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What what if I make a roguelike about this...
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Happy Halloween!
Behold this terrifying unfinished prototype...
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She's getting ready to join you on an adventure! ⛏️

The Ana Spelunky Youtooz plush will be dropping November 11!

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Cave exploring is about to get more cuddly... 💛

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Have I been here before?
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What is this? A 2D platformer about a frog escaping a lab by pulling switches, pushing boxes, and jumping over acid named "Frog Escape"?
store.steampowered.com/app/3344450/...
I would like to point out that this came out 7 months after Frog Escape 3...
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I made a thing
coolbobgames.itch.io/fall-away/de...

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I was reusing the code for the switches in the Frog Escape games today and noticed that something was being called weirdly...
Then I remembered that was the first Unity script I ever wrote! Maybe you'll see those switches again soon...
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If I don't feel like posting updates on here, it's because development is going poorly.
However, if I haven't had time to post updates on here, it's because development is going well.
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I'm trying my best to stick to these 24 colors.
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In exactly 100 days I will have completed the first draft of the final CoolBobGame. See you there.
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YouTube video by CoolBobGames Fall Away

Feel the fun of the fall feature in Fall Away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=exI3...

coolbobgames.itch.io/fall-away
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Fall Away OST - YouTube The official original soundtrack of Fall Away.

The Fall Away OST is up on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The songs are treated as collectibles in-game, so I'd prefer you listen to them from the menu there.
coolbobgames.itch.io/fall-away
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I'm back from vacation, and I've already started working on the next game. It'll be the final CoolBobGame.
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Fall Away is out! The game's finally out! It's been a long development for this one. I started out with a completely different vision for how the game would end up and what it would be about. I'm really proud of how th...

Now that my free indie game Fall Away is finally out, I wrote a pretty long devlog reflecting on the whole development and the game's design.
You can read that here:
coolbobgames.itch.io/fall-away/de...

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heyhey guys. i drew some unlockable screen borders for this, you can check it out if you want >w>

Fall Away by CoolBobGames 2D platformer about climbing a building

I just released my game Fall Away for free on itch!

It's a 2D platformer where you climb up a single tall level.
It has unique abilities for you to master that I haven't seen in other platformers, like a silk trampoline and a teleporting kite.
coolbobgames.itch.io/fall-away

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Thank you! I think I had fun doing the level design for this game. I mostly drew a bunch of platforming on little post-its and then ordered them and remade them in-game. I combined certain platforms on different post-its to make them all seamlessly connect.

For gameplay reasons, the game is presented in a 4:3 aspect ratio. To fill the empty space on your computer, there are 10 beautiful collectable borders designed by @melody-sy.bsky.social! Try and find them all!
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My new game, Fall Away, now has an Assist Mode in case anyone playing needs it.
After 6 months of development, the game will finally be released tomorrow, July 31st, for FREE! See you then.
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Here's one last video of my game Fall Away, releasing soon!
This is layer 7 of 8, where you have every key ability in the game!
The abilities are all very unique and powerful but tricky to wrap your mind around. The rest of the game acts as practice for this final gauntlet...
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I've been working on some TV screens for the fourth "layer" of Fall Away! There are eight layers in total.
This layer has a new teleporting kite ability and a digital friend who helps you learn to use it!
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My last post showed the second ability in my new game, Fall Away, and here's the third! It's a grappling hook sticky hand!
It's really hard to use at first, but once you master the aiming, you can do crazy things with it!
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Wow, I haven't shown this game in a while. It looks completely different now...
Here are some bouncy strings from several months ago, now with a new art style!
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YouTube video by CoolBobGames Lots of Tanks 3D

Lots of Tanks 3D is like Doom.
Here's a video on that:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGDq...

coolbobgames.itch.io/lots-of-tanks-3d
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YouTube video by CoolBobGames Chicrook: Puzzling Playground

Collect as much corn as you can in Chicrook: Puzzling Playground! Here's a gameplay video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CM...

coolbobgames.itch.io/chicrook-3
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I added this sign for Copodile.

I started making a logo for the game.

The game's name kept changing until the last minute. "Private Playground" made it all the way to the main menu!

An old version of the thumbnail on Itch. It has the sun in the corner and weird colors.

All that was left to do in the end was make the promotional art, and also to decide which of the 4 potential names to use.
Thanks for reading these retrospective devlogs! I hope they were interesting to you.
-CoolBobGames
coolbobgames.itch.io

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I tested a vignette and chromatic aberration.

Incorrectly applied ambient occlusion.

Correctly applied ambient occlusion.

Film grain, for some reason.

At this point, I went a bit crazy with the effects. The ones used in the final game help you understand your surroundings better.
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Vines were added to the robocops to show their age. At this point, I also added the boat to show more of the game's story.

I just made my corn count over 1000 again, the sky turned black, it got hard to see in the distance, the sun cast a pure red light on the world, and from the darkness I thought I saw something. A corn collection effect. As if something else collected corn. Actually it was just a similar-looking explosion but Chicrook has the potential to be terrifying.

The pause menu was added! This became more important later.

At this point, I began messing with the graphics to allow for post-processing effects. I got it all figured out in the end, but it was annoying while it was happening.

Chicrook: Puzzling Playground finally released on December 14th, 2024!
Here's everything that happened during the last two months of development.
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