Newman

Here are the assets for the Sooby game

Feel free to download, or share the link anywhere:

https://mega.nz/#F!o48TDa6T!wiFb66VhWystYEbkk_CCjQ

I want to emphasize. The art available through the link belongs to me and me only. SmokeShank from Gunsmoke games paid for it to appear on a game I created (game design, script, UI, characters, backgrounds, scenes...) and he was planning to release first in Newgrounds, then an updated version with ...

So, the Scooby game got cancelled.

And it really fucking sucks.

It was Akanoes who told me, with a "Sorry your game was cancelled, btw" and I didn't know what he was talking about. Nobody at Gunsmoke had even told me. They apparently also released a lot of the game's assets without asking (I own the copyright). So there's that.

After having me change the game script twice, get rid of all the clothes and customization, and then reduce it to a linear visual novel, it finally got canned. It was a long, weird proce...

I'm back. Happy Halloween!

Hey there Patreon fauna! 

I'm back from my very much needed break, (working 3 projects at the same time while trying to get a fourth on its feet takes its toll) which I spent hiking along the Catalonian coast. Then, I spent 3 amazing days playing Red Dead Redemption 2 while my internet connection was getting fixed. I hate talking to phone companies, but this time they gave me an excuse to play this incredible game, just mind-blowing!

Now, I've left my horse (Jonesy...

Test Alpha 0.02e

Hullo, Newman here. Ok, first a warning to all +1$ patrons, +10$ patrons and non-patrons.

This test alpha has barely any new content. It's mostly a polishing of 0.02d with a few things we fixed, buttons and sounds added, the combat tutorial replaced for actual combat, added info buttons in Argit's shop so you know what each item does, AND the wardrobe system unlocked after the fight with Liam for you guys to give a whirl to. N...

In the next episode...

Newman here. Don't worry, I'm not a fan of spoilers.

What I wanted to talk about is what's coming in the next Public build. We still have something we want to change from the content the game currently has, and we'll be releasing test builds to +10$ patrons before that, but the next big one is very much about moving forward with the story, and introducing new mechanics.

You may have noticed the game is divided by episodes. The current version (0.02d) has covered the "In...

$1000 Goal reached!

Face front, true believers! We reached a new goal!

It's been hard until now. And a bit of a mess. As I've said many times, it wasn't until the current team was formed (4 months ago) that the game really started living up to its potential. Despite the frustration, all that time allowed me to do a better game design, polish plot and subplots, and get really comfortable doing art, and release a LOT of Goodie packs for you guys to enjoy, so I won't say that time was wasted.

Ben X is m...

NEW GAME ALPHA! (0.02d)

Whew! It's finally done :D

A new Public Build, with everything mentioned in the image above. For more detailed info on the changes, I'm also attaching a full change-log to this post.

Akanoes and I went through what we had on 0.01a, and improved EVERYTHING. We also expanded the story, and added combat, which wasn't a walk in the park.

Still, we want our game to stand side-to-side with the best NSFW games out there, and that means not being satisfied with the first ...

September 2018 Goodie Pack!

Hey guys,

Tough month, really tough in many ways. But as promised, here's this month's Goodie Pack. Inside:

- Gwen reading pic

- Ben & Gwen study pic 

- Gwen study pic (exposed boobs)

- Gwen sex pic

- Girl group pic (4-girl naked goodness)

- All previously released Goodie Packs (that's 14 more, full of pics, PSD's and sneak-peeks into the future of Ben X!)

Have fun! Oh, and later today, the public release of ALPHA ...

Re-re-re-re-design

Oh, Flying spaghetti monster, please let this one be the final design!

Already working on 0.03, -in the brief moments I have a break from working with Akanoes to perfect 0.02 and sketch Daphne and Velma for the new Shagworthy's Legacy sex scenes- and one of the most important problems to solve is this:

What do we do with all this customization? How do we make it matter for you guys?

Well. Let me tell you the plan. And it is a mad plan, but it might just work. If you look at ...

Quick update.

Hey gang, Newman here. Just a quick update on the next build:

Alpha 0.02 is almost ready! It still has a couple of noticeable bugs, and we want to tweak the combat's XP gain a bit, but mostly it's just details we would like to add so everything looks and plays a bit better.

Even without them, this one looks and plays well. There's sounds and lights for buttons, an improved UI, functional shops and inventory, animations and effects for combat and sex scenes, a fully functional comm...

Zombozo.

Ah, yes. Zombozo the clown.

What a splendid idea these nutjob scientists had. "Let's take a psychotic, murdering clown's corpse, and experiment on him to see if it can be brought back to life!" A lovely idea indeed.

This sharp-toothed immortal serial killer has been terrorizing Bellwood for a while, in the mornings seen biting the heads off poodles for breakfast; at night, scaring children in their rooms so they'd run to their parents... only for them to find balloons under the co...

Progress Report 0.02 (5)

Hey guys, Newman here.

I'm already working on 0.03, and Akanoes is making sure 0.02's systems are working properly. We have added a LOT of little details (UI SFX, different states for buttons, combat tweaks, more info on the STATS screen... those kind of improvements) that aren't really that noticeable, but that nonetheless make the game much more polished and awesome.

As I said, Akanoes is reworking some systems, and that takes time, but we better do it now than realiz...

So, this is where (most of) Ben X happens.

Hey gang, Newman here with another boobless post... I should probably do something about that, right? XD

While we all wait for Alpha 0.02, I thought I'd share a bit about me, and how I work (I love to see artist's workplace pics... hey, I could have much worse interests, and you know it)

This is my room/studio (matress is on the floor, with a map of the world in B/W over it, 3 wild animal silhouettes painted on wood, and a Joy Division poster, even though I'm currently listeni...

Improving stuff

Find the 183 differences! :D

Apart from scene improvements, we are working on the UI, SFX, character positions (we now have a proper portrait mode), shops, computer, dialogue...

More news to come soon. Thanks to everyone in the tester team for helping us perfect that buggy mess!

Newman.

On this month's Goodie Pack...

Ladies and gentlemen! Newman here with a new Goodie Pack... with a sneak peek into my game creation proccess, sexy illustrations and PSD's for every pledger; and a test build for +10$ patrons!

Without further ado, here's the list of content:

- Charmcaster and Shar, bikini babes (3 images)

- Pet Alternative Universe Gwen (9 images + PSD)

- The first few pages of Ben X's game design document, with details about story, combat and game mechanics, enemies, allies...

The old and the New

Ahoy, guy and gals! Newman here with news on 0.02 and the Goodie Pack.

As old patrons know, Patreon charges you whenever, but we don't get anything till the 4th or 5th of each month. When we do, I send the Goodie Pack and -like in this month's case- the latest TEST BUILD.

I just wanted you to know that we're on it, only 2-3 days to go. As a sneak-peek, here's the improved Shar for the spilled soda scene. And yes, you will be able to equip the towel with nothing undernea...

Progress report 0.02 (4)

We are so close!

My bit is done! Akanoes is working like a madman on 0.02 (polishing the shop, adding enemies to the combat, implementing the story) while I write content for the next update. Once that's done, I'll test it, and the result will be the test alpha. Ah, I'll probably need to do some art fixes for 0.02 still, and we need some new SFX, since Ren'py doesn't accept just any compression. Little details, but all important.

As I said, next Goodie pack will come with a 0.02 t...

Rotten Spine Alley (Undertown)

Newman here. Another backround finished!

The alien underground city is a fucked-up place to live. This alley is one of the worst places in it. It's where serial murderers don't drop bodies in cos they're afraid of what could be waiting round a corner.

Almost done with the art for 0.02! More news soon,

Newman.

Progress Report 0.02 (3)

Hey there internet folk! Newman here with another report.

So. Lots has been done. Here's Akanoes' post on HIS side in case you are interested: https://www.patreon.com/posts/now-with-100-20881931

As for me, does my progress show in the pic? Barely. :D

It has been a week of fixing a lot of stuff I thought was done, improving UI details you only notice if they aren't there (th...

How Great Games Beat THE GRIND

I've been thinking about grinding ever since I started designing combat for the game. From the time where combat was just going to be a simple turn-based affair, I've included things like auto combat, different attacks, time bar messing around, effects and states, items, perks, and alien unlockables. I hope you see I take the negative effects of grinding very seriously! :D

This video has a very interesting take on the issue, I thought it deserved sharing with you guys.

Something wicked this way comes

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Goodie Pack 13

Combat build is here!

We're working really hard on making a cool 0.02 build. About 75% of it is done, but we want to fine-tune, add more stuff to it.

In the meantime, here's this month's Goodie Pack! In it:

- All the previously released Goodie Packs

- Combat build (We've made it into an enemy wave game!)

- Ben X Alpha 0.01a (previously released)

- Gwen open mouth illustration (3 images)

- Gwen public sketch

- Shar obeys ill...

Progress report 0.02 (2)

Ok, this is where we are at.

This update is a big one. What's been done is the following:

- All writing for 0.02 done!

- Wardrobe UI done and coded!

- Combat for 0.02 -no time bar version- is nearly done, only SFX left

- Patrol scene art done (4 versions)

- Dr. Animo doll and expressions done

- 3 new backgrounds at 50% completion

- Minor art & code fixes 

Combat is not an easy thing to add on Ren'py, as you c...

We're on it.

Hey guys, Newman here with more info on the game (and a cool track!)

Akanoes is fine tuning combat, and I'm writing. I played a build with the combat for 0.03 two days ago, and almost everything's functional! It was great to finlly be able to play with all the moves, and imagine the exciting fights we can come up with. Now it's time for polishing, adding the remaining animations, effects and SFX. The wardrobe also got some neat tweaks, and as you saw on the latest post, we have a pa...

Patrol scene

You were always supposed to see this when Ben and Shar go on patrol for the first time, but we wanted to release 0.01a as soon as possible!

Still, we are including it on 0.02. One of the fun parts of writing parody is to figure out how these characters we know from the show would talk and react to each other in an adult, no-bullshit world. Bellwood and the Undertown are filled with drugs, prostitution and murder, so how would Gwen, Shar or Max be affected by that?

One of the place...

Blukic & Driba's shop

Hey there! Newman here.

So, I told you we have 4 different shops in the game, right? First one's Argit's, with clothes, crap-quality items and cheap gifts. This one's a little different.

For starters, instead of regular interplanetary currency (credits, of course!), Blukic and Driba's items are only available to Plumber Agents who have proof of excellence in the field or have been granted special permission. Ben\Albedo has neither.

Enter Hero Points. Hero points w...

Goodie Pack issues

It seems new patrons aren't getting the link to the Goodie Packs. Anyone who has that issue, send me a personal message and I'll forward the link.

Sorry for the inconvenience, trying to figure out what hapened.

Newman.

New Wardrobe UI

Hey gang!

We changed the clothes orgainization and UI for the wardrobe. 

The image has all sub-categories open, because I wanted you to have a chance to imagine the amount of customization we'll have -and how complex it is for Akanoes to code the whole thing!- but the idea is, you click on one of those 5 big icons and then the sub-category icons for that specific category show.

 This means now there isn't so much text all over the place, and it's easier to find exa...

Goodie Pack 12

All right! Goodie Pack time! As you know, I'm working on 2 separate games so I thought I'd give fans of both a taste.

So, in this month's, we have:

- From Ben X:

. Alt Gwen and Gwen sofa relaxing scenes (2 images)

. All the previously released Goodie Packs

. Ben X Alpha 0.01a

- From Shagworthy's Legacy:

. Logo

. Avatar Icons (10)

. Sneak peek images (3)

. The Mystery Inc. character designs (5)

Progress Report 0.02

Hey gang! New progress report:

- Fixed a few backgrounds, and character art

- Changed some combat graphics and animations

- Completely reworked DOLL (character) layering system

- Wardrobe nearly done

- Reworking combat

- Fixed several coding discrepancies  (double entries are gone)  

 - Minor Improvements to code in general 

- Corrected spelling mistakes (Thanks WM-R!)

As you can see, we...