YukiOstudio Exclusive Developer Interview for Ikao The Lost Souls
We had a chance to sit down with the team behind YukiOstudio to chat more in depth about their new game, Ikao The Lost Souls! Check out the exclusive interview below!
Hi There! Please give us a quick introduction of YukiOstudio. What’s your mission?
Jean: Hello everyone, we will first introduce ourselves. We are 2 friends, Jerome and myself, Jean, we have been working on this project for 2 years.
For information, Jerome is French, and I am Swiss.
The graphics and programming part of the game was done by one person, namely Jerome. My part is the financing of the project, the purchase of licenses, equipment, etc.
Jerome: Our goal is the creation of video games entertaining mainly in 2D, with a fairly pronounced difficulty
What’s a fun fact that others may not know about you?
Jerome: I don’t know if we can say that it is fun but neither Jean nor I even have an ounce of training in the sector of the video game, I started worked in the masonry, and Jean in commerce industry.
Jean: Ha ha actually nothing to add
How did you get involved in developing indie games?
Jerome: by passion and…
Jean: and by madness too.
What do you do when you’re not developing indie games?
Jean and Jerome: We play video games!
Jean: No, seriously, as said before I take care of the finances of our Team, so that I have a lot worked alongside to provide various needs, and ensure that Jerome have all the tools to be able to work in a quiet environment.
Jerome: I admit that on my side I did not do much more than work on a project, that took me more than 100%.
Let’s talk about Ikao The Lost Souls now. This brilliantly beautiful puzzle platformer consolidates wonderful music and amazing aesthetic design that is as intriguing to watch as it is to play. How did you come up with this cool concept?
Jean: Jerome? And please do not just answer that it came out of your head.
Jerome : haha, ok ok promised.
It’s a mix of a lot of things, I wanted to mix the cubic decor style of a Mario with more details while integrating a design inspired by Japanese animation, which is my second passion.
The choice of music lies in the general atmosphere that we wanted to give the game.
What was the biggest challenge you encountered in building Ikao The Lost Souls?
Jean: Everything has been a real challenge, for people who are not absolutely trained in the industry, any difficulty has overcome or the least design is a big challenge in itself.
Jerome: I agree, it’s totally that.
What was your budget for Ikao The Lost Souls?
Jean: Between 25 and 30 Thousand Euro. Understand well that in its budget it is also necessary to count the job of Jerome, who worked on it full-time, as well as the cost of material and various license.
What lessons have you learned through the stages of development of Ikao The Lost Souls?
Jean: We cannot really talk about lessons, but let’s say we were completely unexperienced, as this is our first project. We learned a lot about finance difficulties, dely due to unexpected reason during the development himself….
Jerome: The development, the choices, the tests .…
Jean and Jerome: We loved it!
What feature did you develop for Ikao The Lost Souls that caused you to step outside your comfort zone?
Jerome: The adventure of such a development and…
Jean: Answering the question “can we do it.”
Anything you want to tell the Plexstorm community before we sign off?
Jean: First of all, thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to express ourselves on our game and thank you very much to you the community to have brought to an interest in our game by reading us.
Jerome: We really hope that you will have a lot of fun playing our game.
Jean and Jerome: Thanks you all!
The full version of Ikao The Lost Souls is available for purchase and download on the game’s official STEAM page for $1.99. Be sure to visit and engage with YukiOstudio via the game’s official website, STEAM page, and social media pages below as well!
As always, thanks for reading and keep on streaming! ❤
