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Yacht Club Games' Sean Velasco on Mina the Hollower, Scope Creep, and What's Next

1 tim 13 min•27 juli 2026

Trent Kusters chats with Yacht Club Games' Founder Sean Velasco. Together they discuss Yacht Club's follow up to the Shovel Knight series, Mina the Hollower including what they wanted to do differently from their previous titles; working within the Game Boy Color aesthetic and how that affects game design; the dangers of scope creep and importance of guiding principles; balancing combat complexity; and what's next for their studio.

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