“I then decided to allow players to drill into the different blocks through glitches.
“I ended up not going with that exact formula because I realized there was a lot more versatility with a ranged weapon.” Happ expands upon how the combat evolved into a more classic shoot em’ up game like Contra. I liked how those looked and thought they would work well in motion together.” Many players who jump into Axiom Verge immediately compare it to Metroid, but that wasn’t Happ’s original intent, “When I first started, I was leaning towards combining the Diskarmor (Death Yo-Yo) from Rygar with the grappling hook from Bionic Commando. Tom Happ spent the last five years as the sole developer on Axiom Verge programming each sound effect, enemy, weapon, color choice, story element and environment within the stylized shooter and was willing to share insight into his process. This retro-styled game is able to revitalize the 2d action/exploration genre that was in serious need of an entry to remind old-school players why the started gaming in the first place and introduce newcomers to a world defined by tight gameplay and interactive mechanics.Īt the core of those mechanics is Axiom Verge’s exploration, backtracking and usage of intended glitches which destroy enemies in the alien-like world and double as necessary tools for exploration. Axiom Verge Interview with Developer Tom HappĪxiom Verge is praised for being able to out-Metroidvania even the likes of Super Metroid and Castlevania.
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