Whack-A-Monster News & Patch Notes

We had a critical bug that happened when resetting saves or going back to the main menu. This should no longer happen

Hello Everyone! We're super happy to announce Whack-A-Monster is live! We worked super hard to get the full version as awesome as possible. The full version contains: 10 levels in total all with their own boss and enemies. Over 200 Upgrades 8 skills to allow for different playstyles 60+ different upgradeable and mergeable weapons. 40+ gear pieces to allow customizing your playstyle even further Character skins A Bestiary to allow you to look up all the monsters you’ve slain and their loot To celebrate the launch, Whack-A-Monster is 10% off for a week. Again a huge thanks to everyone who helped us make this game a reality in any way shape or form. We appreciate it from the bottom of our hearts. Hope you have an awesome day & have fun exploring the full release! Brainfog Games. P.S There have been some rumours going around about a secret cow level. We wanted to make sure we address this. There is definitely not a cow level in Whack-A-Monster

Hello Everyone! Whack-A-Monster is releasing in 1 week on the 28th of July! We're still doing some final fixes and final polish but besides that the full version is good to go after lots of pre release testing. We are also updating the demo version of the game to be more in line with the full release version. What does this mean? - Demo progress will reset BUT from this version on progress will be transferable to the full version of the game - The Bestiary is now available in the demo version - We added a system where you need to choose what skill/mechanic you want to focus on this is in the new version of the demo too - More Hammers - More Upgrades - Quality of life additions - Lots of polish - Balance changes - Many bugfixes and small improvements. We are looking forward to the release and are very excited to see what everyone thinks about it. In the meantime feel free to try the new and updated demo to get a little head start or wait and binge the full version(Better way to experience the full game in our opinion :p). Lastly a huge thanks to everyone who has been with us before the release. Your enthusiasm and feedback helped us keep going and means the world to us! ❤️ Hope you have an awesome day and see you at launch. Brainfog Games.

Hello Everyone!

We're participating in Steam Next Fest that started just now!

If you have a bit of time this week it helps us out a ton if you play the game during the festival :D

Also if you enjoy the demo and haven't done so yet, please wishlist the full game, it's coming out next month!

We'll be sure to keep an eye out on the discussions and our Discord during the event to catch bugs or issues that might pop up.

We're also very open to feedback so feel free to share!

Thanks for supporting the game!

Have an awesome day <3

Brainfog Games

Hey Everyone!

We are working super hard on the full version of the game currently and would love to share some development updates & Teasers.

First of all some information on what we are planning for the full game to have content wise.

The game will have 5 new levels in total (some of you might have already seen this in the level select by scrolling down). The environments and monsters for all these levels are already done and we're currently working on getting all the bosses along with their new mechanics ready.

We'll be sharing 2 of our new levels and 1 new boss today.

Level 4A - The Deep Forest along with its new boss The Deadwood Ent:

Level 4B - The Deep Sea this time with enemies:

We also found some bugs that needed fixing and made a small patch to the game today as well.

- Fixed bug where you could hit monsters in pause menu

- Fixed bug where monster ! indicators would not be properly reset

- Small balance adjustment for Ghost Hammers

That's all!

Have a great day <3

Brainfog Games

Hey Everyone! We've been hard at work on the full version of the game and some bugs came to our attention. Besides the teasers we put into the demo we've got another one to show you as well! A new level we're working on: "The Deep Sea" Patch Notes - Added some teasers for the full game

- Fixed a bug where critical damage was not being applied properly to bosses

- Fixed a bug that would cause weirdness when dying at the same time as the boss

- Fixed a bug where the boss could die from other sources while the player is already dead(causing various other issues as a consequence)

- Minor visual tweaks

Fixed a few bugs where achievements wouldn't be unlocked retroactively if you have already done the requirements.,

Added a Main Menu button to the settings,

Added a Settings Button to the pause menu

Hello Everyone!

First of all a huge thanks to everyone for playing. we had a huge amount of extra player with this update nearly doubling our wishlists!

We just released the first patch for Major Update #3.

We added 14 Steam Achievements for all you achievement hunters out there!

We added 3 new skins but focused mostly on fixing addressing feedback, a bit of balancing and fixing some minor bugs.

Patch Notes:

- Added 14 Steam Achievements.

- 3 new skins

- After defeating the final boss you no longer have to go back to the main menu again if you want to continue playing.

- Added an option in the settings to increase monster visibility - It darkens the background and all background elements(including giblets and effects) significantly to make monsters more clear.

- You can now see your experience & experience to next level in the character tab.

- We heard everyone's feedback about the Training Dummy(way too strong). All damage is done through the training dummy has 50% effectiveness now. Healing for hitting the training dummy is also 50% effective.

- Reduced Ghost hammer chance overall slightly(Also too strong).

- Health On Hit has been buffed across the board. This includes the upgrades and the hammer.

- Added some minor missing UI SFX.

- Slightly improved atmosphere in the beach level

- Improved coin performance.

- Adjusted some boss upgrade values.

- Fixed visual artifacts happening sometimes when hitting monsters

Also a huge thanks to everyone who took the effort to send feedback & report bugs to us, this helps us out a ton!

Have a great day!

Brainfog Games

Hello Everyone!

Major update #3 has just gone live!

First of all for everyone who has played before, we really recommend resetting your save file for the best experience with this update!

Gear System

We really wanted to have players be able to adjust their playstyles a bit somehow, so we decided to add a Gear System. The Gear System will allow you to select from multiple gear pieces after defeating a boss. These give you powerful playstyle specific bonusses. You can equip up to 4 of these in total.

New Level - Deadwater Beach

We added a beach level. We had to do some interesting stuff for it this time, adding water tiles with a water effect when monsters are on these tiles. Our art pack also didn't include tiles for a beach so we had to art these up ourselves, including the animated water shoreline. This level also includes a new boss with a new mechanic! It's our favourite so far!

Ghost Hammers

Ghost Hammers are a new type of mechanic which you can get both from upgrades, weapons and gear. You have a chance to hit random enemies with a ghost hammer when attacking. These hammer also copy your on hit effects, so a ghost hammer with a column hammer equiped will also attack in a column for example!

More Bug Fixes and Improvements

We also took a look at some other things for this update. Improving stuff visually and fixing bugs all over the place. Tldr summary - Level 3B - Deadwater Beach | 4 new enemies and a new boss - Gear System | A Gear system to customise your playthrough - Ghost Hammer Mechanic | Ghost Hammers that have a chance to hit a random target on hit - More Bug fixes and improvements Enjoy the new update! Brainfog Games

Hey everyone! We've just published the second patch for the poison update on Steam. It was delayed a bit compared to the web version. We we're having some trouble with the SMS verification for Steam build publishing, but we got it to work just now! It fixes some bugs and has a slight rebalance in there for the weapons 0.3.2 Patch Notes: - Rebalanced Weapons - Fixed Skins menu not being scrollable - Hammer of ages has been fixed along with the general calculation for damage modifiers - Small localization fixes

Hey everyone! We just released Patch #1 for the poison update It's a small update containing a bit of content, some improvements after all the feedback we have been getting & a new teaser! 0.3.1 Patch Notes: - Added 2 new hammers, - Added 4 new unlockable skins, - ??? > Gear(Coming next Major Update), - Added text to the tutorial clarifying that you lose health over time, - Updated descriptions for boss upgrades to clarify the stats being granted to the player not the bosses, - Added a version number in the main menu. Have an awesome day! Brainfog Games

Hello Everyone! Major Update #2 has just gone live! We spent a lot of time debating the idea of adding some horizontal progression as well and we decided to just do it! The new level included in this update is called: Level 2B - The Toxic Mire, it can be played once you complete level 1. It contains 4 new enemies and a new boss. This level is a valid route to level 3 just like level 2A - The Forgotten Dungeon(Previously Level 2) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45950371/30287a13da0780c3045d40f4221d2895465f822b.png We also had a lot of requests for a stat overview and decided to put this into a character tab. The Character tab also allows you to select other skins for your character. Some of these skins are unlocked by default and some you have to unlock. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45950371/a91e3e82d8b62fa6e352d91c9bf77a121ddd6eb6.png We also have a new mechanic: Poisonous enemies & poison. When the mechanic is unlocked there will be a chance for poisonous enemies to spawn. These enemies will spread poison to other enemies upon killing them. Poison will do damage over time, slow enemies and with some upgrades, even amplify damage from other sources. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45950371/2b7708d4a78dc1deed7cd4cbe2a04bc2a7cb886c.png We also spent some time in bugfixing and doing some minor improvements like updating some upgrade descriptions and adding minor visual changes here and there. Tldr summary below - Level 2B - The Toxic Mire | 4 new enemies and a new boss - The Character Tab | Skin selection & Stat overview - Poison Mechanic | New poison Upgrades & Poisonous enemy type - Bug fixes and minor improvements We hope you have a great time with the new update! Brainfog Games

Hey everyone, Thanks a lot for playing the new update! We've received a lot of feedback for the Armory and noticed it just wasn't working well enough in it's current state. That's why we decided to revamp it. This includes a complete rebalance of all the stat upgrades for the weapons(upgrades are waaay stronger now). and a new currency dropped from mimics that you can upgrade your weapons with. We've also improved the level select and added a teaser for the upcoming major update. For more details here's the patch notes!

Patch Notes

- Armory now has separate currency dropped from Mimics, - Armory Upgrades are now significantly stronger, - To go along with this we improved the chance for mimic spawns a lot as well, - Improved Level Select menu, - All Coin Gain upgrades are now named Coin Value for more clarity on what does., - Changed currency sprites for more clarity,

Upcoming Changes

- Pause Menu allowing you to pause during your run and terminate it early as well, - Juice up the new level select menu to make it look even better!

Hey everyone! Quick patch to fix some bugs and add a nice upgrade to make weapon upgrades feel a bit more useful by giving you the weapon you want more often! - Added a reroll upgrade allowing you to reroll your weapon choices - Made Lightning & Bomb chance values more representative of actual improvement of the stat - Fixed a visual bug in the armory displaying stats wrong - Fixed a bug where description values wouldn't be rounded properly - Fixed Missing Localization Hope you have an awesome day :) Brainfog Games

Hello Everyone! After a lot of hard work we are finally done with the big update!

New Features

The Cursed Grove

Level 3 - The Cursed Grove. With 4 new enemies and a new boss. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45950371/8310a57587dc0b8a4702afbece83e3491edc7848.jpg

The Armory

A place to view and upgrade your weapons. We have also added new weapons, some are only dropped from monsters when you're lucky! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45950371/e00c43db96efcb5d490198be7072486d7759d159.png

New Upgrades

We have added new upgrades including our new favourite upgrade in the game, Lightning! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45950371/1db9f704e650f705acdb794404b5fcba8100dfff.png Other than that there's tons of bug fixes and minor improvements & balance changes we have made as well. We hope you enjoy the new update! Brainfog Games

Hey everyone,

Quick update from us.

We’re still hard at work on the Major Demo Update and are aiming to release it next week.

Alongside the previously announced third level and Armory system, we want to show a bit more of what’s coming.

Lightning Hammer

The Lightning Hammer already feels extremely satisfying to play. Visuals are still work in progress and will receive proper pixel-art treatment before release.

We’re also adding additional hammers to allow you to change up your playstyle a bit more.

New Stats & Upgrades

We’re introducing new upgrade types, including:

Life on Hit
Enemy Spawn on Kill Chance
Electrified enemy chance

New Boss Mechanics

The upcoming boss is the first one in the game with actual mechanics. It won’t just stand there and get whacked. We’ll let you discover the details yourselves. That’s all for now. Back to polishing. Brainfog Games

Hello Everyone!

Once again a huge thanks to everyone who picked up the demo! We've been hard at work implementing feedback and making new content!

We wanted to give a more in-depth look at what we’re currently planning for the next major demo update. Nothing here is live yet — this is an early look at what we’re working toward. First of all a new level: Level 3 - The Cursed Grove

The next area will introduce:

5 new enemies
A new boss encounter

Secondly The Armory.

This will be a new system where you can view and upgrade the weapons you have unlocked. We will of course also be adding some new weapons to play with. We’re still receiving lots of useful feedback from players and continue to implement improvements and polish across the demo.

That's all folks! Have an awesome day. Brainfog Games

Added a proper Tutorial to fix early-game confusion + improved starting flow. Also includes Resolution Support and critical bug fixes.

Patch notes:

Added a Tutorial when you first start the game to help people understand the mechanics of the game better
There is now support for multiple resolutions in the settings menu
Made the bat enemy in the second level a shade lighter to improve visibility/reduce eye strain
Improved the starting flow
Fixed a bug where going to the main menu from the end screen would not grant you resources from your previous run
Small Performance improvements
Minor visual tweaks

Thanks a ton to everyone who played the game so far! Here's the first patch for Whack-A-Monster including an earlier hotfix we weren't able to deploy to Steam yet! We included some of the important feedback we received early on!

Changelog:

Hotfix #01 - Fixed bug in the final screen where pressing main menu would break the game - Slightly increased enemy visibility after player feedback Patch #01 - Rebalanced auto clicking to make it better from the start - You can now press the Space button to attack as well - Added a replay button so you can replay the current level directly from the summary screen - Small performance improvements

What's Next?

Besides looking into applying the feedback we receive, we're also thinking of cool stuff we can add to the demo. This might include some cool new systems as well! Of course we're also hard at work creating the full game, with level 3 is nearly done already. That's all! Have an awesome day! Brainfog Games.

Whack-A-Monster news & patch notes

Whack-A-Monster news & patch notes

Gear System

New Level - Deadwater Beach

Ghost Hammers

More Bug Fixes and Improvements

Patch Notes

Upcoming Changes

New Features

The Cursed Grove

The Armory

New Upgrades

Lightning Hammer

New Stats & Upgrades

New Boss Mechanics

Changelog:

What's Next?

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