Update time! We're busy cracking away on assets so let's check out some new things. First we've got a new stage going. In world 4 you'll be sneaking aboard a zeppelin in order to fly yourself to the York University of Technology where your experiments are based. This will be a deadly ride with failed experiments attacking Leyla and the Juggerbot constantly. We've got a new enemy to check out as well: Teddy Jumpenstein What Is It: In order to reach things on high selves, Leyla created Teddy. Coating him in a sticky viscous gum like substance, Teddy bounces into objects so they stick to him and returns to Leyla. Unfortunately Teddy discovered his life was essentially meaningless and rebelled. He wants to be a dancer. Who Fights It: Leyla can either slide under him or destroy him. -Lawrence
For those looking to test, we'll be at this event with the game ready for testing! Playcrafting NYC: Halloween Expo
Announcement Unfortunately we're going to have to delay Malevolent Machines into the new year. As we get closer to the December deadline it's become obvious that if we want to keep all of the features in the game such as endless mode we're going to need a delay. I'm honestly not comfortable trimming out the games features then releasing and adding them later over time. I would rather we gave you guys the full game all at once and this way we'll have extra time to add even more polish and bring you guys the full game that you deserve. The new release date will be February 7th! - Lawrence
Update!We are still working hard on the game so I wanted to share a few screenshots with you as we've been making some changes for the better. We've changed the HUD. All of your actions and things happening to Leyla and the Juggerbot will now be displayed through the characters themselves and their environment. So for anyone whose interested we're at NYU Game Center every Thursday night to play test this game. Thanks to the rigorous participation of the testers we've moved gameplay at a faster/twitchier pace. There are action/animation cancels and Leyla can slide, jump and attack with split second precision. All it takes is a very short swipe of the finger to send her going. The controls have improved immensely. Progress is going very well and if you're in the area come on out the events are a lot of fun! As you can see Leyla and the Juggerbot are linked. If one takes damage, they both take damage. So the player must manage the shooting of the Juggerbot with the movement of Leyla. To this effect the Juggerbot will now upgrade weapons on the fly. The more successful the string of kills the better the weapons. This will however all go away if either of them take damage. I'll be posting gifs and video of gameplay very soon so stay posted. Thanks for all your support so far! - Lawrence
Update! Have a preview of one of the bosses you'll be facing. One of Leyla's earlier creations. This giant pachyderm has bad intentions on his brain. You'll be using both Leyla and the Juggerbot to battle the bosses putting your shooting and dodging skills to the ultimate test! Since we happened to be doing the cut scenes let's introduce you guys to another character. Meet Reginald Velvet Codswallop! Did you know Leyla had an assistant this whole time? Yeah she didn't remember that either. When the machines got loose Leyla's long suffering assistant Reginald decided this was his time to shine. Forever out of the spotlight he's yearned for recognition for doing basically all of the work. He's seized the opportunity and taken the most powerful of Leyla's creations for himself in order to stop her and steal all of her funding. Soon he will have his dreams realized, or will he? We'll have a trailer launch with new gameplay footage very soon! -Lawrence
Just to bump the thread and say if anyone has any questions by all means. We don't bite but we are extremely caffeinated and jumpy. -Lawrence
Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Have a quick look at how the game is played! If you'll notice we left the boxes in for the input which will be invisible in the final game so you can see when we're hitting the screen (the blue and white boxes). - Lawrence
Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Check out Leyla's slide attack and how the Juggerbot upgrades weapons in this new video! -Lawrence
Want to help us out? Slide DB is doing a Top 50 apps come and vote for us to win. It'll help get the game more publicity and will basically put food on our table. Click on the link below and we're in Upcoming Apps -> Arcade category Upcoming Apps -> Arcade: http://www.slidedb.com/groups/2016-app-of-the-year-awards/top50
