Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

• Title — Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair • Developer — Playtonic Games • Publisher — Team17 • Composer — * Matt Griffin • David Wise • Daniel Murdoch • Grant Kirkhope • Engine — Unity • Platforms — * Nintendo Switch • PlayStation 4 • Windows • Xbox One • Released — Switch, PS4, Windows, Xbox One October 8, 2019 Luna October 20, 2020 • Genre — Platform • Modes — Single-player

The title is a side-scrolling 2D platform game. The player controls Yooka, a male chameleon, and Laylee, a female bat, to complete various levels. In these levels, the objective is to collect quills and T.W.I.T. coins, as well as to free a member of the "Beetalion". The members of the Beetalion each give Yooka and Laylee an extra hit point for use on the final level, the eponymous "Impossible Lair". T.W.I.T. coins are used to unlock further progress on the overworld through Trowzer's "paywalls". Notably, it is possible to enter the final level at any point in the game, though it is heavily encouraged that the player first secure extra hit points by beating the other levels first. The "Tonics" feature from the first game also return. Tonics are potions that can modify the gameplay in numerous ways after being consumed by Yooka. Between levels, an isometric 3D overworld is used for getting around. Characters can be found and spoken to alongside puzzles to solve for quills and tonics.

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair was developed by Playtonic Games, a studio composed of former Rare employees. While the game bears similarities with the Donkey Kong Country series, the team opted not to use the moniker "spiritual successor" to market the game. The game was announced on June 8, 2019, by publisher Team17, and released on October 8, 2019. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (Original Game Soundtrack) was independently released by Playtonic on October 16, 2019, on Bandcamp, with a fully distributed edition under the video game record label Materia Collective. The music was composed by David Wise, Grant Kirkhope, Matt Griffin, and Dan Murdoch.

The game was nominated for "Control Precision" at the NAVGTR Awards.