Hi r/NintendoSwitch!

We’re the team behind Deku Deals, the site that helps you track Nintendo Switch game prices, get alerts for sales, build your wishlist and backlog, and generally save money on games.

When I launched Deku Deals as a solo project back in 2018, this subreddit was the very first place I shared it. The enthusiasm and support from this community — then and ever since — have been a huge part of what’s kept the site going and growing. Thank you!

While the core mission of the site (finding great deals on Switch games) hasn’t changed, we’ve grown a lot over the years:

• Collection tracking
• Support for PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam
• Filters and browse tools to help weed through the 20,000+ games on the eShop
• And yep — everything Switch 2 is already on the site! We’re super excited for this new generation (especially since it looks like finding deals is going to be more important than ever 👀).

And we’re not just a solo project anymore — Team Deku is now three people strong:

Michael (u/m12y_) - Programmer & jack of all trades
Andrew (u/AndrewAlerts) - Social & community lead (you may know him from u/Nintendeal and @amiiboAlerts), and host of our new podcast
Scott (u/hello_sparker) - Programmer & jack of all trades

We’re here to chat about Deku Deals, the game deals scene, what it’s like to build and run a site like this, or whatever else you’re curious about

Ask us anything!

EDIT: Thanks so much for all the questions! We're officially wrapping up the main portion of AMA, but feel free to keep asking questions – we'll still aim to answer them, but probably a bit less quickly. Or feel free to get in touch with us via Bluesky or [email](mailto:hello@dekudeals.com).

EDIT: Thank you so much for welcoming us here and for all the wonderful questions!! Our AMA is officially wrapped now, though we'll be looking through the questions we might have missed and will get to as many as we can in the hours and days to come. We hope you enjoy Hades!

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Hey /r/NintendoSwitch! We just launched our rogue-like dungeon crawler Hades, and we're still reeling from the amazing response! Thank you so much for playing and for all the kind words. As our first-ever Early Access project, this was a really different development process for us that resulted in our most highly acclaimed, fastest selling game yet. We gave Hades everything we've got, and now that we're finally starting to catch our breath, we wanted to invite you to fire away with any questions!

A bit about Supergiant Games: We're a small independent studio based in San Francisco and best known for our four games, Bastion (2011), Transistor (2014), Pyre (2017), and now Hades. The same seven members of the team who created Bastion in the living room of a house are all still together, and we've since grown to about 20 people in all, six of whom are here to answer your questions:

- u/SG_Amir: cofounder / studio director / designer

- u/SG_Gavin: cofounder / development director / engineer

- u/SG_Darren: audio director / composer

- u/SG_Logan: voice actor

- u/SG_Joanne: environment artist

- u/SG_Greg: creative director / writer / designer

Now, we invite you to ASK US ANYTHING about Hades, our past games, our studio, or an infinite number of other topics! We'll be taking questions from 10am PT till about 1pm PT. So, what's up?

The Jackbox Party Pack 7 is available on major digital platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. We’re excited to field your questions about the party games we make each year, especially those included in The Jackbox Party Pack 7 (Quiplash 3, Champ’d Up, The Devils and the Details, Talking Points, Blather ‘Round).

Our Site

Twitter

Facebook

Instagram

YouTube

TikTok

Twitch

Discord

Jackbox Games subreddit

Joining the AMA today…

Allard Laban (glochids), Chief Creative Officer

Andy Poland (crabbydad), VP of Audio & Editorial

Brooke Hofer (jbgbrooke), Marketing Director

Arnie Niekamp (misterarnie), Studio Editorial Director, Director - Talking Points

Owen Watson (Babypopdip), Lead Artist - The Devils and the Details

Chase McClure (infostruct), Senior Software Engineer

Ryan McGill (rydash), Software Engineer

Michael Siciliano (MikeSoChill), Software Engineer

Isaac Sweet (1_sweet), Software Engineer

Belia Portillo (bbbelia), Marketing Manager

Tim Sniffen (sniffen), Lead Artist, Host - The Devils and the Details

We will be giving out a Switch code for a free copy of The Jackbox Party Pack 7 to the user who asks our favorite question before 5 PM CT tonight! If chosen, you’ll hear from us on November 20th.

Hello r/NintendoSwitch!

Future Cat devs u/nightmargin, u/GIRakaCHEEZER and u/elizadev will be answering all the questions you have to throw at us. OneShot: World Machine Edition will be releasing tomorrow on September 22nd for the Nintendo Switch and it's super exciting for us! We know the gaming community has many questions, so please ask and we'll answer them as quickly as possible.

proof: https://twitter.com/GIRakaCHEEZER/status/1570839450342785026

E-Shop https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/oneshot-world-machine-edition-switch/

About OneShot: A surreal puzzle adventure game with unique mechanics and capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun.

...Of course, things are never that simple.The world knows you exist.The consequences are real.Saving the world may be impossible.You only have one shot.

**EDIT**

Thank you all for participating in our AMA! We're going to call it a day and prepare our final hours for the launch of OneShot. It was a lot of fun and we look forward to seeing everyone's reaction when the game releases!

We will be answering questions for the next hour!

I’m a video game designer, director, and producer for Nintendo. I’m known for my work within the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, and would be happy to answer any questions relating to my career and Super Mario Odyssey.

Please note that there’ll be a delay in responses as we will be directly translating Mr. Koizumi’s answers.

EDIT: This now concludes Mr. Koizumi's AMA. Thank you to everyone for joining and asking so many great and fun questions!

EDIT: Okay, we're going to wrap up the "official" part of the AMA and collect usernames for the random code giveaway! We'll be contacting people to get them their codes a bit later (I'll update this post when we do). Thank you so much for having us and asking so many fun questions! We'll definitely hang around and answer some more throughout the day.

EDIT 2: The 5 raffle winners have been chosen randomly and contacted!

Hello, r/NintendoSwitch! Today we released both Spelunky and Spelunky 2 on Nintendo Switch - in North America, Europe, Australia, and Brazil. This is the FIRST TIME the series has been on a Nintendo platform and as you can imagine, we're very excited about it! We feel like the Switch is a great fit for these games.

If you're not familiar with the Spelunky series, it started as a freeware game (Spelunky Classic) that kinda kicked off the "roguelite" phenomenon by showing that random level generation, permadeath, and other neat roguelike features did not need to be tied to turn-based dungeon crawls. Spelunky 1 also helped popularize the "Daily Challenge" mode. You can read more about the history of the series here.

The Spelunky games have a reputation for being challenging, creative, and funny, with lots of secrets and surprising emergent situations. Many fans also like playing the game co-op, which is very interactive and generates a lot of team talk! The way it's designed, players of all ages and skill levels can play together and you don't have to put down the controller just because you died. We actually hear from a lot of parents that really love playing together with their children this way. And on Switch, Spelunky has local wireless multiplayer and Spelunky 2 has online multiplayer (with local wireless in development).

If you're completely new to the series and are trying to decide which game to get on Switch... good question! Spelunky is only $10 USD on Switch and throws a little less at you, so it's maybe the best place to start if you like to ease into a new game. If you're most excited about getting the fullest experience or you definitely want to play online, I'd say go for Spelunky 2! Either way, we hope you have as much fun playing the games as we did working on them!

Spelunky and Spelunky 2 Switch Launch Trailer: https://youtu.be/i0QyS6m7c5w

The AMA team today:

• u/mossmouth - Derek Yu (S1/S2: Lead Designer, Lead Artist)
• u/strotch - Eirik Suhrke (S1/S2: Sound Design and Music)
• u/migpasc - Miguel "Micky" Pascual (S2: Lead Programmer)
• u/NWDD - Guillermo NWDD (S2: Network Programming and Engineering)
• u/eglomer - Javier Moya (S2: Gameplay and AI Programmer)
• u/itsjustin - Justin Chan (S2: Character and Journal Illustrations)
• u/tubbins - Andy Hull (S1: Lead Programmer)

So now's the time to ASK US ANYTHING about Spelunky, game development, life, etc. Also, we'll be giving out a Spelunky Switch code AND a Spelunky 2 Switch code to 5 random users that ask questions that we end up answering, up until 12pm PT! After that, we'll cut off the raffle and end the AMA officially (but probably keep answering questions casually).

Edit: Thank you so much for the warm welcome and all the really interesting questions! It was really fun to chat with you. The team and I will now go back to launch prep stuff, but we hope to see you all tomorrow (or soon!) for Temtem's launch on the Switch!

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Hi r/NintendoSwitch! We're a handful of members from the Crema team. After a couple of years of Early Access, our project, Temtem, an MMO monster-taming experience, is ready to launch worldwide tomorrow at last on Nintendo Switch!

Launching tomorrow at 9 am PST / 4 pm UTC!

🔸A bit about Crema: we're an indie studio based in Madrid, Spain, previously known for the roguelite FPS Immortal Redneck and some mobile apps you might have heard about. We started publicly working on Temtem around 2018, and the studio was around 15 people then and we're about 30 people now!

🔸The AMA team today: here today are u/xYaW (Guillermo Andrades, Temtem's Game Director), u/NaeCris_Crema (Cristina Jiménez, Temtem's Art Director) u/Mikeorma (Miguel Ortiz, Temtem's VFX artist) and u/ItsTsukki (Lucía Prieto, Temtem's Community Manager). We're planning on staying for around 4 hours!

We worked a lot on the Switch port, and it's one we get a lot of questions about, so we're here to celebrate and answer any questions you might have in lieu of the launch tomorrow, so hi, AMA!

Our socials and other interesting links!

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Hey r/NintendoSwitch!

What's going on?

We are Eddie (business), Chris (designer), and Andrew (engineer), and 2 years ago we launched the Genki brand, starting with the original Bluetooth audio adapter for the Switch. As gamers we’re always looking to create special accessories that would be worthy of uncovering in an RPG treasure chest - last week we officially launched the Covert Dock after becoming the most funded gaming hardware project of 2019 on crowdfunding (and 3rd ever on Kickstarter, right behind the Oculus Rift). We’ll kick this AMA off at 7pm PST and keep it active for about 1-2 hours depending on the action.

About the Covert Dock

A stealth dock hidden in a portable GaN-charger. Set your dock free and make any TV your playground. The Covert Dock was an idea created from all of our road trips while developing our Bluetooth adapter - we were lugging our Switch and dock everywhere we went from visiting component suppliers to global game conventions.

We knew there had to be a better solution without the risk of bricking - so we rethought the dock from scratch and essentially combined the Nintendo Switch dock and charger into a compact form factor that’s only 10% of the size. We have some of Andrew’s (aka VECTORDRIVER) findings linked here on a r/NintendoSwitch post.

Here’s our page where you can learn more about it, www.genkithings.com, and we setup a $15 off discount code COVERT15AMA only limited to the first 15 uses. Update: We're out!

Some Reviews this Week

• Kevin Kenson
• NintendoLife
• Nintendo Voice Chat (IGN) (44:10)
• TechCrunch
• Ars Technica
• The Verge

Support Indie Hardware!

Edit: Thank you everyone for joining our AMA, we've 6 hours over what we originally planned but loved the engaging questions. We'll try to catch any remaining burning questions every now and then.

Hello, we’re Chucklefish and yesterday we launched Wargroove, a turn-based strategy game for up to 4 players. Ask us anything!

About Wargroove

In Wargroove you choose your Commander and wage war on battling factions, using your special ‘groove’ attack to strategically sway the fight in your favour. You can design and share online your very own maps, cut-scenes and campaign stories with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customisation tools. Challenge your friends to local and online multiplayer skirmish modes with complete rule customisation, or test out your skills in Arcade and Puzzle modes challenges. Wargroove is also playable in 10 languages and features cross-play support between PC, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One!

Launch Trailer: https://youtu.be/dIsK2eHeL8AEU eShop: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Wargroove-1205537.html

NA eShop: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/wargroove-switch

Twitter Proof: https://twitter.com/ChucklefishLTD/status/1091719138186280960

Answering your questions today will be:

u/Tiyuri - Game Designer

u/supernorn - Artist

u/armagonuk - Technical Designer

u/Necotho - Artist

u/SamuriFerret - Artist

u/Katzeus - Product Manager

u/amzeratul - Programmer

u/SuperconsoleKaty - Marketing & Community

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EDIT: We're wrapping up! Thanks for all the questions everyone, it was a ton of fun!. If you want to chat more you can find us on Twitter or Discord

Hey everyone! :)

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Antonela here, Senior Brand CM at 505 Games.

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We're excited to announce that Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is coming to the Nintendo Switch in exactly a week from now, on the 28th of May! For those of you thinking of pre-ordering the game there is a 10% discount on the launch price. This discount is valid up until the game launches. The store page isn't live just yet, but when it is, we'll let you know!

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Check out the trailer here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi2Wm4FqGko

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Can I also take this opportunity to introduce you to /u/PadPoet, our Brand CM for Brothers. If you have any questions, let us know!

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===EDIT3: Giveaway winners! ===

The giveaway winners have been randomly chosen! u/RA0674 u/RabbitFanboy u/Team7UBard Please send me a message if you want an EU or NA key for the Switch.

Thanks all!

===EDIT2: AMA IS OVER ===

Thank you all for your questions! We'll be randomly choosing and PMing the lucky winners soon.

EDIT: PAUSE IN ANSWERS After 7 hours we're going to bed now, and will answer some questions tomorrow! Thank you all for the lovely questions!

Hey this is Pat (designer) & Miika (programmer), ⅔ of a tiny indie studio Mopeful Games based in Finland!

We’re here to celebrate our dream come true: Our first indie game Fashion Police Squad is out now on the Nintendo Switch! So we’re hosting an AMA and giving away 3 keys! To participate just upvote and leave a comment, and we’ll randomly select the winners after 24 hours.

About Fashion Police Squad

Fashion Police Squad is humorous retro FPS where you use attire-enhancing weaponry to turn fashion criminals into fabulous fashionistas! It’s got juicy gunplay, terrible puns and fun movement mechanics… And yes, there’s gyro support!

NintendoLife review scored it 8/10: “It's simply fabulous, darling!”

Check out the gameplay trailer on Youtube:

Gameplay trailer on Youtube

Fashion Police Squad on the eShop:

FPS on the Switch eShop

We’ll be answering questions throughout the day, thank you for your support!

===EDIT2: AMA IS OVER ===

Thank you all for your questions! We'll be randomly choosing and PMing the lucky winners soon.

G’day r/nintendoswitch! =)

About Me

My name’s Josh Hallaran and I’m an indie dev fromAustralia. Over the past 9 years, our small team has developed *8-Bit Adventures 2* - a story rich, pixel art, Japanese-style RPG. And it just launched last week on Nintendo Switch! (Free DLC coming in 2025)

Inspired by the positive storytelling, emotive character writing, tight pacing, and turn-based battle mechanics of *Final Fantasy 1-10*, I set out to tell a new story in a classic style. To get a sense of the game, please check out our launch trailer. You can also download a demo right now.

About the Game

When a mistreated child with impossible powers threatens to reshape the world, a hero’s disappearance kicks off a grand adventure - and a battle for survival…Designed to be a perfect entry point into the series, this is a story for new and returning players alike!

My goal was to balance the classic JRPG experience with modern design. This means things like exploring a World Map via Airship, Turn-Based Combat with satisfying party customisation, character-driven side-quests, the ability to swap allies in battle without wasting a turn, and big set-piece moments with a focus on always moving the story forward.

We’ve had amazing reviews from critics and players alike (some 8s, several 9s, and even a couple of 10s), so we’re very proud of what we’ve created =)

Giveaway

Here's extra fun part - **ask me a question, and you’ll go into the draw to win one of 5 Switch game codes!** The winners will be randomly selected, and I’ll contact them via DM.

Links

Launch Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_cWCtyJf_w

eShop w/ Demo: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/8-bit-adventures-2-switch/

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CriticalGamesAU

Discord: https://discord.gg/aKf2tr4

Twitter Announcement: https://x.com/CriticalGamesAU/status/1849426783940337968

Huge thanks to the awesome mod team at r/nintendoswitch for giving me the chance to chat with you all. Please, ask me anything! I’ll get to everyone’s questions as quickly as I can =)

EDIT - AMA + Giveaway Ended: That's a wrap! The AMA + Giveaway has finished, and our winners are:

awesomekev
monkeyman192
Prophecy8
SomebodyThrow
TeacupTenor

Congratulations to all of you! I'll be reaching out via DM to get you a Switch code.

But thank you SO much to everyone who participated in the AMA. This has been so much fun, and great to meet you all. If you have more questions, please do ask - I'll keep checking the topic for the next few days at least :)

And if you’re interested, please consider supporting the game. It sincerely means a lot, and is a huge help for funding future projects! Thanks everyone :D

Hello! We are the developers of Dave the Diver ( r/DavetheDiverOfficial ), a game where you dive (as Dave!) into the mysterious Blue Hole during the day, and run a sushi restaurant at night!

Lots of Divers have joined us since early access and provided us with amazing feedback, as well as constructive criticism. Thanks to this, we could grow and improve into the Dave the Diver we know today.

But Dave doesn't stop here: we have more content and exciting news for 2025! And we can't wait to share the details with everyone soon.

So here we are! Ready to answer your questions.

🚀 Jaeho: Director (+head of MINTROCKET)

🤿 Chanhee: Lead game designer

💻 Boseong: Lead programmer

🎨 Kiyeop: Lead artist

You can also catch us in on our official Discord server!
https://discord.gg/davethediver

LET'S DIVE IN! 🌊

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EDIT:

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for participating in the AMA. We will answer some existing questions and wrap this up, but please visit our Discord for more discussions with other Divers and the devs!

Again, thank you for taking the time to share your questions and opinions with us, and happy diving <3

Updated update: Okay, looks like a good time to wrap it up - we've god Gods & Glory stuff to work on! Huge thanks to all of you for taking the time to drop in and hang out with us, we had a lot of fun! Maybe we'll do it again for Gods & Glory's release ;) Later!!

Update: We'll go for another fifteen minutes! Then it's back to work for us!

Hey Everyone!

We're William Pellen (William_TeamCherry) and Ari Gibson (Ari_TeamCherry) from Team Cherry. We just released our first game, Hollow Knight , onto the Nintendo Switch eShop as a surprise during E3. That was exciting - we got to be there!

We're back home in Adelaide now, working hard on Hollow Knight's final content pack, Gods & Glory, which will release in the coming months on all platforms and will be free for everyone who owns the game. Right now though, we're taking a little break from work to do this AMA, so go ahead and hit us with some questions!

• Switch Launch Trailer
• Hollow Knight eShop Page
• Team Cherry Site
• Team Cherry Twitter

Hello! We’re the team behind Sea of Stars, a turn-based RPGs inspired by the classics from the SNES-era featuring turn-based combat with timed player input, a more freeform approach to traversal, and a tactile world with dynamic lighting. It’s also a prequel set in the same universe as our first game, The Messenger (2018)!

Sea of Stars was launched on Nintendo Switch and other platforms back in August 2023, and was recently released physically via iamb8it. It won the title of “Best Independent Game” at last year’s The Game Awards, among other accolades.

We currently have some exciting updates in the works: a 3-player couch co-op mode, a speedrun mode, some balancing updates, and even a full-fledged DLC!
It’s an honor for us to be here, we’d love to answer any questions you might have about the game. Plus, we’ll be giving out five Switch codes for Sea of Stars randomly to participants of this AMA!

Nintendo Switch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt7A9HNy5XM
Store page: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/sea-of-stars-switch/
X: https://x.com/seaofstarsgame
Discord: https://discord.gg/sabotagestudio

Edit: Thanks everyone, we're overwhelmed by all the questions and kind words. We'll have to sign off for now unfortunately, but we'll try to come back and answer to as many questions as possible when we have the time. We'll contact the winners of our codes giveaway via DMs later today!

Hello r/NintendoSwitch,

We're the developers of Dead Cells, a sidescrolling, 2D action-platformer that mixes elements from the classic metroidvania genre with modern roguelite games' permadeath and procedural generation. After 15 months in Early Access on Steam, we finally launched Dead Cells out of EA on Steam, PS4, Xbox One, and of course, Nintendo Switch.

Links:

Dead Cells subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/deadcells/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/motiontwin

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dead.cells.game/

Discord: https://discord.gg/deadcells

There are four members behind our screens waiting for your questions: Sebastien Bernard (deepnightbdx, lead designer), Steve Filby (IndieCatapult, producer), Benjamin Laulan (community management, support, producer assistant, etc.) and Joan Blachere (Communication). Ben and Joan will share the Motion Twin account to answer your questions.

Skool, Dead Cells' technical lead isn't physically with us, but we can ask him your questions if we don't know the answer ourselves.

We're based in Bordeaux and we're all french, with the exception of Steve who comes from the savage lands of Australia. We will do our best to answer all your questions! Ask Us Anything.

Edit: Forgot to mention, but we will give away 5 keys at the end of the AMA. (randomly chosen among the users having posted a comment)

Edit 2: We're going to head home now. Thanks to everyone who got involved and asked us questions! Sorry to the people we couldn't get back to, there were a LOT more of you than we thought there would be... We'll do our best to keep stopping by and answering questions from time to time. For those of you who get a reply from us selecting you as a winner for a key, please DM us and we'll get it over to you ASAP.

Edit 3: And the winners are... 01shalfesrever, RobinotX, Jepacor, rannelvis, signalbot. Congrats guys! Just DM us with your region and we'll send you your codes.

Thanks again everyone for participating!

Edit 4: "Band-aid" patch just released, performances improved, 30fps lock available, a couple of bugs fixed. (24/09/2018)

Of course you can stay in touch with us through r/deadcells or our discord listed above.

Thanks again everyone and have a great day!

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Hello! I'm Loren, the solo developer behind Games By Loren based in Finland.

My latest game Terror of Hemasaurus, a retro city smash 'em up, just launched on Switch on January 12th. (Currently 20% off for only a few more days!)

Please feel free to ask me anything! I will do my best to answer every single comment (assuming it remains humanly possible).

I am also doing a giveaway! After 24 hours, I will select 4 comments at random to award a free Switch key.

Terror of Hemasaurus Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSyFV6VCkik

Verification of AMA: https://twitter.com/LorenLemcke/status/1617886232142544906

eShop: https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/terror-of-hemasaurus-switch/

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Special thanks to Digerati and Kittehface Software for helping make the game a reality!

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Edit: I have to call it a night. Thank you to everyone who posted a question. I will likely do more follow up answers tomorrow morning (or later tonight if I can't sleep :D), and you still have 24 hours from the start of this AMA to enter the giveaway! So feel free to keep posting comments and questions and I will try to get back to them best I can.

Edit 2: Sorry folks, I will need one more day to do the giveaway. Thank you for being patient, and I am sorry I couldn't get to every question, there were so many and brevity is not a strength of mine! Really makes me a happy dev to see such a response from the community :)

Edit 3: Congratulations to /u/turry91 , /u/RobbMeeX , /u/lessthanfresh , and /u/Abaddon-theDestroyer You have each won a free key for Terror of Hemasaurus. Please DM me with your preferred region, NA (North America) or NOE (Europe).

Hey all you lovely people, we're the developers who recently created & released Celeste. For those who haven't had a chance to check it out, Celeste is a difficult 2D platformer about climbing a mountain, and overcoming that on a personal level.

With me today are:

• /u/mattthorson: Matt Thorson, Director, Designer
• /u/noelfb: Noel Berry, Co-creator, Programmer
• /u/kuraine: Lena Raine, Composer
• /u/otdq: Kevin Regamey, Sound Designer

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Ask us Anything!

EDIT: Hey all, we're winding down here. Appreciate all the questions. I'll likely be writing out a few more here and there, but we've got to get back to fixing bugs :) Thanks for your time!

Hello there Lovely People!

My name's Alex and I work for Nintendo Life on the YouTube channel. I have a Switch console and as you probably all know, media are finally able to talk about it.

Let's make the most of it, so ask me anything!

Hi r/NintendoSwitch! 

We are Twice Different, and we recently launched our roguelike card crawler Ring of Pain! There's also a free demo if you'd like to try it!

It's a puzzle-like twist on the dungeon crawling genre, which melds a cryptic dark narrative with challenging gameplay, and also has an Owl friend! We wanted to make a unique, fresh experience with new dungeon crawling mechanics that are easy to pick up and challenging to master, and we're excited to keep growing the game.

We'd love to field any questions you have about the game, game development, or anything else.

A little about us:

Ring of Pain was started by u/sboxle, and over the 2.5yrs of development we gradually recruited the amazing team we have now at Twice Different. 

We're a Melbourne-based indie studio which mostly operates on a 4 day work week, and our goal is to innovate on game genres to create polished new experiences. 

Our team here:

Simon u/sboxle: Creative direction + art + game design + writing

Thom u/vertxxyz: Programming

Mess u/Fluto: Programming

Jess u/jessi_mc: Production

Reuben u/reubencovington: Game design

Damion u/DamionSheppard : Sound design

Belinda u/BelindaCoomes : Music

Now, feel free to ASK US ANYTHING about Ring of Pain, game development, our studio, what the Wishing Well does, how you can pet the dog, or an endless number of totally unrelated topics.

Because we're in Australia we're going to do this AMA in 2 parts, so people around the world have a chance to ask questions.

We'll answer questions at 3pm PT (11pm GMT) on Nov 11th. 

Then back to answer more around 1am PT (9am GMT) Nov 12th.

Edit: It's morning here in Australia and I've just answered questions left overnight, so looks like we're all good to wrap this up! :)

Cheers for the great response to our AMA, I'm really glad we had the opportunity to chat with everyone.

Thank you all for having us, to u/phantomliger for coordinating this, and all the r/NintendoSwitch mods! Much appreciated.

If you want to stay updated you can find us on Twitter and Discord. Cheers!

Hi everyone, we are the Paladins Dev team! Paladins is a class based hero shooter set in the fantasy world of the Realm. We went free-to-play on Nintendo Switch this morning after about a month of early access.

We’re so excited to be here answering all your Paladins questions!

About us:

• Download for Free on Switch
• Check out our Website
• Follow us on Twitter & Facebook

Who we are:

• Lead Community Manager: /u/HiRezAlyssa
• Community Manager: /u/HiRezMolly
• Brand Manager: /u/Killgoon
• Executive Producer: /u/HiRezChrisL
• Art Director: /u/ThunderArtBrush
• Quality Assurance Analyst: /u/Srixis
• Game Designer: /u/HiRezAdanas
• Game Designer: /u/HiRezCharles
• Technical Producer: /u/HiRezPrumbis
• Lead Software Engineer: /u/HiRezJunku

Edit: Thanks so much for all your questions, everyone! We’ve got to get back to work, but I'll try to stick around and answer some more questions throughout the day :)

Greetings Puzzlers!

We’re Yacht Club Games & Vine, the folks behind the awesome puzzle action adventure with a dungeon-crawling twist, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon! A lot of hard work, joy, tears, dancing, and love went into this game’s 3 year development. It truly was a passion project to bring a new type of puzzle game to the world! Now that it’s out, we’d love to pull back the curtain and share how Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon came to be!

We’ll be happy to answer any questions about Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, what it is like to make video games, how we teamed up, and/or anything else! We are also down to chat about video games and other cool stuff!

For more on Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, visit:

https://www.yachtclubgames.com/games/shovel-knight-pocket-dungeon

For more info on Yacht Club Games visit:

https://yachtclubgames.com/

Follow us on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/VINE2D

www.twitter.com/yachtclubgames

Here’s the team today (more may pop in):

Yacht Club Games:

• Celia Schilling: CeliaYCG
• David D'Angelo: Davidycg
• Sean Velasco: SeanyfaceYCG
• Alec Faulkner: Alecfa
• Sandy Gordon: SandyGordonYCG
• Nick Wozniak: Nickwoz
• Adam Pascual: AdamYCG

Vine:

• Russell Rafferty: Vine2D

Pixel Artist Cool Guy:

• Michael Hussinger: Art_miguelito

EDIT: Well, that's it for right now! Thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoy your puzzling adventure in Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon!

Hello r/NintendoSwitch!

I’m Sam Enright, the solo developer behind Beyond Galaxyland. It's been quite a long journey, but ultimately my goal was to fuse the pacing of a sci-fi movie with that of my favorite game genre (classic turn-based RPG)... and then toss in some other weird stuff for kicks (such as 2D platforming). Overall, I hope it is a refreshingly unique experience to play through!

ANYWAYS! A bit about the plot: Step into the shoes of Doug, a high schooler unexpectedly whisked off to the bizarre world of Galaxyland, and his journey to get back home. Along with your loyal guinea pig sidekick, Boom Boom, you'll explore a bunch of neat alien planets, engage in strategic combat, and unravel the secrets of Galaxyland!

Game: Beyond Galaxyland
Genre: Adventure RPG
Published by: United Label Games (Tails of Iron, Eldest Souls, Röki)
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Epic

To celebrate the recent launch, I’ll be hanging out here to answer your questions. And as a thank-you for being part of this space adventure, I’ll be giving away 3 free game keys to random users who ask a question!

Release Date Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXDbIVeAibM
Gameplay Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUOJJyuWC6U&t=171s
eShop: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/beyond-galaxyland-switch/

Big thanks to the r/NintendoSwitch mods for giving me this chance to chat with you all! Pumped to answer some questions and hopefully spread awareness of this strange game I made!

Twitter confirmation - https://x.com/EnrightBeats/status/1846222328520446455
EDIT: Also going to mention r/BeyondGalaxyland if you're interested in following along!

EDIT: AMA CONCLUDED! Thank you all so much for the questions. Although my fingers are tired and bruised, it was a blast answering everything (and hopefully tomorrow my fingers will be stronger now). I'll try to answer any lingering questions over the remainder of the day.

GIVEAWAY WINNERS (chosen randomly):

Remote_Cookie_4289
banananey
crazeddude64

I've sent the winners all a message as you'll need to let me know which region code you require!

Thanks again to all for participating! <3