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It Takes Two

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It Takes Two is a co-op adventure platformer starring Cody and May in wacky adventures, plus an annoying book.

To do:

  • Some prerelease levels seen on Game Maker's Toolkit video
  • Some prerelease looks of Cody and May on @HazelightGames Twitter: 1 2
  • Explore the developer menu
  • Angelscript source code and comments inside the game's Nuts/Script/ folder

Internal Name#

The game's internal name is Nuts.

Debug Mode#

The developer menu can be enabled by launching the game with -devmenu command line parameter. Once enabled, the menu can be accessed in the pause menu after starting a game.

Cut Story#

There was supposed to be a Basement story chapter after May's Music chapter. The chapter cinematic can be started by choosing the TherapyRoom_Love progress point for the TherapyRoom level.

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Unused Areas#

PerformanceTestLevel#

There is a level named PerformanceTestLevel with (DEV) Art Test Level showing various assets.

Basement Chapter#

Three levels are still available in the game files for the cut Basement story chapter. These levels are lacking sounds and missing keyboard/mouse control bindings.

Hidden Unlock All Chapters/Minigames Command#

Pressing Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A using a keyboard/Xbox controller on the Chapter Select menu will instantly unlock all chapters/minigames.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

References#


  1. It Takes Two, EA and Hazelight’s Thrilling Co-op Only Action Adventure Game, Launches Today - Electronic Arts, March 26, 2021↩︎
  2. It Takes Two, Critically-Acclaimed Co-Op Action Adventure Game, Launches on Nintendo Switch Today - Electronic Arts, November 4, 2022↩︎