We thought: 'Why not try it again, and learn the process and maybe it will be easier this time around?' It is also a really cool game that we wanted gamers to play, and maybe if people saw that we were doing it, perhaps they'd be more excited to play it.' 'So they asked if we were interested in publishing it. 'Inti Creates said they really wanted to get out into stores, and they knew that we had just done it, successfully, with Shovel Knight,' says Yacht Club programmer David D'Angelo. Yacht Club published Gunvolt 1 and 2 at retail It is an unusual move for a studio that admits it 'has no real experience in selling games', but it was here where we discovered the firm's love of the box. And to chat about their recent change of business model surrounding its Shovel Knight 'DLC' (we'll come onto that later).īut we found ourselves asking about Yacht Club's recent attempts at games publishing, where it helped Inti Creates release Gunvolt 1 and 2 on 3DS at retail.

In fact, we were speaking to the firm to discuss their move onto Switch (which is 'really cool', they say). Nowhere in my pre-prepared questions had I intended to ask Yacht Club, the talented developers behind Shovel Knight, about physical games.

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