Greeting fellow pals and pal-ettes! Its been a crazy few weeks at castle Massive Monster and we’re excited to share with you what we’ve been up to. We ran some internal user testing last month on a near-finished version of the game, gathered lots of feedback and notes, took a step back and got people to tell us what they really thought about The Adventure Pals. We decided that although everyone really enjoyed it, we want to make the best game we possibly can, and take it from being a good experience to a great one. So, we decided to make a few relatively big changes to some of the core systems in the game, and since then it has come on leaps and bounds! Below is a rundown of some of the biggest additions and changes we have made since the last update.
A sneaky peek at something… coming soon ;)
New levelling up system!
We have totally revamped the levelling up system in the game. Before - every time the player levelled up they got to add one point to either health, weapon power, or Mr Rock attack power. This began to feel relatively inconsequential - the upgrade wasn’t big enough to feel very valuable, so levelling up never felt all that rewarding. Now - every time you level up both your health and attack power are increased, and you get to choose a new ability card to add to your arsenal and make you feel much stronger in the battle against those pesky hot dogs.
New cupcake cat king!
Collecting the cupcakes scattered across the world now actually have value. Visit the hungry cat king and feed him the cupcakes you’ve collected, and he will reward you with new outfits for the pals!
New sticker book!
You will now find stickers hidden throughout your adventure! Some are hidden in levels, others are given to you by characters, others as rewards for completing certain challenges across the world… Collect them and fill all the pages of your sticker book!
LOTS of new enemy types!
We’ve also added lots of new types of enemies to hack, slash and splat your way through on your quest to rescue your papa. The world is feeling more alive and dangerous than ever!
These are just a few of the new additions that we’ve been adding recently, there are loads more surprises waiting for you to discover yourselves!
Aside from working hard on the game, we’ve also been demoing The Adventure Pals at lots of different events over the past few months! We were at Rezzed and Insomnia 60 in the United Kingdom, and RTX Sydney and GX in Australia! We also exhibited at Play by Play Fest in New Zealand, where we won their “Across the Ditch” award!
Our “Across the Ditch” award from Play by Play Fest!
The Adventure Pals was included in The Guardians ‘Top 12 games from Rezzed 2017’!
We even met some of our Kickstarter backers - it’s always great to meet you guys face to face (see below)!
Jay with a kickstarter backer at Rezzed!
We are so excited and proud of how The Adventure Pals is playing right now and are ever grateful for your support and patience as we charge towards the finish line (on giraffe back, of course) of this journey we’re all taking together. We still have a few things to finish off, bugs to squash and rubies to polish, but the game is closer than ever to being finished and in your hands. We are still on track for a summer release and will let you know as soon as we have a solid release date for the game.
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