A few people asked to see this and so I'd been meaning to post it here - it's the GameMaker studio file for Phantom's Revenge. It's configured to build a file for Windows. If you have GameMaker studio you can mess around with it, it's got all the assets, code, dead code that I never bothered deleting, everything. Have fun!
-Ben <3
2022-04-20 04:02:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been so focused on finishing Slime & Punishment to prepare for the release of Phantom's Revenge I've been forgetting to post these. Oh well! Here's one drawn by Kazee. One more to go after this!
-Ben <3
2022-02-08 04:13:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Here it is. The more-or-less completed game. I'm almost 90% sure it works. It's in the attachment below, just download the zip file and unzip it to a folder and run the executable.
Please give it a play, let me know what you think, and if you find any bugs or issues, please let me know about them! I'm sure there's a few still in there. Oh, and if you want to screenshot your final screen and let me see that too, it's got info that's helpful for me. Also you can compare your final scores ...
2021-12-22 04:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I never know that to say about these. I guess I just like to let them speak for themselves. So, I will. Fun fact, that's Jade's hand. Neat!
-Ben <3
2021-12-06 20:42:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Oops, I meant to upload these every saturday, but i forgot lol. Oh well!
Here's the third of the 6 Vapors 2 vaporettes, this one drawn by Cheesy. Read Villainverse!
-Ben <3
2021-11-24 23:46:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey again, I got another one of these, this time the guest artist was Gibbontake who I'm sure you all know. What more is there to say? Read it right this second! Four left to go after this, I'll have the next one up before long!
-Ben <3
2021-11-13 01:11:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, the truth is I meant to post the book 2 Vaporettes for patrons a lot sooner, but kind of forgot lol. This is the first of 6 of these ministories i wrote for the 2nd book, and it's illustrated by Munchy. Remember Munchy? What a guy.
I'll be posting the other 5 of the book 2 Vaporettes over the coming weeks. After that I hope to have Phantom's Revenge nearly ready to show you all. Working hard on that these days, it's my top priority at the moment!
-Ben <3
2021-11-05 21:32:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I took a break from working on Phantom's Revenge to do this guest comic for Gibbontake's Lord of Ghosts comic that was Kickstarted earlier this year! (Approppriate for Spooky Month, I guess. Purely a coincidence.) I'm one of I think 5 guest artists making guest strips for it, mine is the longest at 9 pages I'm told, and I'm also the first one to finish theirs, lmao. That's gotta be a first for me.
Gib told me she picked this story for me to draw because it's about Flowerhead, and Flower...
2021-10-26 16:22:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Welp. Been a while. It's been about 4 months since the last installment of this monthly Q&A podcast. In recompense, this episode is almost 4 times as long as usual. I just had that much to talk about. It's been a pretty busy few months and a lot has happened. I moved twice, got 4 credit cards, made Road to Radcon and the Radcon Doujin, got ripped, and more. I talk about all of it in this exciting episode, and for that I apologize.
Leave me a question or comment down below and I'll r...
2021-10-01 05:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey kids. I announced this in the patrons-only channel of my Discord today (which, if you're seeing this post and you have your discord account linked to your patreon account, you should already be in) but, I am making enemies for Phantom's Revenge. The enemies mostly behave the same but I've decided to give them all unique sprites and descriptions, just because I think that's cool. But anyway, I need 44 designs, and I've made about 30 myself, so I thought I would open it up to submissions fr...
2021-06-16 04:55:31 +0000 UTC View Post
HAHHHH! It's back!! Sorry for the wait.
In this Q&A I answer some more questions, some very old at the point, some new, some about the game, and many not at all. It's an extravaganza of exposition.
Leave a question or comment down below for me to respond to next month! (if you please)
- Ben <3
2021-06-06 18:57:25 +0000 UTC View PostWell gang it's taken me this long but I've finally got something to show for it. Attached below you'll find the alpha build of the so-called Mysterious Construction: PHANTOM'S REVENGE, which will soon be the TRUE and HONEST finale to Slime & Punishment.
As you'll see, the version attached is not finished. It's got minimal cutscenes and dialogue and uses dummy assets for enemies and other stuff. There's a lot I want to add to it before the final version; you won't get much of the act...
2021-04-30 22:21:56 +0000 UTC View PostJust wanted to clear some things up for anyone who might be wondering.
I did miss the Monthly Q&A post, the next update post I make will include a playable demo of the game, and after that I'll do a Q&A that'll include answering questions and responding to comments about it.
If you just got dragged into my discord server against your will, sorry about that - Discord/Patreon integration was broken for while now and I just fixed it, which might have auto-added some of ...
2021-03-19 22:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah I dunno, I talk about what I've been up to this month, give some updates on the S&P game, talk about embarrassing myself as a kid, and then I go off on a totally irrelevant ramble about Noita. But I have fun doing it and that's all that matters.
Ask me something in the comments and I'll answer in the next one!
-Ben <3
Some Phantom Horn sprites and the drawings I based them on.
I already had some sprites made from earlier in the year, since I knew I was gonna make this game eventually. I've been using those as I build the game but I knew I'd need more at some point. Well, fortunately, a minor bug popped up in the game and even though I know how to fix it, it was going to be tedious to actually do so I procrastinated by making a bunch more sprites.
I'll try and give find more opportunities to sho...
2021-01-06 16:50:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah, fuck it, I'm spillin' the beans.
Leave me a question for the next one down below!
-Ben <3
2021-01-01 19:44:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Since I spent a lot of time doing these inside-cover drawings for those who bought signed copies of the Vapors 2 book, I wanted to share them with all of you. There's some pretty amusing in-jokes and lore nuggets sprinkled throughout if you're paying attention so I hope you'll enjoy them!
-Ben <3
2020-12-28 11:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the late post. I had my reasons, they just don't make any sense.
ANYWAY ASK A QUESTION DOWN BELOW TO GET ANSWERED IN THE NEXT ONE LESS THAN THREE WEEKS FROM NOW!! WOOO
-Ben <3
2020-12-12 02:17:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I have nothing to say about this episode that I don't already say in the episode itself, lol. Enjoy.
(leave a question in the comments if you wanna hear an answer at the end of the month!)
2020-11-03 02:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostSorry i was so busy not celebrating halloween i forgot that the 31st is also the end of the month lmao. I'll record the Q&A tonight after the PCP
2020-11-01 19:50:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeaahhh, I feel pretty good about this one, but then, I felt pretty bad about the last one, and nobody complained, so maybe everyone will hate this one.
Anyway leave a comment in the replies and I'll respond to it next tiiiiime!
-Ben <3
2020-10-01 04:54:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Yo I apologize for this one I think I just had to blow some steam off.
But ask me a question in the comments and I'll respond in the next one lel
-Ben
2020-08-31 21:40:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I said last time that I had a fun time recording even though it was a bit of a crummy month. Well, this episode, I have a miserable time recording even though the month was good, lel. You'll see what I mean.
Thanks for your comments on the last video, drop some more down below for me to respond to in the next one! (if it please you, sirs)
-Ben <3
2020-08-01 03:11:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Yo. Thanks for all your questions on the last podcast post. I actually had maybe an even more fun time than usual recording this one. Maybe that's just the hard seltzer talking but I DUNNO!
Anyway post questions below and get anything you want to ask answered in next month's installment!
Okay so about the attached music file: I am 95% sure this is the track I mention making for the coloUrs and mayhem Homestuck album contest. It was titled "thirdsongfinal" and I found it attached t...
2020-07-01 02:29:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright dudes here we go. I was kind of dreading recording this one for reasons I get into in the podcast itself, but now that it's done I feel better about it. I talk about what I've been up to this month and answer the questions you all left on the last episode, if you want me to answer something next episode leave that shit in a comment down below, boiiiiii
Also see the attachment for the SUPER SECRET UNCOVERED RADCON 4 LEAKED CONTENT!!! AAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH
2020-06-01 03:51:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey dudes. It's me. Ya boi.
It occurred to me earlier today that given that the world is all FUCKY right now, some of you might be going through some shit. Financially I mean, though probably in other ways too.
So I just wanted to let you all know that if you're already a patron but don't feel like you can afford a superfluous expense like giving me money on Patreon this month, I am MORE than happy to refund your pledge for the month, no questions asked.
Now, I know if someo...
2020-04-01 00:02:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hooo boy. Pretty shit month eh lads?
Well, kind of. Had its ups and downs. I can't believe we're still in the same month that Radcon 4 happened. What the fuck. Feels like a year ago already.
Thanks everybody who asked questions this month! Head on down to the comments and ask me/ tell me more stuff and I'll answer/respond/react/whatever in next month's episode!
2020-03-31 23:23:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Listen to me lose my mind as I talk about all the stupid bullshit Chris-chan wanted me to put in Slime & Punishment. Also I get into why The Vapors turned out to be the kind of story it did and go on at length about some general art advice type stuff.
Thanks everyone who asked questions, ASK MORE IN THE COMMENTS AND I'LL ANSWER THEM IN THE NEXT ONE!
-Ben
2020-03-01 04:21:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow, it's been a whole month since the last one? GAH!!
Thanks for all your questions on the first episode, everybody! I hope you find me struggling to answer them, if not informative, at least a little amusing. Please ask more!! Or at least let me know what you like hearing about the most and I'll try and put more focus on the kinds of things people are interested in.
-Ben