Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

[Intellivision Master]

 

[vongruetz]

31 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Check out our latest gameplay footage for Space Strikers!

 

Developed by the incredible team over at Couch In The Woods Interactive.

 

In this video we have the developers take you through the basics of the game.

 

So easy to pick up & play and SO MUCH FUN!!

 

You need to get these guys some Amico controllers ASAP!!

[Intellivision Master]

 

[woobman]

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Check out our latest gameplay footage for Space Strikers!

 

Developed by the incredible team over at Couch In The Woods Interactive.

 

In this video we have the developers take you through the basics of the game.

 

So easy to pick up & play and SO MUCH FUN!!

 

This looks like a big load of fun... Love the use of gravity to throw the ball.  I know I'll suck at it, but I think the family will have a ton of fun with it. With the team all using xbox controllers, I wonder what cool features will be implemented when you use the Amico controller?   

[Cranker]

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Check out our latest gameplay footage for Space Strikers!

 

Developed by the incredible team over at Couch In The Woods Interactive.

 

In this video we have the developers take you through the basics of the game.

 

So easy to pick up & play and SO MUCH FUN!!

 

Looks super cool. I’m a bit confused when looking at it but I’m sure when I play it I’ll get it ! 

[Intellivision Master]

 

[Atari400Veteran]

Hi Tommy,

 

Apologies if this has been asked before, but I wondered if it will be possible to select player colour in Amico games? I really like the idea of everyone in the household having their own dedicated colour (much like if we play Cluedo or Monopoly we all have our set characters we always play). If not I think that would be a great feature. Or perhaps that's just the geek in me!!

 

Thanks!

[Battlefish]

1 hour ago, vongruetz said:

You need to get these guys some Amico controllers ASAP!!

Y'know, that makes me wonder: has the production of dev kits been affected by supply shortages as well?

[+Tommy Tallarico]

1 minute ago, Atari400Veteran said:

Hi Tommy,

 

Apologies if this has been asked before, but I wondered if it will be possible to select player colour in Amico games? I really like the idea of everyone in the household having their own dedicated colour (much like if we play Cluedo or Monopoly we all have our set characters we always play). If not I think that would be a great feature. Or perhaps that's just the geek in me!!

 

Thanks!

Absolutely!!   100%!  We show that in an upcoming video!

 

 

[+Tommy Tallarico]

1 hour ago, Intellivision Master said:

With the delay of Amico, maybe there can be more pack in games added.  Space Strikers seems like a good one to pack in.  

Only 6 games.  Sorry.

 

 

[Intellivision Master]

Tommy,

 

You said all games on Amico have a single player mode.  But in the future will there be some games that are multiplayer only?

[Atari400Veteran]

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Absolutely!!   100%!  We show that in an upcoming video!

 

 

Oh that's great - I think that will really add to the experience!

[Intellivision Master]

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Only 6 games.  Sorry.

 

 

There was talk of having more at one point.  But 6 is good enough.  I'm okay with just the 6 games.

[bigdaddygamestudio]

7 minutes ago, Battlefish said:

'know, that makes me wonder: has the production of dev kits been affected by supply shortages as well?

 

 

So will this game be a real exclusive or just have an amico edition. People are getting confused, even the devs admit there is confusion as I suspect they may have the game as a PC game "Neon Shifter"??. Im hoping amico will have more games in a truly wall offed environment and truly 100% exclusive as  IMHO it will help greatly enhance the interest and sell-ability of the system if they do. (but perhaps IE did take over funding and this is an true exclusive?? if so that would be great.)  

Edited February 19 by bigdaddygamestudio

[+Tommy Tallarico]

1 hour ago, vongruetz said:

You need to get these guys some Amico controllers ASAP!!

Haha!  True! 

 

They haven't begun the optimization yet and they didn't have 4 controllers but we wanted to show 4 players (and the mobile app wasn't optimized for this game yet).  

I'm sure there will be a faction of people who will scream bloody murder because they were playing the build off a PC. But as they clearly stated in the video, they haven't started optimizing it for Amico yet... they also mentioned that it's a work in progress. 

There will be certain things to do "on screen" as well... but we just wanted to highlight the initial basic 4 player super fun and easy gameplay at this point.

 

 

 

 

[+Tommy Tallarico]

5 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

Tommy,

 

You said all games on Amico have a single player mode.  But in the future will there be some games that are multiplayer only?

Yes.

[Battlefish]

1 minute ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

 

 

So will this game be a real exclusive or just have an amico edition. People are getting confused, even the devs admit there is confusion as I suspect they will have the game as a PC game "Neon Shifter". Im hoping amico will have more games in a truly wall offed environment and truly 100% exclusive as  IMHO it will help greatly in the interest and sell-ability of the system.

Here is what Tommy has said in the YouTube comments:

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Almost every game ever made uses a PC hooked up to a development kit to create it.

They did not have access to 4 Amico controllers and the implementation on the mobile app has not been optimized so they played it directly from the PC instead.

Which makes sense to me; lots of console games are tested on a PC first of all.

[+Tommy Tallarico]

2 minutes ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

 

 

So will this game be a real exclusive or just have an amico edition. People are getting confused, even the devs admit there is confusion as I suspect they will have the game as a PC game "Neon Shifter". Im hoping amico will have more games in a truly wall offed environment and truly 100% exclusive as  IMHO it will help greatly in the interest and sell-ability of the system.

Our version is exclusive and different from Neon Shifter.

 

 

[bigdaddygamestudio]

5 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Our version is exclusive and different from Neon Shifter.

 OK, but if they are just different versions and/or control schemes of the same basic game, I think you guys may be opening yourself up to some blowback.  Just my 2 cents. I may be wrong, wouldnt be the first time :).  I just think true exclusive will be the ones that really move the system like say EWJ4, or baseball or other 100% exclusives.

Edited February 19 by bigdaddygamestudio

[+Tommy Tallarico]

34 minutes ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

 OK, but if they are just different versions and/or control schemes of the same basic game, I think you guys may be opening yourself up to some blowback.  Just my 2 cents. I may be wrong, wouldnt be the first time :).  I just think true exclusive will be the ones that really move the system like say EWJ4, or baseball or other 100% exclusives.

 

At this point I don't really care how a gamer wants to interpret the word "exclusive" for a video game console.  We've made our definition very clear and the devs even confirm it in the video.

Exclusive means we are not doing direct ports (like most companies do).

 

It's not really a big issue unless someone wants to try and make it one.... which as we're all aware... they will no matter what.

I like @The Atari Creep's simple response:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Intellivision Master]

Tommy,

 

Will the physical games/digital games show how many can play?  Such as this game is for 2 players only.  Or this game is multiplayer only.  Also, will there be any games that are just single player?

[+Tommy Tallarico]

4 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

Tommy,

 

Will the physical games/digital games show how many can play?  Such as this game is for 2 players only.  Or this game is multiplayer only.  Also, will there be any games that are just single player?

Yes.  They will show how many players the game is for.

Currently we do not have any games that are just single player.

 

 

[Intellivision Master]

Just now, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yes.  They will show how many players the game is for.

Currently we do not have any games that are just single player.

 

 

Good to know.  

[Silverbot]

On 2/16/2021 at 6:33 PM, Silverbot said:

Hi Tommy,

 

Will Breakout have a mode on it like classic were you just have to clear all the bricks to progress to the next stage? As I noticed this mode is called Voyage, makes me think the will be a vertical classic mode. 👍😀

Tommy, not sure if you saw my question above 👍😀

[+Tommy Tallarico]

12 minutes ago, Silverbot said:

Tommy, not sure if you saw my question above 👍😀

Potentially.  We're not 100% sure yet if we'll be adding that.  Doing the core game first.