After playing the only real thing I have to say, other then that I enjoyed it, is that the only use I ever found for the bunny was an interesting glitch where if you drop him on the boss mid-attack both he and the bunny will get stuck in one spot for most the fight.

Game Maker bs collision issue. It has a lot of those. More to do with the engine than anything else I think.

Anyway: Trollbean won!

The regional game design competition at school. Placed first of four :p Not a ton of competition, but I'm pretty damn proud of it anyway. The judge said if we hadn't specifically mentioned that it was our first game under the "game's cons" section of the notebook, he'd have never known. Additionally, they loved the box art we cooked up:



Stuck it in a dvd case. Looks /awesome/.

Next up is the state competition, which will be held in April. Can't wait to see the judge's scorecards to see how to improve. Progress, ladies and gentlemen.

f*** yeah! Gratz Bro =]

oh whose a jolly good fella that nobody can deny

That's the most awesome box art ever. 10/10

Thank you. It's all done in Paint, actually... Everyone was quite impressed

I am going to rip that box art off of my computer screen and love it and hug it and crumple it and shove it in my mouth and spit it out and spread it on toast and frame it on the wall.

It's pretty sweet, yeah :p
We got bonus points for it, actually. Pretty much won us the trophy

Its so old school
Definitely fun indeed ^_^

Crossposting:

Kay, I'm about to get started on an instruction book for Trollbean. Now I need a name for this guy:

Any ideas?

Haha, that's a funny-looking enemy.
Maybe it should be called the Lickalot..

Grouch.
pronounced gr-ow-ch

Cross-Posting from Facebook

Hey errbody. With State rapidly approaching, it's about time we get some input on the newest build of Trollbean. What I posted before was version 0.2b, this version is 0.2c (Clearly a massive upgrade). First off, go ahead and download it here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?bh95tdg1nt66mkr

And here's a list of content that's been added/changed/fixed since the last release. It's rather extensive - But don't read it before you play the game! See how many you can find for yourself first.

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CHANGE LIST:
-Backgrounds improved, torches renovated
-Enemies kiled by explosions now make the correct sound effect
-You can now skip the intro & end screens (if you're a horrible person) by clicking
-Spikes (FINALLY) work
-Bunnies are now more lively, enemy version added
-Trying to punch the spike box is gonna kill you now. Sorry.
-2nd punch now actually hurts enemies (That's why punching was useless, the 2nd one didn't work)
-Mute button added
-Added a secret area in Level 2
-All characters can now crouch
-Shading on the Jelly sprites isn't backward anymore
-Jelly now makes a proper death sound, as he should
-Trollbean now has an air & crouch attack, and can punch from a run.
-Jellybean collectibles added (150 total)
-Trollbean's attacks now hurt the Stormer. I don't reccomend it, but I suppose if you're a Nuzlocke kind of person then go ahead
-Item pickups have a new, better sprite, and they make a sound when picked up
-Manly Men Mode added, it unlocks at 150 beans collected
-Manly Men Mode features several enemies not present in 0.2b (Or Normal Mode), such as Oldbot, Burmeisters and Jacob Long
-Created a special item pickup just for Manly Men Mode. It restores Trollbean's punch attack. For bosses only.
-Fixed boxart issues
-Crash sound at game startup is better
-Sound effects rebalanced
-Jelly glitch is.. Not quite fixed, but it's harder to pull off
-Pobe sprites improved a bit
-Several sprite effects were replaced by Game Maker Pro's effect command, makes them much nicer
-A 'restart level' button was added, incase s*** hits the fan. This may be edited to look more nice before the final release.
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Now, obviously, the whole point of me releasing it to the internet is so gamebreaking glitches can be detected, isolated, and repaired before the State competition. So if you find a problem, do not hesitate to tell me. Try to be as descriptive as possible, tell me /exactly/ what you were doing when it happened, and what went wrong, in the most detail possible. Your assistance is essential to our success :3 You can send your reports to me, either on Facebook, or through my email, meta_knight_13@yahoo.com.

Anyway, friends. Enjoy yourselves. Manly Men Mode is harder than ever. If you beat it, send me a screenshot - you'd be the first. :v

incredible game but not that big a fan of music

Norton is being stupid yet again.