Personal and Professional Practice 3: 'Engage' Studio Brief - Yooka-Laylee

When going through my recent Twitter feed I noticed that there was a lot of hype about a new game coming out called Yooka-Laylee, this really caught my eye, especially when I found out that it was created by the talented people that worked on Banjo-Kazooie and the Donkey Kong County games. I found out that it was currently on Kickstarter and wanting to achieve a goal of £150,000 but only a couple of days in and they where already on £1.5 million! This is incredible and its clear that the 3D platformers are definitely trying to make a come back.

'Yooka-Laylee is an all-new 3D platformer from the creative talent behind the Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country games. We’ve come together to form Playtonic Games and create a spiritual successor to our most cherished work from the past!

Our new heroes, Yooka (the green bloke with no pants) and Laylee (the wisecracking lady-bat with the big nose) were conceptualised from the ground up for stellar platforming gameplay, created by the same character artist behind the rebooted Donkey Kong family and legendary N64 heroes Banjo and Kazooie.

Using an arsenal of special moves like Yooka’s tongue grapple and Laylee’s tactical sonar blast, players will explore – and expand – gorgeous 3D worlds drawn up by esteemed environment artist Steven Hurst (Banjo-Kazooie series, Viva Pinata) and through skill discover the plethora of delicious collectibles hidden within.' (source)

I was really excited by the game, and can't wait to see some more development on it. As I had just finished creating my game for Extended Practice which is based around lots of different 90s era games, like Banjo-Kazooie. I got in contact with them to see if they are running any internship programs or could accommodate a studio visit. 

They weren't able to help me out at the moment, which is something I expected as they are only starting up as a very small company, but they were nice enough to personalty contact me back, which was lovely of them. They told me to get in contact with them on LinkedIn and keep following what there up to so if they do begin to look for people I can find out quickly. I also began following them all on Twitter as well so I could keep up to date with the game's progress as well.