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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.

Weekly Progress Report #71: New Year, New Levels!

Wow it's 2022. Did I think PogoChamp would be done by now? Yes. Am I proud of how much I've accomplished? Absolutely. Do I think 2022 will be the year PogoChamp 1.0s? Definitely.

With this update PogoChamp has 90 levels!! That means there's only 10 more to go until I reach my goal of 100! After taking a nice vacation I'm feeling energized and creative, and I have high hopes that I can make the final 10 levels fun and interesting for you all!

New Level: Blown Up (level #28)

Gigantic fans are an idea I've had for a long time, but I hadn't figured out how to make a level where they're fun/sensible. I think this and Fan Club are actually really fun, so I hope you like them!

New Level: Flight School (level #43)

I realized that after adding several levels that used the jetpack/space helmet power up, there wasn't really a tutorial level that explained how to use it, so I made one!

New Level: Fan Club (level #57)

Changelog

BUG FIX: Pot power up collider in Get Over It was bigger than it should have been.
BUG FIX: Pot power up no longer disappears if you hide + unhide a ghost in replays.
BUG FIX: Fix position of "Under Construction" sign in level select.
CREDITS: Add some imported assets to the credits (most notably stuff in The Heist).
VISUALS: Add visible jetpack boosters to the jetpack power up to make what it does more clear.
GAMEPLAY: Get Over It pot power up now provides 2x as much "coyote time" when sliding off a surface, which should prevent loss of momentum from slipping off small surfaces.
CONTENT: New level: Blown Up.
CONTENT: New level: Fan Club.
BUG FIX: While watching replays in A Quick Break, the camera no longer moves up 10 units each time the replay restarted.
CONTENT: New level: Flight School.
CONTENT: Reordered a bunch of levels.
BUG FIX: Fix issue where the leaderboard would not properly reload if you exited a level before a leaderboard upload finished.
GAMEPLAY: In The Classic, your character is now focused to the left side of the screen so you can see further into the level (should make the classic a bit easier because it means you have more time to react).
BUG FIX: Leaderboard score uploads weren't being started properly, which caused them to take 10 more seconds than they should have. (They weren't being started, so they would always time-out and then retry after 10 seconds.)
UX: Add "Reset" control information to The Basics.
BUG FIX: The rings in the cannon absorb visual effect weren't full circles.
GAMEPLAY: Change Tumbler bounce behavior so it is less finicky. Should make the level more reliable / easier.
BUG FIX: Fixed an issue where Fan Club took a very long time to load (for no reason???).
DEV: Working on new power up and new levels.
LEVEL ORDER: Maxi Golf changed from level 7 -> 5. I wanted people to get to this level sooner because it's a nice teaser for "Oh this game has some whacky stuff!".
LEVEL ORDER: The Pits changed from level 6 -> 10. The Pits was pretty hard for how early it was. Adding the reset prompt to The Basics meant I could move this level to later in the game.
LEVEL ORDER: Hurdles changed from level 26 -> 27 (swapped with Cann Cann). Hurdles is harder than Cann Cann.
LEVEL ORDER: Blown Up added as level 28.
LEVEL ORDER: Flight School added as level 43. I needed a jetpack tutorial level before Light 'em Up (Level 55), so it made sense to make a level like this one.
LEVEL ORDER: Flubber changed from level 45 -> 73. People found Flubber to be much harder than other levels in the 40-50 range.
LEVEL ORDER: Fan Club added as level 57.
LEVEL ORDER: Bouncer changed from level 68 -> 67 (moved several spots earlier when considering the added levels). Bouncer is pretty simple compared to some of the other later levels, so moved it up a few spots.
LEVEL ORDER: The Classic changed from level 74 -> 76. I wanted to separate The Classic and A Quick Break since they're both 2D levels.
LEVEL ORDER: A Quick Break changed from level 75 -> 80.