Honey Guardian

Devlog

• Developing the Genesis/Megadrive port
  August 10, 2024 by IoriBranford

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  #tech

  Decades ago, my parents bought me a Sega Genesis model 1. It was love at first sight with the fast and smooth arcade action of Sonic, Shinobi, Thunder Force, Alien Soldier and more. This summer, I mad... Continue reading

  
• Genesis / Megadrive port
  July 24, 2024 by IoriBranford

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  Honey Guardian now lands on Sega Genesis/Megadrive as Honey Soldier MD! It has been ported via SGDK as faithfully as reasonably possible, with new scoring secrets to make up for some of the necessary... Continue reading

  
• Performance update
  May 25, 2024 by IoriBranford

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  #update

  The web version’s performance issues have been fixed. It is powered by a new version of love.js and most hitboxes have switched from rectangles to circles (the current collision engine uses expensiv... Continue reading
• Play Store production update
  March 09, 2023 by IoriBranford

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  This is the last planned postjam2 update. With these changes, the Play Store version has graduated from testing to production! Gameplay buttons on Android now anchor to the screen edges. Added an opti... Continue reading

  
• High Score update
  March 01, 2023 by IoriBranford

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  Added a high score board by request. New in postjam2b : Fixed web version hanging when trying to write high score. Added new scoring opportunities and some enemies are worth more points. This raises t... Continue reading

  
• Android port and Update 2
  February 21, 2023 by IoriBranford

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  For the Android Port Jam 2023 , Honey Guardian has been ported to Android as Honey Soldier! Available as an APK now, and on Play Store now (2/24) This port features “follow mouse” controls similar... Continue reading

  
• Browser support
  September 15, 2022 by IoriBranford

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  Honey Guardian now has an experimental web build on the front page. It even supports gamepads! It is playable immediately in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. On Feb 8, itch.io added experimental Fire... Continue reading

  
• Post-jam Update 1
  June 29, 2022 by IoriBranford

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  The first update after the jam brings bugfixes, polish and more level content. Level grew by over 50%; boss health reduced to compensate Visual effects for player and enemy deaths Player poses accordi... Continue reading