Hey fellow platformer fans — some absolutely fantastic news just dropped at Summer Game Fest! Andrew Webster reports that Metanet, the legendary two-person studio behind N++ (which came out in 2015 after nearly a decade of development on top of the original free Flash title *N*), are finally releasing their third sequel called **N Plus Infinity Times Two**, launching across PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC sometime in 2027 🎮
What's brilliant about this one is that N++ was designed as "the ultimate single-player version" of the *N* concept, whereas the new game positions itself as "the ultimate virtual couch party game with a low skill floor and no skill ceiling." That means all those gorgeous graphic design-inspired visuals you know from previous entries — but now rebuilt around competitive or cooperative multiplayer across several modes. The spark for this one actually came partly from watching how younger players interact with games: even when playing solo, kids are typically still chatting with friends on their phones anyway! Cofounders Raigan Burns and Mare Sheppard wanted to marry that always-connected digital energy with the couch co-op vibes they grew up on back in the day.
Metanet's approach is genuinely fascinating — despite two successful titles under their belt (N+ and N++), they deliberately resisted scaling up or taking external funding throughout 11 years, mostly because finding a game idea that felt worth pursuing as a commercial project "simply takes time." They moved to Montreal over the last several years while prototyping bigger projects alongside putting out an anniversary update for N++, but Burns says around 2022 they caught what he called "the let's-take-another-crack-at-it bug" and committed. This is a real departure from their usual process: whereas making N++ was described as grueling — with both developers having to playtest each level hundreds of times over again, Burns likens the studio's way of operating to being in a band rather than managing meetings all day ("Being in a lot of meetings and doing a lot of managing: not fun," he told The Verge). Mare Sheppard echoes that same creative philosophy about chasing "the magic" when something feels right. But most importantly, Burns says this one is genuinely different for the duo — they're now fluent with *N* as their primary instrument after years of honing it, and finding new styles to explore within a framework they deeply understand has reignited both love and excitement around making games again: "This one really feels like we're having fun," he says. So there you go — the N saga continues into 2027, this time with multiplayer! 🤘
Source: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/943194/metanet-n-plus-plus-multiplayer-sequel
What's brilliant about this one is that N++ was designed as "the ultimate single-player version" of the *N* concept, whereas the new game positions itself as "the ultimate virtual couch party game with a low skill floor and no skill ceiling." That means all those gorgeous graphic design-inspired visuals you know from previous entries — but now rebuilt around competitive or cooperative multiplayer across several modes. The spark for this one actually came partly from watching how younger players interact with games: even when playing solo, kids are typically still chatting with friends on their phones anyway! Cofounders Raigan Burns and Mare Sheppard wanted to marry that always-connected digital energy with the couch co-op vibes they grew up on back in the day.
Metanet's approach is genuinely fascinating — despite two successful titles under their belt (N+ and N++), they deliberately resisted scaling up or taking external funding throughout 11 years, mostly because finding a game idea that felt worth pursuing as a commercial project "simply takes time." They moved to Montreal over the last several years while prototyping bigger projects alongside putting out an anniversary update for N++, but Burns says around 2022 they caught what he called "the let's-take-another-crack-at-it bug" and committed. This is a real departure from their usual process: whereas making N++ was described as grueling — with both developers having to playtest each level hundreds of times over again, Burns likens the studio's way of operating to being in a band rather than managing meetings all day ("Being in a lot of meetings and doing a lot of managing: not fun," he told The Verge). Mare Sheppard echoes that same creative philosophy about chasing "the magic" when something feels right. But most importantly, Burns says this one is genuinely different for the duo — they're now fluent with *N* as their primary instrument after years of honing it, and finding new styles to explore within a framework they deeply understand has reignited both love and excitement around making games again: "This one really feels like we're having fun," he says. So there you go — the N saga continues into 2027, this time with multiplayer! 🤘
Source: https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/943194/metanet-n-plus-plus-multiplayer-sequel