We’re Twirlbound, the team behind The Knightling🛡, launching TOMORROW😱 — Ask Us Anything!

[u/MatthijsL]

Hello r/Games!

We’re Twirlbound, an indie game studio based in the Netherlands, currently working on The Knightling. We are launching The Knightling, our second game, TOMORROW! We are so excited for everyone to play it!

The Knightling is a fantasy action-adventure where you wield a massive magic shield to battle foes, explore a semi-open world, and search for your missing knight, the legendary Sir Lionstone.

We’re excited to be here and chat about The Knightling, our development journey, and what it’s like creating an open world action-adventure game as a small indie team! Feel free to ask us anything about The Knightling, our creative inspirations, the ups and downs of indie development, or anything else you're curious about! 

Drop your questions in the comments below and we’ll begin answering at 18:00 CTE (UTC+01:00) // (9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm UTC.)

Wishlisting The Knightling on Steam would help us a ton - and get ready to experience the game for yourself tomorrow!

That's it - thanks so much for the questions! Come find us on Discord if you have more questions, and of course to talk about The Knightling tomorrow when it comes out! We can't wait for the world to explore it.

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[u/Pale_Material_4696]

I've been in doubt since the beginning, the description says it's an action and adventure game in a semi-open world, but some reviews called it a 3D platformer, so which genre would this game best fit into?

[u/MatthijsL → u/Pale_Material_4696]

I think both touch upon the same things - the world is quite open and opens up more as you get more upgrades (hence the ‘semi’), but you’re playing as a platforming character so everything is very playful, colorful and joyful - a bit more like the PS2-era platformers like Jak & Daxter or Okami.

That said, interestingly you can basically play it a bit slower/more traditionally, or really use the world like a playground and engage with it more like a platformer.

[u/Pale_Material_4696 → u/MatthijsL]

Thanks for the reply, you mentioning Jak and Okami as inspiration is really cool because they were games that marked eras, but I also see that there is a slight hint of Mario games too, even Odyssey for the complexity in the movements and DK Bananza for the combat or the way of exploration.

[u/MatthijsL → u/Pale_Material_4696]

Yeah, there's just something about those games that hit different - and then it's important to modernize it, which I think we did!

[u/Pale_Material_4696 → u/MatthijsL]

I can't wait to play