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I seem to be stuck on the 8th level of plant 3 with the starfish aliens, I'm able to get to the basement and have the alien kill the guy there, but get stuck after moving one of the boxes up. Is this a bug? or what is the solution?

I hate to be the one to point this out, but I found a bug in version 1.0!

In level 2-5, you can dig down while you're on the rocky area. The "X" icon appears over the mech but you dig down anyway and can potentially wind up over the bottomless pit unable to dig back up. Or, if you do it in the right place, you can completely trivialize the puzzle -- I got a score of 23 on this level, lmao.

This level also has a bug where if you press B while out of the mech, the "I'll need to use the mech to dig down" message appears, but then you dig down anyway, possibly appearing nowhere near the mech depending on where you were standing.

Congrats on version 1.0, though! I'm having a fun time playing it.

awesome, thanks for uploading the manual!

very nicely done!

Is there going to be a wait before the physical carts go into production in case there are any bugs that need fixing?

Will a .gb full version release here for sale? I'd love to play this, but I don't have a Game Boy, so I'd like to play it on my Android Game Boy emulator. :B

Not sure what version I installed on my flashcart (6 months ago or so), but it has been one of my favorite homebrews (really one of my favorite GB games including games from back in the day).  The art style and gameplay are so different from - but somehow remind me of - the GB's Donkey Kong (the puzzle/platformer where you play as Mario, not Donkey Kong Land).  

I must've missed the memo that this was incomplete.  I thought the cliff-hangar ending was just that.  I am so excited to read these devlogs and see that you're publishing a full-feature game and that we'll have a product to pay for.  I'd love to support you all.  You are *the* dev dream team for GB homebrew!  I am anxious to learn how to make my own games in this medium and both of you are serious inspirations.

Will we be able to purchase the digital version here or will that be exclusively available through LR? 

I featured your game on my site! 
https://erikhoudini.com/the_crypt/arcade/

Is this available as a ROM?

How much longer will the full version be? And considering that there will be a physical cart, I imagine that the digital version will also be paid for, so how much will that be? Thank you.

The art in this game is just lovely.  Looks like someone really put their heart into it. I can’t wait for the physical release!

Can't add much to the other comments. Amazing stuff, atmosphere, writing, gameplay... So compelling! Be proud!

Found this game while doing a research project! This rocks!

I finally beat it! Some of the later levels are brutally difficult, to the point where I was questioning if they were actually possible. If this was released back in the day, it'd be all through those "hidden gems" videos on YouTube.

Fantastic Game

LOVED this little jam gem, best homebrew game(in any console) I've played as of yet! It's just a lot of atmosphere, cool mechanics and art style on the gbc that makes this top notch. Would love to be a playtester for future releases! I'll join the discord as soon as I log into my pc, hope the 2.0/ final version comes soon! Keep up the good dev work :)

What's the difference between the three files?

I'm really enjoying this. Were you familiar with Miyamoto's Mole Mania when you started?

Looking forward to the full release! Ditto all the great things that others are saying about the atmosphere and quality of the puzzles. 

-Two quality-of-life updates that would be nice to have are a move counter in the corner and an undo-move button (!) 

-The 'high' (optimal) move number has occasionally changed on me, but I'm not sure this is a bug. On a fresh game, the 'high' for level 1-1 is 23 moves. I've somehow achieved a 22 and cannot recreate it and the current 'high' is now set at 22. Maybe holding down the arrow keys to move instead of individual inputs can mess up the counting?

-A move counter would help illustrate the move cost of some things that aren't intuitive. Burrowing down + back up (1 or 2 moves?) Moving into a fuel tank and getting pushed back out (1 or 2?) Getting out of your robot and jumping back in (1 or 2?) etc. 

-The countdown to self-destruct is not the best for impatient people like me. Getting out of your mech and self-destructing does this immediately. 

-Tip for others. If you collect the gem, you don't need to complete the level for it to show up in the level select, but sometimes it doesn't register immediately after leaving the level. 

Gorgeous game! As many other people have said, the atmosphere is just-right.  There's something tonally magical about your art style, too. Thanks for making and sharing!

I am loving this game, but I found a weird bug on level 2-3.

If, before pushing the block you need to push, you dig down from the spot to the right of the rock that's to the right of the fuel station, move 2 spots to the right, and then dig back up, you'll be on top of a hole in front of a magnet. You won't fall down the hole, but you can dig back down unless you move. If you do move, you're stuck, because you can't fall down and now you can't dig down, either. Also, weirdly, you can walk on some of the water tiles underneath where the hole is.

Just discoverd. Great job guys!

OMG you guys have done excellent work! Really. With the gameplay itself, the design of the levels, the story, how travel works, the comfy cabin of the ship with the picture of his wife and daughter, the sound/music, and the minigame where you reroute the electricity. Its an all around masterpiece.  Some of the puzzles stumped me for a good moment which is freaking awesome, it makes it extremely satisfying to finish a level. I'm not usually a puzzle game fan when it comes to gameboy, but this is almost a completely different thing from the usual. Keep it up please and thank you fellas, its definitely not unappreciated, even if it's not as appreciated as it should be!

I was thinking about playing this game on my Youtube channel is it ok for kid

man I feel so bad for missing out on these amazing games! Would rather play this than elden ring any day! Thank you for your hard work please keep it up and if you can tell Lunchz he or she is doing a great job as well thank you

This is great, nice work! 

I just thought you should know that BestPig has made changes to GB Studio 1 and 2 so that they can be used to export games to .pocket as well. Hopefully it shouldn't be as much of an effort on your part to export it. If you're not interested, I can take a look, I would be happy to do the port by hand as an IPS patch.

BestPig's Port: https://github.com/BestPig/gb-studio#analogue-pocket-export

Hello,

With the newly released Analogue Pocket, and the newest update for GB Studios, are you planning to publish the .pocket version of this game? I’d love to be able to play this on my Pocket, so I hope so!

Can you build this for Analogue Pocket? Thanks!

Is it just me, or are the buttons backwards on Keyboard? I would expect A to be on the right, and B to be on the left, like a gameboy. Tripped me up a bit on the menus.

Really nice game! All the feels of Mole Mania, too!

Anyway, I'm on planet 3 now, and I do wonder what that zone 2s on the second planet is for. You can't enter it until you finish the last level of the planet, but there's nothing you can do there other than take off. (You can't even go back left.)

Is that a bug?

The game is really enjoyable and I'll play more later. :)

Thanks!

Such a wonderful, unique and original game idea! I love it! The puzzle design is very clever and creative, the graphcis are simply beautiful. I play it on my Pocket GO S30 and I'm having a blast with it. Well done!

A realy great game. the puzzles are well made.