Can you believe it has been 20 years since Nitrome started!
In celebration we thought it might be apt to produce a classics range…bringing select titles from the Nitrome vaults to new formats!
More news on the first title soon!
Did you ever wonder why we added wall running to
#SuperLeapDay
?
A long time ago we pitched a
#Sonic
take on the Leap Day format. Sadly the
#SEGA
gods did not see the potential. But we did make this demo and we liked the mechanic so decided to keep it.
HUGE NEWS! We are saving all of our Flash games by porting over to html5. It may take a while, but this will mean all of our catalogue will be playable long into the future. 🥳
More details:
The dusty Bone Dungeon awaits, full of treasure and peril...
Pick up your mighty sword, 🗡️
Embrace your trusted shield, 🛡️
Put your high heels on... and RUN! 👠
Get Sprint RPG on the Appstore:
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#pixelart
#8bit
#RPG
#indiedev
#AppStore
We are thrilled to announce Super Leap Day. Available Now on Apple Arcade for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Mac.
Featuring wall running, sideways areas, upgradable characters, mini games, HD art and still a new level EVERY DAY!
#superleapday
The plan was that like LeapDay every day was a brand new zone. With everyone competing on the same short new Act. Daily Chaos Emeralds could be earned. Players who earned all 7 would be rewarded with Supersonic at the end of the week. A one off Super fast Speed run competition?
You may have thought we had forgotten!….maybe even given up? but No…..behold 11 more games from the Nitrome archives have been ran through the HTML5 emulator for your modern browser based enjoyment:
Flash Games Saved!
There’s a new way to play our old flash games! It involves a download called Supernova and works for all games!
This does not replace our efforts porting to HTML5 which we still believe is the ultimate solution.
full details here:
Scrap Knight has spent her recent days sifting through the shifting refuse pile known as the Magic Landfill, a sorcerer’s rubbish heap located deep below the earth’s surface. Stay tuned for more details about her and the rest of the colorful cast of Shovel Knight Dig in 2022!
Did you know that unlike other Nitrome games Super Leap Day features hand drawn animation on the sprites? Everything was animated as a rough, drawn over with clean lines and finally we add colour and shading.
#superleapday
One thing we couldn’t get to work when we made the demo was a way to get sonic to roll on the floor within the one button limitation. We did later come up with a solution though when we were experimenting in Super Leap Day. Goop here rolls as long as you hold down. Works well!
Hi Nitromians,
2020 has been rough on all of us. Even though we have been silent without any major game releases to speak of we have been very much beavering away in the background working hard on some big titles.
Although we remain tight lipped 2021 is set to be a great year.
We are searching for a talented 'Unity' developer to join the Shovel Knight Dig Team.
Please send examples to jon
@nitrome
.com & jobs
@nitrome
.com.
A list of desirability's in thread below (please read before applying)
@_michaelgleason
@rephildesign
Fan games don’t really pay the bills though sadly. This Demo was about as much fan service as we could condone knowing it was unlikely to actually get greenlit.
Great news! Through our partnership with
@Poki
and
@away3d
we have over 30 more of our legacy Flash games converted to run in HTML5! You can check them out on our website here:
It should be noted that this is very much an experiment for Nitrome. How far it goes will be dependant on the reception the games receive. It may end up being a very small selection!
Some exciting news. Gunbrick: Reloaded is coming to Switch and PC on April 9th. You can 'Pre-purchase' on your Switch and 'Wishlist' it RIGHT NOW!
Wishlist:
There would have been characters you could unlock outside of Sonic each with special abilities (as we did in
#SuperLeapDay
). We would have raided the games for who to include but obviously would start with the classics Tails and Knuckles.
Nitrome is looking for a new in house Unity programmer to join our London office to work on hit games like Shovel Knight Dig and Leap Day. Send CVs with links to examples to jobs
@nitrome
.com
Can everyone stop acting like having a revenue share taken is suddenly an acceptable solution! Unity would still charge this on top of a per seat subscription cost that is not cheap! There’s some expression here about eating cake! 🤔
#Unity
3 of our mobile classics have been lovingly updated with art now reaching all the way to the edges of your modern screens!
Download or update Silly Sausage, Platform Panic and Vault on Google Play and the App Store now! (Links in the comments)
4 more games coming next week!
Big News! Nitrome is soon going to be offering our first ever physical Plush Toy! It is Yolk from the Leap Day games! More news coming very soon!
#SuperLeapDay
#LeapDay
We are giving away X2 Steam codes to celebrate our friend
@johanvinet
release of his lovely bitesized 2D Zelda like
#castaway
It’s really nice to try amplify the word of fellow indies. Please follow Johan, like and retweet for a chance to win.
Time to spread some love 😘
Grab your trusty shovel blade and delve into
#ShovelKnight
’s next adventure! Shovel Knight Dig is OUT NOW!
Delve in today:
➡️Nintendo Switch:
➡️Steam:
➡️Apple Arcade:
Most animation in
#superleapday
is traditional frame based but not all of it. Larger background elements like this beetle tank are made in Spine. This was suited to the task as the objects were typically large in scale highly textured and slow moving.
It’s giveaway time! We’re giving you the chance to win 1 of 2 Yolk Plushies 🥳
How to enter?
1. Follow
@Makeship
and
@Nitrome
2. Retweet this post
Contest ends Feb 10th at 6PM (GMT). Good luck!
@onebitbeyond
Haha we could have prob foreseen this and let you know if we knew you’d been mad enough to attempt this. Still quite the accomplisment hats off to you.
4 more Nitromes classic mobile games get the update treatment!
Silly Sausage: Doggy Desert, Go Pogo, Stretch Dungeon and Flat Pack!
Now with visuals that stretch to the edges of modern screens, supporting modern standards and a few fixes and tweaks!
Links in comments…
#TowerFortress
is now live on Steam with a 20% launch discount! This is also Nitrome's first Steam release! Please support us so we can bring you more: