Nearly two years on after its initial announcement for Switch, A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher is finally available on Nintendo Switch eShop. Self-described as a 'Split Screen Single Player Twin Stick Risk 'Em Up', Ask an Enemy Studios has spent over four years developing the game which has you controlling two ships at the same time.
On the left side of the screen you must destroy enemies for points, and resources on the right side must be collected to multiply your score. However, while the ship on the left is impervious to damage, the resource harvesting right ship is vulnerable. ADHD: Trackher has you gambling your score with risk-reward mechanics encouraging you (hopefully) skirt death while racking up a sizeable score that gets added to the online leaderboard should you survive. You can choose when to leave with your score, but die and it'll be wiped away.
The game failed to reach its Kickstarter goals, but the devs said it was coming regardless, and after a couple of years, here it is! The action looks frantic and we're sure it'll take a while to master it's head-tapping/belly-rubbing gameplay, but it looks fascinating. It's available now on the eShop for $9.99.
Are you up for a shmup with a twist? Think you can master the left-brain/right-brain challenge (or are you thinking of cheating by splitting the Joy-Con with a mate)? Let us know below.
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ADHD? Sounds like my kind of game!
Duel? Sorry but I don't think that works, dual, yes. Happy to be corrected.
I watched the trailer and maybe I am getting older because I have no idea what’s happening
@Lordplops Yeah this and Mortal "Kombat". Sorry guys. "Combat" starts with a "C". Idiots.
The arcade is not dead hashtag earned them a sale today.
You lost me at ‘duel’...
Despite the deplorable, mind-diluting, aggravating use of the word "duel," this will go on my Switch today.
@Lordplops Nah Duel is hella radder. Anyone could have come up with Dual
@needmorecowbell This might help https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL79dck26jCXGdUeRELCVmbbze15K-ziZF
@Ryu_Niiyama Thank you <3 #arcadeIsNotDead indeed
@Toshiro_Baloney I dropped out of collage to make this so collage taught me how two dual
@TactileSpore Now that's more like it <3
@AskAnEnemy
Hey thanks! Props and much respect on the dedication to your dream! : )
@needmorecowbell Thanks!!! That definitely means a metric ton! It has not been easy. Not in the least, but I never gave up, not when the Kickstarter “failed,” and definitely not when publishers said “not today.” I took the game on the road and saw how actual players took to it. How even though it looked difficult, at face value they saw it as intimidating, but when they put their hands on it and wrapped their head around it. Holy moly that feeling is the absolute best and I hope everyone has, at the very least, the opportunity to work towards a goal that is just as rewarding as that.
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