“The core idea was to make it a ‘healthy’ idle game that takes this style of gameplay and uses it in a way that can fit the player’s life, as opposed to trying to just keep them hooked constantly on the screen,” Hollands said.įinally, “The Last Campfire” from Hello Games was one of the most anticipated releases for Apple Arcade, given the success of the company’s 2016 game “No Man’s Sky.” Hello Games co-founder Sean Murray told TechRadar about the process of developing for Apple Arcade and Apple devices: “Whereas our other games, you don’t know when to stop - you just lean back and play for an hour, but this we semi-intentionally made it feel like there’s really chapter caps,” Krankel told TechRadar.Īs for the Devolver Digital title “Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows,” creator Jake Hollands also said that not having to worry about monetization allowed for the development of a “healthy idle game.” Krankel noted that there was only one change Night School Studio made to “Next Stop Nowhere” before launching it on Apple Arcade: clearer instructions about when to take a break. This space game that we’ve been kicking around would be a good fit, especially if we don’t need to cram in monetization hooks that we frankly are not good at.” “We weren’t just hitting art house gamer people and horror gamer people, but now on iOS we’re reaching tweens who read creepypasta and a much broader audience. But then the studio’s debut title that started on PC, Oxenfree, hit iOS – and reached a new audience. “I was fairly dubious that a premium game could still survive in this world,” said Sean Krankel, co-founder of Night School Games. Apple Arcade also allowed the studio to hit a broader audience, something the company experience initially on iOS hone it released its “Oxenfree” game in the App Store: First and foremost, Apple Arcade doesn’t allow games to offer in-app purchases of any sort. Night School Studio co-founder Sean Frank explained that while he was skeptical of the role of premium games in today’s world, but Apple Arcade was an enticing choice for “Next Stop Nowhere” for several reasons.
A new deep dive from TechRadar today offers a closer look at the development of the games, and how Apple Arcade was involved. Apple Arcade has added three notable titles over the last several weeks: “Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows” from Devolver Digital, “Next Stop Nowhere” from Night School Studio, and “The Last Campfire” from Hello Games.
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