the year is slowly coming to an end and I would like to take this opportunity to say "thank you"!
Thank you for all your feedback, the exchange with you guys and your interest in Colt Canyon at several events and playtestings! I am working hard to launch the game in late Q1 or early Q2 2020. It took some more time to implement all your great feedback and I only want to offer you guys the best Colt Canyon experience possible!
More information on the game and (of course) also on the launch date for Colt Canyon will be revealed soon.
I wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - have a good start into 2020!
Colt Canyon is one of GameSpot's "Coolest Games" at PAX West!
We recently showcased Colt Canyon at our booth at PAX West in Seattle with a fresh playable demo. Also the guys at GameSpot came by to take a look at the game - and mentioned it as one of their "37 Coolest Games From PAX West 2019 You Need To See":
"Coming from Retrific, Colt Canyon is best described as a minimalist roguelike Western game. [...] It's certainly an unusual approach to a Western game, but at the same time, that's what makes it so alluring."
"I had a blast fighting through the different stages of the desert wilderness, picking up new guns and reclaiming treasures from bandits. Colt Canyon has got a unique approach to the concept of a Western roguelike, and I'm excited to dive right back in for another run soon."
gamescom is over and now PAX West is around the corner! There are just a few days to go! If you want to take a deeper look and get your hands on the colts and rifles of Colt Canyon, let's meet in Seattle at PAX West, Floor 6, Booth #7216!
gamescom is around the corner, there is less than one week to go! If you want to take a deeper look and get your hands on the colts and rifles of Colt Canyon, let's meet for a shootout in Cologne! You can find us in hall 10.2 at the Indie Arena Booth!
Come by, meet the crazy hombres of Headup, let's have a chat and get your hands on four more gems of the Headup line-up: Vambrace: Cold Soul (developer on-site), Silver Chains, Outbuddies and Fromto (developer on-site)!
Howdy fellow gunslingers! Great pleasure to welcome you to our first Developer Shootout on our pixel art rogue-lite shooter Colt Canyon. Within the next weeks and months we will be sharing tons of news on the steps we take to bring the dangerous Wild West to an atmospheric life!
Let's talk about the music: To make the Western experience as realistic as possible and allow the player to immerse into a story full of flying bullets, bloodthirsty enemies and dangerous wildlife you need an atmospheric soundtrack, that is supporting the story and action on the screen - no matter if it's a movie or a game.
Colt Canyon is no exception. The game is designed in a minimalized and pixelized style with color mood and vegetation differing depending on the various regions the players is shooting his way through - and it's the same for the soundtrack.
Composer of the Colt Canyon soundtrack is Luigi-Maria Rapisarda: "Endless deserts, smoking colts, saloons in which the whiskey flows, bandits that wanna chase you down and the burning sun in the sky combined with typical instruments like harmonica, fiddle or an old bar-piano - the Colt Canyon soundtrack is inspired by the works of Ennio Morricone on the great Spaghetti Western movies of the 60s and 70s."
We recently showcased Colt Canyon at our booth at PAX East with a playable demo. Here is a little overview about some press coverage on our pixel art rogue-lite shooter:
After painting the desert red ("With blood, of course") Kotaku is "now extremely excited" about Colt Canyon. What they liked the most? Apparently the "great pixel-splatter effects". You can find the full article "15 Games That Grabbed My Attention At PAX East" HERE.
Destructoid also documented about their Colt Canyon experience and came to the conclusion that "maybe this will be the perfect game for anyone wanting more of Rockstar's flavor of Americana." You can find the full Destructoid read HERE.
Also IndieHangover tried it at PAX East: "Colt Canyon is incredibly well made, atmospheric and exciting to play." Find the full short preview HERE on their website.
In addition to the press feedback we received tons of good ideas and feedback from all you guys at PAX East! Thanks a lot - it's very important for us and we are working hard to bring your feedback to live!
PAX East is around the corner, there is only one week to go! If you want to take a deeper look and get your hands on the colts and rifles of Colt Canyon, let's meet in Boston! You find us at booth #23078 on the main floor!
Strap on your revolver and keep the hammer cocked, Hoss - welcome to the West! Colt Canyon is a stylish 2D pixel art twin-stick shooter with roguelike elements in which you control a cowboy (or a cowgirl!), whose mission it is to save his kidnapped partner from ruthless bandits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFwWfeO0dq4
Take your revolver, knife and TNT and shoot your way through a hostile canyon full of hidden treasures, weapons, obstacles and all kinds of bloodthirsty scum. Perhaps you can save more people than just your beloved one. You can also enjoy Colt Canyon with a friend by playing its 2P local co-op mode.
