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Upcoming Build!
Hello everyone! You may remember from a previous post that we had to change the way we handle key distribution and applied for new testing keys from steam. We plan to start testing a new build very very soon. This will be the first 15 minutes of Barnaby's chapter, including a test of his chase sequence. We will start distributing new keys and swapping the system with the release of this new build. Thank you for being patient with us, we're excited to hear your feedback <3 We can't give a firm date just yet but we expect it should be...
Song 11/14...Now we're cooking with Gas!
Hello everyone! It's been a hectic few weeks, it feels like everything is progressing so fast. Every day I wake up I think about Billie Bust Up, and when I fall asleep I hope to dream of it. I find myself fortunate to work on something I love so dearly, sometimes I'm scared of it coming to an end when we're finally ready to release. It's been wonderful watching the project come to life from the inside and I'm excited to get to share that story with you some day.We recently received song 11! I can't give you any informati...
New Key System! Delay on New Keys
Hey everyone! Steam recently limited the amount of keys we can have but have put in a new testing system we are currently applying for, which means we will be unable to distribute keys for a short amount of time. We are currently waiting on steams response. Thank you for being patient with us whilst we get this sorted!-Katie
Voice Acting!! Billie Bust Up-date
Hey everyone! We're back with another update. Lets start with the most exciting part, final vocals!Last week we finally replaced the scratch dialogue with the final vocals for chapter 1, The Goat Escape. Ash is now making the final storyboards with their performances in mind so that our animators can move onto cinematics!Can't wait to show you more boards as they come out (as long as they're not spoilers of course!)In the category of animation lets look at some dialogue animations for Aristotle! Starting with the concepts and ending...
Co-op Removal
We have some news to share - while we had originally planned on making BBU a co-op game with Oscar, after much deliberation and consideration, we've decided to shift our focus towards the core design elements of the game. We believe that if we wanted to make this an effective co-op experience it would require us to increase our scope and budget significantly; instead, we want to put all of these resources into ensuring top tier quality for what makes BBU special.Don't worry though - Oscar will still be included in single player segments...
Barnaby Start! Alpha is a go!
Hi everyone! Time for another update, I usually try to sneak one in before the month ends!We are now officially in Alpha! Goodbye Pre-alpha! With 3 chapters completed out of the intended 6 chapters woohoo! That includes Prologue, The Goat Escape and Chances with Wolves. We are now progressing through Grim Grinning Goats. I plan to have playable builds for the new chapters soon once final vocals are prepared. I provided all scratch audio for the previous chapters and as hilarious as it is, it ruins the story telling a tad haha. Our first recordi...
Billie Bust Up-date! Cutscenes WOAH
It's time for another small update! Lets start with the juicy content first.Animation!We have had some paid animation tests completed. Applicants were assigned some cutscenes to animate with our rigs. The cutscenes will be used and credited in the final game!First up we have Fantoccio!Boarded by Ash and animated by Jacob Ovrick.See the full voiced animation hereThen we have Barnaby!Boarded by Ash and animated by YerkDiff!see the full scene here!Also here's a bonus of me trying to get it working nicely in engine, note to self, disable ch...
January Billie Bust Up-date
Hi everyone!Here's that promised update!PRODUCTION UPDATESo lets talk about progress, recently we spoke about finishing Chapter 1 and moving onto Chapter 2. We're currently working on both, polishing Chapter 1 (Cat pirate chapter) and adding playable content to Chapter 2. After some questions on discord regarding our project plan and method for tackling chapters, I wrote a little update for everyone regarding peoples roles and what they are working on currently!So we have a project plan and planner who has made sure that everyone on the...
End of Year Update!
Wrapping up 2022 with this video update talking about all the current work done on BBU so far. Thanks for sticking with us. Full update just for pledges soon!-Katie
Another Billie Bust Up-date? ALREADY!? 😱
Well, howdy, gang! Your totally not evil sheriff, Sam, here!We're midway through December and have some stuff to share, so let's chat. Get your drink of choice, a snack, and get comfy because it's Billie Bust Up-date time!Chances with Wolves Progress UpdateAs you may already know, Dutch and friends are currently in the spotlight and the team's focus. Let's go through what we've done in the past few days!To start, Jovi has been able to do an art pass on the main area of Dutch's hotel. LOTS of inspiration is being take...
Moving Onwards and Upwards!
With the completion of the chapter 1 Alpha, The Goat Escape, we are now moving onto Chapter 2, Chances with Wolves!Before we get stuck into the meat of chapter 2, lets talk playable builds. I am still on the fence about releasing chapter 1 in its current state. We have lots of ideas on how to fix the pacing issues, but need to move onto chapter 2 to make sure we don't fall behind on important milestones. Our goal is to have Chapter 2 complete by Christmas, then spend the last month before our milestone (at the end of January) polishing both...
Finished Chapter Complete! Also Lots of Barnaby content
We've made a previous public post showing off the current next build which will be available for all testing tiers in the near future! Super excited to see you get your hands on itNext we have Barnaby! Best bird boy had to have his wing rig completely remade after we found issues with the concept animations being quite different from the original intent of the rig, so we've gone full bird!The Goat EscapeThe finished chapter naturally comes with a lot of content, although most of it comes with spoilers and stuff we'd rather you exper...
Barnaby Song Release! Happening Now!
In 30mins we will see the premiere of a new song, just in time for Halloween! Come join us
BBUpdate: Rail Grinding, Ice Magic and more!
Hi everyone! Trying to make sure I update more frequently so I don't have to write a months worth of content out every time.With the upcoming deadline we are about to see the next big playable alpha update with Chapter 1: The Goat Escape!Lets start with the ice magic changes. Whilst working on the upcoming chapter I noticed there were some issues with the current system so we've made some adjustments! Ie magic will use a mana based system with different costs (the previous version simply had a power bar based on a timer) Activating the ...
BBUpdate: Concepts, Chords, and Contests!
Well, hey howdy hey, folks!It's your favorite Patreon Sheriff, Sam, back in town delivering you a packaged update all about what the BBU crew has been up for the past month! We've got lots to cover so grab a seat and something to snack on cause we've got quite a show.Let's start with a song...Scrimshaw's song to be exact! Ash got hyperfixated on Scrimshaw's song for a bit and was able to knock out a sizeable chunk of it's accompanying cutscene.Have a look and listen!(CLICK ME, PLEASE, ITS MY PURPOSE IN LIFE!!)Pretty ...
Aristotle Plushie Now Live!
Aristotle is here for a limited time only! Only 18 days left and then he's gone for good, all profits go towards helping the game grow.Another update coming soon! <3
BBUpdate: So Many Animations!!
Sooo many things to update you on, lets go!AnimationsLets start with animation!We're currently working through Chances with Wolves! The first chapter, The Goat Escape, is complete to a degree, with all high and medium priority animation assets complete.ScrimshawThe smuggler king, Scrimshaw. Seller of forbidden goodiesHere are some of the concepts Ash did for the above animationsFrescaFresca! Water and treasure map seller! Buy treasure maps and find rare minerals out at sea that you can use with Percy to make your very own custom sword (Yes ...
Magic Decoy! Another Billie Bust Up-date
Sorry if its getting spammy! Tell me to chill if it's too much! We've hit a point in development where the foundations are built so its mostly just content creation, which is the fun part! Meaning also a ton of content production for you!Lets go!!Percy Animated!Luke is pushing full steam ahead on the animations! Here are some so farThese are dialogue animations, and together using animation blending we can easily swap between each looped pose during conversations (eyes and mouth don't work in the preview mode)Billie Animations!Fresc...
Billie Bust Up-date: New Face System! 💌
We are in the process of animating all of the characters (excluding cutscenes and boss fights) so that required a new tracking system. Yes we're talking about paperwork! Lots of paperwork. We use a lot of google sheets. I'd like to release the full GDD when the game is out if possibleOur game has lip-syncing, so it was important that the characters had full lip sync options for smiling, neutral and sad faces. Along with multiple eye expressionsEach face sheet also needed to follow a similar template, so that we didn't need unique se...
ANOTHER UPDATE? Can you please stop BBU Devs 😭
So as we move out of pre-production the updates are becoming more juicy and rapid and I'm starting to worry I'm spamming you a bit! Oops! I'm trying to do frequent updates to keep the updates more digestible. Would an update video perhaps be better? Thoughts? Once a month, once a week?Anyway lets get into it!Ambient MonstersLets start with my favourite thing ever! These singing mushroom menWatch the video with audio hereThis is why I got into game development. This is a rare event in which a mushroom will sing to attract a mate, and...
Gee Billie! How Come Your Mom Lets You Listen to Two Songs? Barnaby and Elaine Songs
Time for a new update!It's Time for Another Update!All things Barnaby!Barnaby has gotten a lot of love this month, with his brand new song we've also received the first prototypes for his backer pin. I am awaiting it in person for approval before I start prototyping and batch ordering the rest, but I love how it came out! What do you think? Just need to make a special backing card for it now. I'm looking forward to packing every order, I think it will be fun to put together each package ❤️Speaking of Barnaby, I'm guessing yo...
Barnaby Song??! Billie Bust Up-date Time!
Hi everyone! It's Katie back, giving you a quick break from Sam <3<figure></figure>As we progress it seems we have more and more to show more quickly, especially as our team expands! So I'm trying to update more frequently as to not bombard you with too much content each month. Let's start with the best part. Barnaby's song!We're super excited to hear the demo on this one, especially as his voice actor will be singing the demo this time. He has a few vocal pick ups before it's ready to hear, but we should expect it by ne...
SNEEF SNEEF I SMEEL A JULY BILLIE BUST UP-DATE! 👃
Hooooooowdy everybody!It's your favorite Patreon Sheriff, back in town, ready to feed the people! It's July which means it's been about a month since our last update (Woah!). So let's talk about what we've been up to.Grab a snack, a drink, and get comfy: It's Billie Bust Up-date time!ONE LAST PROLOGUE CONCEPT...Here's one more draw over from Jovi (our concept artist) for some areas in the Prologue! We'll be adding some small details to our block out to help bring those areas to life more based on his notes. It re...
Billie Build - Prologue now Live!
That’s right, the new build is ready to go!Before we start, I've been delaying uploading the Prologue out of personal anxiety about the current quality (even if it IS an Alpha build of the game I have pretty high standards for my work). I intended to make some changes to the Prologue first before making it public, however, I think I need some personal time away from the Prologue build to come back with fresh eyes. Sam is currently doing a pass to the Prologue and I’m currently doing a pass on his block out for Dutch’s hub. We’ve got...
New song, Barnaby concepts, and tons of new characters! (Billie Bust Up-date Time!)
Hey Howdy Hey!Sam here! Wowzer, our last big update was almost two months ago but, I assure you, it’s for good reason! Sit back, grab a drink, and get comfy… it’s time for a big ol’ Billie Bust Up-date ✨ONE MORE OSCAR ANIMATION 🦊Picking up right where we left off, we were showing off some cute new animation for Oscar, here’s one last one:The goodest boy makes a friendMORE GRIM GRINNING GOATS CONCEPTS 🦉Okay, back to Barnaby! We have lots more concept art for our favorite ghost owl’s chapter of the game, check it out!Cake fodd...
Barnaby Plushie Now Live!
Hi everyone! Just letting you know that the Barnaby plushie is now live for a limited time only over on Makeship!It's for a limited time only then its gone for good! If you have a plushie reward tier and wish to trade for a Barnaby please let me know before the campaign has ended and I can trade it in.This plushie also comes with its own exclusive comic! If you have the Billie plushie you can DM us for access to their exclusive plushie comic also!UPDATE GAME DEV WISE:We are about to push out the entire prologue, the first part of the game a...
Game Patch Galore! Journal Pages, Oscars Animations and much much more!
Hi Everyone!Another busy month of updates, where to begin?Gameplay Patch UpdatesWe've been regularly patching the new test map, here's what to expect in the most recent patches! Check out our trello to see more upcoming features and expected delivery dates Oscar now has animation (live but incomplete) Subtitles can now be customised and font sizes changed (live) Journal is now added, a personal fav! Collect pages around the map and learn more about characters and world lore (live) Dutch's airport added to test map, purely for testin...
New Build now Live!
New Patreon testing map now available for alpha backers and up! If you need help please don't hesitate to message us or visit the discordBuild above is now live, you can track our trello for bug fixes, patches and improvementsSelect your abilities via the power up wheel! Billie will add hand made stickers to add when she unlocks a new abilityOscar also has his very own stickers for his abilities tooTalking about Oscar... his animations are currently in development, so lets see some of the storyboards for them!OscarLedge BalanceStretchPlay d...
Patreon Build, Return of the King (Oscar)
What's this? A new build? Yep! Test map 2.0 is now live, with the long awaited return of Oscar.The password is milestone2860We now have a trello to track upcoming features and bug reports/feedback, so make sure you check the bug section before reporting any feedback or bugs. I would also recommend joining our discord as we can have a more direct line to one another!How do I access my build?- If you haven't already, dm the patreon asking for a steam key, this key will unlock a different version of the game and IS NOT the Fantoccio demo. ...
What? Oscar is evolving!
OscarOscar 2.0 is here!Bean Upgrade!And an additional puppy belly!Oscars new model is also bigger, his old smaller model caused issues when playing. I found making a level based around Billie and her move set, made everything MASSIVE for such a tiny lad. Additionally he couldn't run very fast due to his little legs.BIG BOYHigh polygon version of Oscar, as his wings aren't fully ready yet.Reference SheetsOur current plan in development is to get every single character modelled and rigged for the game before the programming infrastructure...
