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Paranautical Activity fan art!
by Mike
We got featured on RockPaperShotgun today, and watercolor legend Matthew Swauger made us a congratulatory Skullito!
What a good day. Our first press coverage since release week, and our first fan art. The megaupdate is coming soon!
Progress on the megaupdate
by Mike
Since this patch is pretty huge, and is probably going to take another week or so, I figured I’d do a little write up on exactly what has been implemented. As well as what is still to come.
We implemented what is most likely all the new items coming in 1.4. There are 7 of them. I might add 2 more, but those are pretty complicated code wise, and I don’t want to push the patch back a few days for only 2 items.
Both of the new regular enemies are implemented. A flying skull named Skortch and a surprisingly agile undead soldier named Die Namenlos.
Both of the new weapons have also been implemented. A rocket launcher and a Sickle. The sickle is a melee weapon like the trident, but it returns to you after being thrown. I’ve temporarily removed the Trident from the game.
Travis remade the HUD.
We added 2 of the most requested features: an indicator for when you’re taking damage, and an invincibility timer. Here’s what the HUD looks like when you’re taking damage:
We have also begun working on the new room layouts for 1.4. There will be 55 new rooms in 1.4 if my math is correct. We’re shaking up the room design with some big new props.
I’ve also been fixing bugs and re-balancing the game.
All we’ve got to do now is implement the 5 new bosses and 2 new minibosses, as well as make some more rooms.
Dear YouTube. We would love for people monetize their Paranautical Activity videos.
by Mike
Apparently one of our favorite youtubers, Bisnap (http://www.youtube.com/user/bisnap), is having trouble monetizing their Paranautical Activity videos. So as the creator of the game (who owns all the code, graphics, and music) I give full permission for Bisnap and any other youtuber to create and monetize any Paranautical Activity content. Be it a review, let’s play, interview, soundtrack cover, or anything else.
As a game developer with no cash to blow on marketing, YouTubers like this are very important to us for getting the word out. So if you’re an LPer or reviewer, and YouTube is giving you trouble on monetizing your content, send them a link to this post. If that doesn’t do, you can email us and we’ll give you express permission to use gameplay however you see fit.
The 1.4 Megaupdate!
by Mike
We have given a lot of thought on what we want to do for the 1.4 update, and we’ve decided to take on our most large and ambitious patch yet.
The plan is to add at least:
- 2 new floors
- 10 new items
- 5 new bosses
- 2 new enemies
- more room variety
- 2 new guns
- 2 new minibosses
This patch is pretty crazy, but I’m pretty sure if we stop slacking off, we should be able to make it happen in 3 or 4 weeks.
Minibosses ahoy in Paranautical Activity V1.3!
by Mike
Took us long enough, but we finally managed to get minibosses implemented! If you’ve already got the game, then go download the update! If not, you can get it at http://codeavarice.com/BuyParanauticalActivity
In the mean time, check out this gameplay video showing off the minibosses.
Paranautical Activity Beta V1.2 is Live!
by Mike
You can get it here: http://codeavarice.com/BuyParanauticalActivity
Here’s a quick video showing off some of the new content:
The full changelog:
- Added 1 new weapon: Poseidon’s Trident
- Added 2x as many room variations!
- Added 5 new items
- Added Giant swinging blade trap
- Added Lava floor trap
- Added New wall textures, randomized textures
- Fixed Crossbow refusing to fire after pausing/picking up another weapon
- Fixed? Bosses occasionally glitching out of the world
- Fixed? Item room wall not being placed correctl
- Replaced old placeholder songs with songs from the OST
- Replaced old placeholder songs with songs from the OST
What’s coming in V1.2?
We’re hoping to release the next patch in a week or two, it will contain:
- minibosses
- randomized wall textures
- 2x as many room variants
- 6 new items
- and a super awesome trident weapon
Also, we did an interview with green9090, and you can win a copy of the game if you comment on the video by tomorrow!
Paranautical Activity Beta V1.1 is Live!
by Mike
You can get it here: http://codeavarice.com/BuyParanauticalActivity
Here’s a quick video showing off some of the new content:
The full changelog:
- Added 1 more gun
- Added 2 more bosses
- Added 2 more enemies
- Added 2 more floors
- Added 5 more items
- Added better gun sounds
- Added gamepad support
- Added new boss items
- Added new environment textures
- Added new splash screen for the main menu
- Added randomized bosses
- Fixed Skullito falling out of the level
- Fixed backless lightning bolt render glitch
- Fixed doors sometimes locking you out of a room
- Fixed elevator occasionally leaving you
- Fixed ledge jump glitch
- Fixed misplaced map glitch
- Rebalanced crossbow
- Rebalanced item drops
Paranautical Activity V1.1 Release Date and Plan
by Mike
Today, we planned out the content we want to add for the next Paranautical Activity patch we’re gonna push to Desura.
The next patch is set to drop by Feb 28th, and will contain 2 new floors, 5 new items, 2 new enemies, 2 new bosses, and a new gun.
We’re also working on a number of bug fixes, balance tweaks, and GUI updates.
Paranautical Activity is OUT NOW!
by Mike
Paranautical Activity is available now on Desura for $5.99. Buying the beta get’s you all future updates for the game, as well as the full game when it comes out.
Here’s the beta trailer:
The music in the trailer was done by the musician who will be doing the official soundtrack for the game.
