Name | Pyramid Plunge | ||
Developer | PolyCrunch Games | ||
Publisher | PolyCrunch Games | ||
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Release | 2022. Wishlist and Follow! | ||
GameBillet | 12.89 / € | ||
Steam | € £ $ / % | ||
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Controls | Keyboard Mouse Full Controller Support | ||
Players online |  n/a  | ||
Steam Rating | Positive | ||
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We released another patch yesterday with a few fixes.
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We are introducing a simpler Solo mode, where you don't have to protect or carry your partner. It's just you and danger!
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There's been a few fixes and tweaks in this patch. See full patch notes below:
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Another week, another patch. After last week's fixes for stomping on enemies and also adding of auto-aim, this we added a Custom Game menu in Solo too. Besides selecting items to have in your inventory when starting a Custom Game run, you can now also tweak the flood time (including turning it off), infinite credits and also turning on random level modifiers. Well, the latter is more to add some chaos if you're so inclined. :) Of course when doing a custom game, posting score to leaderboards and achievements will be disabled.
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For those considering getting "Falling Out", we have once again made the demo available to play! We are celebrating being part of the IndieCade event and are excited to be featured alongside many great indie games. |
We have been listening and we noticed that some of you were getting frustrating on two things |
From the 25th of October to 1st of November, we will be activating our in-game event called Halloween Run. So with a new game mode, more weapons and additional ways to brag high scores, there has never been a better time to take this oddball couple for a spin. |
We are proud to be part of the Dreamhack Beyond event and in celebration, are extending our launch discount of 20% until Wednesday at 23:59 Local! |
We received some suggestions which we took on board. Also we fixed some stuff which were reported on our discord or from the automated crash logs that we received. |
We are delighted to announce the release of our first title, Falling Out, which supports 11 languages and is available worldwide.
Thank you to everyone in the community who has shown your support during development - we really appreciate it! Please let us know what you think :) |
Thanks to everyone for playing the demo and providing some great feedback! We want to make sure players have the best possible experience so we've made some updates/fixes to the current build. |
It is a very busy Monday indeed! |
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It's a special day over here at Firestoke and PolyCrunch Games - we've just officially announced our game, FALLING OUT! An action-packed roguelite where you take control of an oddball couple who are on a vacation from hell. |
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Crafting is here. It gives that extra layer to the game which was missing. So how does it work?
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Weapon Crafting is soon coming to Pyramid Plunge. Here's a quick preview.
In a future update I'm planning to allow players to craft Jetpacks, Grappling Gun and a hilarious Banana Gun! This crafting is a lot of fun in Single Player and Coop. The branching map was originally designed with crafting in mind and finally that part of the puzzle is in place. What about 2-player VS mode? This weapon crafting adds another fun dimension. However I have disabled this feature in the 2-player VS mode because VS mode is all about chaos, chasing and running. The players in VS mode will still be able to find the upgraded weapons in cages. The cage first needs to be lifted by keeping pressed two pressure plates nearby, and stealing it by replacing it with another item - otherwise if you just steal it the flood will be triggered! |
In this update, the odd couple Giorgio and Felicie find themselves teleported to the frozen scapes of Alaska. They will encounter crazy penguins, savage polar bears and the adorable Freezies.
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Game Carnival is a virtual event for game developers to meet business partners but also for the general public. It is free to attend. |
So this update is mostly about fixing some crashes that some users and streamers reported manually. But besides fixing stuff I wanted to make it easier to get crash reports. So now the game will show you something like this:
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Localizor.com is an awesome tool where volunteers can help with localizing indie games. They got points for helping out, which they can then exchange for Steam games. |
I wanted the tutorial to feel more like a complete level. So I made a short level by first exporting a generated level. I kept tweaking it to keep it simple, keeping in mind what things I want the player to learn first. I also improved murals that match more the style, showing what the player has to do next. I think it's MUCH better now. |
Finally found some time to improve the introduction. I still wanted to keep it very light. So the story begins by Giorgio and Felicie entering a wrong chamber in a pyramid. As Giorgio jumps down a platform, a rock falls on an ancient sarcophagus and cracks it open. A eery ghost of an ancient evil Pharaoh comes out and wants to rule the world with his evil friends from other kingdoms. Will Giorgio and Felicie manage to exit the cursed Pyramid alive? |
You can now boost up your friend for high to reach places. She will then drop the rope for you to climb up. If you're playing as Felicie, Giorgio throws you up. This comes in very handy in those rare occasions where you cannot reach up higher places with a wall ride. |
I always admired the Disney animators of old. And especially loved how Aladdin's merchant's shop opened up in the opening seen of Aladdin. |
This yellow fruit is very versatile! You place them for enemies to slip on them. Just be careful you don't slip on them yourself! You can also stomp on them to fire a banana projectile too. Or you can just throw them. |
I wanted to add some side quests which should add some interesting scenarios when playing Pyramid Plunge. We're started with the first quest where the merchant will randomly let you know about an idol to get it for him. He doesn't tell you it's cursed though! One of the special rooms will contain a cage with an idol inside it. First you have to unlock it by placing objects on the switches. Then you have to swap it with something else (like Indian Jones handles these kinda jobs). |
It always felt kinda weird that she wouldn't react if you throw her against a wall or throw something at her, by mistake. |
The level generation algorithm, up to build v0.9, was the same I had in the very early prototypes. They've still been fun, but when playing it every day with my kids, we were easily recognizing some of the templates. They weren't random enough. I wanted to make them more diverse in terms of layouts. So I added the following to make the levels feel more diverse: |
These are the mothers of the annoying Freezies in the Alaska world. They hurt you when getting stuck to you. They also shoot snowballs at you. And when you hit them they also split into 3 smaller Freezies. I would just run away when I see one up close! |
I always thought it would be funny to have a frying pan as a weapon. To make Felicie more powerful, you can only use as a weapon, like Rapunzel, when you're playing as Felicie. If you're playing VS, you can use it to rebound any objects thrown at you! |
The Mayan Boss has been added to the Mayan World. This boss is much more difficult than the Egypt Boss. First off, you have to get your partner to safety. Then you need to avoid getting stung by the bees he spews out from his mouth. He is quite agile, unlike the Egypt Boss. He can also throw his sword at you. Well ... actually, he throws his hand, with the sword and all! |
I added a cute (but annoying) little bat in the Mayan world. This replaces the temporary spider I was using from the Egypt world. If you disrupt his sleep he comes attacking you. If you get out of sight, he goes back to sleep... upside down of course. |
There was something about the logo I had done for Pyramid Plunge which didn't look professional enough, but I could not nail it down. It was time to engage with a professional logo designer to get that professional look for the logo. |
In this update I introduce to you the little buggers - the Freezies. They are cute little ice balls that want to hug you. Don't keep them long on you though, as they will start freezing you slowly. Your lives will start turning blue, and if they all become blue you become frozen. The more Freezies you are carrying, the slower you move too. And the only way to get them off, is to shake them off by jumping from a great height.
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In this update you have a new weapon that you can find in crates or buy from the merchant. The Boomerang:
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Make sure to join the community on Discord |
This update changes a bit how you process your death :).
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Bonus video of my kids giving me a beating in my own game! [previewyoutube=2tYjCFUv7MI;full][/previewyoutube] Make sure to join the community on Discord |
I'm super excited to release this build. Also as from this build I will be adding some videos showing the major features in the release.
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I really miss that retro CRT feel, where the sub pixels of the CRT blend together in a way that can never reproduced by the new flat screens.
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Make sure you join us on Discord! |
We have finally released the update for the beta and demo where you can play as Felicie too.
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Felicie coming soon! |
Join us for a session where I get play with the toughest opponents of Pyramid Plunge - my kids! |
Pyramid Plunge is a lighthearted action platformer with procedurally generated levels that offer a challenging experience every time you play. Take control of an odd cartoony couple and protect your partner from peril. Have complete freedom while you explore the fully-destructible pyramids of ancient civilizations filled with deadly creatures, booby traps and immense treasure. Be fast or slow, greedy or cautious, safe or reckless... it's all about fine balance between risk and reward!
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I will be going through the basics of how to play the game, in single player and also multiplayer. |
I've been very busy to get the demo out ready for Steam's October Festival. I was quite astonished when preparing the release notes how much items were in the list.
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Just come and watch me getting p0wned by my own kids. We'll have some fun going through some pyramids playing multiplayer PvP locally. Feel free to ask me anything in the chat!
There's also Singe Player mode of course, but if you want to have some fun with your friends and family, Multiplayer mode is a real blast. To play multiplayer locally you need at least 1 gamepad, so the other can play with the keyboard. To play multiplayer online, you need to use Steam Remote Play Together. Just Press Shift-Tab, select friend and invite him. Your friend will be controlling Player 2. He doesn't even need to have the game installed! |
I finally added the new graphics for enemies in the Egypt world. I also updated some other Egypt world graphics like the mural and doorway. It's coming together nicely. The Mayan enemies will be next :).
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I will be playing Pyramid Plunge with my kids local multiplayer. It has become pretty hard to actually win a match with them. Come join us to watch the hilarious battles the ensue with throwing of stones, vases and crates. You can ask me anything during the session too. |
I've been working on the sprites for the last 3 weeks or so, using the concepts from Samuel Suarez. Apparently I had to redo over 400 sprites! WOW. But it was worth it. The new characters are more lovable. Hope you like them too.
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Thanks to Jimmy for reporting the Customize Keys bug. |
A beta tester rightly spotted that some text was off. Well now it's fixed :) |
So now we have all translations in place for French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. All still require further QA which I will be doing in the coming weeks. If you spot any errors in the translations, let me know. |
Here's what you need to do: |
So this week Pyramid Plunge has been listed on alphabetagamer and that has caused quite a big surge on Discord. There's over 60 users now on the channel which is awesome! |
Hi potential Pyramid Plungers! :) |