Update #45: IGA finds a publisher

Basically agree with Pure Miriam on everything.

Didn't know how to feel about 505 Games, but if they don't have content control, then it makes sense to get a company to publish it. And the game looked beautiful.

It sounds to me like the only reason anyone out there doesn't like 505 is because the developer for Payday 2 blamed 505 for Micro Transactions (MTs).

No one has heard 505's side of that story from what I gather.

Even if it's true 505 was pushing for MTs in Payday 2, it is obvious to me by their reactions BEFORE they revoked the MTs that they also supported the decision to instate them. Everything after that was probably damage control in response to their community.

IGA responds to his community. MTs do not fit an IGAvania. Does anybody seriously think MTs will be a remote possibility in a Kickstarter game from IGA? This is not an issue to me, and to those who are concerned about that I hope my opinion alleviates some of that.

Professionals aren't often judged by their accomplishments they are judged by their failures. Didn't they man who invented the Game Boy also invent the Virtual Boy and lose his job because of it? It's all a matter of perspective. My perspective is focused on how impressive Bloodstained is turning out, and how thankful I am that IGA has the opportunity to make this game when so many people had turned him down.

Thank 505 for that.

Just saw the video on my Youtube Subscriptions.

I admit I know pretty much nothing about 505 Games. I visited their official website and didn't really see anything that bothered me, so I'm largely okay with this. At the very least, I can have faith in IGA's judgment regarding publishers. And having a publisher is obviously a good thing.

Just don't make us cry like anime fans on prom night with a 'Masterclass' trailer, mmkay?

What I read is this:


The failure of the VB spelled the end of his run at Nintendo. If he wanted to retire anyway, why did he form a new company and make a new handheld?

NeoGaf seems positive about 505.

Oh, this is great news! With 505 games on our side, we'll be getting some of the talent that helped make Indivisible a success. Seems like there's a great Indie Alliance these days

My only real knowledge about 505 Games is that Lab Zero has pretty much nothing but praise for them so that's good enough for me.

I'll echo what others have said in that the entrance footage is looking good AND that I dunno if that is the place where I would put the backer portraits (though I assume its for maximum exposure). I thought the Hall of Champions area that Shovel Knight had (see below)  where all the backer portraits went was a good idea and I think it t would probably be better to replicate something like that here (say as a Treasure Room or the Library or wherever). Not to say what they have here can't work (and I'm assuming they will work hard to make sure the portraits fit in stylistically with the castle) just the placement wouldn't be my first choice.

I don't think portraits take you away from the game at all, they have been in every castlevania before bloodstained, just mix them up between some other paintings in different places and it's good.

You don't typically see many portraits in general in igavanias especially not in ONE area bunched together like it seems to be here. My post shows that there's CREATIVE ways to artistically insert them in a way that benefits the games aesthetic and artistic value. IMO