I’m on my honeymoon right now, but sadly a user was found leaking builds from the Patreon. I have chosen to shut the demo archive for now until I can get home and fix the damage.
A reminder that leaking builds not only damages the games production but ruins it for everyone else too.
2024-09-06 19:09:42 +0000 UTC View PostOrchestra
The orchestra was a 70 piece one, we recorded at the Eastwood Scoring Stage in LA, Warner Bros lot. This stage has been used for lots of great movies and games, including Coco, Moana, Up etc.
Just a note, just because we recorded at their sound stage does not mean we are now associated to WB or that they have control over our game or IP in any form. They have an open lot policy meaning that companies can pay to rent their space.
The results were ...
2024-09-03 04:33:54 +0000 UTC View PostThis song is nuts, I love it
2024-09-03 04:32:02 +0000 UTC View PostAsh got to do some backing vocals for some of the songs! They're also in Pirate Queens Cave as a cat pirate
2024-09-03 04:23:42 +0000 UTC View PostAnother song that didn't need much from the orchestra, its mostly techno so it uses a lot of MIDI, but there were still some little flourishes we could add!
2024-09-03 04:15:37 +0000 UTC View PostAnother Dutch song, another big band! Makes me think of Cuphead hehehe
2024-09-03 04:12:08 +0000 UTC View PostTo make the looping segments interesting some of the big band took turns doing improv solos, which we can then vary over the looping soundtrack
2024-09-03 04:09:30 +0000 UTC View PostDutch's songs used the big band the most! This was recorded outside of the control room, so its not mixed with the MIDI or vocals
2024-09-03 04:01:26 +0000 UTC View PostAlso a lil bit of horn
2024-09-03 03:59:38 +0000 UTC View PostYOU
The introduction to Fantoccio's song, a cutscene will be playing over this
We weren't sure if we'd actually get Fantos song in time. We had a priority order list as a back up, so that the best songs got the orchestra treatment first. Since I've Had Enough of you and A Million Gruesome Ways to Die were very techno, they didn't have many MIDI instruments to replace. Fantoccio's song only really uses MIDI violin, whilst the rest is mean...
2024-09-03 03:55:28 +0000 UTC View PostDe dum die de dum die!
2024-09-03 03:49:46 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the intro to the song, I posted these in a weird order
2024-09-03 03:48:47 +0000 UTC View PostOutside of the control room, this is the opening to Elaine's song, this song is beautiful, I loved the violins
2024-09-03 03:45:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe first song in the game, this is probably one of the songs that got the biggest glow up by having an orchestra. Really fits that "first opening song" vibe
It's worth noting this was recorded outside of the control booth, so you cannot hear the MIDI or singing parts like the other videos
2024-09-03 03:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostFlight! Lets go flying with Aristotle and Billie
2024-09-03 03:41:05 +0000 UTC View PostSorry some clips are shorter, we split each song into smaller segments so Daniel and Trevor could give feedback throughout the song and make sure it was perfect before moving on.
The orchestra was fantastic, they were able to sight read all the music on the day
2024-09-03 03:39:28 +0000 UTC View PostThis song is 8 minutes long, I'm so glad we managed to fit it into the orchestra session, it really benefits from this as the song itself used a lot of orchestral instruments originally
2024-09-03 03:37:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt seems I can only upload videos one at a time so... here is Pirate Queens Cave orchestra sneak peak! Just note that this is recorded with my phone camera inside of the control room. The quality in the final mix is going to be amazing
Also a little sneak peak of the extended version of the song here, we hope to get this fully mixed soon so we can finally drop this song to streaming platforms
2024-09-03 03:34:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe have just spent the last few weeks in Vancouver and then LA recording both the big band and orchestra and everything went AMAZINGLY. We got everything we needed and wanted, the price came under the original estimate, and we recorded the documentary footage too. I will be writing up a full post about the experience and posting some footage very soon! Along with answering any DMs. I am currently sick, all the travelling caught up with me, but I should be feeling better in the next few days t...
2024-09-01 08:49:14 +0000 UTC View PostFree verison of the 5$ post so more people can see it
Oscar is now playable in the testing map, with a bunch of other features! You'll notice the other maps are missing, but have no fear you can still play them...we have the demo archive! If you have pledged 5$+ in the last year (you don't have to be pledged now) please direct message me to be granted access to the demo archive, where you can p...
2024-08-03 14:34:59 +0000 UTC View PostOscar is now playable in the testing map, with a bunch of other features! You'll notice the other maps are missing, but have no fear you can still play them...
You can view what maps can and ...
2024-08-02 20:38:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi friends! I wanted to patch a new update for you all (this will add playable oscar) and update the testing map, HOWEVER, I've completely destroyed Barnaby's manor and updated it so it fits my actual vision for the opening of this segment. We had to rush the final art for gamescom, which is why the interior of the manor was so weird! It is finished but not ready enough for public viewing, and I don't really want to keep delaying updates to the build.
Would you all be ok if we patch an...
2024-08-01 20:52:49 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone!
You may have seen the news that all the staff working at our publisher, Humble Games, were recently let go, leaving their company pretty much without any workers. Naturally a lot of people have come to us concerned about what that means for the game and if it will still release. We were unaware this would happen and were actually in the middle of a milestone submission for the full alpha version of the game. Our producer was midway through playing our game and assembling fe...
2024-07-26 15:10:47 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the Billie Bust Up Patreon! Here we provide work in progress builds of the game for you to play along with lots of behind the scenes goodies.
If you are new here you should expect to get your key immediately after signing up via email. Make sure to check the email you used to sign up for Patreon! If you do not get your key after 24 h...
2024-04-19 03:58:13 +0000 UTC View PostI don't think I officially announced it here, but you may have noticed your builds have automatically updated to have Fantoccios boss fight and Aristotles tutorial.
Your build will update when there is a new patch, there is no need for new keys! We are almost done with the first rough pass of Adventure, the first song in the game. This was a difficult song to get right but I'm happy with the progress we've made in terms of game design. I will put up a new post when the ...
2024-04-19 03:48:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Donate at least 5$ to request art from Ash. Please keep the requests to BBU characters only. Your request may not be drawn, please keep this in mind when donating! We don't know how many requests we may get so Ash will only be able to draw so many of them!
2024-04-09 19:17:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! We have a livestream planned to celebrate the end of the campaign. We will be on Hunicast! 8th April at 12pm PT time. Hunicast is a long running podcast by featuring Ashley Nichols, Ed Bosco and Michael Kovach! Who also happen to be voice actors of ours on the game. Michael plays Fantoccio (and Percy), Ashley plays Belle (Billies mother) and Ed plays Aristotle (and Basile)!
We will also be ...