A whopping six years on from its profitable Kickstarter marketing campaign, developer Atooi has introduced a launch date for Hatch Tales: it is lastly approaching twenty eighth March 2024.
The cute platformer — an enhanced HD port of 3DS title Chicken Wiggle and previously recognized Chicken Wiggle Workshop — was efficiently crowdfunded again in early 2018, surpassing its $30,000 objective with a complete of $35,634 from 1,553 backers.
With an preliminary estimated supply of December 2018 and sporadic updates by way of the marketing campaign web page, discontent amongst Kickstarter backers has led to important criticism over communication from the Austin, TX-based studio all through growth.
Despite its extended incubation time — described as an “adventurous growth journey” in Atooi’s press launch — it appears Hatch Tales is lastly making ready to emerge on the sixth anniversary of the preliminary Kickstarter marketing campaign.
A submit to backers of the undertaking knowledgeable them of the information earlier right now. Here’s some textual content from the press launch:
Hatch Tales – previously referred to as Chicken Wiggle Workshop – has had an adventurous growth journey since its profitable Kickstarter marketing campaign in March, 2018. On the sixth anniversary of the marketing campaign, the wait will lastly be over.
Hatch Tales is a classy 2D platformer with climbing mechanics that includes Hatch, a flightless hawk mountaineer, who makes use of his trusty grappling hook to climb up mountains, stun enemies, and zip throughout chasms!
We are planning a particular Atooi media occasion that might be introduced sooner or later, the place viewers might be taken on a deep dive into the egg-citing options of Hatch Tales. Follow us to remain updated with bulletins.
For backers, this one has been a really very long time coming and a few could also be understandably sceptical at this date announcement till the sport is sitting on their Switch they usually can see the way it compares to the preliminary imaginative and prescient outlined within the marketing campaign.
We’re within the technique of talking to Atooi founder Jools Watsham about this sport’s lengthy gestation (amongst different issues) for an upcoming interview, so hold a watch out for that within the coming days.
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