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I GOT NEW FEEDBACK!!! MORE UPDATES TO COME!!! HAPPY NEW YEARS!!

• Armored Rifle in Act 3s bullets now bounce off of walls!!!!!!! This makes the gun much more usable and unique, always having had a problem with players not wanting to use the armored rifle and never getting to see its special final upgrade. This makes using the gun way more fun

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• Added a voice line in the final moment of the game

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• Fixed the pause menu and added a pause menu song

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• Added to the credits and a few other cutscenes

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• Added a physical map to Act 1 similar to Act 3s

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• Made the telephone optional cutscenes more clear to the player

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• Added a sound effect to the chase snail bounce

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• Shortened a Billy zombie level to prevent tedium in the final battle

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• Increased the speed of the King Snail

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• Level tweaks and bugfixes

  More coming soon with more feedback!!!!!

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HAVE A GREAT 2026 MY GAMERS! LETS GO

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[u]MERRRYYY CHRISTMAS GAMERS!!![/u]

This is my last major update to the game until I get some good feedback to make changes!!!

Thank you all for this long, long ass journey up to this point. The game rocks!!

[u]WHAT\'S NEW HO HO HO!!!:[/u]

[u]ACT 1 -[/u]

• Intro to Carl\'s shop cutscene is shortened

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[u]ACT 2-[/u]

• Layout of first village has been altered to enhance a \"survival horror\" type of puzzle box level design

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• Mid-act platforming levels have been smoothed over to be less frustrating

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• Two redundant and repetitive levels have been removed to improve pacing

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• Flamethrower damage and ammo increased

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• Flamethrower flames are now more optimized

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• Luger pistol ammo decreased to make early game more challenging

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• Bounce snails now have a sound effect

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• Several goofy note placements have been adjusted

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• Wallpaper sprites look much better now, some tearing instead of just squares

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• Camera jank has been lessened

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[u]ACT 3 - [/u]

• New cutscene when Uncle Kenny gets telepathy powers!

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• Multiple new Uncle Kenny voice lines

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• Parry has been ever so slightly nerfed

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• Water rise level has increased challenge

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• Lockpick level has an enemy ambush in the second half

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Likely hundreds of other fixes I forgot to note down

THANK YOU GAMERS HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Hi gamers, this update trims the fat off of the opening section in places that feel unfocused. I added a few small details to Act 1 as well. This is mostly a way to get the game going a little faster to help onboard new players

Hey gamers, this update comes from a run-through of the game I had last night. Another one will come within a week or so for further improvements with signs in Act 3 and a new short cutscene.

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[u]WHATS NEW??[/u]

• Bees in Act 1 have had their AI adjusted to prevent spazzing out on the ground.

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• The Hank Amusement Park sprites are finally in!!

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• Uncle Kenny now spawns in the ballroom window near the beginning of Act 3 to flow in from the end of a cutscene

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• Duo boss fight have unique corpses now.

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• A few sprite glitches have been fixed

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• An exploit that allowed you to jump over the Act 1 boss has been patched

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MORE TO COME SOON!!!

\n\nSONG OF THE UPDATE:

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Hey gamers, I hope you are having a safe and great holiday this week. I\'m coming here live to drop a relatively substantial update to Unc that will further smooth out the Act 3 experience.

[u]WHAT\'S NEW!?!?!?!?!?!?! - [/u]

• Coins have returned!! A majority of the Act 3 levels now have coins along your path.

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• New enemy type, the robot chase snail!

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• Two new portal test chambers!!

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• Security turrets in the hoverbike level can now be shot down!

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• Hoverbike levels have more exploration off-bike

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• Several levels have small additions to their level design

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• The introduction to the kids section now has crates and coins

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• Snail shells do more damage and can now hit other snails in Act 3.

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• A few lore additions to the parasite lab level

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• Hank boss fight has more health

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[u]WHAT\'S COMING NEXT?? - [/u]

• Sound design additions to several levels in Act 3

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• Graphics to one part of Act 1

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• Potentially a little more with Portals. Who doesn\'t love a good puzzle

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• More than that for sure. Probably a Christmas update coming.

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Thank you gamers. At this point I am updating the game for the love of the grind. It still feels good to keep making improvements. For an ambitious third act there was almost no way I could have had everything ready for August 22nd, the scope creep was crazy. Some of the last levels have had a good overhaul since launch and the slow tweaking every now and then has made the game even better than it was on Act 3\'s launch. Adding the new portal levels had me realizing there is probably even more potential for this game\'s mechanics and would love to continue adding to this game alongside the feedback I get. Uncle Kenny was a passion project back in the day and remains a passion project now. I am so happy with how far this has all come, and the game is great!

I updated the Act 3 trailer to show more variety off and make the game more appealing. I think I was feeling the pressure of the launch when I was first editing the trailer and now with time and perspective I\'m glad I came back to polish that up too. Alright gamers, enjoy your holiday!!

[u]SONG OF THE UPDATE:[/u]

Hi gamers, happy November!! I\'ve been getting some reports of crashing, so I moved Uncle Kenny from a Beta Gamemaker version to the main Gamemaker branch, hoping that fixes some random crashes on some machines.

PATCH NOTES:

• Hank Boss fight has a new track by BRAZILLIAN BACKMASSAGE, as well as updated graphics

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• Some new graphics in certain spots (more to come)

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• Section at the end of rage has a new sound effect

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• Glitches with going to storefronts with boost mode have been patched

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• Upgrade sound effect volume lowered

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• Potential crash spots have been plugged. Feedback and crash logs would be helpful!!! Thank you!!

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In Next Update:

• More added graphics

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• Amusement park short level coming to Act 1

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• More bugfixes

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THANK YOU GUYS!\n

Song of the update:

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Uncle Kenny 1.5 will be a little bit larger with more additions. But here are some small adjustments/fixes.

[u]WHATS NEW:[/u]

• The rising water level in the facility has been adjusted to have a more exciting ending.

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• Several slight adjustments to facility levels

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• Dead enemies should actually move with move walls instead of moving randomly. That\'s been an issue since 2022. Finally fixed.

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• Fixed some enemies awkwardly changing horizontal speed after being telepathically thrown

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• Attempted optimizations for level loading

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If you are having crash issues, please reach out to me with your crash message so I can fix. Some players are reporting crashing especially in Act 1, looking to squash all issues. Thank you <3

GAMERS, VERY SMALL UPDATE, but I think it makes a huge difference in the way Act 3 feels to play.

WHATS NEW:

• Updated level design for one of the very last levels in the game

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• Added a new sound effect when leveling up that greatly enhances that dopamine hit when it lands

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• Made the UI flash for way longer when a level-up happens

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• Behind the scenes, experimenting with adding another level to Act 1 that uses the grapple hook in smaller, more contained and traditional Act 1 level design. Just as a cute swan song to the game, returning to where some of the best mechanics all started. Won\'t be added for a while but something to look forward to, probably 5-10 mins of gameplay additions soon.

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[u]SONG OF THE UPDATE:[/u]

It\'s been a long month, but a great one! Let\'s welcome in the Fall season with some Uncle Kenny goodness

[u]WHATS NEW?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?[/u]

• New random feature, if you are playing on mouse and keyboard, you now get a special custom cursor if you have a weapon equipped!

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• A glitch where the opening cutscene in Act 3 would randomly skip due to no fault of the player has been patched.

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• The THIS IS A BETA sign has been removed from the first level of Act 3 random oversight.

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• The battle mode button is in the game but greyed out, it will be finished one day. Probably not for a long while though.

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• Hank The Survival Guys hair is now black to be more lore accurate

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• A level in Act 1 where you continuously pick up powerups to do platforming has been made more forgiving as its a little frustrating.

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• Made some slight alterations to a handful of outro levels in Act 3

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• Fixed the direction of shell casings being static from both directions

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• I unfortunately updated Gamemaker so a bunch of things randomly broke so if you hear a song that loops to beginning prematurely let me know, but the bugs also included breaking my script to keep the mouse on screen. So instead I made it so that the game pauses if you un-focus from the tab.

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Thank you guys for over a month of Unc magic.

[u]SONG OF THE UPDATE:[/u]

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If you guys find any other issues, or have any suggestions that would improve the game experience, let me know! I am still going to update this game throughout the years. Its a lot of fun to go back to!

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Another small one gamers, focused mainly on the end of the game, some small stuff I ran out of time to do on launch day.

[u]WHAT IS NEW BOY - [/u]

• Rocket launcher multi-shot has been sadly nerfed instead of firing three rockets it fires two, its still overpowered but now the final boss and last levels should be a little bit more challenging with the upgrade.

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• Billy zombie attack level has a monitor for him to work on

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• Elevators in the final level have fixed and added graphics

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• Final boss has a new line of dialogue at the start.

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• Some of the boss names have been better aligned on the screen

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• Fixed a Hank co-op ammo glitch

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• Fixed an Act 1 leftover crash if you die will on a vine or ladder, thank u Othon <3

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• Weapons in Acts 1 and 2 have had their aiming reticles more defined on screen which helps especially when playing on controller or on a tv.

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• Fixed an oversight where in one of the final bunker levels there was a bonus area with no bonus.

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That\'s it for now! Done in one evening, so more to come probably. I think these are some of the last things I knew I wanted to do with the game in terms of fixes.

Song of the Update:

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Gamers, quick update fixing some co-op crashes and issues, as well as updating the credits with shots of a launch party from August 24th.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE UNC SUPPORT! Been an honor to finally get this out.

- Whats new!?!?!?

• Hank can pick up comics, and now dies when touching spikes, and can now pick up drug speed boosts.

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• Final credits have been updated.

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• One cutscene that wouldn\'t play before in Act 3 should play now

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Post launch support early info!

VERSION 1.2 - Bugfixes - September

VERSION 1.3 - Skins Patch (Added skins shop in the extras menu) - let\'s say late October

VERSION 1.5 - PVP Patch (Tournament between two players mode in extras menu) - Christmas Break

You know how I am about delaying stuff though so we\'ll see.

SONG OF THE UPDATE -

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GAMERS!!! IT\'S HERE!!! AFTER MORE THAN 2 YEARS!! THE GAME IS COMPLETE!!!

ENJOY THE FULL GAMEPLAY AND STORY EXPERIENCE OF UNCLE KENNY! HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!

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It has been SUCH a journey getting to this point. BUT IT\'S OUT!!!

For now, know this:

• POST LAUNCH SUPPORT INFORMATION COMING SOON! HANG TIGHT!

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• I am taking the day off. GODDAMN

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GAMERS... ENJOY AND GOOD NIGHT!!!

SONG OF THE UPDATE:

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/152TD_KvLGqXaGs4Sji9uCEAe2t-QI-Sa?usp=sharing

This is an archive of some of my friend Kenny Roger\'s comic books from elementary and middle school around 2014-2016. This is the start of all of the Uncle Kenny Cinematic Universe characters. Enjoy!

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UNCLE KENNY- ACT 3: AVAILABLE AUGUST 22ND!!!

[u]FINAL MASSIVE CONTENT UPDATE!![/u]

Enjoy the largest and most exciting Act in the game! A free update to all previous owners!!

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Old friend to Uncle Kenny Ripper is up to something world-threatening. Destroy him and everything in the way to his base!!

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WHAT TO EXPECT:

• [u]TELEPATHY POWERS!!![/u]Control enemies with your mind.

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• [u]SKILL TREE!![/u]Tailor Uncle Kenny\'s playstyle to your liking! Upgrade move speed, special weapon abilities and more!

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• [u]THE JETPACK:[/u]Soar high above your puny opponents!

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• [u]PORTALS:[/u] Test your skills with mind-bending puzzles

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• [u]HOVER BIKE:[/u] Travel at unimaginable speeds high above the ground!

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• [u]EXCITING ENDING TO THE STORY!![/u]

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ENJOY!!

Gamers, sorry for the delay. Took some extra time to get cutscenes back together and get back into gear for working on this game. After 3 months straight of long hours working on it, I had a little bit of burnout, but now Im back in it 100 percent to the end! The game will come out August 22nd, which is an unfortunate delay, but necessary since I randomly decided to add the final evolution of the Uncle Kenny gameplay sandbox, portals!

We are in the endgame. I cant believe it\'s actually going to come out. It\'s been delayed just so damn much. But this is the best version of the game that could have existed. For my first ever video game, Im extremely proud of everything I was able to accomplish. I wouldnt have been able to do it without the amazing circle around me, helping add extra songs, graphics, and voice acting to the game. Thank you to everyone

NOTE TO ALL RETURNING PLAYERS: DELETE YOUR SAVEMENU SAVE FILE! GO TO %localappdata% using the Windows + R keys tool, then relaunch Uncle Kenny The Game!!

• The first set of Act 3 cutscenes are in! Its about half, a solid start! Shoutout Kenny Rogers for drawing them. The cutscenes go up until the start of the UNDERGROUND level for now.

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• You can now finally control the sound effect and music volume in the options menu!

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• The phone call feature is now available in Act 1, something that has been teased for over a year. Its a small bonus consisting of three mini cutscenes throughout Act 1

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• Portals have been added into the game! With that, a set of new levels has been added to the Underground area that introduces them, some of them inspired by the gameplay loop of the classic game Portal.

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• The first round of in-game dialogue has been added!

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• Portals have been added to several late-game levels to spice them up.

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• The final mission now has extra portal-based levels.

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• Weapons now have realistic sounds!

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• When switching weapons, theres now a reloading sound effect.

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• Cats have been added to the game! Give them a pet! For now there\'s Boots in the main menu, and Donald in Carl\'s Shop! Thank you Ava! More to come August 15th

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• Snail shells will now damage enemies when you jump on them.

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• New small levels have been added to work with the new cutscenes. For example, the president level now has a cultist introduction shootout.

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• The rage ability has been slightly scaled back to only be available during the Vengeance level. It was never too useful of a mechanic, players and myself forgot it existed half the time, and I couldnt really find a place for it story or gameplay wise outside of where it was introduced. But I think it works better as a one-off.

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• Added graphics in some of the levels! Including flowers in Act 1! Thank you Ava!

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• Hundreds of little fixes to the game, a huge push for polish

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WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 0.9, AUGUST 15TH!

• Finalized final boss graphics

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• Most or all of the cutscenes.

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• A couple new tracks from Othon and Matthew

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• Updated Mina voice lines

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• Final mission in-game dialogue

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• A couple new levels including portal challenges in the late stages of the game\n

  WHAT TO EXPECT FOR 1.0 LAUNCH, AUGUST 22ND!!

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• First wave of new skins for Uncle Kenny

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• Interactive Uncle Kenny comic book museum

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• Any remaining outstanding issues or fixes!!!!

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SONG OF THE UPDATE!!!

THANK YOU GAMERS................................... SEEE YOU AUGUST 15TH!!! LETS FUCKING GO

Due to timing reasons. I want the cutscenes to be mostly in order. I need the five extra days to get various voice lines in and stuff to make the first half of act 3's story cohesive.

The build right now has some cutscenes in it and updated weapon sounds, but the full patch will be ready July 20th, Surprisingly, it has been the only delay to hit the 15 day update schedule, but it will be worth it trust.

Best regards,

the gamer king,

Kevin Roback

Gamers, like I said on Sunday, a smaller patch was coming right after 0.7 launched. I ran out of time with too many ideas on that one so I got some quick work done before focusing on Beta 0.8 on July 15th.

[u]What's New?[/u]

• Three new tutorial levels have been added, one for bullet parrying, one for radiation, and one for blue throwable walls.

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• A tip system has been added in case you're struggling on a level. It will remind you of abilities you have in case you forget in the midst of all that battle.

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• Fixed radiation, previously you could not throw up or down when looking to the left.

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• A few bonus levels have been added, which utilize radiation powers

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• The Smoke level has a few platforming-based levels at the end of it to let the player wind down after all of the chaos.

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Things are becoming well-rounded in Uncle Kenny Act 3. Yesterday I realized that there isn't much left to work on. Once cutscenes are in, the game is almost basically ready for launch. Playtests will likely lead to more substantial gameplay changes. But, otherwise, the gameplay itself is pretty much set in stone.

I want to say thanks for your time gamers. The journey has been super long. But I hope you guys enjoy the project.

Song of the Patch:

See you July 15th!

we finally hit it. Ive been ballooning the scope of the game over and over and over and over again. After almost FOUR YEARS of development time! Uncle Kenny The Game is now playable START TO FINISH! It has NEVER been this close to being done EVER!!!! I have been thinking about a day like this for years. And all that's left is just tinkering, polish, and cutscenes/dialogue. LET'S GO

[u]WHAT'S NEWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -[/u]

• Final Mission has every level now.

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• The final boss has been STARTED!!! LETS GOOOOOOOOO!!! Its definitely my favorite one. There are multiple phases to it. The graphics need to be worked on more by Ava Huth the goat. And the final phase will be tinkered with a lot more. But its already goated.

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• The game can now be played start to finish. Act 2 used to always cut to credits. Now, it'll go straight to Act 3.

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• Grapple hook shots now break crates and other various objects! I dont know why Ive never added this before.

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• Lockpick level has just one more area to round it out.

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• Since the game can now be completed, New Game Plus can now be accessed! It will carry over your Act 3 God Uncle Kenny back into the start of Act 1.

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• A new menu screen is unlocked upon game completion.

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• Demo has been updated for the first time, and now has an Act 3 section. Act 1 section is now up to date with the content of the current updates as well!

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• The jetpack shouldn't clip behind certain object like chests and fuel stations anymore

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• Some new small graphics in some of the levels. Obviously, much more to come with that.

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• When grabbing crates, they should no longer break when grabbed from the bottom-left of Uncle Kenny

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• New notes littered around Act 3. More to come. And bug fixes for weird characters on some notes too.

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• Enemy dead bodies will now be behind the player and living enemies to increase visibility for the newer onslaught-like levels at the end of the game

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• Ladder/ivy platforming has had its weapon-handling code updated on the backend, which should prevent rare glitches where you can lose your gun randomly when climbing.

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• Weapons now go gold once you get their special mastery upgrades

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• The Paperman Helicopter fights second phase has been improved, now featuring a wrap-around the screen mechanic

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• Spike hitboxes have been slightly decreased, just to make the edge cases in the more complicated platforming levels a little more forgiving.

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• Uncle Kennys player object in Act 3 now has more universal code with the rest of the game, fixing several small bugs in New Game Plus mode. Also, it allows a special sequence to happen during the final boss. Exciting!

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• Fixed a glitch where cult parasite guys would flashback the entire screen if you have enough radiation to pick them up.

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• Drone enemies have had their health bars reduced. I want them to feel like swarming bugs and not tanky enemies.

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• The Hank Boss and Pigeon Man Boss has been buffed up, since most of my testing beforehand had been at level one instead of the level you'd be at when playing through.

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• As always, various bugfixes and tweaks.

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[u]COMING TUESDAY, JULY 1ST -[/u]

• A small patch which should contain a new tutorial area for the radiation powers, and a short breather between the smoke and underground rocket launcher level. Potentially more sprites and tweaks to health dispensers as well. Since tweaks are coming so fast and so numerous, things I couldn't fit into today are gonna spill over into this small patch and probably another one after.

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[u]Song of the update -[/u]

[u]What to Expect in Beta 0.8 ON JULY 15TH-[/u]

• Improved graphics variety in the Act 3 levels. Plenty of art passes will go down when I'm at work next week. The levels should have plenty more to look at.

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• Tips popping up when you die as suggested by Matthew my boy

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• Further work on the final boss

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• Cell phone cutscenes in ACT 1 Carls shop. Finally, damn. The graphic has been in the game for over a year and theyll finally be in there.

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• Notes in the final set of levels

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• Some more in-game dialogue FOR SURE THIS TIME

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• Dialogue in the in-game cutscenes in the final level

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• Tinkered/improved level design, probably especially the final mission levels

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[u]What to Expect in Beta 0.9 ON JULY 30TH-[/u]

• Likely around the first half or so of all of the cutscenes.

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• New tracks from Othon and Matthew

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• First pass of character skins.

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[u]What to Expect on FULL LAUNCH DAY ON AUGUST 15TH-[/u]

• All cutscenes

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• All voice work in

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• Comic book collectibles in the extras menu

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• All or at least most character skins. Post-launch updates to come.

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• New Game Plus full implementation

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GAMERS LETS GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED. I have been so productive on this game just tinkering, adding, messing with it so much. Every day it hits a new milestone. LET'S GO. This game rocks now. Still a lot of work ahead but I've never been more psyched to get it done in my life.

GOOD NIGHT GAMERS, SEE YOU ON TUESDAY

This update has the final planned gameplay addition! We are so close now! Only the last level, and the final boss fight are left! Act 3 is long as hell now. I think the game was missing boss encounters, and their addition gives me a feeling of finality and content richness that I have never felt before with this game. Its becoming a complete package, and by June 30, all of the planned levels should be in. I'm sure the final boss will need work through July. But having every playable space in there in some way will be a massive closure for me. We are in the end times.

[u]What's New?[/u]

• When you are close to a crate or other solid objects that you can throw, it will indicate yellow to show you which one has been selected, which Im a massive fan of.

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• 2 new boss fights, Hank the Survival Guy, and a twin boss.

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• Facility and underground levels are even further expanded with a new gameplay mechanic, player movable platforms

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• Vengeance level has been extended and mostly completed.

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• New short level called lockpick has been added, gives a second of wind down time before the vengeance level

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• The first 6 levels of the final mission have been added roughly. There will be scenes between the levels to give context to each situation.

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• Rage ability has been tweaked with. More tweaks to it will come.

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• Telepathy directional throwing has bug fixes, where previously some vertical and horizontal speeds could bleed over.

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• With that, a new directional indicator shows up when picking up objects telepathically and greatly polishes the radiation throw mechanic

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• When companions are downed, an indication is now on screen that should make it easier to tell when it happens and where they are.

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• Backgrounds should have the proper snow below the snow background sprite instead of a gap below it.

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• Jumping out of a grapple jump with jetpack fuel should still give you solid momentum instead of going straight into a jetpack jump like before.

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• New phosphorus gas army man variant in the final mission.

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• Along with that, zombies have been brought back briefly as well.

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• New vase-style objects that drop coins when broken. Will be expanded on for sure.

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• Instead of an up arrow, the level up indication is now straight up text.

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• Desert level phosphorous bombs arent as brutal

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• Countless bug fixes and changes I cant recall right now.

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The first round of voice acting has been recorded! There will need to be several more sessions. The script is 37 pages long and still getting longer. And cutscenes have barely even been started. But thats what the majority of July will go towards. Giving context and bringing life to the gameplay situations and levels of Act 3 will be so satisfying. Ive been thinking of these levels for years. Its finally happening. Thank you for sticking with me.

Song of the update:

Gamers, enjoy your father's day. Hell yeah. See you June 30th

Gamers, this update has come after some juicy and critical playtests that have me going back and adding to levels that I had previously thought were completed. In that process, Ive developed a few new fun gameplay mechanics and Im super excited to get them out for the masses. Im definitely pushing the limits of what defines Uncle Kenny level design, something that has been lacking from Act 3 thus far. Were at 0.5 now! That marks halfway through this Beta process. Although, I would argue that we are closer to 1.0 than it looks.

WHATS NEW GAMER -
- Upgrade system has been majorly overhauled after extensive playtesting. Instead of level gating, the special upgrades unlock once the player has completed an amount of tasks in gameplay. This change should encourage players to seek out upgrades to their favorite weapons and gameplay mechanics.
- Cultists and Cultist Parasite Zombies now speak! More voices to come for them and army men
- Armor now requires a threshold of parries to upgrade.
- There is a new bossfight, the Uber Tank, when you get the rocket launcher.
- The Underground section now has several platforming and reflex based levels that greatly spice up the pacing.
- Similarly, the facility level now has platforming levels akin to the no weapon pace-breaker in act one, but this time with a few twists.
- The desert section has been expanded and now includes a set piece involving phosphorous bombs.
- Three new racing levels have been added to the vehicle section that encourage fast speeds to offset the more stop and shoot of the core shooting levels.
- The Hoverbike/Speeder can change directions faster and is overall more smooth to control.
- There is now a final set of speed and damage upgrades to each weapon after purchasing the special upgrade. Golden skin to come once all upgrades are purchased.
- A countless number of small balance changes after playtests. The following are some examples.
Parrying is buffed. Instead of upgrades in the shop, the upgrades are now automatically applied from the start.
- Parasite nest health lowered
- Grapple hook spots added to armory level to add more options during combat.
- Geode Crystals now come towards you even when stuck in the wall
- The music in the vehicle level should play correctly
- Leveling up takes slightly less time at every level.
- An enormous number of extra changes I cant really even recall. So much time has been going into this game that a lot of tweaks are hard to even remember. Were starting to get pretty close to the end.



Song of the update:


Gamers, enjoy! Im loving this game by this point. The new mechanics and skill tree is a huge improvement over what was there just 15 days ago. Development is going well. This is looking like a final push for real this time.



What to Expect in Beta 0.6 ON JUNE 15TH-

Finished Vengeance Level
Started work on the final mission.
Scattergun Inferno Mod instead of knockback
Hopefully some in-game dialogue
Started work on Hank Bossfight

GAMERS WELCOME............... TO GAMER WORLD

[u]ITS TIME FOR....[/u]

Unc Bullet Parry!!!!

[u]New Additions - [/u]

- Two new parry upgrades
- Parry Range
- Parry Damage
Parrying is very fun, I'm interested to hear feedback.
- New cultist and cultist zombie voice lines!
- New bossfight, the sprite hasn't been created yet so its a bat right now!
- Oxygen can now be seen underwater, some cute bubble sounds too.
- Grenade sound effect.
- Act 2 flamethrower is buffed a bit
- Breakable walls in later Act 3 levels can now be grabbed and thrown.
- Small parasites have radiation circle indicators now.
- Parasite zombie hitbox fixes to prevent spazzing out
- Drone enemies can now impact other objects when thrown
- Desert level has been refined and slightly expanded, more to come May 30th
- Several small fixes, tweaks that aren't super noticeable but do affect game feel positively. I've been working on so much I cant remember everything

Song of da update:

Play it up. THE GAME IS GOOD ASF NOW. This da time to playtest it up. Let's go. Its so fire
I love Unc Act 3. Give it a shot there's a depth to it now 4 sure.


PEACE GAMERS LETS GO

Gamers! This small update was made in about like 4 hours. Still, there are some saucy quick additions to yesterdays big 0.4 update.

What's new:


General:
- If you turn music or sound effects off, it will stay consistent and not randomly turn back on now,
- Coins are no longer displayed in the main menu since it never worked correctly I don't know why I ever made it visible in the menu

Act 2:
- Fixed Mina boss health, enemy health is returned to original values

Act 3:
- Every enemy has new killed by explosion sprites.
- New sprites given to enemies that never had death sprites
- Added a new object, "health dispenser" to hover bike and underground levels to better balance the challenge.
- Many levels have been rebalanced to be slightly easier.
- The water rising level has had its difficulty slightly reduced to make it more fair.
- Music audio glitches have been patched.
- Last hoverbike level has an altered and improved layout
- Level following Armory area has been expanded to have more wind down time.
- Snowfall visual glitches fixed in the smoke level.
- Some Upgrade Room glitches patched.
- Tiny parasites can't be farmed as much past a certain player level with XP adjustments
- Fixed even more ammo shotgun bugs.


Smaller one but the differences here add up for sure especially the difficulty balance.

SONG OF THE PATCH:

See you May 30th Heck yeah

Love, Kevin

Hi yall gamers. this update is coming with a dislocated knee that destroyed my timeline. Still, I've been able to get plenty done and I'm super excited to release this. The game is getting pretty damn good.

What's New!? -
- Three Semi-Finished levels.
- The first being Smoke, a level where army men and parasites fight each other in a tight
space.
- The second being Underground, the area introducing tanks, the rocket launcher, and the
pigeon - man boss fight
- The third being the Hoverbike level, with the mission being destroying 3 cores in each
level, getting off and on the vehicle.

- An introduction to the Vengeance level with a new cult leader enemy that shields all cultists until you take him out.
- Added new songs to levels, fixed a good amount of audio glitches
- Added a water escape level to the parasite facility area that will test your speed.
- Voiced army enemies! There are currently only 4 voices right now, but soon there should be something like 7 by release time.
- Level up indicator to make leveling up more obvious.
- Adjusted enemy health around Act 3.
- Added a flesh tearing sound to the scattergun.
Fixes to ammo drops, some of them would randomly drop Act 1 shotgun ammo instead of laser gun ammo.
- Reduced Laser gun ammo amounts.
- Lowered the health of the tank and the tier 2 army men enemies slightly.
- Fixes several miscellaneous bugs with the level up menu, and small issues.
- Stopped snails from being able to kill you even when you're invincible
- Controller players can now fire the vehicle grenades in the vehicle section.
- Act 2 wrench does the original amount of damage it used to have, lingering glitch of code updates last month

Song of the update -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WBVLCvMSuE&ab_channel=BenFolds-Topic[/previewyoutube]


What to Expect in Beta 0.5 ON MAY 30TH-

- Voiced cultists, cultist parasites, and more army men voices.
- More adjusted Hover Bike Level\
- Air Indicator when under water
- Finished Desert Flashback level.
- Helipad dialogue (Uncle Kenny nephews dialogue)
- More bug fixes, combat adjustments
- Start of Paperman Hoverbike boss fight

THIS ONES PRETTY SMALL, LETS RIP THROUGH:

ACT 2 -
- Fixed Act 2 from crashing, merged Act 2 objects into the rest of the game's objects. There might be a
few glitches I havent found yet
- Fixed the ear explosions near the end of the lab section

ACT 1 -
- Fixed a boss crash found by Hobo Orca the man

ACT 3 -
- Fixed a level up exploit, you cheeky cheating bastards.
- Fixed a progression glitch
- Water test room at the end for fun


Song of the patch -





eat it up gamers

GAMERS

This update is an in-between patch, where I reached a good amount of progress on two development milestones: controller support and new game plus.

The next major update is still on track for May 15th.


Global Controller Changes -
- Controller is now patched for act 3, now works start to finish!!!
- Going to shop has been moved to the select button
- This leaves the left shoulder button open, which can now either be an alternate key for telepathy or for grenades which can be changed in the options menu

NEW GAME PLUS!! (Early version) -
- When completing acts 1 and 2, you can now run through them again with every single weapon and ability unlocked. There are some obvious quirks and glitches, but simply having it is so much fun. This will have continuous updates.

Other changes -
- Main menu now has an ACT SELECTION box that clears up a lot of jank space in the menu and prevents from accidentally restarting acts in the menu.
- The major upgrades that occur every 5 levels in act 3 are much more visible to the player and the correct text will now show

Song of the update -













Let's go gamers, this stuff is hot off the press so there's gonna be some glitches but I'm so excited to roll all these out and start running towards that finish line this summer

Gamers! My finals are almost here, then I'll be knocking these out twice a month starting in May!


Here is the Uncle Kenny Beta Roadmap as of the launch of 0.3-

May 15th (0.4) - Finished Smoke level (DARK, FLASHLIGHTS LEVEL), Finished Underground level (RPG LEVEL), Updated Desert Flashback level.
* Act 3 enemy dialogue!
* New Background tiles by Othon

May 30th (0.5) - Hoverbike Additions, Helipad Dialogue (Uncle Kenny nephews dialogue)

June 15th (0.6) - Paperman vehicle mini-boss, Finished Vengeance Level (Not currently in game at all)

June 30th (0.7) - Finished Desert Level, Hank Boss Fight

July 15th (0.8) - Finished Suicide Mission Level (Not currently in game at all), start work on final boss

July 30th (0.9) - Cutscenes in the game, Final Boss Finished, new levels to Facility (Parasite enemies level)

August 15th (FULL RELEASE 3.0) - Polish, Bug Fixes, game will be $4.99


With all that out of the way... lets begin with Patch Notes of 0.3!!!


ACT 3-

• Follower AI is now in the game! The kids can now run and shoot and talk!
• The hoverbike now fires its own weapons instead of yours, vastly improving gameplay
• Hoverbike engine is a little bit quieter to save everyone's ears
• Hoverbike level has a goal now to break 3 cores, which will open the door at the end. There are now sentry shotguns that disable when the cores go down.
• Desert level now has sandbag-like objects that break when hit with gunfire or grenades. Thinking about adding this to other levels once they are completed.
• Tanks have more health.
• Fixed music at the facility level.
• Fixed some audio glitches
• Buff army guys have been worked on, have a better AI and take more damage.
• Pigeon Man slight boss tweaks.
• Crates now drop rocket launcher ammo, but there will always only be one rocket
• Introduced rage mode, which will appear late in the game, but as of this update can be used whenever you want when you get telepathy. Enemies are afraid of you, and you deal three times as much damage for 9 seconds! Returns back after 3 minutes.
• You can no longer go as high above the level to stop from players skipping content and potential crash issues.
• It takes slightly less XP to reach the higher levels since there have been some cuts to the levels planned
• Having co-op mode enabled in the menu no longer reduces Uncle Kennys health in act 3.
• Now co-op is properly reflected as not supported with Act 3.
• Number keys are fixed
• Each weapon now has a proper color, shows up when picking up ammo and when switching weapons
• Laser gun design altered, has higher damage but lower ammo capacity and pickup amounts. As it stood the laser gun didnt have as much of a use, but I think a high damage but lower ammo should make it cut through enemies better and make it more satisfying at the cost of less use time.
  Introduction to the kids levels are slightly altered to work around the new AI
• Mouse wont clip onto tab when out of focus
  

• Some annoying zombie placements are changed in the hook platforming intro level
  

• Queen Snail is now somewhat better balanced between the shotgun and the other weapons
  

- My brother playing Uncle Kenny when it first released March 15, 2023

It has been two years! A shocking amount of time to still be working on a pixel art indie platformer game. The years have gone by way too fast.

- This was me on my 18th birthday in February 2023 , recently out of a near-death snorkling experience in the Turks and Caicos. I can be seen here recovering from the event, and realizing that I needed to get this game out some way some how even if I needed more time to finish the other acts.

-This is my girlfriend, Ava! She made the sprites for the bees in the opening of the game.

HAPPY TWO YEARS!!! Here are some patch notes:

- Fixed a bug that would send players back to the menu after a few cutscenes were over.
- Fixed spikes so that they reset boost mode after death.
- Fixed co-op with Hank! Increased co-op ammo, and lets Hank bounce off of dead snails. You go Hank!
- Fixed Score mode and increases the time you have to create a combo!
- Some other bits and bobs I'm forgetting right now

ENJOY! Stay Unced up. Here's to another 2 years of patches! Hopefully it's done by 2027 oh jeeze

AYOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Directional firing gamers. Enjoy

[u]ACT 3- [/u]
- You can now shoot all objects/enemies grabbed by telepathy upwards or downwards by pressing up or down and the release button at the same time! Useful especially with grenades!
- New boss in progress, Pigeon Man! At the end of the rocket launcher level
- You can now see how much radiation youll need before picking up an enemy
- The telepathy UI ellipse is much more responsive now
- You can no longer grab and throw enemies in vehicles with only 50 radiation.
- Many later enemies give much more xp
- Tanks are patched and give xp and rocket ammo
- Drone enemies now correctly react to telepathy
- Parasites now show ellipses when they can be grabbed
- Shop no longer spoils rocket launcher
- Worn down shop won't let you buy stuff anymore
- A few crashes addressed for niche situations

[u]What to (Still) Expect in Beta 0.3-[/u]

- Music/audio fixes. Remember to go back to the main menu between some sections.
- Follower AI fixes lmao.
- Likely an expanded Smoke and Speeder Vehicle level and Underground area

HELLO GAMERS! This is a small update to the Act 3 Beta I made based on some early feedback, and of course, more to come. Not much in terms of new content but plenty of fixes for what has been currently released.

[u]General:[/u]
- Cutscenes will continue to gameplay when ending, but still have an audio glitch at the start of each cutscene that I can't figure out. Gamemaker is a weird engine and more and more glitches pop up on my old systems with their updates.
- The setup screen has a loading bar in case some users take a long time to load in all of the audio groups, but most players won't see this.
- Combo Counter is more centered on-screen to increase visibility.

[u]ACT 1-[/u]
- Enemies in the Firepower level will speak less often.


[u]ACT 3-[/u]
- Removed the last level from the parasite facility. Its almost impossible and ruins the pacing. Will be replaced with a short chase scene instead at some point.
- A jump near the end of the opening section is much less frustrating now.
- You now wont gain seven levels when entering the facility.
- Robo snails shouldn't be trapped in weird spots anymore.
- The UI elements for the level up and also the fuel and radiation are more centered on screen now.
- Finishing the last level now restarts the game.
- The level up UI can become transparent if the player is close to the top of the screen
- The geode radiation requirement is cut in half. Was way too high before.
- Base laser gun damage is slightly boosted.
- Rocket fuel no longer exceeds the size of the capacity bar and also will show fuel when picked up.
- Radiation no longer still holds someone and plays sound when dying or moving to the next level.
- The keycards in another parasite facility level have been axed to simplify the level and let the player take it at their own pace instead of forcing them to hunt down more keys.
- Fixed crash with laser gun and parasite nest.
- Laser turret guns in the speeder section have been removed.


[u]What to Expect in Beta 0.3-[/u]

- Ability to telepathically shoot enemies straight upwards.
- Way to see how much radiation an enemy will require to pick up in the radiation capacity bar.
- Music/audio fixes. Remember to go back to the main menu between some sections.
- Follower AI fixes lmao.
- Likely an expanded Smoke and Speeder Vehicle level and Underground area


[u]Me and my friend Othon are gonna be cooking something up pretty soon for a new project, hell yeah. As for now, enjoy the update. GAME ON!!![/u]

HELLO GAMERS!

School has taken up a ton of my time, especially as engineering classes are ramping up. Recently I've found myself yearning to branch out to new projects and come back to Uncle Kenny with the skills I've learned to finalize the project as a final labor of love on this long, long running personal passion project.

This game launched almost 2 years ago now, and has seen a completely massive overhaul since its launch into something I am still extremely proud of. It's small and simple, but under the surface, the game has only continued to evolve and expand.

Act 3 has the most ambitious gameplay and story concepts I have ever made in my life. It has recently dawned on me that if this takes another few years to come back to and finish completely, no one will ever be able to experience the hundreds if not thousands of hours of effort I've made on this act over the summer of 2024 and ever since.

Think of this as an experimental beta release, where updates to the game will come in small pieces over time that will enhance and complete act 3 until it is totally done. The problem I have is simply my ballooning of scope as my responsibilities continue to increase. It was only recently that I capped off many of the lingering ideas that were just too ambitious for this project and decided to hone in on what I already have.

Act 3 in its state right now is missing cutscenes, some music, many graphics, and entire chunks of levels and the second half in its entirely. Right now there are no finished bosses, a couple of major glitches, and no real sense of story progression. There is also very finicky controller support that doesn't work entirely.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: [u]My friend Othon has been cooking some tracks for the game behind the scenes, and one of them called "Elevator Action" has replaced the track in the Route 12 Gondola section in Act 1[/u]

In order to Access Act 3: [u]In the main menu, shoot the Act 3 box.[/u]

I really hope you guys enjoy, and please, please don't be afraid to give some feedback.

Thank you gamers, enjoy, and stay fresh!

HELLO GAMERS!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

It is an honor to tell you all that I am back. I wasted a lot of my Winter Break from college on Elden Ring but I have locked in this week and created a few new features. Much more to come!

[u]DIRECTIONAL AUDIO![/u]

- Immerse yourself in the Uncle Kenny World, now with 3D audio!!!
- As well, the sound now has filters when under the effects of the new drug pickups and more!

[u]COMBO METER!![/u]

- When you kill enemies in succession, you'll get a number showing your combo that will shrink and go away unless you kill more and take minimal damage!
- Win coins when you do well!
- Some balancing to come, but excited to launch the new feature. My first use of Gamemaker's GUI features

[u]New Powerups![/u]

- Snails can now drop jump boosts!
- Druggie enemies can now drop drugs that boost your speed!
- A new level in the middle of the act that uses the powerups for platforming
- In act 2, hellhounds can drop speed boosts and bats can drop jump boosts as well

[u]Bees![/u]

- Bees now roam the early areas in the game, designed by my girlfriend Ava!
- In one level, you can shoot a bee hive that can attack enemies. Will add that to a few more levels soon, but wanted to make sure that the balance was alright first.

[u]General Fixes - [/u]
- Signs are now much more readable, although their large size may create a few clipping issues, will fix soon,
- The pause menu has been fixed, now reaches the center of the screen at all times, and you can now go to the menu by pressing M. I think I'm going to let you go to the options menu from there as well. To be added soon.
- You can now press the "F" key to see all UI elements at once for a period of time.
- Act 2's cemetery location is now home to an old and abandoned Armory Building, a tease of Act 3
- A welcome to High Hill Trail sign is added to the first level.
- Various graphics can be seen around the previously empty gray buildings, such as posters for Hank The Survival Guy and Uncle Kenny For Mayor!
- Carl's shop glitch fixes, and adjusted prices slightly for inflation.
- The comics inside of Carl's shop are now more readable.



Sorry for the rushed update, I am super excited to get these features out and will be patching issues very soon. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Excited for the final year of Uncle Kenny, almost 2 years since this slow burn journey started, and more than 3 years since I started the development. Thank you all! Heck yeah!

UNCLE KENNY ACT 3 and the WILDLIFE UPDATE (Animals and Variety) HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO CHRISTMAS 2024

Uncle Kenny has been a passion project of mine since 2021. I made continuous progress on it through to 2023 At some point, I was discouraged to complete the game, but after my 18th birthday in February, I hunkered down and completed the first act and released it to Steam. Afterwards, I spent the next month straight doing nothing but completing Act 2, and in late April released that first expansion Over the following weeks I released local co-op mode, then went dark for an entire year.

Yet, as my first year of college continued, I knew I had to come back, that it was more than time to return to the drawing board and get started on the conclusion of the largest passion project of my life. And on April 30th, 2024, I got back to work on Uncle Kenny The Game.

It has been three months since that day, and I have been tirelessly tinkering at the elusive third act. But, my ideas continued ballooning. New level concepts, story ideas, improvements. I spent the first few weeks of May simply making editions and changes to the content already in the game. I pushed out maybe 5 or 6 updates in that time. The game felt much better to play, and was completely optimized and improved.

Still, there was the beast that was the third act. It is not only the largest act in the game, but also probably twice as long as Acts 1 and 2 combined. This game, when completed, will be around 6 hours long. Act 3 is so much of this game's content that I cant even imagine the game without it anymore.

There is only one issue - development time. I have been on this for three months, the most consistent time I've probably ever put into anything in my entire life. And it's barely 50 percent complete. I've added every gun, almost every upgrade in the skill tree, yet, the levels are just not all there yet. Another issue is rearing its head as well in the form of my third semester this August. I firmly believe that I will not be able to finish this project by the time I start school. If I had another 2 months with zero distractions, and nothing except for this game, I would probably be able to get it done. But I do not.

Still, I promise this - the game will be out when it is ready, and it will be the complete version. I think that this game will be ready for Christmas 2024. But I have said so many release dates and failed to meet them, that I wouldn't be surprised if it was delayed again. But let's hope for December 20th. That's a good date.

As well, the promised Wildlife Update will be grouped in with Act 3, giving me and my girlfriend time to implement all of the assets and animations in a polished state. That update will bring new life to the entire experience of the game. As well, I am adding new levels to Act 1 and the game opening, but that will likely destroy any legacy save files, so be mindful of that before Act 3 releases this December, although I doubt it will be a large issue, as long as you've completed Act 2, Act 3 will still be unlocked even if your save file is no longer usable.

I'm going to go radio silent after this until I am ready to release a trailer. Thank you all gamers, game on, and come back this Christmas for the final chapter, of the Uncle Kenny Game. When it's out, expect it to be 8 dollars. Thank you for your time!

GAME ON!

-Check it out, let me know any feedback. The laser is in an early state, annoying sounds and stuff. Checkk itttt outttt

Gamers...

Believe it or not, my ass has been hard at work with Act 3. Ive been very very very hard at work. But you gotta trust me, this is the greatest thing I have ever made in my life. In the one year hiatus from Uncle Kenny updates and development, I had so much time to stew over different ideas in my head for how I would close it out. Part of me thought that it would never be done, that I would never have the passion and drive to finish this masterpiece product... but

[u]It's happening, and its so so good gamuhhs its so good[/u]

I can't reveal anything too crazy right now, other than a couple things:

In Act 3, there will be:

[u] - Grenades[/u]
[u] - Jetpacks[/u]
[u] - Slingshots[/u]
- AND FORCE POWERS!!!!!!

It is so, so hype my brothers. This will be worthy of the Uncle Kenny name.

With that in mind, there are two annoucnements I need to make.

[u]1. Animals and Variety Update to Acts 1 and 2. [/u]

[u]2. ACT 3 DELAY [/u]

For number 1, there will be a number of additions to the gameplay of acts 1 and 2 to spice things up, as well as new creatures and animals such as bees and catterpillars. It will be beautiufl. I'm hoping to release it by August 1st.

For number 2, bros, you gotta trust, this is worth the wait. I need time on this, but when Im working on it 8-10 or so hours or something a day trust that I'm working as hard as I can and this product will be so, so beautiful. Im thinking that it will come out late August, or September at latest, but we will see.

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING MY GAME! AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WONDERFUL DAY!!!!

GAMERS

Another optimization patch.

- When you first start up the game with no save file, you can now enable co-op play and enter the options menu.
- Carl's shop voice lines when purchasing items are more spaced out.
- Music files are now correctly in their own group, can be turned off separately from sound effects once again.
- Added spooky piano music to start of Act 2 just for fun.
- Snails move a little when they die like other enemies.

- ACT 3 WORK AS WELL.

Be prepared for further optimization updates until Act 3

VERY SMALL UPDATE, OPTIMIZATION.

[u]PATCH NOTES-[/u]

- OPTIMIZED MUSIC FILES, game is now only 1.2 gigs instead of 2 gigs. Bloat from music in game should be reduced, and any audio glitches should be fixed.
- Enemy bullets create blood splatter when hitting another enemy
- Jumping on a snail shell has a better range of pitches than before to reduce repetition.

Been researching other Windows outputs, so expect more performance improvements in the future.

FINAL MAJOR PATCH BEFORE ACT 3 LAUNCH

[u]Gamers, I'm pleased to announce that this is officially the final major patch before the launch of Act 3. I'm not sure how long it will take for the final version 3.00 to release, but in the mean time, enjoy a huge content update for acts 1 and 2.[/u]

PATCH NOTES -

[u]General Fixes -[/u]

- AMMO COUNTER added when picking up ammunition. Its color depends on which ammo has been picked up. Might use this for a points mode as well, as the ammo counter is pretty satisfying when there's many at the same time.


- SNAIL SHELLS NOW ZOOM WHEN JUMPED ON! Theres a few glitches, for example, the shell wont go up a slope yet. Still, I felt like this needed to be added!

- The low health indicator only beeps twice per level now, so as to indicate to the player that they are almost dead, but stops because it would get annoying after a while
- Turning on hard mode no longer requires you to start the game over. No idea why that was ever a thing in the original launch
- Uncle Kenny has more facial animations, reacts when shooting, and is scared when using the flashlight in ACT 2.
- You can now turn off controller vibration and screen shake in the options menu.

[u]OPENING SPECIFIC - [/u]
Due to a request from multiple people, added secret hard jumps to obtain extra coins early in the game.

[u]ACT 1 SPECIFIC -[/u]
- ENEMIES NOW SPEAK. I plan to implement this in Act 3 as well.

- Enemies have a chance to grunt upon dying, more grunts on the way!
- Enemies mouths move while speaking.
- Carls mouth moves when speaking now. New voice lines are to be added to the shop
- Hank now has Uncle Kennys improved grapple hook physics in co-op mode.
- Queen Snail now has her crown finally.
- Carls shop fix, used to be able to purchase upgrades before having the correct weapon unlocked.

[u]ACT 2 SPECIFIC - [/u]
- Flamethrower fuel now has a range of ammo from 100 to 120 instead of set 100.
- Batteries have been reduced from 9 to 7, which can increase tension in early areas.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF MY PASSION PROJECT! MORE TO COME SOON AS ALWAYS!

GAMERS, ITS OFFICIAL, JOE'S SHOP HAS CLOSED

[u]After one year of business, Joe has decided to pass the rights of his store over to Carl, a favorite character in the Uncle Kenny TV Show and comic series.[/u]

PATCH NOTES-

- CARL'S SHOP, A MASSIVE EDITION TO THE STORE IN ACT 1 IS HERE!! A long overdue edition, the store has much more character, including many new graphics, comic covers, and voice lines. Much more to come in expansion 3.00 in July!!!!

- Some bugfixes, such as a crash fix in Act 2.

- Fixed a cutscene glitch in Act 2

ANOTHER SMALL PATCH PRE- ACT 3!!

[u]Patch Notes:[/u]

- The Grapple Hook now holds horizontal momentum after a swing for a brief time, and increases the potential jump height. I think this will hugely improve the feel of that section of the game. And now prepares the game for a grapple hook in Act 3. Get ready!!

- Removed the coin paywall to the menu extras section, not sure why I ever added that because it never worked right, as well, re-recorded the voice line that plays in the room.

- Fixed the blood output of the king snail, reduced his health a little as well.

- Behind the scenes work so the file size is a little larger.

- Removed the ability for users to get into a test area of Act 3.

THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST UPDATE BEFORE ACT 3 BUT WE'LL SEE, LOCK IN MFS ITS TIME TO GET CRAZY

UNCLE KENNY THE GAME NOW HAS A DEMO

[u]IF YOU'RE NOT SURE IF THIS GAME IS RIGHT FOR YOU, FEAR NOT!! A 15 MINUTE PORTION OF THE EARLY GAME IS FREE TO PLAY FOR ANYONE!! [/u]

Development on Act 3 is now my main focus. If you haven't played Uncle Kenny yet because of the price barrier, enjoy a short section as a taste of what's in the main Uncle Kenny title and a teaser for what is to come this July.

Thank you all!! I really hope you enjoy!

- Kevin Roback

Hi gamers, some small editions, likely one of the final patches until Act 3 launch in July.

- Adds several signs and story details in the lab section
- Adds some new sprites to lab section

- Adds some small story notes in the middle section of Act 2.

- Fixes a cutscene glitch

Story coming along with Act 3... just wait

SMALL HOTFIX

- Added ambience to the lab section in act 2.
- Fixed some sprite glitches in the lab
- Fixes for Hank in Act 2
- Fixed some crazy grass locations,
- More little fixes

Let me know if you run into any other issues, more patches and updates on the way. Act 3 is coming!

EXPERIENCE UNCLE KENNY... NOW WITH BLOOD!!

General Fixes:
-Added blood to the entire game! I genuinely think this is an overdue edition, and improves the game feel a lot!
-Crates now break with particles!
-Added graphics through the first two acts such as grass and trees, paintings in buildings, etc. More to come as well.

Act 1 Fixes:

-Fixed crash with snail queen, and made the boss slightly more fair. More snail queen editions coming in the future, such as more varied attacks.
-Route 12 gondola blood on walls.
Improved flow of levels, removed black bars appearing at every single transition and cutscene
-Chasing snails now properly indicate when they are stunned
-Shotgun jump no longer kills your jump momentum in firepower levels


Act 2 Fixes:
-Fixed co-op with Hanks flashlight not working against enemies.
-Fixed Hanks head getting stuck on a certain ceiling.
-Small level design tweaks to improve readability and player experience.
-Added subtitles to one cutscene


Known issues:
-A few co-op mode bugs I can likely fix later

I AM IN FULL-TIME DEVELOPMENT FOR ACT 3!! MORE PATCHES TO COME SOON!

UPDATE COMING TOMORROW....................

GET READY

Gamers,

I deeply apologize for the six month hiatus with no developments.

I am halfway into my first semester of college, when I was working on a Java project, I realized that I could integrate the knowledge I learned in school to create an even better final act of the Uncle Kenny franchise.

Give me some time, but from now on, I will be working on some stuff in the background to get the ball rolling on this project again.

If I was to picture a release date, Im shooting for around Christmas Break,
but it might take me into the first quarter of 2024.

Nonetheless, Uncle Kenny development is back, get ready

SOME SPECIFIC FIXES FOR SINGLEPLAYER MODE AFTER ADDING MULTIPLAYER

gang gang going undercover but am working on act 3 very slowly, soon ill be passionate about it again but itll take a couple weeks to get back into gear

LOCAL CO-OP CAN NOW BE ENABLED IN THE MAIN MENU!!

Although I havent implemented a Steam API to take advantage of streaming the game to another player to play co-op just yet, Im going to be looking into that in the future.

PATCH NOTES:
-LET A SECOND PLAYER JOIN THE UNCLE KENNY CAMPAIGN AT ANY POINT!!!
- Game breaking bug fixed when picking up the flamethrower on the same save file used to pick up the initial pistol in ACT 1.
- Pause screen now cuts to black and creates a menu letting the player know how to reset to the main menu.
- Some small quality of life ACT 2 fixes.

PATCH NOTES

-[u]MAC VERSION FRIDAY, APRIL 21ST[/u]

Act 2-

- Entirely new levels, whole new section of the game.
- Some levels previously contained in the game files are now accessible by normal means and are far more polished
- Lots of new cutscenes that make up most of the file size
- Lots of new spooky music, the soundtrack is still coming soon!

Act 1-

- Changed the position of the shop sign to make it more visible to players
- Reworked every instance of the grapple hook to further optimize the game and reduce the chance of unfair missed connections with the grapple shot
- Optimized the climax of the act by destroying enemy instances upon falling out of the map, allowing the game to maintain performance indefinitely when sitting idle in the level
- In the same section, fixed the constant presence of the coin counter and its changing colors
- Same section, controller fix with swingshot where aim would reset to original position when not holding the aiming stick beforehand.
- Tinkered with weapon hitboxes and added the muzzle flash back to the pistol weapon

General Editions-

- Finally, I made an options menu. Right now it's pretty rudimentary but I'd be interested to hear any suggestions of options I can add. The menu includes a previously unheard track and allows players to fullscreen, and toggle sound effects and music on and off. Chosen options remain consistent upon reopening the game
- Game no longer has a non-borderless windowed option due to a nigh-unfixable engine bug where lighting would permanently disappear when minimizing the tab.
- Changed the main menu key to M so as to make returning to the menu on keyboard easier
- Made it clear that M returns to the main menu and F4 puts game in fullscreen, something that previously confused many players
- Performance fixes across the board
- Main Menu is altered, added a patch version number to the corner
- Extras Menu has some more fun graphics
- Exit button has a slightly more polished response to player action instead of just suddenly closing.
- When player has one heart left, game uses a tone sound and displays final heart to remind player that they need to heal or avoid taking damage

[u]PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU RUN INTO ANY ISSUES AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO ASSIST YOU AND FIX THE BUG IN A PATCH!![/u]

FRIDAY, APRIL 21ST
UNCLE KENNY ACT 2
PRICE INCREASE FROM 2 TO 3 DOLLARS

ACT 3 COMING THIS JULY

TRAILER COMING SOON

HELLO GAMERS

Today is a very special update on the development of the coming free update titled ACT 2.

First off, to clear any confusion-

Act 2 is a [u]FREE[/u] update for anyone that currently owns Uncle Kenny The Game.
The general price for new players will be raised to $2.99 on the day of release. Similarly, this summer, when the final act releases, the price will be raised to a final $3.99.

[u]WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS UPDATE?!?! [/u]

- The next chapter of the Uncle Kenny story, with a theme of horror partly inspired by Resident Evil 4 (2005) and the explorative sections or Resident Evil Village.

- THE FLAMETHROWER

- Some new surprises and familiar weapons.

- A lot of new platforming mechanics.

-A RELEASE OF UNCLE KENNY THE GAME ON MAC!

[u]WHAT IS THE RELEASE DATE?? [/u]

Originally, I had hoped to launch Act 2 on April 20th. As the day gets closer, I've realized that there is a lot of polish work left to complete, and I want to get this launch right so that I can start work on the final ACT 3 as soon as possible for a July release date.

So, my new and likely final release date has been moved to MAY 15TH The two month anniversary of the original launch. On that note, I'd also like to release Act 3 on July 15th, although I cant say for sure if that's plausible as I have a lot of work left to complete until I can say for sure.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR PLAYING UNCLE KENNY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE UPDATES AS THE MAY 15 RELEASE DATE COMES CLOSER!

[u]GOALS ID LIKE TO REACH BY THE END OF THE SUMMER[/u]

-Steam Achievements
-1v1 Couch Co-op battle mode
-A more in depth hard mode difficulty
- A LAUNCH ON PLAYSTATION 5!!!

SOME FINAL CHANGES

This is a smaller hotfix, only a few minor changes.
- You can no longer soar to the sky with the shotgun using the number keys, Uncle Kenny cannot escape his simulation no matter how hard he tries.
- Optimized grapple hook section, removed over 1,700 instances and enhanced accuracy of the grapple shot, reducing the chance of unfair failed connections
- Slightly reduced the chance of Uncle Kenny talking in order to further prevent him from independent thinking
- Some minor soft lock fixes
- Reduced the random spread of the machine gun as a result of player feedback.

THIS IS LIKELY THE LAST PATCH UNTIL ACT 2. ENJOY!!

A NEW VERSION OF UNCLE KENNY IS NOW HERE!!

These past few days I have been working on Act 2, but there were still a few things that I went back and fixed on Act 1, including:

- Uncle Kenny can no longer escape his prison by walking to the left immediately following the start of a new level in the opening levels of the game.
- Inspired by the modern masterpiece Forespoken, Uncle Kenny now very occasionally speaks during gameplay and grunts when hurt by an enemy.
- Some behind the scenes tuning for Act 2
- Miscellaneous minor fixes.

A NOTE ON THE MAC VERSION OF UNCLE KENNY

As my subscription to Gamemaker is ending in a few days, this will likely be the last update of the game until when ACT 2 comes out.
[u]AS A RESULT, THE MAC VERSION OF UNCLE KENNY HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL APRIL 20th[/u]

I hope to add in Steam achievements at some point as well, but Im currently having trouble implementing the Steam API into my project. I will update whenever new developments come.

GAME ON brothers, and you will see me again this April for ACT 2

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THE LAUNCH OF THE UNCLE KENNY GAME!!

In this first patch, there are:
-Some minor fixes
-Fixed a few areas that softlocked the game
-Slightly reduced the chance of a heart dropping from a crate following player feedback.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING THE UNCLE KENNY GAME!!!
I'm sure there will be more hotfixes in the coming days and weeks before ACT 2 launches this April!