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thank you so much! and whoa, congrats on the very hard mode 1CC! i'm flattered  that you liked the game enough to push through and get the clear!

whoa thank you so much, i'm so glad you gave the game a try!! the stage 3 boss was the first boss i made, so i got a bit carried away while making it...

thank you so much, i'm glad you like it!

thank you so much!!

thank you so much, and congrats on the hard 1CC! and i'm so glad you like the look of the game too. i'm trying to get into the habit of thinking of myself as an artist instead of just a programmer who occasionally tries to draw things so that really does mean a lot, especially given that your VFX packs look so good.

i hope you enjoy the full game when i finish making it!

Hi! I just released a browser/downloadable demo of my upcoming top-down arcade bump combat action game Hyper Bun Buster: Rocket Hammer Action!

Take control of Tess, a bunny girl who uses her huge hammer to send enemies flying into other enemies. Dodge projectiles, control space and outmaneuver bosses!

This game was inspired by the mid 90s era of sprite-based arcade and Sega Saturn games, and aims to push your crowd control skills to the limit. I hope you like it!

Play it here: https://ctmatthews.itch.io/hyper-bun-buster-demo

This game is fantastic! I love the random spawnpoints, the aggressive enemies and the adorable art and character designs. I had so much fun learning the first loop that I want to try making it further into loop 2!

thanks! i made it in my own C/C++ engine, with a Win32/D3D11 backend for the PC release and an OpenGL/SDL backend for the Nintendo Switch release

thanks!

thank you!

it makes sure that the two words aren't the same, so you can get STAR DRIFT or DRIFT STAR but you can't get STAR STAR or DRIFT DRIFT etc

Thanks, I'm glad you find it useful! This was the first time I'd ever coded an Aseprite plugin so it doesn't do either of those things yet, but way more people are using it than I originally expected so I'd love to add those features soon!

thank you so much, i'm so glad you found it useful!

thank you so much!

thank you for using it ginpu! i hope you like it, and please let me know if there's anything at all i can do to make it more useful for you!

this game is great! fantastic writing, and beautiful ui and everything else.

it really brought back memories from the earliest parts of my game industry career, back when i was still optimistic about things and my soul had not yet been crushed (i'm doing fine now, i don't work for a studio anymore). it perfectly nails the vibes at those places, especially the bizarre attitudes that a lot of the people there have towards visual novels, right down to the hatoful boyfriend-esque example.

i hope amy gets to make games by herself one day, outside of a studio/industry environment ;_;

this is so charming, i love it! it's the most fun i've had playing a new game in a long time. the design notes in the bonus pack are great too!

That's great news! Thanks again for organizing the bundle!

no problem, i hope you find it useful!

That's great to know, thanks!

I offer Steam keys for people who buy my commercial games on itch.io, but I don't think I have permission to offer Steam keys to people who buy it at a deep discount as part of a bundle because I probably wouldn't be matching the bundle discount over on Steam itself. So if one of my games got selected for the bundle, ideally I'd still like to offer Steam keys to people who buy the game by itself but not to people who bought it in the bundle. Is that possible, or should I leave my game out of the bundle if I don't want bundle buyers to claim all of its Steam keys?

no problem!

thanks!

so cute, i love it!!

Thanks! The way I try to scope my own games is by making the smallest possible version first, and then adding more features or content afterwards if I still have the energy to do it. I started Ducky's Delivery Service by making a smaller version with a few levels and no story first, and then I added those later. My last game Chessplosion didn't have an adventure mode or online multiplayer until I had finished making the rest of the game.

So if I get to the end of making the small version and it took way more time than I expected, I have the option of releasing a small game instead of being stuck with half of a huge game that I don't want to finish. I ended up finishing the larger versions of Chessplosion and Ducky's Delivery Service, but I'm glad I made them this way! Maybe I'll get better at estimating the scope of large games in the future, but this way works fine for now.

Thank you! I started making the game in June 2022 and released it in July 2023. So it took 13 months in total, including the Nintendo Switch release.

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thank you so much! I'll paste the answer to your question here too in case anyone else is curious:

The soundtrack is included with the game here on itch.io if you pay $13.99 or more. And if you just want to buy the soundtrack by itself, it's available on Bandcamp and Steam.

thank you! i wasn't expecting it to make that much of a difference, but it feels so much better now!

Thank you, your games and assets look cute too! Those 16x16 Game Boy icons are adorable!

Thank you so much for playing! That is exactly what I love about the game too, so it's good to know I'm not the only person who feels this way

Thank you so much, I'm glad you like it!

My game Ducky's Delivery Service is out now! https://ctmatthews.itch.io/duckys-delivery-service

Propeller-powered duck delivery action!

In Ducky's Delivery Service, you are a duck who uses a propeller backpack to fly around and deliver mail. Master the flight physics, grow your delivery business, fulfill special delivery requests from other ducks, and earn time attack ranks and high scores.

Trailer video:

You might have seen the game in Wholesome Direct this year!

There's also a 10% launch sale for the first week. I hope you enjoy the game!

Thank you! Yes, the game is also on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2080970/Duckys_Delivery_Service/

Adorable!

Thank you so much for trying the demo! I agree about throwing a final hail mary package, and I watched a streamer try to land some post-timeout packages today too. So I fixed it in the latest version (v814)!

it's so cute! i can't do better than 3rd place but i had fun trying!

Thank you so much for playing the game, and I'm glad you're having fun! I've seen a lot of chess players and non-chess players play it, and the single biggest difference between the two groups is that the non-chess players all have a hard time visualizing knights and bishops at first. It's not just you!

One shortcut that makes things a bit easier is that bishops only hit squares the same color as the one that they're standing on, and knights only hit squares that are the opposite color to the one that they're standing on. But it still takes a while to get used to them. Anyway, I hope you enjoy puzzle mode and the rest of the game!

No problem! The demo isn't on itch and the Download Demo button is hard to spot on Steam, so it's easy to not notice it