Welcome to Playtest Week! Time to battle it out on the challenge leaderboards, Bury each other in garbage in Party Mode Vs, matches, and hone your blockbusting skills.
Things are really beginning to heat up this month ♨️🥵 with...
New VOLCANO Zone Challenges 🌋🔥
A unique spin on the TopplePOP physics gameplay - hexagonal puzzle-pieces deep in a steamy caldera of hazardous magma - don't touch the hot stuff, and rescue the Grumbles before it erupts from below!
New Panda Character 🐼
The ever-chill sifu of blockbusting, fiercely friendly, and so cuddly!
Hex-Blocks
These blocks slide to fit neatly in Honeycomb formations - especially when you throw them! It plays quite differently for a new twist on regular TopplePOP physics gameplay.
Party Mix
Want to play by your own rules? Mix it up in Party Mode, in Free-for-All or Teams, with up to 3 friends. We've also unlocked a volcano-only mix for those who LAVA good challenge!
Challenge Mode
Climb the ranks on our prestigious Hall of Fame leaderboard as you conquer Challenge mode. Brace yourself to dive deep into these red-hot puzzles! 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Jump into sharing your game
Did you catch that incredible combo?! From a certain loss to a stunning victory! SHARE YOUR MOMENTS WITH US! Whether it's an epic showdown, a blazing-fast speedrun, or even an unforgettable upset– Save and share your replay with us in our #replays channel on Discord as well as @topplepopreplays for easy sharing.
While on Discord, if you have questions, ideas or want to let us know what works or doesn’t work, please do so. We want to make each monthly playtest bigger and better than before.
Are you a content creator?
Over our playtest weekends we love to tune into streamers and creators playing TopplePOP and will share your streams with our audience too. Those who bounce together, grow together! Join us on Discord and tell us your channel and when you’ll be streaming!
Finally, all you need to do to be involved with our playtest is head to TopplePOP.com and enter your email to receive your Steam key.
The latter part of this post will talk about upcoming content in patch 0.2. The early part here is a chronicle of the Fun Times we've had working on patch 0.2. If you want the latter, scroll down until you see a small crab face.
The Fun Times aka Why Isn't There New Stuff Yet Around the start of July, someone on the Steam forums asked us when the major content updates were coming.
I, foolishly, answered along the lines of "1-2 months, unless something goes wrong :)"
This was not meant to be a challenge to existence as a whole to take every measure possible in order to stop the patch from being finished. I apologise to existence for the misunderstanding, and would like to clarify that I actually just want to make games.
To keep a long list short, in the last bunch of months our 3-person dev team has enjoyed exciting activities like: - Various health issues! - Losing a pet! - Mold poisoning! - Losing a home to a mold infestation! (i'm writing this from my mom's basement, like any self-respecting game developer) - Being harassed by fire alarm malfunctions! - Water damage scares! (unrelated to the mold thing, somehow)
At least we dodged the Unity Situation. Game's in Unreal. Thankfully. Condolences to anyone stuck dealing with that.
As it turns out, weekly disasters combined with a vague sense of time pressure do not for a good game development make. Things seem to have calmed down a bit, and we've been getting work done again, but at a slower rate (and we're still looking into that new, less poisonous apartment thing). I humbly request we be allowed to keep not getting wrecked.
That's enough venting, let's talk about the stuff you're actually here for: more roguelike dungeon crawly things!
The Major Update: 0.2 - Fairweather Fleet
0.2 is almost entirely content complete! I'm not gonna say it's coming out soon (even if I still think so). That didn't go well last time, and we do still have to fix some nasty bugs and polish things up a bit more.
Everything promised for the update in the little box on the main menu is still very much coming, but we've got a lot more details and some extra goodies packed into there! We're looking at:
- The new world, Fairweather Fleet. - A new playable character. - 9 new items, 7 of which are chest loot. - Seals, a new difficulty progression/challenge run system. - Scrap has been removed. - Lots of adjustments (spell rebalancing, new Librarian passive) and fixes to a lot of things.
The patch has definitely gotten a bit bigger than intended, but I'm pretty happy with the additions!
To elaborate on one of those, the removal of Scrap: Scrap as a resource added a lot of busywork before the game would let you stack infusions on your stuff, and the choice of throwing away a cool item to get the scrap necessary to make your other items more cool was never a particularly fun one. Neither was having to pass up on infusions so your co-op partner got to use more of them, and it's not great for a co-op game if having more players reduces the amount of fun stuff the game lets you do.
Infusing things is the fun part. Dealing with scrap costs was generally not. So we decided to remove Scrap entirely and add a simpler restriction to infusion stacking: All items now start with 1 infusion slot available, and each time you defeat a boss, all items everywhere gain 1 more slot for the rest of the run.
We also added gold, because vending machines need something you can pay with. The Scrapper makes gold now. Don't think about it too hard.
So far the results of the change have looked promising (mostly positive feedback from playtesters with a few valid complaints we're working to iron out), and a simpler system is easier to get into. Infusing is one of the cooler parts of the game, so we want everyone to get to play with it! To which end, we're also adding Un-Infusers that let you undo infusions and get all the material items back. They can be found at fountains, so feel free to try that infusion you're not sure will work out! ...After the patch. Not yet.
Hopefully soon.
Thanks for reading, and playing :)
- Kalle-Eemeli "Mag" Paananen Game Designer/Programmer/Multitool Person
Conquer the majestic Stelvio's hairpins with the light, fast and unmissable bikes of the RIDE 5 - King of the Hills Pack: - Ducati Monster Plus (2021) - KTM 890 Duke R (2021) - MV Agusta Rush 1000 (2021) - Triumph Speed Triple RS (2020) - Vyrus Alyen (2020) - Track: Stelvio
Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel - GentleTommysTavern
We are beyond proud to be a part of the Tokyo Game Show 2023! 🥰🥳 You can find Tavern Talk in the coming soon section of the event page: {LINK REMOVED}https://tinyurl.com/mr2zr7fb
During the Tokyo Game Show you can find so many Games from all over the world and there are a lot of sales going on. So please check it out and support other game Devs. 💜
🕹️ Until Sept 24th, play or stream the Tavern Talk Demo on steam and celebrate TGS2023!
Welcome to Playtest Week! Time to battle it out on the challenge leaderboards, Bury each other in garbage in Party Mode Vs, matches, and hone your blockbusting skills.
Things are really beginning to heat up this month ♨️🥵 with...
New VOLCANO Zone Challenges 🌋🔥
A wholly unique spin on the TopplePOP physics gameplay - hexagonal puzzle-pieces deep in a steamy caldera of hazardous magma - don't touch the hot stuff, and rescue the Grumbles before it erupts from below!
New Panda Character 🐼
The ever-chill sifu of blockbusting, fiercely friendly, and so cuddly!
Hex-Blocks
These blocks slide to fit neatly in Honeycomb formations for a unique twist on regular TopplePOP physics gameplay.
Party Mix
Want to play by your own rules? Mix it up in Party Mode, in Free-for-All or Teams, with up to 3 friends. We've also unlocked a volcano-only mix for those who LAVA good challenge!
Challenge Mode
Climb the ranks on our prestigious Hall of Fame leaderboard as you conquer Challenge mode. Brace yourself to dive deep into these red-hot puzzles! 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Jump into sharing your game
Did you catch that incredible combo?! From a certain loss to a stunning victory! SHARE YOUR MOMENTS WITH US! Whether it's an epic showdown, a blazing-fast speedrun, or even an unforgettable upset– Save and share your replay with us in our #replays channel on Discord as well as @topplepopreplays for easy sharing.
While on Discord, if you have questions, ideas or want to let us know what works or doesn’t work, please do so. We want to make each monthly playtest bigger and better than before.
Are you a content creator?
Over our playtest weekends we love to tune into streamers and creators playing TopplePOP and will share your streams with our audience too. Those who bounce together, grow together! Join us on Discord and tell us your channel and when you’ll be streaming!
Finally, all you need to do to be involved with our playtest is head to TopplePOP.com and enter your email to receive your Steam key.
Welcome to Playtest Week! Time to battle it out on the challenge leaderboards, Bury each other in garbage in Party Mode Vs, matches, and hone your blockbusting skills.
Things are really beginning to heat up this month ♨️🥵 with...
New VOLCANO Zone Challenges 🌋🔥
A wholly unique spin on the TopplePOP physics gameplay - hexagonal puzzle-pieces deep in a steamy caldera of hazardous magma - don't touch the hot stuff, and rescue the Grumbles before it erupts from below!
New Panda Character 🐼
The ever-chill sifu of blockbusting, fiercely friendly, and so cuddly!
Hex-Blocks
These blocks slide to fit neatly in Honeycomb formations for a unique twist on regular TopplePOP physics gameplay.
Party Mix
Want to play by your own rules? Mix it up in Party Mode, in Free-for-All or Teams, with up to 3 friends. We've also unlocked a volcano-only mix for those who LAVA good challenge!
Challenge Mode
Climb the ranks on our prestigious Hall of Fame leaderboard as you conquer Challenge mode. Brace yourself to dive deep into these red-hot puzzles! 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Jump into sharing your game
Did you catch that incredible combo?! From a certain loss to a stunning victory! SHARE YOUR MOMENTS WITH US! Whether it's an epic showdown, a blazing-fast speedrun, or even an unforgettable upset– Save and share your replay with us in our #replays channel on Discord as well as @topplepopreplays for easy sharing.
While on Discord, if you have questions, ideas or want to let us know what works or doesn’t work, please do so. We want to make each monthly playtest bigger and better than before.
Are you a content creator?
Over our playtest weekends we love to tune into streamers and creators playing TopplePOP and will share your streams with our audience too. Those who bounce together, grow together! Join us on Discord and tell us your channel and when you’ll be streaming!
Finally, all you need to do to be involved with our playtest is head to TopplePOP.com and enter your email to receive your Steam key.
Hey Survivors! DEADPOINT Pre Alpha 0.4.5 is finally here!
ADDED -New Vehicle (4x4) -Swimming -New Zombie variant (Mutant) -New backpack (School backpack) -More environment details -New valuables (PC part) -Battery for flashlight -Night lights -New cooking item (Cooked noodle) -Added sfx when running over a zombie with a vehicle -Added sfx when drinking from water pump/sink
FIXES AND TWEAKS -Object placement now has limits -Tweaked fog and lighting settings -Fixed some item saving compability -Car doors wont collide with player to avoid collision issue -UI tweaks
OPTIMIZATIONS -Optimized several items and environment asset -Added LODs to more objects to reduce unnecessary renders -Tweaked GPU intancing and batching on proper objects.
Thats it, if you encountered any issues or bugs, please report them to the dev team through steam forums, or discord!
Song Of The Prairie has joined Steam China Content Showcase 2023 and is offering -10% special discount! Deal time: September 21st, 2023 6:00PM ~ October 5th, 2023 Also, we released a free DLC for you guys, don’t forget to add it in your library.
We are preparing version 0.7 and it will be released in a few months! There will be new characters, new stories, new activities and something bigger.
We welcome all of you to join the communities. Players could discuss together and provide feedback to us! You also will witness the changes happening in SOP and how it becomes more perfect and abundant step by step.
If you like Song of The Prairie don’t forget to share it to your friends. See you next time!