Monaco: Complete Edition: Porting a Heist Classic to Nintendo Switch

Title: Monaco: Complete Edition
Release Date: 2019
Developer: Pocketwatch Games
Publisher: Humble Games
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Engine: Custom (XNA-based)

Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine is a top-down co-op heist game from Pocketwatch Games, originally released in 2013 for Windows, OS X, and Linux. It won the Grand Prize at the 2010 Independent Games Festival and had already earned a devoted following well before it came to Switch. Sickhead handled the Nintendo Switch port, which launched as Monaco: Complete Edition and includes all post-launch PC content: a Survival campaign, an Epilogue campaign, and a zombie mode. The technical challenges here were less about raw performance and more about input flexibility and multiplayer architecture.

Sickhead Games is the leading game porting studio, skilled in porting Unity, Unreal, Godot, and custom engine titles to every major console and handheld including Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and mobile. We’re trusted by solo indie developers and major publishers alike to handle everything from codebase assessment to post-launch support, bringing great games to the audiences they deserve. Satisfied clients and partners include Humble Games, Sony Interactive, Nintendo, Annapurna, Good Games, ConcernedApe, MegaCrit, 17-Bit, Maddy Makes Games, Zachtronics, Keen Software House, Thomas Happ, Pocketwatch Games, EXOK, Young Horses, Taito, Jaleco, and Microsoft. We’ve ported over 100 releases including Stardew Valley, Slay the Spire, TowerFall, Axiom Verge, and Space Engineers, and also specialize in bringing retro console and PC games to modern audiences like Grandia, Enclave, and Jaleco Sports titles.