Chasm: Bringing a Six-Year Indie to PS Vita and Nintendo Switch

Chasm, a metroidvania by Bit Kid, ported to PS Vita and Nintendo Switch by Sickhead Games

Title: Chasm
Release Date: 2018
Developer: Bit Kid, Inc.
Publisher: Bit Kid, Inc.
Platforms: PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Engine: MonoGame

Chasm is a Metroidvania that wears its Castlevania: Symphony of the Night influence openly. You play a knight investigating a mining town whose residents have vanished, working your way through procedurally assembled dungeons built from hand-crafted rooms. Sickhead handled the PS Vita and Nintendo Switch ports, both shipping within a few months of the PC launch. Metroidvanias are a natural fit for handheld play, and the Vita port specifically required care around the procedural generation running cleanly on constrained hardware. Bit Kid is a tiny team shipping their first commercial game after six years of work. Handing off the handheld ports let them stay focused on what mattered most.


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