This year, to commemorate the Blue Burrower’s anniversary, we created an official cameo roundup of our favorite knight that digs. If you couldn’t tell, we really love to see Shovel Knight in other games and media – and boy, our stalwart hero has certainly popped up in tons of unexpec...
Shovel Knight: Treasure TroveShovel Knight: Specter of Torment Go By: Yacht Club Games on Jan 21, 2020 Specter of Torment Level Design Deep Dive (3/5) Once a level’s rooms are all in place, the game really starts coming together. Perhaps the level is playable from start to finish, an...
Feature Shovel Knight Level Designer Makes A Super Mario Maker 2 Course Play a course by Shovel Knight designer Michael Herbster! Welcome, one and all, to the first in our 'Super Nindie Maker 2' series showcasing developer-created Super Mario Maker 2 courses! Since the game released a littl...
First up to bat is Michael Herbster, level designer at Yacht Club Games, the studio responsible for some of the tightest retro-flavoured indie platforming of the last decade with its colossal uber hit Shovel Knight. Below you'll find a some of the thoughts behind Michael's Mario Mak...
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove $39.99 14,139 2,490 105 4.43* 21,814 191 (1%) 62-80h Full list of all 105 Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove achievements worth 2,490 gamerscore. The base game contains 45 achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore, and there are 3 DLC packs containing 60 achievements...
Shovel Knight's soundtrack meanwhile takes the retro authenticity to an entirely new level, with famed composers Jake Kaufman and Manami Matsumae (famous for her work with Capcom on Mega Man) collaborating on the music. "We’ve all been working with Jake for a long time, most recently on ...
On the surface, Hans Gruber may not seem too flashy a name, especially when it comes to villainy, but all it takes is some sucking up byDie Hardsleazy executive Harry Ellis to give the name some panache. “Hans, bhubbie, I’m your white knight!” Between Ellis’ misguided schmoozing ...
On the surface, Hans Gruber may not seem too flashy a name, especially when it comes to villainy, but all it takes is some sucking up byDie Hardsleazy executive Harry Ellis to give the name some panache. “Hans, bhubbie, I’m your white knight!” Between Ellis’ misguided schmoozing ...
But once Shovel Knight does hit shelves, it will mark the end of a nearly year-long process of learning how to do something totally different from what the studio knows how to do: make games. It was a huge learning process, but Yacht Club is already thinking about doing it again....
Fix: Custom Knight level up memory leak fix Fix: Custom Knight item warning only appears if Custom knight active (ie won’t display when playing as a clone) Wii U New: New Miiverse avatars from Specter of Torment are now selectable. Fix: Player 2 can now go into the options menu and ...