One of the next confirmed games to hit xbox game pass and covered by the program xbox game preview, is Inkulinati. The masterpiece of the small Polish studio Yaza Games proposes an original adventure of turn based strategy which will be available in the catalog from January 31.
In the studio they are quite excited about its release on Game Pass, as they have shown in a recent interview in which they have talked about how the process with Microsoft for Inkulinati to be included in the catalogue, as well as what they think of the subscription service itself.
If you haven’t heard of Inkulinati yet, you can watch its most recent trailer below:
For the ‘devs’ of Inkulinati Xbox Game Pass is Win-Win
The game producer, Ryszard Kieltykawas in charge of talking about how Inkulinati has ended up coming to Xbox Game Pass, just like many other independent games have done before:
The whole process was very easy and painless. And I know that what I’m going to say next may sound corny, but from the beginning of our conversations we could see that the whole team at xbox is simply passionate about games. We could see from the way they spoke and acted that they care about their player base and it’s been great working with them from the developer side as well. We were lucky that Xbox liked our demo and vision for our game. They tried it out, thought it was good, and told us they wanted to bring Inkulinati to Game Pass players. It was hard to say no to that!
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Kieltyka also wanted to have a few words about Microsoft’s values:
Something worth sharing is the confidence level that Xbox showed us. Honestly, we were surprised that even though it’s our debut title and we don’t have a lot of previous developer experience, the Xbox team treated us as equal partners from the start and believed in our capabilities to deliver the game. Was a big push for team morale: we felt like we could suddenly jump into a much bigger league. So we decided to build on that and make a bigger, more advanced game than we originally envisioned.
As for the Xbox Game Pass service itself, the Inkulinati producer added:
I feel that services like Game Pass are great for industry. It can be said that it presents great value to players and I can say that as I am a long time subscriber myself! The good thing about it is that it exposes people to a lot of games and genres that they might not have come across. Game Pass allows people to try out these smaller titles, and if they become popular, it can show larger studios that it’s worth taking risks or developing genres that might not make it to the top of the list. If I end up playing a game on Game Pass that I really like, there’s a chance I’ll end up buying it on another platform as well. It is a situation where everyone winsboth developers and players.
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Thanks to Microsoft, Inkulinati will include a online multiplayer mode, which will translate into more active players and whose friends will want to compete too even though they might not have an Xbox console or Xbox Game Pass subscription. That will open the doors for new players to join, thus extending the life cycle of the game. On January 31 we will be able to test it.