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What do you think?

The amount of dedication seen by @number1gongbatfan to troll the comments section here attains a certain level of beauty.

I just tried to play this game, definitely not for the first time since I play it for 6 hours every day. But I encountered a fatal error. Something about nipple or ripple or cripple, I don't know. Either way, I feel quite "bummed" as the children say. Please tell me how I can fix this so I can continue my daily devotion to my lord and savior, bat gong.

I've decided that maybe Gongbat isn't the right religion for me. I spoke to the creator, and he's not amused with my level of dedication. He also won't support my creative suggestions. He seemed very off put when I suggested adding the entire cast of the movie Labyrinth as different bats. I figured that goblins would easily transfer into bat form, but apparently that's too much to handle right now :'(

For those of you who aren't great at math, I've been playing Gongbat for 6 hours a day, every day, for the 3 years it's been out. Don't ever questions my dedication to our lord and savior, Gongbat.

I'm thinking about starting my own organized religion for worshiping the Almighty Gongbat. Would anyone like to join me? I'm still fleshing out the details, but I'm thinking the worship ceremony will open with banging a giant gong...

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Take down colossal bosses, tear apart the world around you, and summon the powers of sound.

The Gongbat is an ancient creature that conceals the ability to pull energy from sound around it. Better yet, when in the presence of ringing prehistoric gongs it changes its form completely, gaining strange new abilities. Legend says it's the most powerful creature in existance...

But when a crazed scientist named Flinto Hark comes looking for a power source, we may find our nocturnal hero in some trouble. Will our legend die? Or can you help stop Hark and his goons, and all of the biological abominations along the way?

Gongbat features:

  • Explosive gameplay

  • A gripping story mode with 5 different areas

  • Classic bit-style graphics and music

  • 13 crazy boss fights!

  • Arcade mode and online highscores

  • Over 30 trophies and achievements

  • A huge array of enemies

  • 12-song soundtrack bursting with flare

  • Gamepad support

Controls / Info:

Keyboard (can be found in the tutorial):

  • Arrow keys to move (double-tap to teleport when Atomic)

  • Z to shoot/select

  • X to use gong/go back

  • C to select a gong (hold + arrow)

  • Enter/Escape to use pause menu (in game)

  • Escape to quit game (will ask first)

Gamepads (based on PS3 controller/in-game prompts):

  • Joystick to move

  • X to shoot/select

  • Square to use gong/go back

  • Circle to select a gong (hold + arrow)

  • Start to use pause menu (in game)

  • R1 + Direction to teleport (when Atomic)

Download the full soundtrack, Pixel Fury, in high quality (Name your own price, in case you feel like donating. Free is always good though): https://acepoison.bandcamp.com/album/pixel-fury-gongbat

Thanks for playing!

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