The Adventure Pals - A Story of Love, Giraffes & Hot Dogs
Created by Massive Monster
The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fuelled by imagination. Enter a gorgeous & hilarious world in a game about friendship, exploration & riding giraffes. Inspired by such titles as Adventure Time, Castle Crashers, Zelda 2 & Banjo Kazooie
Take on the role of a young adventurer as you travel the land and battle monsters-a-plenty in an epic quest to stop the evil Mr B who has kidnapped your Papa and is hell-bent on turning him into a delicious hot dog. But fear not, for you are not alone; you have the help of your best friends, Sparkles the giraffe and your pet rock!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Working our butts off!
almost 7 years ago
– Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 04:17:34 PM
Hey Pals!
Julian here artist of the game, with your friendly Friday game update. We've been making some significant progress on the game in the past month and have indeed been working our butts off. We're excited to share with you some of this work which is resulting in the game becoming the game we've always dreamt of it being. We'd also love to hear your thoughts on some of the new additions to the game.
What we've been doing?
Designing new enemies types
Redesigning & Polishing all our levels
Polishing the game
Fixing Bugs & Game design problems
Other Secret cool stuff!
Before & After Shots
Here's a look at some before & after shots of some our old levels. They've been given a lick of paint and a good look at with our game design hat on.
Pirate Cove Level Re-Designs
Wastelands Level Re-Designs
New Enemies
Head Bop!
I've also been smashing out some new blobs, I've had a lot of fun bringing personality to them. This is just a small snippet of our new enemies and we're excited to share them all with you but for now who's your favourite?
Blobos
Arenas
We've been giving a bit of love to our arenas recently, there is now crowds in the background which will laugh at your demise when you get beaten up by a hotdog.
Arenas now with crowd in the background!
Costumes
We've been working on some fun collectable costumes as a reward cupcake finding, This was mentioned in the previous update and we're excited to see you guys getting your sushi pal or poop pal going! Who's your favourite below?
New Rock Costumes!
That's all for now! We're looking forward to keeping you guys more updated as we get closer and closer to completing this masterpiece so keep a look out!
Questions - When will beta be released? Unfortunately, this may still not be for a while, this is due to some other circumstances which we're excited to announce soon!
Big progress update!!
almost 7 years ago
– Tue, May 23, 2017 at 08:00:17 PM
Greeting fellow pals and pal-ettes! Its been a crazy few weeks at castle Massive Monster and we're excited to share with you what we've been up to. We ran some internal user testing last month on a near-finished version of the game, gathered lots of feedback and notes, took a step back and got people to tell us what they really thought about The Adventure Pals. We decided that although everyone really enjoyed it, we want to make the best game we possibly can, and take it from being a good experience to a great one. So, we decided to make a few relatively big changes to some of the core systems in the game, and since then it has come on leaps and bounds! Below is a rundown of some of the biggest additions and changes we have made since the last update.
A sneaky peek at something... coming soon ;)
New levelling up system! We have totally revamped the levelling up system in the game. Before - every time the player levelled up they got to add one point to either health, weapon power, or Mr Rock attack power. This began to feel relatively inconsequential - the upgrade wasn't big enough to feel very valuable, so levelling up never felt all that rewarding. Now - every time you level up both your health and attack power are increased, and you get to choose a new ability card to add to your arsenal and make you feel much stronger in the battle against those pesky hot dogs.
New cupcake cat king! Collecting the cupcakes scattered across the world now actually have value. Visit the hungry cat king and feed him the cupcakes you've collected, and he will reward you with new outfits for the pals!
New sticker book! You will now find stickers hidden throughout your adventure! Some are hidden in levels, others are given to you by characters, others as rewards for completing certain challenges across the world... Collect them and fill all the pages of your sticker book!
LOTS of new enemy types! We've also added lots of new types of enemies to hack, slash and splat your way through on your quest to rescue your papa. The world is feeling more alive and dangerous than ever!
These are just a few of the new additions that we've been adding recently, there are loads more surprises waiting for you to discover yourselves!
Aside from working hard on the game, we've also been demoing The Adventure Pals at lots of different events over the past few months! We were at Rezzed and Insomnia 60 in the United Kingdom, and RTX Sydney and GX in Australia! We also exhibited at Play by Play Fest in New Zealand, where we won their "Across the Ditch" award!
Our "Across the Ditch" award from Play by Play Fest!
We even met some of our Kickstarter backers - it's always great to meet you guys face to face (see below)!
Jay with a kickstarter backer at Rezzed!
We are so excited and proud of how The Adventure Pals is playing right now and are ever grateful for your support and patience as we charge towards the finish line (on giraffe back, of course) of this journey we're all taking together. We still have a few things to finish off, bugs to squash and rubies to polish, but the game is closer than ever to being finished and in your hands. We are still on track for a summer release and will let you know as soon as we have a solid release date for the game.
Progress Update <3
about 7 years ago
– Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 04:25:02 PM
Hey Pals! Your friendly neighbourhood Massive Monster here with an update full of giraffes, friendship, and unspeakable eldritch horrors. Yay!
First off, we want to thank you for your continued support and interest in The Adventure Pals. We're going to do better about keeping you guys in the loop, but we promise any radio silence has not been without cause. The fruits of our labours? A nearly complete playable version of The Adventure Pals! Sorta! Kinda!
Shiny new menus!
If you follow us on Twitter (@SAPgiraffe and @massivemonsters), then you know we've been taking the game to a lot of shows and conventions lately. This isn't just so we can roll up with our giraffes all bling-ed out and get showered with attention. We use the feedback we receive there to help shape the way the game is turning out. And luckily, a lot of that feedback has been very positive! We'll be at EGX Rezzed in London, UK from March 30th to April 1st, and Insomnia 60 in Birmingham, UK from 14th - 17th April, so if you're attending either event come by and say hi!
Behind the scenes, great clouds of cartoon smoke and hammering sounds are happening. The game now feature complete and playable from beginning to end! There are still some finer details that need to be implemented, and bugs to iron out... of course it would be nice if the player didn't occasionally appear as an unspeakable twisted horror from beyond the stars...
"please.... KILL ME!!!" D:
But beyond that, focus is on balancing enemies and level designs as much as fixing bugs... we want you to encounter a nice difficulty curve rather than a difficulty cliff or difficulty brick wall.
Our artist Julian's work is on breathing life into the game. Some of it comes down to implementing and art-ing cutscenes that have been scripted and finalized for both the beginning and end of the game.
Brand new in game backgrounds!
Some of it is about making giant mechanical crab monsters. And some of it is as simple as fleshing out the level scenery to add in some extra depth, like having trees bend and sway with explosions, or deciding whether hotdogs should turn into an explosion of old men, or old hotdog/human hybrid ghosts. (You'll understand when you play. ... probably.)
New shaky tree physics!
We're hoping that we'll have some very exciting news to announce to you all very soon. Of course, the question most people are probably interested in is, "When is it going to come out?" And the answer to that is simply... when it's finished! The Adventure Pals is still on track for a release in Q2 of 2017, but giving a specific date or time frame feels a lot like inviting trouble. We would rather have a game finished and ready to deliver into your hot little hands than come up with a release date now and potentially miss that due to, oh, giant tree attack, hot dog apocalypse, or any other more mundane setback.
We appreciate your patience and understanding and are doing everything we can to get you off on your very own adventure as soon as possible!
In the meantime, we'll work on recording some gameplay footage to show off to you and keep you updated more frequently with screenshots, GIFs, and other news. As always, we thank you for your support and enthusiasm. Your kind words mean a lot to us, and because of that, you're always going to be an honorary Adventure Pal!
A Longer than Expected Adventure!
about 7 years ago
– Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 06:48:00 PM
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.
Final Chance for Surveys & More!
about 7 years ago
– Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:25:02 PM
Hey Pals,
This is just a quick update to notify those who haven't completed the surveys. We'll have more in-depth update soon about the games progress.
Surveys & Add-ons
We still have 41 of you lovely people who have not completed the survey, Without completion, we will not be able to deliver your rewards. We will be locking the surveys down at the end of the week so it's also your last chance to add add-ons or modify your order as well.
No Survey = No Reward :c
If you've lost or can't find your survey visit here This is also your last chance to grab any extra add-ons such as our Physical Boxes or Giraffe Hats which can be done here
Giraffe Hats
Once we've locked down the surveys, we'll be sending out the giraffe hats. They'll be arriving a little earlier than the rest of the rewards as they're very special.
Game Progress
The game is coming along great, and we're getting closer & closer to that beta release. We've been working on Cutscenes & finalising a few loose ends. Hopefully, we can update you soon with a set a date for that.
Still from one of our new cutscenes
Upcoming Events
We have a bunch of exciting expos coming up all around the world, we're we'll be showing off the pals. If you're around in the area come say hi! and we'll stock you up with some pet rocks.
