WeвЂ™ve also built out lots of internal tools that all of us can use to craft levels.

ItвЂ™s been a lot of fun playing with traditional sprite animation combined with this new system! This helps out with things like big nidhogg heads with loose teeth, happy tree people, and of course the player animations. On the technical side of things, we are improving the whole way we rig animations weвЂ™re able to create more complex bigger creatures through the use of skeletal animation. You might not notice everything the first or second time playing, but eventually the tiny details will surprise and delight you! Since there is a lot of back and forth within each game, we wanted the details to slowly emerge while youвЂ™re playing. We were able to find a super talented artist, Toby Dixon, who totally understood the goofy grotesque vibe we were going for. We wanted to flesh out the world of Nidhogg and for us that meant a total graphical refresh. We wanted to focus on a few things to make it amazing, and settled on: updating the art style and animations, making super detailed, beautiful levels, a brand new soundtrack, and adding new weapons. We got so excited we wanted to make the ultimate version of Nidhogg, so we decided to make Nidhogg 2. Check out these screens from a level that takes you inside a dying nidhogg and out its butt!ДЇor the past few years Mark and I have been talking about all the ways we would improve Nidhogg. In Nidhogg 2 we are opening a disgusting-can-of-crazy and adding all new weapons like axes, knives, and bow and arrowsвЂ¦ as well as new arenas that pulse with life complete with a gross new look by our talented artist Toby Dixon. Make it all the way to the end to sacrifice yourself to the flying worm called Nidhogg! Watch out, because your opponent will respawn in front of you and try to take back control of the camera. Win the duel and you can run ahead toward your side of the screen. For those of you who donвЂ™t know about Nidhogg, hereвЂ™s the basic idea: two players face off with swords.

Nidhogg 2 soundtrack