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Pinoy-made game 'High Noon Revolver' is now on Nintendo Switch!
Pinoy-made video game "High Noon Revolver" will be released for the Nintendo Switch via Nintendo's online store today, July 23, 2019.
"High Noon Revolver" is a 2D side-scrolling action shooter that has players blasting their way through levels jam-packed with enemies and other obstacles. Your quest to hunt down dangerous outlaws will take you to a variety of environments, such as haunted mansions and sunken ships.
Areas consist of three platforming layers, so expect a lot of jumping in addition to shooting.
The game lets you unlock and play as a bevy of colorful characters, like sword-wielding robots and shotgun-toting chickens. Each comes with unique weapons and skills. You can use gold acquired from defeated enemies to upgrade characters and weapons, allowing you to evolve from a weakling to the rootiest tootiest gunslinger in the Wild West.
It features local multiplayer co-op, and a mode that has you racing against your best time.
"High Noon Revolver" was developed by Mike Reñevo a.k.a. Mike Studios and Filipino game developer and publisher Keybol Games is its Nintendo Switch publisher.
Young gun
Mike Reñevo was studying basic programming as an Information Technology student back in college when he became curious about game development. But instead of playing games, he dedicated his free time to teaching himself how to seek pertinent information from a variety of sources like YouTube tutorials, and make games .
A longtime gamer, Reñevo was inspired to make "High Noon Revolver" by some of the games he enjoyed as a child, such as "Super Mario Bros.," "Contra," and "Jackal." However, its greatest influence was his favorite game "Gun.Smoke," a Western-themed top-down vertical scrolling shooter released in 1985.
"I really loved the concept of the game, especially the automatic scrolling and random enemies that just pop up out of nowhere," said Reñevo. "So I took that inspiration, experimented a little bit, and made a shooter with a triple-lane platform instead, but still has that auto-scrolling feature."
In 2016, Reñevo used cross-platform game engine GameMaker Studio to develop "High Noon Revolver."
The game was initially meant to be a mobile phone endless runner called "Messenger Knight," until inspiration hit and he made it a shooter. Around that time, he was already known for making role-playing video games, so switching to the platformer genre proved shocking to his audience, and a challenge to Reñevo.
"Coding platformer games is way harder than the top-down one as I've encountered many bugs to fix that almost made me abandon the project," he explained.
Reñevo completed the game's development within a year. Then, in January 2017, "High Noon Revolver" was published by Spaceboy Games for the PC. It has received positive reviews on Steam.
The game's Nintendo Switch port improves on the PC version in various ways.
"We have updated everything in the game since we started porting it to Nintendo Switch under Keybol Games," said Reñevo. Some of the graphics were improved, and many bugs were fixed. Keybol Games CEO Bari Silvestre helped port and optimize the game for the console.
Prior to "High Noon Revolver," Reñevo developed other indie games, such as "Dungeon Souls,"
"Undergun," "Party Run," and "Sewer King." He was the key developer of Keybol Games' upcoming "Jack Axe."
It's high noon
Reñevo is extremely excited that "High Noon Revolver" is coming to the Nintendo Switch.
"I'm glad Bari took interest in further developing and improving this game," he said. "And also, this being the first game to be released by our company on Nintendo Switch makes me so proud. I hope a lot of people will enjoy it as we enjoyed making it!"
"High Noon Revolver" will cost USD 2.99 upon its official release this July 23 on Nintendo's online store. (https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/high-noon-revolver-switch/#game-info)
In addition to "High Noon Revolver," Keybol Games is also set to release two other games on the Nintendo Switch: "Grand Guilds" from Naga City-based Drix Studios, and "Jack Axe" from Mike Studios and Keybol Games. — LA, GMA News
