Appears so, yes. Unfortunate, this had a lot of potential. I'm especially grumpy that according to the Steam page they have it mostly finished at last posting, so they could at least release the more fully finished version...
Sorry for the delay, we're facing too many difficulties in our personal lives, but we organized ourselves to resume development this week after six or so months of break.
Thanks for the patience. For anyone interested in more details about the development, and to get access to our beta build (has all the features minus some adjustments and bug fixes), please join our discord server:
This was so fun. I wasn't expecting to like it too much as I felt like it would be more puzzle based . However it has alot of platformer element to it. Gameplay is very fun and simple to get into it. Graphics and music very nice n catchy. When demo was finished I wanted to play more.
When this releasing as seen in comment it will be released in 2023. Going mid 2024 now.
Yep, sorry for that. This is a spare time project for us and everyone in the dev team had a pretty hard time in 2024, but now we're back on track. Development is indeed almost done, but the final details take so much time... 😰
Thanks for the support, and positive feedback. Not saying that criticisms are bad or anything, but it really gives us that final motivation required to iron out the final issues.
hi, I'm really happy to hear from you. hope eeverything is fine for u guys now. Anyway, take your time to get the game done, but I still can't wait until the game is out. :)
Controls cannot be remapped unfortunately. It is one of the few things we haven't implemented yet because it is such a pain to do it in-game. We might consider using some other option or having the user rely on external software to remap the keys for the game.
There is an English option, yes! We have it in Portuguese and English and that can be changed in the Options menu.
Genuinely one of the best, smoothest, most interesting metroidvania experience I had.
Couple of things though :
- Some things look like they could or should be accessible, but aren't, in the demo at least. It frustrates me a lot cause it looks like I've missed something important but I'm positive I haven't.
- The medallion of courage feels like an odd artifact. Like, how is being confident allowing you to climb? Like you're less scared of heights???
Overall 10/10 experience, would recommend. Where can I buy/play more?
We just wrapped up the beta and we're now polishing the gameplay. We are actually introducing some new things even though we should be wrapping up the game hahaha
Our aim at the moment is Q3, more precisely July/August. Thanks a lot for following our work :)
I see. It would be nice if you could update the release date on steam the month before the month the game is planned to come out as this will allow me to promote the game as an upcoming release for that coming month.
Unfortunately, we're only mimicking the Game Boy aesthetic, but the game is actually developed with the Unity game engine. I'm not sure if the Analogue Pocket has standard x64/ARM support, but if it does, it would most likely run as our game is pretty light on resources.
However, if it only runs Game Boy ROMs, then it won't happen. We don't have the technical expertise to do that.
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No longer dead! Beta testing is currently occurring, and will hopefully be through with soon enough. Yay!
Too bad, seems to be dead.
Appears so, yes. Unfortunate, this had a lot of potential. I'm especially grumpy that according to the Steam page they have it mostly finished at last posting, so they could at least release the more fully finished version...
Sorry for the delay, we're facing too many difficulties in our personal lives, but we organized ourselves to resume development this week after six or so months of break.
Thanks for the patience. For anyone interested in more details about the development, and to get access to our beta build (has all the features minus some adjustments and bug fixes), please join our discord server:
https://discord.gg/9h8ZaCZx
Thanks! Can't wait.
This was so fun. I wasn't expecting to like it too much as I felt like it would be more puzzle based . However it has alot of platformer element to it. Gameplay is very fun and simple to get into it. Graphics and music very nice n catchy. When demo was finished I wanted to play more.
When this releasing as seen in comment it will be released in 2023. Going mid 2024 now.
Yep, sorry for that. This is a spare time project for us and everyone in the dev team had a pretty hard time in 2024, but now we're back on track. Development is indeed almost done, but the final details take so much time... 😰
Thanks for the support, and positive feedback. Not saying that criticisms are bad or anything, but it really gives us that final motivation required to iron out the final issues.
hi, I'm really happy to hear from you. hope eeverything is fine for u guys now. Anyway, take your time to get the game done, but I still can't wait until the game is out. :)
Can you define the keyboard controls?
Is there an English option?
Controls cannot be remapped unfortunately. It is one of the few things we haven't implemented yet because it is such a pain to do it in-game. We might consider using some other option or having the user rely on external software to remap the keys for the game.
There is an English option, yes! We have it in Portuguese and English and that can be changed in the Options menu.
Genuinely one of the best, smoothest, most interesting metroidvania experience I had.
Couple of things though :
- Some things look like they could or should be accessible, but aren't, in the demo at least. It frustrates me a lot cause it looks like I've missed something important but I'm positive I haven't.
- The medallion of courage feels like an odd artifact. Like, how is being confident allowing you to climb? Like you're less scared of heights???
Overall 10/10 experience, would recommend. Where can I buy/play more?
Thank you for the feedback!
If you want access to our beta build, we would love to hear more feedback. Please join our discord server:
https://discord.gg/9h8ZaCZx
This game is really great, it hits all of the GBC-check-boxes.
I'm really looking forward to the full game!
Quick question, how much of the full game does this demo cover?
Roughly 15%. But exploration is a bit more challenging in the later parts of the game, so they might take more time than the beginning to complete.
Hi, is there any chance this will still be released in Q2 2023?
We just wrapped up the beta and we're now polishing the gameplay. We are actually introducing some new things even though we should be wrapping up the game hahaha
Our aim at the moment is Q3, more precisely July/August. Thanks a lot for following our work :)
I see. It would be nice if you could update the release date on steam the month before the month the game is planned to come out as this will allow me to promote the game as an upcoming release for that coming month.
*coughs in 2025*
any news by now? :-)
😅
Any chance of an actual GameBoy Color version of this game that I can play on my Analogue Pocket?
Unfortunately, we're only mimicking the Game Boy aesthetic, but the game is actually developed with the Unity game engine. I'm not sure if the Analogue Pocket has standard x64/ARM support, but if it does, it would most likely run as our game is pretty light on resources.
However, if it only runs Game Boy ROMs, then it won't happen. We don't have the technical expertise to do that.