Nifflas’ New Site

By: Brandon McCartin (BMcC)

On: May 16th, 2007

Nifflas, creator of Knytt and Within a Deep Forest, has redesigned his site in a minimal, classy way — matching the style of his work.

The aforementioned games have also been updated for your downloading pleasure. Do so if you haven’t already!

Check it out right here.

(Source: Tim W, of course!)

Knytt Stories

By: Derek Yu

On: April 20th, 2007

NotKnytt is now known as Knytt Stories, and according to its creator, Nifflas:

“I’m still waiting for material. Some text, and some music, and a very important extension. Once I add it, the game itself is complete. Although it would only require one or two days of work to add the material, I can’t add it before I have it.

However, even if I had that material now, I wouldn’t be able to release the game for a while anyway, since I’m planning to sell expansions. I really want to release the expansions at the same time as the game. I need to learn about all those things – and I must redesign the website.

I will probably not be able to release NotKnytt before sometime at the end of the summer. "

And… a shot from the level editor (thanks, Tim!):

An Interview With Nifflas

By: Brandon McCartin (BMcC)

On: April 11th, 2007

Here is a Planet Freeplay interview with Nifflas, creator of Within a Deep Forest and Knytt. It’s a nice compliment to the recent Notknytt announcement, I’d say.

Hm. That is a lot of links. The interview in question is right here in case you got lost.

I thoroughly appreciate how strongly music influences his approach to game design. It’s one of those neat little things that makes Nifflas Nifflas, y’know?

(Source: Planet Freeplay)

Preview: Notknytt (Working Title)

By: Derek Yu

On: April 10th, 2007

I really enjoyed Knytt, so it was nice to hear that Nifflas is working on another platformer! Even though it’s, er, not a sequel to Knytt, it seems to have a very similar vibe. Which isn’t a bad thing!

Click here for more screenshots of the game in progress.

(Source: The Unofficial Nifflas Gamepage)

knytt

By: dessgeega

On: December 4th, 2006

nifflas, developer of within a deep forest, has just released a new game: knytt.

the titular knytt is a little pixel ratmonkey who shimmies along walls trying to find the pieces of the spaceship that can take it back home. the pieces are just an excuse to explore a beautiful videogame landscape. the jumping and climbing puzzles that are here are simple and straightforward; the real goal is simply to find and see lovely things.

i’m posting this because i think some of you will love it and some of you will hate it. download already, nifflas is your pixel from the west.

within a deep forest

By: dessgeega

On: May 23rd, 2006

within a deep forest is a freeware game that harkens back to the days of 16-bit design. it is lush and beautiful, drenched in twilight and ambience, with a mellow downtempo soundtrack. like many games of the 16-bit era, progress is tied to the unlocking of new abilities—new forms for your ball.

you’re a bouncy ball – holding A makes you bounce further, holding S makes you bounce less. different forms have different properties and abilities that need to be mastered. this game never lets lock-and-key design supersede skill – the game has no qualms about working you hard for your next upgrade, and then requiring you to get comfortable with it right away. be prepared to play many sections repeatedly until you get them right – instantaneous respawn keeps this from becoming too frustrating.

there’s a speedrun mode (and online low-time table) for players who finish the game, and a couple of unlockable bonus games for players who are thorough. completing the game the first time should be plenty satisfying, though.