Kickstarter Project Candle Officially Coming To Wii U

Described as a dynamic graphic adventure, Kickstarter project Candle is officially coming to the Wii U. Developed by Spanish team Teku Studios, the indie platformer has outstanding hand-drawn visuals made up from watercolours and ink, as well as unique gameplay focusing primarily on the use of candlelight. By guiding the main character Teku, you use his candle, rather than his hand, to work your way through many puzzles and story elements of the adventure.

The indie platformer successfully reached its funding goal of $40,000, with just under $50,000 in the crowdfunding pot. Just two days ago, Teku Studios revealed that the game would officially be coming to the Wii U, after they recently became Nintendo Wii U developers. Originally, the developers’ plan was to release the game on the PC only, and add stretch goals to other platforms as they saw fit – the Wii U had a stretch goal of $85,000 – but since becoming Wii U developers they have pulled their resources and will create unique gameplay to work with Nintendo’s home console and GamePad.

Candle is due for release on the PC in January 2014, with the Wii U eShop release scheduled not long after. Let us know your thoughts on Candle in the comment section below, but in the mean time check out the pitch video above and Teku Studios recent update below.

“We love Nintendo platforms since our childhood has been full of them, so it was natural for us to go for it. We are already thinking about dedicated gameplay on Wii U – we are not doing any kind of quick port. We will design specific gameplay features for its gamepad: all the menus, inventory and minigames will be tactile-controlled on the touchscreen, as well as other unique actions concerning Teku’s candle. We will talk more deeply about this when we start developing all that stuff.”