Bat Boy
Help us shape the future!
We hope you're enjoying your time exploring the world of Stratoss and helping Bat Boy in his quest to save his squad! Your support means the world to us, and we're incredibly grateful to have you as part of our community.
We would like to kindly ask for your assistance in spreading the word about the game by leaving a review on the Steam store page. Your honest feedback (both good and bad!) and thoughts are crucial to not only Bat Boy's success and growth, but to the development team as well. By sharing your experiences, you can help us improve and make the game even better (we really want to make sure everyone is having a good time!).
If you haven't left a review for a game on Steam before, please let Bat Boy be the first!
To leave a review, simply follow these steps:
1. Visit the Bat Boy store page on Steam.
2. Scroll down to the "Reviews" section.
3. Click on "Write a review" and share your thoughts.
We'd love to hear what you like/don't like, what you hope to see in future updates of the game and even your favorite pizza topping (actually, maybe share that last one on Discord).
Believe us when we say that your review will make a difference! It not only helps us understand your perspective but also assists other players in making informed decisions.
We appreciate your time and helping make Bat Boy a success and thank you once again for being part of this incredible journey!
Best regards,
The Bat Boy Development Team
Patch 1.0.3 is here
- Fixed issue in level 8 where entering the wrong door with a key could cause the player to lose that key.
- Fixed issue where under certain circumstances, one of the enemies in the tutorial area of level 8 would become invincible.
- Fixed issue where it was possible to go out of bounds in level 10 using an enemy to push you against the wall.
- Fixed issue where the bull rush skill would stop immediately after starting if the player was very close to a block.
- Fixed issue where bombs from Moonstar (boss) would damage the player even with the bubble shield
was active.
- Fixed issue in level 11 where it was possible to go out of bounds using a ladder with a block on top.
- Fixed issue where boss of level 2 could go out of screen while dashing.
- Improved camera movement and a platform length in the minecart section of level 5.
- Fixed issue where falling crates in level 7 could get out of sync.
- Fixed error in Japanese dialogue
- Other minor fixes
Patch 1.0.2 is live!!
- Fixed issue where an achievement in Groovy House would not trigger under certain circumstances.
- Fixed issue where the camera could get stuck at the end of the second auto-scrolling section of level 2.
- Fixed the issue where a mid-boss in the last level could teleport to a random position at the start of the fight.
- Fixed issue where it was possible to go out of bounds in level 8.
- Fixed issue in level 9 auto-scroll section where player could spawn out of camera range when squashed.
- Fixed a very rare issue where after slowing down time with a Time Orb, the game physics would not behave correctly after restoring normal time.
- Reduced number of bounces made by the tennis ball thrown by the player.
Bat Boy now available on Steam!
We've been working this title for over two years and between the development, reaching our goal in the Kickstarter campaign (we still can't believe it!), industry events and all the awesome support from all of you out there, it has been an awesome experience to say the least!
We truly hope that all of you out there enjoy becoming Bat Boy and venturing into Stratoss to save your
brainwashed friends from interdimensional mage Lord Vicious and his Trials of Darkness!
If you're looking for that retro, 8-bit platformer fix with some awesome action that lets you utilize a variety of skills picked up from numerous bosses, Bat Boy might just be the game for you!
We'd love to hear what you think of the game or even just chat so feel free to reach out to us or join and follow us at one of the places below!
X PLUS Games Discord
X PLUS Games Twitter
Sonzai Games Twitter
See you in Stratoss!
X PLUS Games & Sonzai Games
A Tiny Update for TGS 2022
We made a tiny update to the build for TGS 2022. And decided to share it with everyone on Steam.
Below are the patch notes:
Patch 0.6.1
- New pet system. One pet included in the demo.
- New batspin jump animation.
- New song in Groovy House.
- Redesigned room in Groovy House.
- New strike counter upon death.
- Revised death animation.
- Improved title screen.
- New sound effects added.
- Added emojis to conversations.
- Several bug fixes.
Bat Boy is FULLY FUNDED on Kickstarter!
Hello everyone!
Sorry for the delayed update, we've been a little overwhelmed, but for good reason.
As of Friday 12th of August 4pm JST, Bat Boy succeeded in it's funding on Kickstarter!
We were struggling for a time, having only reached 64% funding with 72 hours to go. But we got that miracle in the end and everyone rallied behind us to fund the project to 109% in just under 3 days!
Admittedly we were NOT expecting this outcome. Over the course of most of the month, we were only ever increasing by 1 or 2% at a time and by day 26 or 27, we were at 64%. We were THIS close to calling it a loss, but then in the very last few moments, we got a massive surge of interest and funding for the campaign.
We were also very VERY lucky to catch the attention of not only Jirard The Completionist but also Yacht Club Games, the creators of Shovel Knight themselves! With this, as well as some very generous high-tier backers, we skyrocketed up to the 100% funded goal and nudged past it to end the campaign at 109%!
So, if you are a Kickstarter backer, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You helped us make this happen!
Bat Boy is now LIVE on KICKSTARTER!
Our baby is growing up!
When we first started out with the game, Bat Boy was much more streamlined and minimalist in design, but as we engaged more with the project, both the characters and the world of Stratoss began to flourish.
The project reached the point where we could either leave it small and have our fresh new ideas unfulfilled, or seek funding to make our aspirations for the fledgling project a reality.
And so here we are!
With Kickstarter, we want to both leverage the platform to raise the funding for the project while growing our community and fanbase, offering you, our lovely supporters a more complete experience that we came to envision over time.
As it's Kickstarter, we also really wanted to get in on creating some excellent merch for everyone so you too can share in the excitement we have for the project.
We hope you can join us on this adventure together! It's going to be an exciting time for us all!
Lets crush that funding!
KS campaign link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xplusgames/bat-boy/
Bat Boy is coming to Kickstarter!
Hello everyone!
We have some VERY exciting news to share with you all today.
We've been working very hard on this for the last 4 months or so.
⚾ Bat Boy is coming to Kickstarter on July 13th!⚾
What started out as a simple little platformer as a callback to the 8-bit days of gaming,
has turned into something much bigger and more ambitious as ou team and vision
for the project grew. It's a very exciting time when you can look at something you're
making and see the greater potential, just waiting to be discovered.
And so it's because of that underlying potential that we decided to move things
to Kickstarter. With that extra layer of support, we can really push the game to it's
limits, explore new ideas and really flesh out the world.
But of course, it's not just about us. As with all Kickstarter projects, we want to
make sure that you, the fans get something out of it too.
With that in mind, we're partnering up with the awesome folks at The Yetee to
provide some first-rate physical and digital rewards. From the typical such as artbooks,
soundtracks and t-shirts, to the more baseball themed foam fingers, baseball caps and jerseys!
We'll be rolling out announcements about all of the reward tiers over time on
our socials (Twitter: https://twitter.com/XPlusGames),
but in the meantime, please bookmark the Kickstarter coming soon page
if you'd like to keep an eye on the project!
We have a LOT in store for the campaign and we hope you'll all join in
to help reach our goal to make the game the best it can be!
Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xplusgames/bat-boy
Updated Bat Boy Demo, now available without limitations!
Updated Bat Boy Demo Now Available!
Hello Everyone!
As a thank you for your continued support and apprecation for Bat Boy and its development,
we are happy to announce that we have updated and released the Bat Boy Demo as a permanent fixture!
No longer do you have to wait until the next big event. You can jump in and play the demo to your hearts content, but now with:
- Optimized performance
- Improved visuals
- Less bugs (phew!)
- Improved and added SFX
- Cleaner scene transitions
- Added secrets (oooh!)
- Improved boss encounters
- Boss No. 2 has a second phase!
- And other miscelaneous improvements
Please do let us know how you get along with it, we can only make improvements to the full game with your wonderful support and feedback.
Drop us a line at:
Twitter: @XPlusGames
Twitter: @SonzaiGames
Discord: http://discord.gg/XABkugKABq
Enjoy!
Bat Boy Demo livestream
The livestream will begin from 18:30 PDT Oct 3rd / 10:30am JST Oct 4th.
We hope you enjoy playing the demo for yourselves and you can wishlist it here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1709350/Bat_Boy/
We look forward to hearing all of your thoughts and impressions!