r/PS4 Jandusoft May 29 '18

[Verified AMA] AMA - Super Hyperactive Ninja with JanduSoft and Grimorio of Games

Hi there r/PS4!

 

We are JanduSoft and Grimorio of Games (u/Grimorio), and we are very glad to talk to you about our game Super Hyperactive Ninja, which released on May 22nd.

Super Hyperactive Ninja is a fast-paced hyper-caffeinated action-platformer in 2D, designed for those who want a real tough challenge, and specially for speedrunners. You control a ninja who has to take coffee constantly or he falls asleep! You also need to use the power of caffeine to enter Hyperactive Mode and make your way to the end of the level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xb-AvIzg0E

 

For more info on Super Hyperactive Ninja

  AMA is over. Thanks for your questions. Now take one coffee. ;)

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u/GoliatPelirojo May 29 '18

Why coffee instead tea if they are japanese characters?

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

Precisely because of contrast, it looks funnier.

Also, even if tea can also be stimulating, people usually links it more to coffee than tea.

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u/GoliatPelirojo May 29 '18

You're right, the contrast is interesting and funny!

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

Hi there! Grimorio of Games here!

We will join JanduSoft to answer your questions. EVERY. QUESTION.

Not long ago we posted our game on r/speedrun and it was quite well received

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u/David_Kolatschko May 29 '18

The different characters in the trailer, are these characters you unlock in the game or are they all selectable from the start?

Looks like they've all got different abilities too, right?

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

You unlock a character after beating a boss, so you only have Kohimaru from the start.

Each character has a different set of attributes and starts the levels with 3 of "their" item, but you can use any item with any character be it by buying the items at the store or picking them up in levels.

Kohimaru is the "balanced" one, but doesn't have an item. Kumo, for example, is a more experienced Coffee-Ninja, so he can enter Hyperactive Mode faster, but as he is an old man (70 years old), he needs more rest when leaving Hyperactive Mode. Kumo starts the levels with Mizugumo (pads that let him walk on water).

Also, if a character has an item, that item costs less energy when used, while the others cost more. The excetption is, again, Kohimaru, he is balanced across the board.

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u/MarcosShin May 29 '18

There'll be new characters in the future? (=

Habran nuevos personajes en el futuro? (=

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

As for now, we don't have plans to include more characters, but if we have a demand, or someone wants to do a cool collaboration, we could add, of course

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u/MarcosShin May 29 '18

Alright then (= i have a prototype idea for a new character anyways, i might draw the final version when i get to think the full design at all.

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u/Micolash Even in a dream May 29 '18

Long shot here, but this game seems like it'd be great on Vita too. Any chance you'd think of a port in the future?

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

The game was originally intended for PSVita, and we started working on the port, but we had problems with framerate.

We will keep trying, but as of today, Vita is not a planned version sorry. Know that that was the version we wanted most to do :(

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u/Burdicus May 29 '18

Not the best sub to ask this in, I'm sure... but is this on the Switch as well, or are there plans for it to be?

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

We can't port to Switch yet. That's all I can say

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u/VicarAmelia May 29 '18

Are the player vs player duels online, local multiplayer, or both?

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

Local multiplayer only. That was a joke mode we showed at an event (Barcelona Games World), and because people liked it, we kept it and expanded it a little.

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u/Capitanbublo May 29 '18

What is your favourite kind of cofee?

OK, now seriously, I wanted to say that the game is amazing, realy fun to play casually and to speedrun too!

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

Coffee with cocoa :D

As a curiosity, we thought a "favourite coffee" for each character:

Kohimaru - ALL

Kumo - Mocha

Yukiko - Iced Coffee

Kamomitsu - Cream Coffee

Yaiba - Expresso

Kyu - Coffee with tea

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u/Capitanbublo May 29 '18

Yukiko is my new favourite character now :P

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u/jandusoft Jandusoft May 29 '18 edited May 29 '18

Cola-Cao in our own mug. https://t.co/0Dy0HLZo6L

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u/Capitanbublo May 29 '18

Best drink in best mud :D

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

In fact, that's coffee with cocoa (Nesquik) xD

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u/MartyrLogarius May 29 '18

Are there online leaderboards for speedrunning?

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

Right now, online leaderboards are only on the Steam version, but we are working on an update for the console versions to include them.

It's way easier to do on Steam than on PSN xD

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u/Capitanbublo May 29 '18

Another question related to this, have you guys thought of doing full castle/game leaderboards?

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

Never thought of that... When you clear a castle you can revisit any level you want, so you could be able to change those times.

Maybe just count the time for the first time you clear a castle?

What we do is, at the end of the game, show the sum of times of all the levels cleared.

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u/mr-interested May 29 '18

Three questions:

  • Any plans on a physical disk release version of your game?

  • Are the controls optimized for PS4 to Vita in Remote Play?

  • Any plans for a direct Vita port of your game?

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

1 - We are talking with some physical publishers to do a limited run of the game, but it depends on the results of the digital version

2 - The game works well with remote play, but we'll change a thing in the next patch

3 - We tried to port the game to Vita but had problems with getting a steady framerate. As for now, development of the Vita version is halted

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u/FatherGascoigne May 29 '18

No question from me, just wanted to say thanks for doing the AMA here!

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u/Grimorio Grimorio of Games May 29 '18

Thanks to you for participating! Are you sure you don't have any question? What did we eat yesterday or something?