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I think we can agree, that #SteamNextFest is working. More people are discovering my game, even if it's not featured.

Thank you for your support 🫶

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Men's Mental Health Awareness Month starts today!

As someone who has recently lost a loved one to mental health issues, remember, seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness. Seek support and prioritize your mental well-being. #MensMentalHealth 💙

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The indie game I'm making and three of my inspirations behind it 👇

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Evelyn Boss Fight

I simplified the patterns, it's the first boss after all.
But I'll leave the more challenging beta version of this fight in the finished game

#bullethell #bulletheaven #roguelite

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And it's now possible to choose between the different versions of the Evelyn Boss Fight

#gamedev #bullethell #bulletheaven #roguelite

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pretty much done with 6/10 bosses now. all patterns, balancing, music sync, loops, etc.

Even discovered a bug in the process: If the clear time was the same across multiple boss fights, it wont show a time for the latter ones for programming reasons I've fixed already 😎

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time to work on the marionette trio boss fight. I already have some bullet patterns in mind

#gamedev #roguelite #bulletheaven #bullethell

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In Boss Rush Mode, you now have the option to fully heal if you defeat a boss and aren't already at max HP.

However, choosing it does cost one upgrade slot, so choose wisely when to heal 👀

#bulletheaven #bullethell #indiegames

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game testers are great! And another learning for me, from @Kira_Colada's gameplay of the Pancake Patrol beta was, that it seems unclear that there is stuff to explore on the map, so I added a few cryptic signs to point the player in the right direction 👀

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- fixed size misalignment for different languages for the tutorial boxes
- fixed tutorial box appearing behind characters
- fixed tutorial box not disappearing after tutorial is over and player is moving
- changed WASD to ZQSD for French in the tutorial boxes

- fixed crashes on Upgrade menu
- fixed crashes on game over screen
(both were related to the game saving and not waiting for the save to finish, before quitting back to the main menu

- added "TAB" indicator to the "new challenge unlocked!" message

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Thank you @Kira_Colada for playing the Pancake Patrol Beta and glad you enjoyed it! ❤️

I just had time to watch your VOD and as a new indie developer I got A LOT of useful insights, seeing you play, thank you I really appreciate it!

Like one tutorial box being behind the characters to select from, the last tutorial box being stuck on screen 😅, it not being 100% clear how to get to the challenges and the crashes on the upgrade menu and game end screens.

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Did you know, that Pancake Patrol is combining Bullet Hell with Bullet Heaven? 👀

Now you know!

#bullethell #bulletheaven #roguelite

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https://t.co/FwOCHJZVc1

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I just pushed v0.3 of Pancake Patrol to Steam!

A ton of changes and lots of new content is now available in the closed beta

- complete UI overhaul
- 8/9 bosses
- all levels
- Upgrade changes and balancing
- first version of SFX and music
- a bit of polishing here and there

#gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine #bulletheaven #bullethell #roguelite

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Working on the 2nd to last remaining boss fights, Blobking!

Pancake Patrol is close to being feature complete 👀

#gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine #bulletheaven #roguelite

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@powerplins hi bob 👋

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sitting the whole day in the hospital... at least I have my macbook with me and get some work done.

Added some particle effects here and there. fixed some bugs and loopholes and Kara is now unlockable as the 9th playable character!

#gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine #bulletheaven #roguelite

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New Gameplay Trailer!

Wishlist Pancake Patrol on Steam NOW! 👇
https://t.co/4DrT0lIWez