Platformines is about to be released but we need you !

Platformines is finished but we need to find a good way to publish it.

The best way is STEAM of course!

And it is possible, but we need your help.

Platformines is now part of the GreenLight process on the Steam website. All we got to do is get enough people to show support and the game will come out on STEAM.

So far, we are getting great support from people all around but at this point we still need more, so please if you haven’t done it yet go to our GreenLight Page and click on the YES button to tell Steam that you want Platformines on the service. That’s just one click we’re asking you that will make the game available to all

Also, if you can leave a happy comment on there as well that would be ace!

Tell your friends about it as the more people we get the faster we’ll get on.

Thanks a bunch and we’ll be happy to let you know when the game is finally out on Steam (soon if you help us!)

Platformance: Castle Pain and Platformance: Temple Death are making their PC debut on the Gone Fishin’ Indie Royale Bundle right now.

You can get both with a bunch of other great games here: INDIE ROYALE BUNDLE

The other games are:

• SOL: Exodus
• All zombies must die!
• Cubemen
• Squids

The bundle lasts 8 days starting from today, so get it now while it’s cheap!

Just a short update to let you know that we’ve been hard at work on fixing issues and addressing feedback reported from the first beta. We’ve also added new stuff that you’ll be able to try out in the beta 2.

Here is short list of the main things we did that you will see in the beta 2:

• Way less tips intrusion (now they disable by default when you close)
• beginning gun is less powerful, so you’ll get better loot sooner (makes the game a bit harder at first)
• some fixing to collision and falling damage
• many bug fixes and tweaks
• added bonus on hats
• added Turrets!
• added Saw gears!
• added Bats!
• added MutaCrabs!
• added Girl characters !! (when you create your hero and in game enemies)

Also we added more very cool content in the full version, but you won’t get to experience it until the release (not gonna spoil you yet! Surprise is key.)

The character selection screen with a customisation of a female character (click for full effect)

Another female hero proudly wielding a shotgun (click for full size)

Plenty of good news here:

Firstly, we are happy to announce that you can try Platformines by downloading the PC open beta now.

Don’t waste a minute and get it from here:

(edit: we have a brand new -beta 2- up here: http://www.platformines.com/ )

Download BETA mirror #1

Download BETA mirror #2

Download BETA Mirror #3 (CNet)

You are all invited to discuss it on the platformines forum here:  http://platformines.proboards.com/

Secondly you can also download a couple of cool wallPapers on Platformines.com:

At last but not least, the brand new Platformines trailer is up on Youtube:

TRAILER ON YOUTUBE

Here we are, 9 month later with a build that is very close to the final release. We are currently testing the game with a closed beta to make sure the game runs well on different PC configurations and to polish the overall experience.

In the meantime you can watch a video of the latest build here:

Also, we started a brief page about the game features on the official site:  Platformines.com

Figured we would share with you the title artwork we just made for the game, so here it is:

Click for full size

It seems like we’re seeing the end of the tunnel. We started working on Platformines about 7 or 8  months ago, and there is just a few weeks left for it to be finished. Current state of the game: we have all the features in and most of the contents. What’s left to do: tweaking, more content, PC  keyboard/mouse inputs, and some polishing. The good thing is that the game is really fun and addicting. Often we’ll start some testing and end up playing for a few hours. That’s a really good sign!

Some more deadly traps await.... (click for fullsize)

A typical game will last around 10 hours, maybe a bit less once you played it and you get better at it. Since the world is randomly generated, each game is unique and has it own flavor.

We have taken some big design decisions regarding the teleporting: we streamlined the process to make the game more straight forward and more action based. We were glad that after testing it felt even better. We had invited a few people to test our builds and everyone all really liked the exploration side of the game. So we had to make sure you spend most of the time exploring (hence the teleport changes).

The question marks shows the point of interests. The exclamation point is your current goal. (click for fullsize)

The end game stuff is there as well. Basically you explore the world to find 9 missing parts that you need in order to rebuild the RoboDIG; a giant digger machine that you need to escape the mines. The nine parts are scattered in different places that get harder and harder to reach.

Your home base. Your goal: rebuild RoboDIG and escape the mines. (click for fullsize)

The good thing is, all the loot you get will help you buy upgrades for your energy belt, new weapons, ect, so you’ll be able to get on the tougher parts of the world with it.

Weapons, belt upgrades, bigger bags are part of the Easy Market selection. (click for fullsize)

Some fun stuff that we didn’t planned at first were added: droppable wigs and hats. Sometimes when you kill an NPC you’ll will be able to get his hat or his wig and wear it. You will also find some rare hats in chests…

So, it seems like you should soon be able to get lost and explore the mines for treasures and fame.

We can’t wait for you to get in there !

As we are getting closer to finishing (one step at a time), fun features are coming in. This video update mainly shows 2 new weapons that have been added: the shotgun and the sub machine gun.

The shotgun is a short range weapon that shoots 5 bullets in a wide spread cone. Very useful in confined environment and quite deadly when shot right next to the target.

The sub machine gun is a high firing rate weapon that holds 15 rounds that spit out in less than a second. The drawback is that the bullets do less damage. Still it’s mean!

The video shows more new things like: objects dropping, cash bags, electric blocks, spikey moving blocks.

As you can see in the video the enemies AI has been enhanced which creates some interesting situations.

We also started to balance the game a bit (roughly) which mean that are we getting closer to the end…

This hero is named "Buck MacBandit" (different heroes have different names)

Hello. The good people over at Dealspwn.com have asked us about our two man team and details about Platformines. It’s a good read if you are curious about us and want to get the latest details on Platformines.

Hit the link:

Platformines Interview: Magiko Gaming Talks Big Guns, Procedural Worlds & Indie Inspiration!

What’s new in the Platformines development these days ?

As you can see at the beginning of the video (watch in HD), there is now a ‘customize hero’ screen that lets you deck out your dude. We are still adding more possibilities but already you can make some pretty original faces.

( hit that Watch on Youtube button and then HD 720p, thx! )

Inventories: We have full working interfaces for exchanging objects, storing, buying and selling your goods. This was a pretty heavy task to design and code, so it’s really nice to see it fully functional ingame.

We have started to implement the whole progression of the game: increasing difficulty requiring you to get better energy belts and weapons to be able to go further down. Lots of work is left in order to actually fine tune it all, but it will be a fun task (hopefully!).

Finally, some content has been added, like sounds and music, traps, blocks, monsters, ect… still a lot of content to be done as well.

You're deep down the mines and there is that mean cardboard-head dude ...