Atooi Shadow Drops Adorable Roguelike Dungeon Hopper On Switch eShop

I just get Qbert vibes.........not for me (despite being a fan of the dev)

This is just Q-Bert reskinned as a dungeon theme. As much as I have enjoyed Q-Bert in the past, does not catch my interest. Plus only 6 different maps does not help either.

Qbert, is that you?

I refuse to give Atooi/Jools any of my business until they release Chicken Wiggle/Hatch Tales. I LOVE Mutant Mudds (and to a lesser degree Xeodrifter), but everything he's done since has been a middling mess.

@JackieCMarlow Completely with you. It's just sad because I have enjoyed every game I've ever played from Renegade Kid/Atooi. But my trust and therefore support in Jools and everyone who decides to work for him, is completely gone.

Let’s get dementium 2 on there next.

It is amazing how much attention NL gives to this publisher, especially in light of their poor track record and consistently negative feedback, and frankly mediocre games. I suspect some sort of personal connection between an editor and Jools.

Looks good! I'm looking forward to playing this one.

@wideawakey There's very little actual journalism within the gaming industry. Real investigative work, grilling CEOs with tough questions, holding publishers accountable when they do or say really stupid stuff, for example. Nlife would have to be blind to the negative feelings towards Atooi(formally Renagade Kid) /Jools, but they seemingly just ignore it, because that would otherwise open a can of worms they are clearly avoiding.

I'm just waiting for my backer copy of Chicken Wiggle at this point. This Qbert clone doesn't look appealing at all. What happened to this company's vision? It's bizzare and sad.

They already released Totes the Goat, which is also a Qbert clone. Now selling this, very similar game for 10 bucks while not having delivered Hatch Tales yet (not to mention Treasurenauts which I'm pretty sure has been cancelled)... Yeah, I'm not biting.

@EVIL-C they literally asked him about it in a recent interview in the fall.

Wait, i thought Chicken Wiggle came out on the 3DS. Were there supposed to be other platforms or stretch goals or something?

@Fiskern If you're referring to Chicken Wiggle, I'm fully aware. I'm on the KS list. I backed the game. It's coming soon. The point is, it should have been out AGES ago. Same goes for Treasurenauts.

I've got the personally signed Dementium 2 poster from Jools that was given away prior to the original DS release of Dementium 2. I've followed Jools for years and am a huge fan of most of their work, including Moon, Mutant Mudds, Xeodrifter, even got the Atooi collection from the scumbags at Limited Run, every though I didn't need it. In recent years however, Jools has not been delivering at all. Games like that Soccer title for Switch are garbage. It's a stark contrast to the RK/Atooi of yesteryear.

If it wasn't so infuriating it would be funny that Hatch Tales might come out this year, the probable last year of the Switch. Chicken Wiggle was a really fun game and I believe a major reason it didn't sell better was due to it releasing on 3DS after the Switch released.

Looks like a reskin of Totes the Goat, which was a Crossy Road style Q*Bert clone.

.........I swear that said "Horror" and not "Hopper. lol

@TechRat The Kickstarter was for porting the existing 3DS game to Switch.

Indie games have flourished so much since this caliber of game could get a special mention on a high traffic site.

Mutant Mudds on Switch sits better amongst all those 1 quid 90% off platformers with Microsoft paint art direction. Would be nice if there was more digging for something more deserving of the spotlight.

Qbert on Arcade Archives please!
Apparently Sony owns it...