I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving break, mine was pretty cool. I got my Dad to play PogoChamp for the first time. He pretty much mastered the "beat a level without touching the joystick" strategy (he's 80). Overall the break was a nice rest, and I feel recharged and have a bunch of ideas for new levels! Currently all the new level stuff is in-progress, so nothing to show quite yet, but I did fix a whole bunch of bugs this week. My time is also still split between PogoChamp and FeedbackBot, so there's not quite the cadence of new PogoChamp stuff that there was back in September/October.

Speedrun??

I decided to submit PogoChamp to speedrun.com, and as part of their submission form you need to include a speedrun of the game, so here's my "All levels complete (85)" run, which took 27:37.70 based on the in-game timer (which doesn't include things like navigating the level select, etc). [previewyoutube=Lo0XKWME1mU;full][/previewyoutube]If you haven't seen all the levels yet, this is a pretty quick way to see them all! Based on the in-game timer it was just under 20 seconds per level!

Changelog

• BUG FIX: REGRESSION: Button prompts were always Xbox style no matter which controller you user using. Now it properly defaults to Xbox style only if it's not some other type.
• BUG FIX: You no longer lose menu focus in Level Select when you skip a cutscene using B (it worked fine when you used A, lol).
• BUG FIX: Pausing & unpausing in Level Select could cause the "Main Menu" hotkey (B/esc) to stop working.
• BUG FIX: You can no longer pause during cutscenes (the start button now properly triggers the "hold to skip" UI).
• BUG FIX: Resetting progress from the profiles menu didn't clear cached values for star times or gates opened.
• BUG FIX: Resetting progress from the game mode selection menu caused the menu to lose focus when using a controller.
• UI: Minor UI adjustments so that the speedrun timer doesn't overlap with the "Hold X to skip" in cutscenes or the total star count.
• BUG FIX: REGRESSION: In The Classic, if you jumped too far to the right, the camera would freak out and just show the sky.
• BUG FIX: In The Classic, the wall on the right side of the level overlapped the "instant kill" boundary, so you'd instantly die if you touched it. You can now jump off of it properly.
• BUG FIX: In The Classic, the camera didn't reach all the way to the wall on the right side of the level. It now matches up properly.

[ 2021-12-04 19:40:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

I thought "PogoChamp" was a pretty good pun, so I spent a few thousand hours making a game around it...

Features

• Unique, easy-to-understand, but tricky to master controls.
  
• Fluid, momentum-based movement (once you get the hang of it).
  
• 100 levels that constantly remix and iterate on the mechanics.
  
• Whacky power-ups that change how you play the game but still maintain the essential controls like: Fish Hat, Hamster Ball, Jetpack, Football, and Bazooka.
  
• A dedicated self-destruct button!
  
• Varied levels that are designed to be fun and surprising, for example: Pachinko, A Bullfight, Skee-Ball, Giant Mini Golf, A giant video game console, A Piano and more!
  
• Fully featured In-game Replay System that will show all of your attempts at once.
  
• Steam Leaderboards for every level. Leaderboard entries include replays so you can learn from the best!
  
• Multiple challenge target times for each level.
  
• Steam Achievements.
  
• 3 Different game modes: Standard, Survival, and Daily Challenge.
  
• Support for Keyboard & Mouse, Xbox, Playstation, Switch Pro, and generic gamepad controllers.
  
• Lots of puns!
  
• No dialog!
  
• Secret completionist objectives.
  
• A deliberate focus on being more fun than frustrating.