King of the Hat’s 5-Year Road to Switch (Developer Chat)
94King of the Hat is finally out on Switch after we first played it at PAX 2018! Hear from developer Ben Pavelsky about the challenges their team faced to deliver a smooth online hat experience on consoles, and some hints to the future.
Check out King of the Hat at:
➤ https://twitter.com/kingofthehat
➤ https://discord.gg/kingofthehat
➤ King of the Hat on Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/en-ca/store/products/king-of-the-hat-switch/
➤ https://store.steampowered.com/app/837350/King_of_the_Hat/
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
3:52 Strategies
5:10 Early state of game
6:30 Nintendo PAX West 2018
6:48 Discord Launch
7:26 The Reason to Take 5 More Years to Launch
8:50 Stadia shutting down
9:30 Redid every core system
9:45 Arcade / Golf Modes
10:25 Bots
10:47 Is it scary to work on a game that long?
12:40 Nintendo Third Party Support
13:35 Porting
14:30 Any surprising Challenges?
15:35 Crossplay
16:00 Rollback Netcode
17:10 Steam Friend Pass
18:25 Hat Knowledge
19:25 Future Plans - 2 New Characters
21:56 Standout Moment During Development
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