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Big Hops doco chronicles six years of development

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A new Big Hops documentary has chronicled six years of development by indie studio Luckshot Games.

The doco “covers the full span of development through a series of interviews with our team and an intimate look at the minutes before launch,” according to Luckshot director Chris Wade.

“We start with the game’s inception in 2019 and go through quitting my job, finding a publisher, growing the team, our design struggles, and more. We go all the way through finding the game, getting dropped by our publisher, Kickstarting finishing funds, and the game’s release at the beginning of this year. It’s a fun ride with some tense moments and an optimistic ending.”

“Big Hops is a 3D platformer, action-adventure with deep movement, fresh frog-tongue gameplay, where you can grow veggies to build paths forward,” Luckshot said of the game itself.

“You’ll play as Hop, a young frog who’s been kidnapped from home by a trickster spirit called Diss. He has a mysterious, important mission and needs your help, but you just want to get back to your family… After a bit of searching, a wiry old Raccoon offers to build you a way home if you can find a few Airship Parts.”

Big Hops is available now on Windows PC via Steam, PS5, and Switch. A demo is also available on Steam.


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