Neon Tail
Version 1.0.0.102
- Return to Garage wrong timing fixed
- Ram's mission wrong timing fixed
- Achievement Queen of the World fixed
- Added explanation for Ponytail's standing up
New build
- AntiAliasing option
- Deleted unused Camera on intro cutscene (I don't think this does anything)
- Due to a bug breaking the main menu, if your save file comes from the Early Access or the Demo version of the game from a long time ago, the Save file will reset.
Neon Tail release!
Neon Tail is finally out!
I really hope you'll all have fun playing it!
It might be just another indie game for you, but for me so much has happen during its development...
I was a 3D artist, then a Producer, then an Indie Game dev, then had health issues, lost 20kg,
went full white hair, learned or found my way out of all the technical difficulties encountered,
took a full time job, went from part time Engineer to Game Director, but kept working on Neon Tail.
Now it is done, I have no idea where this will go, hopefully somewhere nice.
Crossing fingers. Please enjoy the game!
Release version has Japanese language, a rewritten ending, all bugs fixed (until some of you guys find new ones that is), along with all the achievements implemented.
Release Date announcement
After so many years of hard work!
So many forms of struggles!
Technical, financial, health related, life related, hope related...
I've got to write something about it, feel free to ignore all my blabberings and just skip to the TLDR for the release date!
Neon Tail has been my biggest personal project so far.
I know every single part of it. I coded everything about it, I drew, modeled, rigged, skinned, animated, wrote the stories, imagined the world and the relationships between my characters, designed the gameplays and planned wildy and far beyond what was achievable.
And while I knew about this last reality, there was a glimmering chance I could have done it all, if I got lucky financially.
Didn't happen.
I got a lot in : Home made unique Roller Skating physics, open world with many colorful characters, a whole city to explore, you can get jobs, go shopping, eat crepes and drink bubble teas. I did a roller skating Combat system using super powers designed for my home-made skating physics. I believe I can say it's an achievement not many people can brag about... although it's also one nobody's trying to achieve in the first place, but I'll take what I can have.
I also got a lot out : Had to cut the SFS Pro Arc, tons of stories, the upper level city, the Mayor's arc, the Intergalactic Alliance arc, the big bad guy's arc...
However, turning back and playing the game, by trying to reach that unreasonable destination, I reached one I can still be proud and satisfied of.
The end of this project leaves me in a tired place. It probably won't go anywhere crazy, but that's fine.
I didn't reach my dream of living off my own games coming out of my insatiable appetite for video game creation.
But I had the challenge I asked for, and I gave it a fair try.
(TLDR)
Now about the release date announcement :
Although Neon Tail is finished, I still need time to prepare the release itself.
Create some videos, see if I can reach out to influencers, wait for answers, write articles, post here and there, etc...
The game will be released on February 17th.
Release version will have Japanese language, a rewritten ending, all bugs fixed (until some of you guys find new ones that is), along with all the achievements carefully discussed during one of my streaming.
Wish you guys an excellent end of the year, see you on the release day!
Small patch fixing many minor issues
- Fixed dances animation issues for all characters.
- Added dances to Ram.
- Fixed pointing dances on Emote Wheels selecting wrong icon.
- Fixed basic melee slaps range to beneath 5m.
- Fixed Natixta's gun pointing on her Gun acquiring mission.
- Natixta is also able to slap Zombeanies now.
- Fixed Ram's melee attack on his first Combat mission
- After the Ruby reveal party, Max Zombeanie count is doubled.
- Fixed Localization bug with Tybalt Von Badyke's mission.
- Fixed Skybox loading inexisting lighting setup on main menu.
Regular update May 20th 2023
I spent a lot of time testing the game, and fixing other issues, here's the list :
- Fixed game blocker bug : loading second dream after strange meeting crash.
- Fixed wrong music playing in both dreams.
- Fixed AutoCam settings reset on character switch. Finally! I've been saying I'd fix that each stream for months now!
- Removed testing invasion hotkey from Early Access. (I think it's time)
- UD46's camera's far distance clipping now independent from settings. Now we can see the ceiling.
- Fixed Meet the Acid Frog mission thief caught dialog bug.
- Fixed going inside Neon Tail shop first time crash (same bug as first blocker bug).
- Tybalt's Marketing strategy has a clearer end message.
- Fixed eyes look at something when head is sideway, creating weird eye rotation and awkward starings.
- At night, outfit glows no longer turn our screens into lamps.
- Battle XP now don't appear before Invasion start, causing first apparition of Zombeanie display a message in the middle of a dialogue turning player canMove on.
I'm also preparing the end fight... I hope you will like it.
April 2023 Update!
It will happen.
- Updated Steam Achievement list. Don't look for them yet, they aren't activable for now.
- Total new 23 Steam Achievements entries listed.
- Many of them are quite convoluted so only like 15% of the code is done.
- An Achievement for collecting all the Figurine (the easiest) is written.
- Added an achievement locator system to load locators on conditions.
- I had to remove soundtracks due to complications, but will be replaced in the near future.
- Added new mission : Ruby reveal. Probably will need dialog improvements, as usual.
- Fixed test setup left accidentally. Natixta and Ram won't show weapons anymore when they aren't supposed to.
- Fixed Ram's Zombeanie mission broken due to wrong identification.
- Now Drone Menu can be opened even when enemies are nearby.
- Camera Transition is still bugged, but it's at least working.
- Added a new Enemy type : The Sorad Elite. (Not visible in game yet, to be implemented in new mission soon)
- Rewriting the ending of Neon Tail to fit the inexisting budget of the project.
- Keep working hard! Will eventually finish this crazy project of mine!
Update notes for February 11th.
- Added XYZ position in the world on the Debug visuals option
- Updated Sorad Elite's AI (WIP).
- Fixed baseball bat holding without Baseball Bat.
- Added HUD scaler in the options for people with weird screen setup.
- Added Ram's mission, race reveal party mission.
- Added random battle missions.
- Ruby's ponytail now floats when ennemies are nearby.
- Added Optrellian's Combat system.
- Added Toast's Combat system.
- Added Natixta's Combat system.
- Added Ram's Combat system.
- Added combat introduction mission for each characters
- Started studying Network coding...
- Fixed a lot of bugs.
Regular update September 2022
However things are slowly stabilizing, so regular updates should keep coming.
Lots of new fixes, debugs and some features that were requested years ago finally got an acceptable state in the game.
- Added new Character Switch Wheel Menu.
- Added Plasma Canon Punch! (Air + Rb hold, then X)
- Added New Combat based missions (WIP).
- Added Baseball bat, new combat animations, new effects.
- Designed and implemented Optrellian's combat system (unbalanced).
- Added new Figurines.
- Added Aerial attacks for Optrellian.
- Added an Automatic Camera. (Heavily requested feature)
- Made the AutoCam a setting in the pause option menu.
- 3 modes: Always On, Always Off, and Default deactivates AutoCam on Grind and Combat.
- Added Continuous Boost to Optrellian's Combat design.
- Added Bombs and Landmines to Toast's Combat (WIP).
- Added Charged Attack to Optrellian's Combat.
- Changed Telopern's Technology given to Ruby to really look Alien.
- Fixed a lot of bugs.
Build 0.19.3.45
You might be aware that we are a tiny team of 3 persons and we completely lack funding, so much so we now need to put the project on the background while we work on regular jobs. The project might slow down for a while but the production won't stop. The project will be finished no matter what, we'll still find free time to put on it, this is a passion project after all, please be patient!
If you want to help, please share the game's link as much as possible, grow the community on Discord or support the project on Patreon! Thank you!
- Added Advanced Settings.
- Updated the Combat System.
- Added Olliet the Mayor of Blue Pulse City.
- Added a whole new Area.
- Added new missions.
- Added new Figurines and Cosmetics.
- Updated the Tricks and Combos to work with Combat.
- Added new Wheel Menu (Dpad left) for Tools.
- Added new Wheel Menu (Dpad right) for Emotes.
- Added new Chains for enhanced attack after finger snaps.
- Added Charged Plasma Canon after 1 second.
- Made Plasma Canon launchable immediately.
- Replaced Out-of-Energy attacks with slow or weak attacks.
- Redesigned Telopern's Technology.
- Plasma Canon can become a Punch by pressing X during the Charge. (See GIF below)
- Fixed a TON of bugs. Like billions.
- Please share the project to help us finish it!
