The coming soon page for Super Meat Boy on Steam went up today, officially announcing that SMB will be coming out on Pc and Wiiware in the 1st Quarter of 2010. The Steam page also has some new screen shots and info.
Last month Tommy and i made a 12 page comic to give out in London as a "press pack" for SMB. We will also be sending these out to press over the next month, if you are press e-mail me with your info and who you write for and we will send one out. Those of you who really want your own copy will be able to pick one up from the newgrounds.com store next week.. ill post a link when its up.
Here's a few pages from the comic.
The next month is going to be crazy, but we be posting new info as it unfolds.
Sadly its much easier to update our Twitter then this blog.. and due to pure laziness we have been posting tons of new info about the game on there daily. http://twitter.com/SuperMeatBoy
Twitter is stupid...I know...but a bunch of people use it...so... FOLLOW US ON TWITTER!!! We'll actually be posting micro updates on it daily to semi-daily.
Tommy here. I got back from London last week after showing the first playable version of Super MeatBoy to a bunch of press people from around Europe and the UK. I took a bunch of pictures, but unfortunately, I lost my camera. No joke...this is my luck. Anyway, it went over extremely well in London and we are super pumped to get the first chapter done and playable in the next couple of weeks. We released a trailer on a few sites (LOOKING AT YOU KOTAKU...WHERE'S THE LOVE?) and we've had some questions...mainly about the end of the trailer. Here is your answer:
Yes...at the end of the trailer that is a simultaneous replay of the last 40 attempts at the level shown in game after you beat a level if you want to view it. Its purely for entertainment, awesome, and "because I can" purposes. Past "Because I Can" features in games include putting webcam support into Goo!. I do these things because they are awesome and I like doing them:) I just wrote it a few days before we did that video, so it isn't optimized at all. Ideally, I want to have about the last 100 attempts....but that's me. You all know me:)
"Well, if this game doesn’t symbolise the greatness that WiiWare can produce, we’re pretty stumped as to what can. Team Meat’s hilarious (and maybe slightly controversial) game Super Meat Boy is what we’d call a truly challenging and rewarding platformer. Playing as a bleeding chunk of meat, you must transverse a world of platforming peril full of meat grinders and all other stuff that could make our hero meat his maker (sorry, couldn’t resist!). This simply plays fantastically; we were compelled in each level to try and try again to reach that end goal and the sumptuous Bandaid Girl. Truly, this is one of the hardest and morbidly amusing platformers we’ve ever had the pleasure of playing – and with a villain called Dr Fetus, what self respecting adult could avoid giving this one a whirl? A real meaty platformer (well, I didn't say I was going to stop with the puns, did I?)" -Nintendo life
we are honestly going to try our hardest to get the game out to the public to demo as soon as we have a venue... its something you really need to play to fully appreciate... soon!
Here ya go, 1st footage of Super Meat Boy.. i kinda sorta youtube HD quality.
Im re-posting this because there's been a strange leak of gameplay footage that has gotten around that im not too happy with... this was the intended trailer.
so please feel free to float this one around the big ol net.
We have been getting a lot of questions about the vid, so ill address the most common here.
-There will be warp zones hidden in levels that are only accessible for a limited time, if you enter them they will warp you into "retro world" where you play as 8bit meat boy, but you also play by old school rules. (check out the :50 second mark to see what im talking about)
-The sea of meat boys at the end of the trailer is our first footage of the replay system. When you complete a level you will have the option to view a replay.. that shows every single attempt at the level. a nice visual pay off for a job well done.
-This trailer is obviously early, it features simple levels found in the 1st chapter of the game, the forest. there will be 5 complete chapters in the finished game, and well over 150 levels to play.
We will be posting footage of the level editor in action as well as an animated intro in the next week.
looks like IGN was first to upload the footage we are handing out at the London Wiiware event (that tommys currently attending). check out the first video of SMB on wiiware here:
Also we just got back our press photos from sears for the London event, enjoy!
XOXO -Eddy
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Its been a little while since the last update, but that's because we have been busy!! busy making "awesome".
So that "awesome" i mentioned above will actually be playable in London on the 16th for the meat crazed press. For those of you not cool enough to go to the Nintendo press event in London we will be unveiling the 1st footage of Super Meat Boy in video form, shortly after the event.. and maybe even some footage of this so called "level editor" that Tommy doesn't want you to know about.
The next month will be a big leap for Super Meat Boy, with a full site revamp, gameplay videos, intro animations and even a some real info on the game! Gosh!
We will also be announcing the next secret playable character and putting something very special in the meat boy store for the super fans...
oh also Bandaid girl is now called Bandage girl.. you know so we don't get sued.
The coming soon page for Super Meat Boy on Steam went up today, officially announcing that SMB will be coming out on Pc and Wiiware in the 1st Quarter of 2010. The Steam page also has some new screen shots and info.
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