Talking to Neil and Socrates about King of the Hat’s 5-year development so far, how things have been progressing, hat lore, demo tips, and yes, it’s still coming to Switch!
Timestamps:
0:00 Culmination of 5-years of work & what’s changed
2:00 You-mad-real-also
2:50 Coming up with the washing machine character
4:40 The hat gameplay mechanic
5:20 Any fan of Mario Odyssey is a fan of KotH
6:40 Fighter abilities
8:50 Parallax & Leaning into 3D Camera
9:38 Team roles & many hats
11:09 Lava
11:39 King of the Hat’s Lore
12:18 New Mechanics since Discord like Hat Recall
13:00 High-Level Gameplay & Bots
13:56 Trying out items & a level hazard
16:54 Developing special mechanics for each character
18:30 Thinking “Sure, I can add network code in 10 weeks”
21:00 Still Coming to Switch - The Chew
21:57 Trying 75% game speed
24:17 Overcoming challenges the last two years
27:14 Tip: Curve your hat throws
28:08 Trying 150% game speed
29:00 Hat rack
30:40 Where to find King of the Hat
31:28 For glory - First to 5
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