Pebble Studios has released a documentary showcasing the difficulties Switchblade Monkeys faced when creating their Western PvP game, Secret Ponchos. The documentary is approximately 15 minutes, and shows the developers as they discuss the process of developing a Western PVP. Yousuf Mapara, creative lead of Switchblade Monkeys, commented:
“Competitive PvP is one of the most difficult genres of game to build, even for major studios, so we knew it was a (perhaps blindly) optimistic goal for a bunch of friends with no resources building a game in our bedrooms. But we were building our dream game – there was no room for compromise! For the first several months we didn’t even have a single programmer on the team, so we focused on what we could do: we started creating the art and music and before we knew it momentum was building. It’s been a long, weird, exhausting, exhilarating ride – Pebble was intuitive and adept in capturing this journey.”
Secret Ponchos is available for the PS4 and PC. For more information, check out the game’s official Steam page here.
