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Updated game page a bit, and the game's future Decided to t r y to spruc e up a l ot of the word i ng on t he game's store page. Nothing too fanc y . For now. ...however... Re s t assur ed , this isn't the end of the road for the g am e ... for a....

New devlog on itch for Flashover Megasector.

Yes, seriously. Game may get an update in the near-ish future, all this time after its original release.

Have a read! happy-frog-games.itch.io/flashover-me...

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Come to think of it, did I ever talk about this one on here? I made a Metroidvania for one of the Metroidvania Month gamejams a bit earlier this year, pretty happy with it. Give it a play if you want! Though, I might make a larger version some day...

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YouTube video by Happy Frog Games Skelltuns Pride Month Special Trailer Final MP4 Hopefully For Real This Time.mp4

A new Skelltuns game has released in celebration of pride month! Enjoy surrealistic comedy with LGBT+ characters!

See the trailer here!
youtu.be/HK_PxYX8Kl8

Get the game for FREE here!
happy-frog-games.itch.io/skelltuns-pr...

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For anybody seeing this who has never played a Skelltuns game before, it's kind of a series where I indulge myself in letting my games make not much sense and just generally be considerably goofier than normal.

Which, if you know my games, is saying something.

Screenshots of a Skelltuns game shared without any context on what it is or how it plays. Is it new? Well, have you ever seen these scenes in any of the existing ones?

(Skelltuns games make for great just-for-fun side projects.)

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Considering all the talk of parries, I'm going to point it out:

Xenogunner Returns doesn't have a parry! Delta can block projectiles with her slashes, but that's to make up for how her dash doesn't make her immune to attacks the way Zeta's does.

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YouTube video by Happy Frog Games Super Infiniboss: The Gauntlet - Gameplay & Story showcase trailer

LOOKING FOR PLAYTESTERS!

Trying to find playtesters for Super Infiniboss to make sure it's good.

Trailer of the game, for those who haven't seen already: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fidf...

Testers will get a free copy of the finished game & a name in the credits. DM if interested!
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Two skeletons stand on reflective metal on a dark background. The skeleton on the left holds a sword, the skeleton on the right is holding nothing. Nonbinary flags made of rocky-looking textures appear below each. On the left, there is text to indicate the name of the skeleton character on the left. "SWORDIUS. They/them. (any pronouns okay)." On the right, there is similar text to name the skeleton character on the right: "DESERKILL. He/they."

Fun fact for pride month:

Did you know Swordius Von Sue-ord from Skelltuns is nonbinary? And so is Deserkill from the same series? Swordius uses they/them pronouns (though is ok with any pronouns) and Deserkill uses he/they. The more you know!

King Zeta in the upper right, with a speech bubble where he says "hey guys". Then, in the lower-left, Nabi, his hand raised towards Zeta, says "Xenogunner", depicted using the logo for the game. Next to her (Nabi uses any pronouns), a large red goofy cute snake is chilling out and just there for some reason. A third speech bubble, once again from King Zeta, says "THAT ART MY NEMESIS, NOT WHAT I ART CALLED".

Xenogunner

Making some further changes!

How's everyone feeling about this new intro for Exo-9 Battle Goat, my Mega Man X-inspired action platformer that I've been working on?

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It's CHARITY MEGABUNDLE TIME! And there's some absolute gems in this one, including Tunic which is just an all-timer and everyone should have it in their library.

So let's do a little thread showcasing some of the games, and also the tools you might find handy to navigate this & other Itch bundles.

Oh hey, two of my games are in this! Xenogunner isn't, but people seem to also really like Infiniboss, and that one is. Also Team Hogus, though I honestly don't know how people feel about that one. (Former is a scoring-focused boss dodging game, latter is goofy microgames that loosely tell a story.)

Hey, two games of mine from the past are in this bundle! itch.io/b/2863/calif...

Infiniboss, a game about getting a high score by dodging a boss forever, and Team Hogus, a game about playing goofy microgames that tell an ongoing story!

Well, I submitted two games, Team Hogus and the original Infiniboss, so that's already something at least. I guess I don't even know if they allow games that have only just released for the bundle anyway come to think of it.

Y'know, it's been a bit since I learned about one of these in time. I just wish I had managed to get a new project done before it so I could submit something new-

Wait, duh, hang on. Super Infiniboss is probably early access ready. Hm. I have a few days. Maybe...? We'll see. I dunno. No promises.

...hm, only seems to be a problem if you go fullscreen actually. it looks fine otherwise...

Hm. Not entirely sure what happened to the visual quality here. Wish Bluesky allowed GIF uploads lol

Xenogunner Returns is still being worked on, by the way!
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Working on Exo-9 Battle Goat, my Mega Man X-inspired game, some more. I think I like the concept I have for the stage opening now for when you choose a stage. (Stage select screen itself is still WIP. Recording lingers on it so long mostly to show off the song!)

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Corrptuion of the Ladns by Happy Frog Games for ShroomJam Action platformer that corrupts itself the more you play it

*claws way onto bluesky*
I... MADE... A NEW GAME... itch.io/jam/shroomja...

I DID IT... For... a game jam... *collapses, visibly exhausted* and I had a great time making it, and *floor collapses out from under me because the floor got exhausted because of me being exhausted* I think it's good!

The mystery unsolved A short story about Temptation of the Abyss ...also... consider this your reminder to look for more secrets if you haven't already. Caution: As with the game itself, it's a bit... dark. The game itsel...

Halloween is known to be spooky. So, I've published a short story I wrote, as an @itch.io devlog. It ties in with one of my horror games.

It was written before, but this is the first it's being published! Enjoy!

happy-frog-games.itch.io/temptation-o...

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agreed

Well, here's an introductory post. Might replace later.

Hi, this is Adam of Happy Frog Games speaking.

I make video games. Lots of video games. Probably most well known for Xenogunner, however. Currently working on a follow up, Xenogunner Returns, among other things.

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Sometimes for fun, I've been working on this side project, a loosely UCN-inspired comedy game called S.A.C.C.E.D (importantly, game does NOT have jumpscares, the lack of them is part of the point).

Today, I added a funny mechanic that makes something happen every time you press the M key.

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it's complicated. my current plan is to release the game in chapters (allowing me to add as many more as i want later as time goes on), and chapter 1 won't have any functionality for it.

later chapters... i definitely wanna toy with the idea of giving it niche or even important functionality there.

Sometimes for fun, I've been working on this side project, a loosely UCN-inspired comedy game called S.A.C.C.E.D (importantly, game does NOT have jumpscares, the lack of them is part of the point).

Today, I added a funny mechanic that makes something happen every time you press the M key.

#gamedev

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #4,896,198, Happy Frog Games ‪@happyfroggames.bsky.social‬, joined on Feb 19, 2024"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,896,198!

oh right i forgot to do this on this account as well until now

Hm... wait... It says I can't upload videos but let's see something... it lets me attempt to upload it by dragging and dropping...?

...oh.

I see.

Seems I can upload videos here by drag and drop just fine, unlike my personal account...

Interesting.

Alas, my game dev account is not allowed to post video yet.

-_-

Have this picture of a pixelated robot instead for now, I guess.