Also he’s a bipedal purple hog, who uses a jetpack when he dashes.Īs a game, Space Punks is a bit different than the likes of Shadow Warrior and the upcoming Evil West, but the recently announced Trek To Yomi is proof that the dev team has range. Bob is a bug-like engineer with turrets and gadgets, while Finn is a tank with pulls and aggros enemies. Eris is the game’s melee focused character, who uses her nanobots to devastate enemies. There’s Duke, who’s a massive braggart obsessed with fame and fortune, using commando-like abilities. Personally, I want to work more from the office, because I like working with people, and I get energy from working like that, but we will definitely be more open with working like that.”Īs for the game itself, Space Punks will launch into early access with four playable characters. When asked if Flying Wild Hog would be adopting a work from home balance when COVID finally gets in the bin, Bartek adds: “The company would be more open to working from home, because it works, and for some people, it works better. That was a big test for us, and it was cool, let’s say, that we were able to do that.” I think as a studio, we passed the “exam” as it were, as we were able to transition to working from home within about a week, and basically go back to business. As far as I know, no one from the team was hit hard by the pandemic, which is very good. We are proud of what our Cracow team cooked up–a delectable mix of over-the-top, sci-fi action-RPG that’s wrapped in self-aware humor.” Space PunksĬircling back to COVID, Bartek noted that Flying Wild Hog’s transition into work from home due to COVID was about as painless as you could hope for: “The last year has been hard. With Space Punks, we continue that tradition of ours, and we are delighted to announce this new addition to our portfolio of explosive games. Michal Szustak, Flying Wild Hog CEO & co-founder, added: “We’ve been making explosive, fast-paced action games for more than 12 years. We very much look forward to using the skills and experience in building huge communities gained over 20 years of developing the RuneScape franchise to support Space Punks and future games to come under the Jagex Partners umbrella.” He said the following via a press release: “Space Punks perfectly embodies our living games philosophy by providing players with a deep, social and ever – evolving multiplayer experience. Phil Mansell, Jagex CEO, is just as excited. He added: “We’re working together, it’s been super good co-operation, especially when it comes to know-how and learning from one another, it’s super good.” Space Punksīartłomiej Schweiger (Bartek for short), Space Punks’ Design Lead, spoke about the collaboration in an interview, stating that the development has been moving “super smoothly”, despite the events of COVID. Jagex themselves even noted that they are excited about the idea of forging a lasting partnership. You know how the loot game works, and Space Punks is no different, but this new attempt might just be cut from a different cloth, as FWH have partnered with Jagex, leveraging their long-term success on Runescape to try and create a game with a real long-term legacy.ĭuring a behind closed doors press event, it was noted by the development team that there was a hungry ambition from Flying Wild Hog to learn more about the gaming industry to then expand into the multiplayer space, which is why the two began to collaborate.
Launching into early access exclusively on the Epic Games Store on July 14th, Space Punks sees teams of up to four players complete levels and earn killer loot, so that they can take on harder levels, earn more loot and so on. The team responsible for the recent Shadow Warrior reboots, Flying Wild Hog have grown in size exponentially over the past few years with a few games lurking on the horizon, but it might be Space Punks that catches most off guard.
The looter shooter genre has exploded in popularity recently, but if any developer is going to create a version that’s more bombastic and explosion heavy than the rest, it’s Flying Wild Hog.
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