Heart Machine talks Hyper Light Drifter

Old school meets the future in successful Kickstarter project.

We caught up with two of the people behind the successfully kickstarted Hyper Light Drifter, Alex Preston and Teddy Diefenbach, to discuss inspirations, and development of the promising game.

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