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WHAT UP SWACK FANS? Long time no see, long time no see indeed. It's been like, what? Four months since the last progress report?! Yeppp... Entering the bum times now. Anyway, enough with this chit-chatting. I'm gonna talk about the STUFF.

NEW ANIMATIONS? NEW ANIMATIONS.

I mean, c'mon. How could we do without this one? I've went ahead and FULLY ANIMATED all of the Badheads' animations to make them look FINISHED and POLISHED UP!! Woooah.. WHAT'S THAT AT THE BOTTOM? LOOK AT THE COOL GIF!!! GOD DAMN!!!

GET OFF MY SCREEN, PESTS!

But wait... THERE'S MORE! Found an unfortunate Badhead on the ground, COMPLETELY HELPLESS, laying infront of you? Hell yeah. You know what I'm talking about. Give 'em a punch or two, and you'll be seeing them FLYING RIGHT INTO YOUR FACE! (If you time it carefully, come on.)

The other guys are here, too.

Having to fight the same exact guy multiple times is just ain't no fun. That's exactly why I'm implementing all of the Badhead variations that will be described below. So uh. LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT!

THE HENCHIE ALTS

FIRST OFF, we've got ZX. Can you believe it? Hang around this guy for too long, and he'll do a quick hop, destination: your location. Wanna avoid damage in this case? Make a run for it, OR a quick slide. That should do the trick.

After ZX comes EMMETT. Don't get too cocky with this fella. First of all - Punching won't work here, don't even think about it. So think of another way to get this guy down on the ground. When it comes to hopping, there's a lot of it. So BETTER GET DODGING!!

THE YOLO-BONES ALTS

RED CAP's the speedy version of Yolo-Bones. Better get your reflexes working whenever this one's on screen, or you'll get 'NOCKED!

HERE COMES MILKMAN. It's a pretty fitting name, alright? Once dealt some damage, will whip out his trustworthy milk carton of great taste. Once Milkman's done with his annual milk drinking session, he'll launch that carton RIGHT IN YOUR FACE! If I were you, I'd crouch on sight. Got it?

THE GOSTLIK ALTS

Now we've got GRINZY herself. Seems not all that much different from Gostlik at first glance, but don't let the looks fool you. Stall around like a fool, and Grinzy will do her SPINNING ATTACK. One way to prevent this from happening - A quick knockdown right when the spinning starts.

And at last, we've got INTY! Inty's basically just like Grinzy, but the spins are EVEN MORE DANGEROUS! When Spinning Inty hits the ground, she will start hopping all around the screen! Now that's a whole bunch of trouble.

Oh man, oh man. Seems DynamiteHead forgot to pay his bills again. Welp. Seems we gotta continue with lights off.

If you thought getting through Groovy Graveyard was tricky enough, wait until you see THIS!! Or, actually.. Wait until you don't see this. The whole place is covered in pitch black darkness, and the only source of light - the fire of DynamiteHead.. and Badheads, I guess.

Take a swing at combat in total darkness, and you might find yourself breezing through Badheads one by one. Maybe lights aren't that important after all?

Aaand it's back!! Let's keep on going with this devlog. Shall we?

LAST, BUT NOT LEAST

You've heard of Badheads blocking you, but how about you do the same?... And with style too.

INTRODUCING: THE SHIELD. Press the shield button (Default Key A on most keyboards) and watch DynamiteHead's flames grow to a massive shield, which gets smaller with time. This is your SHIELD STAMINA. Make sure to conserve that thing properly. You don't wanna see someone knock the living lights outta you while you're standing there with this thing on.

And if you time the shield press JUST well enough, you'll be able to parry ANY* attack that comes in your way!!! Isn't that just great? Makes things a whole lot easier, if you learn to use it right.

* Not any.

Feel like you wanna piss a couple Badheads off with your stunts? Yeah. You can do that now. Press TAUNT and DynamiteHead will play an animation where he pulls out DIAL-M and laughs like a freak. And if you hold any of the arrow keys (Or the left stick on gamepad), it'll play the according taunt animation. NEAT!

Punching enemies in a taunted state will give you more TNT Juice points in total. It's a neat way to make the game more challenging for yourself.

WRAP IT UP...

Welp, that seems to be it when it comes to all of the changes in this devlog. See you when I implement more stuff. Don't forget to check your phone for any bounty hunting deals, and wash the fire on your head every morning.

Swack - OUT!

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