Chessplosion's new co-op mode is out now! Also it's the Steam Sale!
Hello, I hope you're all doing well! This is my first newsletter sent using Buttondown, so hopefully it makes its way to your inbox.
Chessplosion's gauntlet mode is out now!
I released Chessplosion's new gauntlet mode! Here's the trailer:
I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I'm especially happy that I managed to get online co-op working! It's a chaotic friendly-fire-filled mess, but it's a lot of fun nonetheless. The single player is more of a tightly designed arcade-style experience, and I love how that turned out too. I hope you enjoy it!
And if you need any help convincing people to play co-op with you...
Chessplosion and Ducky's Delivery Service are in the Steam, itch and Nintendo Switch sales!
The holiday sales just started on all the platforms that my games are on! You can save 50% on Chessplosion on Steam and itch.io, and you can save 20% on Ducky's Delivery Service on Steam, itch.io and Nintendo Switch too.
I'm still in an arcade game mood so I already picked up Psyvariar Delta in the Steam Sale, and I'll see if I can find some newer games to buy too. Let me know if you pick up anything good, especially if it's a new game! I haven't played anywhere near enough 2023 releases, so I'd love to try more of them out.
Holidays are coming!
I'm taking next week off work for the holidays, but I'm going to try and do a little bit more work on porting Chessplosion to Nintendo Switch before that. I'm still very early on in the porting process, but slow and steady progress is better than no progress.
On the bright side, adding online co-op to Chessplosion's gauntlet mode helped me remember how on earth my engine's online multiplayer code works! I'd barely touched any online multiplayer code since December 2021 and I was pretty rusty on the details, but now I understand exactly how it does things. So hopefully I'll be able to start making some decent progress in early January. I'll be back then with another update. In the meantime, enjoy the holidays!