#legend of bumbo
as many of you know the unlock system is pretty specific, each character has a set of goals (bosses to kill at least once) and when said goals are completed an icon appears next to them at the start screen and an item is unlocked and shuffled into the mix.
i recently posted on twitter my biggest dilemma is that since ab+ isnt as big of an expansion than afterbirth was, yet features 2 more “goals” and a new character.. as well as new challenges each with its own unlock/achievement im going to be locking close to half of the new items in it.
i wasnt sure how fans would feel about this.. but it turns out an overwhelming number of you want more locked items, or simply dont care about them being locked or not.
it got me thinking… if achievements and unlocking items via new goals is something isaac fans really enjoy, why not put even more focus on this aspect of the game in ab+?
so aside from the buttload of new achievements we are adding to afterbirth +, im going the extra mile and adding 10 more non-goal related achievements that should keep things pretty interesting.
i have around 5 good ones i wanna do that revolve around features you dont know about yet.. but i still have room for 5 more, and thats where you guys come in.
i want the fans to design 5 solid and fun “sidequest” achievements. old version of isaac featured stuff like, iron man achievements (not taking damage in a chapter) and kill X achievements.. i want some out of the box ideas like these but ones that really change the way you play, are difficult, interesting and fun.
so what achievements do you wanna see added? post your ideas on reddit here > https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/4q618x/fan_made_achievements_for_ab/
note up ones you love, vote down ones you hate and ill added 10 new little unlockable additions to reward you guys with when you complete said achievements!
Bumbo update:
XXX update:
Afterbirth +
Legend of Bumbo
Untitled(we will name it soon enough)
this week we talk new challenges!
afterbirth+ will feature around 5 (probably exactly 5 but dont hold me to it!) new challenges, each with its own unlockable as per usual.
this week im once again pilfering the ideas of the masses and seeing if a few hundred of you can come up with 1-3 cool challenge ideas. here are the guidelines.
- suggest a challenge setup that is new and CHALLENGING, the suggestion should place the player in a situation where they need play the game in specific way that adds a new, unusual or just difficult challenge.
- do not just toss out a starting set of items, i really wanna try to have almost all of the new challenges to be out of the box designs that feel fresh and fun.
- feel free to suggest the impossible, if its interesting enough i may find a way work around that could allow the basic idea/theme of the challenge to be executed.
- upvote the ones you like, down vote the ones you hate! only one suggestion per post!
the reddit thread is up here > https://www.reddit.com/r/bindingofisaac/comments/4imr8n/challenge_me/
go nuts!
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AFTERBIRTH CONSOLE NEWS!
Afterbirth will be releasing on Ps4 and Xbox1 tomorrow (may 10th).
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BUMBO NEWS!
James and i have recently started testing some of the basic puzzle mechanics and tuning the shit out of them over the past few weeks. designing a “traditional match X puzzle game” around a combat system in a roguelike world has been a pretty interesting. i hope to talk more in depth about bumbo dev once we are closer to release and/or have an official release date or teaser trailer out there.
our current goal is to have a fully playable floor done in the next few weeks.. once we hit that im sure you will be hearing and seeing more about bumbo.. but till then here is this…
first official in game screen shot from the beta debug build of bumbo! keep in mind this is not at all polished yet and most of the art i still place holder… but the games design is set in stone enough to start teasing a but more.
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SECRET GAME NEWS!
