The game does seem very similar to Cuphead in many ways but it also looks like it has some its own legs to stand on. Cuphead, developed by HTML Studios, is a boss rush style game where you play as living cups and shoot magic beams at monsters to collect their souls. However it is actually digitally drawn, but it is drawn frame by frame to have the same feel. Enchanted Portals is a Cuphead-esc game made by Xixo Games Studio, a Spanish company of 2, named Daniel and Gemma. It’s in the old Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat cartoon styles, and it appears hand-drawn. The art style is one of the big controversies I’ve seen. Kahl’s Robot fight, and the Witch fight looking a lot Hilda Berg in her final form of the battle. Some ideas are very similar to Cuphead, being the animation of the main characters attacking, the Cow boss in it’s robotic faze, being almost a carbon copy of the Dr. Some bosses look very unique, fighting a Beethoven inspired character while inside of his piano, a fight against the Princess and the Frog, and even one against Cerberus, the 3-headed dog of the underworld. The real reason why fans believe Enchanted Portals is stealing from Cuphead is due to its aesthetics, as it uses the same 30s cartoon style, except with a fantasy twist. Xixo is also going for random boss ideas, instead of sticking to one theme. They have responded to this criticism on Facebook, where they have 8.6 thousand followers, saying the following: ‘ we’ve been listening closely to the criticism and we agree that having more elements that further differentiate ourselves from Cuphead would greatly benefit the game, so from now on we’ll work towards adding some more original gameplay mechanics… …as many other unique elements as possible.’ Enchanted Portal’s fight against Cerberus.Ī few unique ideas they’ve already had is a shield bubble, status effects, and possibly an element system they’ve talked with fans about. Cuphead, developed by HTML Studios, is a boss rush style game where you play as living cups and shoot magic beams at monsters to collect their souls.Įnchanted Portals has received a ton of backlash from the media, having the look and gameplay feel very similar to Cuphead, being a boss rush style game where you shoot magic. Check out the game’s Twitter page here.Enchanted Portals is a Cuphead-esc game made by Xixo Games Studio, a Spanish company of 2, named Daniel and Gemma. The game is planned to be released on PC and Nintendo Switch. The Kickstarter campaign for Enchanted Portals begins on 24 October 2019. We’ll have to wait and see if that attention is the good or bad kind. It’s definitely helping them get a lot of attention. Why this saddens me is that it feels like they’ve got a bunch of skilled folks developing this game but they didn’t put in a lot of thought in the department of originality.Īren’t they worried about being ignored due to sentiments of being considered just a clone or reskin of Cuphead? Perhaps the developers actually want people to think that. Inspired by their love of Cupheadwhich is definitely not coming to the PlayStation 4two game developers in Spain banned together to create Enchanted Portals. It’s basically a one-to-one copy of Cuphead‘s 2D side-scrolling platformer gameplay. Once I got to see the gameplay, I felt a bit disappointed. It’s very obvious that there are talented people working on this. The character and enemy designs look great and the overall animation work is indeed beautiful. They’re working on a game that wears the aesthetics of 1930s cartoons, similar to Cuphead. The developers of Enchanted Portals have aroused very mixed feelings inside me. Here's the trailer for our upcoming kickstarter campaign! #gamedev #indiegame /lWAJeULb3K Developer Xixo Game Studio announced the Cuphead-inspired 2D platformer, Enchanted Portals, is planned for a release on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC. However, some developers take more than just inspiration. Taking inspiration from other successful games can potentially make your own game a lot more enjoyable. Published The Enchanted Portals Kickstarter campaign has been delayed indefinitely as Xixo Games Studios finishes negotiations with a prospective publisher. In the world of video games development, it’s very hard to find original ideas.
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