Jack McLantern

Devlog

• Axe debugging and general clean-up - Beta prep
  September 05, 2021 by Swearsoft#medievil, #ps1, #throwing axe, #god of war

  This initially started as an attempt to move this project to URP, but quickly turned into a clean-up job to get the project ready for beta #screenshotsaturday #medievil #timburton #halloween New camer... Continue reading
• Version 0.3.8 and Jimmy Vegas
  May 25, 2019 by Swearsoft

  So I released version 0.3.8 last week and I am currently working on 0.3.9, trying to finish the first level and collecting material for the second one. In the meantime a youtuber called JimmyVegas - h... Continue reading
• Linux version
  May 19, 2019 by Swearsoft

  So I uploaded a Linux version of the game, please let me know if it runs... Continue reading

  
• Play on Linux guide
  May 18, 2019 by Swearsoft

  Someone made a guide for playing Jack on Linux here is the link to the guide: http://www.gamersonlinux.com/…/t…/jack-mclantern-guide.2782/ Jack will have an official Linux release, but for the tim... Continue reading
• Camera adjustments and tartan pants
  May 13, 2019 by Swearsoft

  Camera adjustment made to fix a trembling issue a couple of people reported. In the next version Jack gets some textured pants:... Continue reading

  
• Small update - 0.3.6
  May 12, 2019 by Swearsoft#unity, #action, #cartoon, #medievil, #halloween, #spyro

  Just a small update: - zombies and skeletons now throw some gravel when they come up from the ground - enemies get alerted to shots fired and axes thrown near them... Continue reading

  
• Bring me to church - alpha v0.3.5
  May 11, 2019 by Swearsoft

  Filling out level 1 with more stuff, making adjustments to enemies and paths. It's like a construction site here. I'm hoping to be finished in the next 2-3 iterations. New things to expect in very nex... Continue reading

  
• New build up v0.3.4: enemy fixes and other adjustments
  May 07, 2019 by Swearsoft

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  New build with a bunch of adjustments to the enemies to make sure they never lose their way. I also adjusted the quality of their path finding and made sure they have a patrol root if they stop follow... Continue reading
• Small tweaks
  May 03, 2019 by Swearsoft

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  I didn't have much time, but I did get to push out two builds in the past 2 days. First I fixed a menu option bug, I made some general stat adjustments, added a temporary hit effect to the axe and so... Continue reading
• Jack I don't feel so good - Dissolving zombies, knights and barrels
  May 02, 2019 by Swearsoft

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  After version 0.2.8 I wanted to flesh out more of the level, so I started placing rocks, trees and of course enemies. I also made some changes in order to better accommodate mouse/keyboard play, most... Continue reading

  
• Death's Scythe and other tweaks, fixes and changes
  April 28, 2019 by Swearsoft#scythe, #alpha, #update, #new weapon

  Added Death's Scythe with one attack at the moment, I also made a bunch of other adjustments and fixes to make things more stable. I tuned the stamina and magic costs and regeneration values. The Scyt... Continue reading

  
• Small fixes
  April 27, 2019 by Swearsoft

  Of course when you post your build at 4 in the morning the next day you will find some problems. You open unity, comb the level and code and re-upload. Let me know what you think about the live-cursor... Continue reading

  
• More enemies, more features, more settings
  April 27, 2019 by Swearsoft

  So during the past few days I have been making a number of improvements to the game according to feedback First I increased the number of enemies around the map and put in some additional stuff trying... Continue reading

  
• Fixes, tweaks and glitches
  April 22, 2019 by Swearsoft

  A new video from our friends GrayDeathSociety (@SocietyGray on twitter) came after the build with the bigger map and along a small list of fixes and tweaks, watching these is fun and frustrating for m... Continue reading
• Bigger map and tons of fixes
  April 21, 2019 by Swearsoft#bug fixes, #devlog, #controls, #GUI

  More feedback came in from a few sources and repeat reviewers (fans!). One was a video and showed me something I would never do, others were descriptions of issues and others descriptions of possible... Continue reading

  
• Tough love, better game
  April 18, 2019 by Swearsoft

  I posted the alpha info on the Unity forums and I got some feedback by a person that follows the game, it was basically: yeah, we know your stuff, now here is what's wrong with it ( https://forum.unit... Continue reading

  
• First youtube video
  April 17, 2019 by Swearsoft

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  #youtube

  It took me a long time to post the alpha of the game publicly, I gave it to a few friends and people that discovered my discord, but I didn't think the game was in a state to be seen by other people... Continue reading
• Direction Based Hit Reaction
  April 16, 2019 by Swearsoft

  So my enemies were lacking some reactions to getting hit by weapons among other things that would make things more juicy, I decided to use the morning to implement a simple hit reaction system. My fir... Continue reading