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Quick Bleek Update + First Fan Submission!

Posted by FodderLabs - November 28th, 2023


Hey, it's been a while since the last post (trying to get into a more consistent posting schedule) but just wanted to give a quick update on the Bleek game!


UPDATED STUFF:


A bunch of tweaks have been made to the game:


  • Added some better collision tracking for Violette, the ghost enemies and enemy projectiles
  • Added visual representation of hit boxes for Violette, the ghost enemies and projectiles


These changes will make the game feel more "2.5D" than before.


And some small bug fixes here and there.


NEW STUFF:


Currently, we have 3 - 4 new enemy types animated and working (mostly) at an acceptable level.


And we'll begin working on another batch of enemies once we finish playtesting + difficulty balancing.


Also, we are planning out something that I wanted to add on the initial version... boss fights! >:D (More info to come once they are developed!)


Christmas Update Scope:

  • 2 more levels
  • 2 additional groups of enemies (1 group for each level)
  • 3 boss fights (1 boss for each level)
  • 4 new power-ups
  • HUB world (To choose between levels.)
  • And a few goodies/ secrets that we will leave up to the player to figure out! ;3


And more medals, of course. :P


It is a tall order, but we are developing at a good pace!


FAN STUFF:


Also, very excited to mention that Bleek got it's first fan animation! :D


Check it out here:



And please show this account some love! :D


@samuel5412


https://samuel5412.newgrounds.com/


This kind of stuff makes our day and motivates us to work harder on the game! :)


Looking forward to seeing any more fan submissions!


And the game has passed 20,000+ plays in the last few days. (Woo!)


Thank you all for the support and fighting ghosts! :D


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Comments

Are you gonna make a second submission or update the first one? (btw heck, it’s almost December and no sign of the prizes ?)

We are going to update the first one, since we are going to build off the same game.

As for the prizes, do you mean for November? (We got a prize for October, all thanks to Newgrounds and everyone who played the game! :D )

Not sure if you are allowed more prizes every following month. (That would be cool, since we do plan on developing the game more.)

@FodderLabs i mean the Halloween Spooktacular prizes.. usually by november 15 they're announced already (well deserved prize for Bleek btw)

honest question, as a Bleek fan(all time 3rd place yo!): won't the boss fights and stages change the whole concept of the original?

Aw yeah, 3rd place, you are a beast! lol XD

Good question!

So for the stages, there will be a HUB world and you can choose between the different stages. (And even interact with some NPCs, just to give the world a bit more story/ lore.)

As for the bosses, we are still discussing how to go about it, but they will act like a really strong enemy. (There will still be ghosts and other enemies spawning, but we might need to adjust the spawn rate.)

We are thinking about making the boss fight optional (so as not to change the flow of the current game) or making a separate stage that is only enemies, no bosses (to keep the current gameplay flow).

We'll think of something! :P

But I agree, we don't want to make new content to the game and changing the original concept too much.

Sounds great dude, looking forward to the new update.