The
Yacht Club Games website has details on a couple of new campaigns that are
coming for free to Shovel Knight along with all the other post-release content
for the platformer (thanks
Eurogamer). Here is the summary of their battle plan:
With that experience fresh in our minds, the team here is now working on all
remaining campaigns and updates at once! That means Specter Knight, King Knight,
Body Swap, and Battle Mode (for PC and consoles). That’s a lot more game — and
it should arrive sooner than the wait between Shovel Knight and Plague Knight.
Creating these updates simultaneously will allow us to plan more cohesively. How
levels change between the two characters, how much time is needed for new
mechanics/systems, stories interweaving, and so on. Once we’re nearing
completion on one set of updates, we’ll be switching our focus to a single
campaign to make sure it’s polished for release. Then we’ll be doing the same by
switching to the next campaign! Here are some answers to the most frequent
questions:
- We’re working on two new campaigns: Specter Knight
and King Knight.
- Campaigns will not be releasing at the same time.
Specter Knight will be released first!
- No estimated release date for any Update quite
yet.
- Similar to our last update, we’ll probably
go overboard
too. Hey! Maybe that’s why we’re called Yacht Club Games!
- New campaigns will come with new Feats and
Challenges for the new campaign character!
- We’re also working on two new modes: Body Swap and
Battle Mode!
- Just like Plague of Shadows releasing with
Challenge Mode, we’re planning to release one of these new modes alongside
each campaign.
- Battle Mode is being designed as a single screen,
multiple controller, multiplayer mode and is currently not planned to arrive
on handheld versions of the game. We’ll be sure to announce if there are any
changes on that front.
- Much like Plague of Shadows, all of the announced
upcoming Shovel Knight content will be free on ALL platforms! For disc/cart
and digital versions!