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"SUPER DISTRO" is a hard-as-nails (Seriously, Who comes up with these idioms?) 2D platformer in the style of retro games such as Megaman, Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels and other such rage-inducing classics. Taking "Difficult gameplay" to a whole new level - SUPER DISTRO is not for the faint-of-heart. You will die again and again. The weak need not apply - Only those who are determined to overcome impossible odds will find victory here and those are the rules of the land in SUPER DISTRO. In the words of a certain sour-tasting character from a popular television show: "We've have it all!"

Post news Report RSS We're now officially a Nintendo developer + Future of Super Distro

Super Distro for Wii U confirmed, PS Vita, PS4 & Xbox One versions planned. Also, we explain the differences between versions of Super Distro and talk about becoming a Nintendo Developer!

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Hello there everyone;
Sorry for the long radio silence!

We’ve been active a load over on Twitter, but apart from that we’ve been ever so busy with bringing Super Distro to life as well as dealing with things such as getting hold of Nintendo and setting up the business side of things!I can say with an extremely happy face - Nintendo have accepted us as a Developer and we’ve been given permission to develop for the Wii U (And hopefully down the line the 3DS!) - What does this mean? It means Super Distro is 100% confirmed for Wii U release and development on that version has already begun!

To be able to sit here and write that feel so surreal. I remember 10-15 years ago; Being able to say I’ve been in contact with Nintendo; Had phone calls and swapped legal documents is a seriously crazy thought. Even now I’m expecting to wake up from this dream - But until that time, I’ll keep working my butt off on Super Distro!

The current platforms we are developing Super Distro are:
Unreal Engine 4:

  • PC
  • Mac
  • Linux
  • iOS Devices
  • Android Devices
  • Gamestick
  • Ouya
  • Amazon Fire TV
  • PS4 (Currently Unconfirmed)
  • Xbox One (Confirmation from Microsoft Pending)

Unity:

  • Wii U
  • PS Vita (Currently Unconfirmed)

I know a few of you will be scratching your head and wondering why we’re creating the game on two different engines. I have an answer for you! Before I tell you, I just want to say it’s been really, really weird (But awesome!) to see people arguing about this fact over on news posts and forums around the web - It feels like only yesterday being an indie developer was a dream I thought I’d never achieve; Yet here we are!

Anyhow, The reason we’re developing in two different engines is because Unreal Engine 4 doesn’t natively build to Wii U. It’d be extremely difficult to port the engine to Wii U and that’s something we don’t want to do - Port the game over. We want to make sure the Wii U version is as feature-full and as fun and visually pleasing as the other versions of the game; While at the same time developing for 8 other devices. This is why we decided to use Unity for this version.It’s easier for us to re-build the project in Unity; Manually converting C++ and Blueprints to C# then to build technically an emulation wrapper over the existing C++ / Blueprint Code.

This means we can tweak the Wii U version where it needs to be tweaked and even push it further in areas where the Wii U excels.From here, the PS Vita version and any other version after that can use the Wii U version as a branching point; So it makes logical sense to do it that way. Especially when it adds only an extra 5 minutes a day to development time.

That’s all I had to say in this post; We’re mighty busy bringing Super Distro to life and I hear Unreal Engine calling me back!As always, be sure to email us if you have any comments, questions or funny pictures of cats: contact@kitatusstudios.co.uk.

Also, if you have a spare moment, check out our IndieGoGo for Super Distro (Even share it around if you’re feeling generous! Every share and contribution helps!) - Indiegogo.com

That’s all for today!Thanks for your support everyone!
You seriously Rock!
- Ryan S, Project Lead
P.S - I got another cat today, so real-life Distro has a sister called Polly!

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