamstringed by price range and dimension.
“If we did a TY 5, we would do it as a 3D platformer. It’s also a resource issue. For that type of game, we’d need a much bigger team size, budget, everything is so much bigger. What we would want to achieve isn’t something that could be done on a shoestring budget. With today’s expectations of what the graphics and everything should look like now, it’s such a much bigger budget. The scale is pretty huge. Back in the day, the core TY1 team was around 20-25. We’re about 12 people now.”
In 2010, Krome Studios downsized and turned its focus towards smaller releases within the informal and DLC house.
