Continues?

[Fractal Fischer]

After an hour or so with the game I'm really liking it so far, but it's definitely got that NES era level of unforgiving when it comes to failure states. Not a bad thing by any means, but I'm not so sure I can master this thing in the span of a Halloween season if I keep ending up at the title screen after 3 lives. I'd really love to see a continue system added so it's possible to keep at least part of your progress after an unfortunate series of screwups.

Call it casual mode or whatever you like, but I think it'd be a super nice feature to have for people like me who are A) short on time, B) apparently not as great at platformers as I could have sworn I was in the 80s, and/or C) using an Xbox 360 controller with a woefully clunky d-pad.

Just a suggestion. Appreciate the 'cheeves, btw. Didn't expect that update so quickly.

[Zeralith]

imaginarymonsters has stated that extra lives will be added to the game.

I think a build is coming this weekend, or by Tuesday at the latest (I believe).

Maybe extra lives will make it into the next build? We shall see :)

[Fractal Fischer]

Oh, that's cool. I personally would still rather there be a way to avoid a total wipe (continue back to the beginning of the chapter after losing your 3 lives seems good and fair to me) but more lives will no doubt help even the odds a bit.

At least it's really generous with enemies dropping hearts fairly often. Just those spikes I gotta watch out for.

[imaginarymonsters]

FF, thanks dude. Some extra lives are in right now and tied to the player character unlock coffins. If I wind up adding many new player unlocks in the future I might need to rethink that? But for now it's ok : ]

Actual continues could happen. Seems like there's more leeway to fit it in within a 5 world game than there was within a 3 world shorter game. Not likely for launch but it's got me thinking!

[GOLDENEYEGOD]

Needs to at least let me continue at the stage I was at after losing all lives. Not a fan of the unforgiving stuff and probably wouldn't have bought it if I knew it was like that. Enjoyable game, though.

[OneLeggedSeagull]

A little Stage Select menu screen would be all I'd like to see added, where the stages you've unlocked previously appear as options to start from, other than that, the game's near perfect! Thanks IM!

[imaginarymonsters]

Last Caress, I'm open to adding continues. Just might take me a minute. Will start looking at it soon.

Stage select and boss select unlock for speedrun practice I want to add too.

[GOLDENEYEGOD]

Originally posted by imaginarymonsters:

Last Caress, I'm open to adding continues. Just might take me a minute. Will start looking at it soon.

Stage select and boss select unlock for speedrun practice I want to add too.

Awesome. Thanks for the response.

[imaginarymonsters]

No problem. I'm wondering if they would just be default or something like a toggle option from the menu...toggle option plus 1 hp mode toggle would also make 1 hp mode a lot more accessible for people struggling to get past that hurdle. Will it upset the "Hardcore Gourd Without Continues Oldsters" I wonder?

[GOLDENEYEGOD]

Originally posted by imaginarymonsters:

No problem. I'm wondering if they would just be default or something like a toggle option from the menu...toggle option plus 1 hp mode toggle would also make 1 hp mode a lot more accessible for people struggling to get past that hurdle. Will it upset the "Hardcore Gourd Without Continues Oldsters" I wonder?

I think an option to keep it off would keep the hardcore players at bay. Even if it didn't they could always manually restart everytime. Pretty easy.

[OneLeggedSeagull]

Originally posted by imaginarymonsters:

Stage select and boss select unlock for speedrun practice I want to add too.

Sweet, the Stage Select will come in handy for your next platformers too. Enjoy your vacation prototyping new ideas in the meantime!

[MongolianMisfit]

I'm am LOVING the art and design. Happened upon this while looking for Halloween content for hardlycasual.net, and I can say it's awesome. But as mentioned above...I need continues. Call me a plebeian, whatever, but I'm not 12 with infinite time anymore. I don't mind old school hard, but in this modern era, I'm not a fan of a limited life pool.

If limited lives are a must, I suggest being able to restart/continue from the beginning of the level you made it to with a full 3 stock life pool. So if I make it to level 2 and bone it up, I'd like an option to restart from the beginning of level 2, rather than having to replay level 1.

[imaginarymonsters]

Originally posted by MongolianMisfit:

I'm am LOVING the art and design. Happened upon this while looking for Halloween content for hardlycasual.net, and I can say it's awesome. But as mentioned above...I need continues. Call me a plebean, whatever, but I'm not 12 with infinite time anymore. I don't mind old school hard, but in this modern era, I'm not a fan of a limited life pool.

If limited lives are a must, I suggest being able to restart/continue from the beginning of the level you made it to with a full 3 stock life pool. Sp of I make it to level 2 and bone it up, I'd like an option to restart from the beginning of level 2, rather than having to replay level 1.

I hear you. Going to look at adding this as an option for next update ✨🎮✨

[MongolianMisfit]

Originally posted by imaginarymonsters:

Originally posted by MongolianMisfit:

I'm am LOVING the art and design. Happened upon this while looking for Halloween content for hardlycasual.net, and I can say it's awesome. But as mentioned above...I need continues. Call me a plebean, whatever, but I'm not 12 with infinite time anymore. I don't mind old school hard, but in this modern era, I'm not a fan of a limited life pool.

If limited lives are a must, I suggest being able to restart/continue from the beginning of the level you made it to with a full 3 stock life pool. Sp of I make it to level 2 and bone it up, I'd like an option to restart from the beginning of level 2, rather than having to replay level 1.

I hear you. Going to look at adding this as an option for next update ✨🎮✨

I bestow upon you, God tier development status. :)

[imaginarymonsters]

Lol! No way! 🌝

[GOLDENEYEGOD]

Any update on this feature being added in soon?