![]() Hyvärinen offers his view on Frozenbyte's work ethic: "We try to be business-savvy but at the end of the day, it's the gamer inside that wins." Let's hope that inner-gamer lands us another great Trine experience when the sequel releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Or rather, the artists consumed too many mushrooms and set the quality bar sky-high, but it seems to be working!" "On the art side our team has created completely new assets and animations, on par with our new quality standards. "It's a combination of new technology and amazing work from our art team: we have completely rewritten our technology and then added some nice new features on top of that, like additional lighting possibilities, new shadows, and support for all kinds of cool effects," explained the boss. The studio is going all out on visual upgrades as well. It's so fun that I'm spewing out marketing speak with ease, that's telling something!" joked Hyvärinen. "Luckily, I'm happy to say that our level designers have done a fantastic job so far and Trine 2 is going to be enjoyable for all players, no matter how many are playing. And by support, I mean that the levels and the gameplay must be fun in both single-player and co-op." "Levels need to support co-op in addition to single-player and any number of characters on screen at once. At one point the heroes must travel to the cloud city built on hovering islands in the sky."Ĭo-op's biggest hardship is in designing the world. ![]() There has to be a castle of course, but it's made of ice. "The locations themselves are completely new - it's a new adventure that's treading some unfamiliar ground. ![]() That's the recipe in a nutshell," he said. Each player will have to play as Amadeus, Zoya, and Pontius. Individual level progress does not matter in multiplayer, as any level can be played even if a participant hasnt reached it yet in single player. "We got tons of feedback from gamers and the press and we've taken that to heart - we want to keep all the good stuff and throw out all the bad stuff. Trine 2 allows all story levels to be played co-op with up to 2 additional players, either online or local. The studio is keen to be more ambitious with the second instalment of Trine having learnt lessons from the first and its feedback from critics and gamers. ![]()
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