Ojiro Fumoto explains why the climbing adventure is a direct response to Downwell.

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You must collect fruit in Poinpy to feed the big blue beast.

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Ojiro Fumoto: Yes.

Were you happy to leave the world of pixels behind for this new art style?

How did the partnership with Netflix come about?

Poinpy is an expert jumper.

Can you explain the name?

What does it mean?

When you steal fruit from the fruit carriers they cry.

Is Poinpy the bad guy?

It’s the player who controls the game.

Would you consider raising the level cap or letting you equip more items in the future?

Currently no additional content is planned.

Going to space was a fun surprise at the end.

How did that idea come about?

Is there room in the modern mobile landscape for games that don’t have microtransactions?

I’d like to think so.

Why are there no leaderboards?

Do you plan on issuing any patches or updates to the game?

Maybe for bug fixes yes, but I have no content updates planned.

Are you considering porting the game to other platforms?

The game is exclusive to Netflix for now, so there are no specific plans at the moment.

Spelunky’s Derek Yu is thanked in the games credits.

Did he help with development?

He playtested the game and gave me some feedback.

For more it’s possible for you to get somePoinpy beginner tips hereand readGameSpot’s Poinpy review.

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