After greater than six years of constructing video games collectively, indie growth staff Sokpop Collective are nearly to achieve their a centesimal launch in December. Hitting that milestone means the group have determined to vary how they function and regulate their Patreon. They’ll not be working to launch one sport monthly. Sokpop are recommitting to releasing one other 100 video games although, in order that they’ll nonetheless be stunning us with intriguing diversions like village-building card sport Stacklands or cutesy RTS King Pins. You may watch a trailer for his or her just lately launched 99th sport, motion RPG Springblades, under.
All 4 Sokpop devs – Aran Koning, Tijmen Tio, Tom van den Boogaart and Ruben Naus – are collaborating on the staff’s a centesimal sport. The sport was on account of launch in November however slipped into subsequent month. Though the sport isn’t out simply but and we don’t know what it’ll be, it’s anticipated to launch someday in December now as a result of Sokpop say they’re a bit overworked. They are about to achieve their objective of constructing 100 video games although, so effectively carried out them. Sokpop say they’re nonetheless aiming at releasing a number of video games annually, and hope the modifications they’re planning will allow them to make “even larger and higher” issues.
The group mentioned the modifications would create alternatives from them to make “higher high quality video games with extra aftercare”. In addition they hope it’ll enable them to work collectively on tasks and set “deadlines that make extra sense” for every of the video games they develop. Sokpop shaped their collective again in 2016, and have launched some correct zingers in that point. They’ve made video games in genres veering from real-time technique to card video games, and even MMOs. In 2020, Sockpop launched Rock Paper Sock, their model of old-fashioned Runescape mixed with rock paper scissors. Their newest sport is Springblades, an motion RPG with lots of costume modifications that bestow totally different talents on its characters.
Springblades is out on Steam and itch.io for £7/$8/€8. You may learn extra about Sokpop’s a centesimal sport and their plans for the long run right here.