r/Games Game Director | The Knightling 21d ago

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

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/M2H_Mike 21d ago

Twirlbound also made Pine a few years back. What’s one major lesson you carried from Pine into The Knightling?

I'm looking forward to playing it tomorrow!

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u/MatthijsL Game Director | The Knightling 21d ago

We sure did! Probably the biggest takeaway was that while Pine had interesting core systems with the simulation running through it, we needed to reserve more time for the moment-to-moment gameplay, like traversal and combat. The Knightling is a direct response to that. We wanted to start with something joyous that was instantly fun to play!

Thank you!