Cavity Busters
No Update Today
Over the course of doing weekly and bi-weekly updates I kept pushing off things that needed to get done, telling myself "I'll get to it next week". I was focused on adding things that players could immediately experience. So tasks that would be less noticeable but would add to the over all quality of the game were neglected. And that's why I'm taking a break from bi-weekly updates. For now. We'll go back to regular updates for sure because honestly, it's fun for everyone, even me!
In the mean time, I'll be posting updates on what I'm working on over on my Twitter and you're welcome to follow along!
Working on Cavity Busters has been a new and exciting experience for me, and that's thanks to everyone who has ever played, reviewed, made suggestions, left some kind words or even bought me a beer (you rock Joe) Thank you!
Take care, and I'll talk to you soon!
Peace!
Cavity Busters Update 29 - Gob
This one is all about Gob, the big mouth you can feed teeth to. Gob's main purpose before was to offer you a chance to continue a run that you died in. But now, when you feed Gob, every second tooth will give you a minor buff. When Gob is full, it won't reset automatically. Instead you decide when to turn in all eight teeth. And when you do turn them in, you'll receive a new type of upgrade called Gob Upgrade! These upgrades are meant to have a bigger impact on a run and will last for 2-3 rounds of play. Right now there are 5 gob upgrades with hopefully more on the way.
Annnd there's 2 new items to help you maintain your tumor gardens. A watering can and a sickle! Watering can will help your tumors grow faster and the sickle will allow you to remove tumors that are giving you grief. These items are found in loot rooms.
On top of this, there's the usually update goodies! Upgrades and tweaks to enemies and rooms.
What's New:
- 5 new upgrades
- cave rooms (loot rooms) have a small chance of replacing a regular room (test)
- 2 new items that help you tend to your tumor garden
- new upgrade type: gob upgrades
- feeding teeth to Gob will give small buffs at intervals of 2
Fixes and Tweaks:
- egg upgrade can no longer activate mad cow disease item
- fixed a bug where egg upgrade would cause follower upgrades to be deleted or duplicated
- fixed a bug where mad cow would disable shooting for the current room
- adjusted a few enemy alt patterns
- enemy speed and bullet speed scale at a slower rate
- explosive diarrhea wont kill you in a one hit kill room
- filling up Gobs mouth with teeth will not automatically cause him to reset
- fixed a bug where a number in the secret code was wrong
- reworked Eyeborg bosses laser attack
- Dronk boss final fight form was debuffed
- filling enemy is no longer affected by duplicating upgrades
- cave/loot rooms spawn rate should be a bit more consistent
- filling gummy starting health was increased
Sharpen your teeth and jump on in! Let me know what you think and leave a recommendation on Steam if you're having a good time!
Peace!
Cavity Busters Update 28
What's new:
- 5 new upgrades
- bestiary controller support
- all enemies listed in the bestiary now
- when playing as tongue gummy, a little tongue icon will appear over items to show they can be rerolled
- added sound fx to second level mini boss
Fixes and tweaks:
- fixed a bug where maw upgrade would keep your tooth
- fixed a bug that caused tongue gummy to be incredibly op while in the air
- reworked collectible page navigation with a controller
- special dig rooms will now show up with a purple outline in the regular map instead of just when the teleport map is open
The bestiary still needs item descriptions. That'll slowly be added as I'm a bad writer. Unlocking bestiary entries shoooould be coming next update. That's all for this update! Please consider leaving a review if your having a good time with the game! And if your not, tell me what would make it better! :)
Peace out!
Cavity Busters Update 27
I added a very very early version of a bestiary. It's missing controller support, enemy info, mini boss, and boss icons. But you can see how many of each enemy you killed.
What's new:
- 1 new enemy (mainly spawns in cave rooms)
- 19 new rooms
- 1 new upgrade (plenty o polyps)
- very very early version of a bestiary
Fixes and tweaks:
- polumps can now be shot with teeth and shotgum bullets
- fixed a bug were player would not receive shovels when restarting in dig mode
- changed some wording on some upgrades
- shot gum homing shot is a bit more generous
- if a stunned enemy you're attempting to jump on or roll on dies in that exact frame, you'll still pull off the jump
- cleared up some wording the tutorial
- hopefully fixed a crash from solid environment objects (it's a pretty rare bug)
- bone sword enemy won't bounce room objects endlessly
If you're interested in the game I made last week you can play it on itch. It's going to get an update to address some feedback it received. That's all for this week! Let me know if you run into any issues with this weeks update.
Peace!
Cavity Busters Update 26 - The Polumps Update
What's New
- 5 new polump related upgrades
- 1 new enemy
- 24 new rooms
- new polump environment
- updated some environmental art for all the levels
- Shiny Gummys space bar move now stuns enemies
Fixed and Tweaked
- deflecting bullets is bit more generous
- jump meter refills a bit faster
- alt enemies can no longer spawn in tutorial
- adjusted enemy placement in skinny rooms to be more fair
- tumors in the hub will no longer spawn pistol ammo as a reward
- increase tongue gummys reload speed slightly
- fixed a bug where teeth fed to Gob could drop below zero causing the game to crash
- added some safety measures for enemies that spawn over environment so that they don't get stuck
Hope you enjoy the new update! If you have any feedback you wish to share feel free to reach out through Steam, Twitter or the games Discord. Please consider leaving a review if you're feeling saucy ;)
See ya!
Cavity Busters Update 25 - Save Profiles and Difficulty Balance
Save Profiles
I've done extensive testing to make sure this won't break your current save files. HOWEVER. If the worst should happen it may be a good idea to make back ups of your save files if you don't want to lose them. If you don't know where to find them here's how:
Open MyDocuments or MyComputer and type this into the top bar:
C:\Users\ -your user name here-\AppData\Local\Cavity_Busters
There you'll see all the save files. There's a couple different ones so it's a good idea to grab them all. But especially the savedata and upgradedata files. I wouldn't worry about grabbing the run files because those are likely outdated anyways.
Difficulty Rebalance
The biggest change here is to hard mode. Hard mode used halve your damage output on top of all the other unfair hard stuff that happens. So no longer. It's still tough but clearing rooms just feels better now. The other change is to leaving diseases behind. Diseases will now have a chance to be super. Super diseases increase 1 to 2 stats by a larger then normal amount if left behind. So if you happen to get Super Entamaphobia you might feel more inclined to take it.
What's New:
- 29 new rooms
- 3 new upgrades
- new enemy stat: enemy speed and bullet speed
- save profiles
- game now tracks total in game time
Fixes and Tweaks:
- items that destroy bullets will no longer destroy bullets that have been deflected
- in game timer is cleaner looking
- cant teleport out of room when enemy spawn indicators appear.
- fixed bug where rooms would be duplicated through out a map
- fixed map glitch where player shows up on mini map in multiple spots
- combined enemy stats tags and zits into one stat
- diseases left behind will now increase more stats when the game is in hard mode
- nerfed rewards and difficulty increase for monumeats
- diseases will have a small chance of increasing a single(two in hard mode) stat by a higher amount
- instead of the rate increasing every level, difficulty stat increase rates only increase on a loop
- hard mode no longer halves your starting damage output
- bowel movements no longer happen in purple outline rooms
- updated the ai for a few enemies so they attempt to get around walls
- fixed some bugs with loose tooth upgrade
And that's it for this update! Have fun and if you have thoughts about the update feel free to let me know. Drop a review if you're feeling saucy! ;)
Enjoy!
Cavity Busters Update 24 - Can you dig it?
There's also a new game mode called Dig Mode. You'll start the round in a room not connected to any rooms. You'll have to dig your way to the boss and other rooms of interest. You'll need to make smart paths in order reach your destination safely. I added this new mode last night sooooo.... it may not be completely balanced. Let me know what you think of it! :)
What's New:
- New stealing mechanic
- New game mode: Dig Mode
- Enemy stats / Dungeon stats can now be viewed by pressing the map check button
- New upgrade: Thief mask
Fixed and Tweaked:
- Buffed a few late game bosses
- Nerfed tooth cube bosses wiggly bullet attacks
- Nerfed rock spider alt form attack
- Put a cap on knockback so enemies don't get blasted across the room
- Cleaned up some clutter during combat
- Fixed explosive diarrhea and popcorn from being able to kill you
- Hypothermia now shoot bullets less bullets if there are more then one enemy in a room
- Fixed obesatooth effects not being removed when the upgrade is exchanged.
That's all for this week. Enjoy and please consider leaving a review if you haven't yet! :)
See ya!
Cavity Busters Upgrade 23
What's New:
- 1 new enemy
- 29 new rooms
- new skinny rooms!
- 4 new achievements
- 2 new upgrades
- a new item exchange room
Fixes and Tweaks:
- tweaked a few enemies alternate bullet patterns
- increased parry chance for tongue character
- fixed a room spawning in the wrong place on the map
- tweaked shot gum ammo upgrades stats
- bombs now clear enemy lasers
- bullets and lasers are destroyed when leaving a room if a diseased is left behind
- increased difficulty increase for breaking monumeats
- the difficulty increase for leaving a disease increases with each level
- health bar shakes when hp is at 1 hp
- deflected bullets now have a high chance of going towards the enemy that shot it
- fixed a bug where restarting a run with diseases in a room would increase difficulty, starting the game at a higher level
- fixed a bug where bowel movements would cause environment to double
- balanced bowel movements a bit
- fixed a bug with tracking shot going off all weird
That's all for this update. Hope you enjoy it! Please consider reviewing and telling your friends about our game :D
See ya!
Update 22 hotfix
See ya! :)
Cavity Busters Update 22
Accessibility Options
The new accessibility options are another step in letting players choose how they want to play. Why force players to unlock new content if that's not their thing. Especially in the roguelite genre where variety of play is a huge drawing point. So these two new options will allow you to unlock all the game modes and all the playable characters. As new modes, items and players are added, you'll need to reactivate these options.
New Gummy
The new gummy can fly! The wall running and jumping abilities are replaced with a wall smash, and a super dash. The super dash replaces the jump and allows you to activate your iframes for longer than a normal dash and activates jump upgrades. The wall smash allows you to kill wall hugger enemies and activates wall running upgrades. This gummy also starts with bullet clearing bombs replacing shot gums. Each level your bombs are refilled to your max health so use sparingly.
What's New:
- new gummy player
- new boss
- new accessibility
- 29 new rooms
- a new monumeat type
Fixes and Tweaks:
- fixed bugs unique to the new big rooms like ui elements be off
- changed big room wall art to correct art
- rare disease room will tell you how many diseases cured
- cleaned up stat menu a little bit
- fixed death screen being off in big rooms
- buffed some upgrades that fire shots off when you wall dash
- fixed a crash in the tutorial
- fixed a crash on level generation
- fixed some grammar and spelling errors
That's it for this update! I have some fun new ideas for upgrades for the next update. Please consider leaving a review to let Steam know that this IS A VIDEO GAME. Enjoy and thanks for playing!! :)
See ya!