Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS News

I'm very happy to announce two runs have been added!


Isaiah run and the Sword Only run.


Sword only runs grabs everything that makes Wally unique and gets rid of everything else. It's a very fast hacky and slashy game and the ONLY mode where you can use the sword by rolling into them. It's a mode that is made for someone who has nothing to prove and just wants to unwind after a long day.

Isaiah's run is inspired by Isaac. No roll dodge, you can only shoot in 4 directions. It's catered for the tryhard rogue-lite fans.


Why I decided to add Isaiah and the Sword Only mode modes.

At its core, Roguelites are delivering a power fantasy. You start out weak, trying your best to find the tools needed to create an unstoppable build. The stronger you are at the beginning the harder it is to create the feeling of growth.

When I set out to make Wally I had NO idea what I was doing. I just wanted to make a game that felt fun to play, which is what the boomerang/sword run is about.

As a result, Sword Run is a hack and slash first with light Roguelite elements second. It plays better to the feeling of speed that makes Wally unique.

Next, I want to the exact opposite, what if we went through the deep end on the other side, we made a traditional rogue-lite! Went really ham, made you weak as heck in the beginning so that by the end you'll be an unstoppable glass cannon. The underlying reason why we play roguelike/lites!

This is what Isaiah mode is about.



MAJOR CHANGES

• Major Audio Overhaul. Thank you for purchasing Wally during the Sale, this gave me a bunch of money that I immediately used to buy as many audio assets as possible! I then spent 2 weeks overhauling as much of the game audio as possible to raise it all up in quality!
  
• Added Accessibility options (this allows you to make yourself invincible, give yourself unlimited stamina or change the auto-aim feature in the controller)
  
• Added music to shops (ahh yiis)
  

GAMEPLAY CHANGES

• Changed how the key works now when you pick up a piece it will force your next 2 upgrades to keys! Then you’ll get a really good upgrade. (typically one of the upgrades you get from defeating bosses)
  
• Before fighting the manta boss, the upgrade Rocket boots will spawn. You can take it to jump during the manta boss fight instead of floating.
  
• New upgrade: Suspiciously Nice Goose, +40% of getting a bomb when entering a new floor.
  
• New upgrade: Silly Straw, +15% of finding a good upgrade from chests
  
• Removed Stamina buddy from blue chests. (happened way too often)
  
• Sword Run: Start out with Max Range
  
• Sword Run: Start out with +5 max hearts
  
• Sword Run: Start out with 3 options to choose from
  
• Sword Run: Kills refill your stamina completely
  
• Hug Shop: Added a new item: pay 1 heart for 1 random upgrade
  
• Hug Shop: Increased bombs given to you from +3 to +5 bombs for 1 heart
  
• Removed 4 way bombs from upgrades
  
• Added 4 way bombs to curses
  
• Upgrade Change: Loot box. (OLD: Refill your Stamina after destroying a box) (New: Get 1 second of unlimited stamina after destroying a box)
  
• New Upgrade Box Boy, +3 seconds of crits after destroying a box
  
• New Upgrade ANGRY RED BOX, While you have ¼ of a heart remaining you have unlimited ammo
  
• New Upgrade ANGRY BLUE BOX, While you have ¼ of a heart remaining increase your attack by 40%
  
• New Upgrade ANGRY GREEN BOX, While you have ¼ of a heart remaining increase your attack speed by 40%
  
• New Upgrade ANGRY YELLOW BOX, While you have ¼ of a heart remaining increase your crit chance by 30%
  
• New Upgrade ANGRY PINK BOX, While you have ¼ of a heart remaining increase your evasion by 40%
  
• New Upgrade ANGRY LIME BOX, While you have ¼ of a heart remaining increase your speed by 40%
  
• New Upgrade ANGRY GUM BOX, While you have ¼ of a heart remaining your sword has doubled damage
  
• Boomerang Mirror will only show up in boomerang run
  
• Removed Fire sword
  
• Added +50 Coins to the blue gem pool
  
• DOUBLE weapon ammo upgrade will no longer show up in the first dungeon (so that it can give you some more time to find a weapon as finding it early can be pretty bad)
  
• Added +2 Max STAMINA to boss rewards
  

Isaac Run Changes

• Spiderwebs Spiderwebs slow you down and don’t stop bullets
  
• Isaac only run the upgrade: +10 movement speed (+ignore spider web speed penalty)
  
• Antlion charge attack is less accurate.
  

Enemy Changes

• Crocodile shoots fewer bullets
  
• Crocodile health reduced from 4 -> 3
  
• Hp reduction to the spiders
  
• Dragon Boss fireballs fire speed lowered by 50%
  
• Dragon Boss Camera Lock zoom lowered from 300% to 150% (Dragon boss will now shoot slower but it’ll be more zoomed into your own character)
  
• Snails no longer move during the Spooky ghost intro
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed crash in boomerang run.
  
• Quests are now centered
  
• Fixed a glitch that would cause the mysterious ghost to one-shot the fox lion
  
• Manta Boss colors fixed
  
• Manta Boss colors fixed
  
• Manta boss depth sorting Fixed
  
• Manta boss hp bar fixed
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the light to shrink when falling down
  
• Fix a bug that made the hud get smaller when you pause while talking to cutscenes
  
• Removed random voice lines from the dice upgrade that occurred when opening chests.
  

Added new settings option for Boomerang run, that will allow you to change between the default (release mouse 1 to return boomerang) to the original launch boomerang version (charge boomerang prior to throwing)

When equipping the boomerang you will also carry a small boomerang.
Boomerang Stamina Cost has also been removed.

To access it, change to the boomerang run in the HUB and then a new setting will appear on the right.

Hello, it's me BOON! I'm really excited to announce The Thing's rework, it's been changed into the best way possible if you'd like to see all the changes regarding him, click here but be warned it's 100% better to experience it yourself.


Balance Changes

• Sword now deals 3 damage from 2.
  
• Sword now costs 3 stamina up from 2.
  
• The reason behind these changes are done in order to make the sword better tool to one-shot most early enemies.
• Lowered Spider health to 1 (from 2)
  
• Fixed issues regarding webs not being burned properly.
  
• Removed dragon boss from the second area.
  
• Roll's animation is now 50% faster. (To accomodate for the faster roll animation you are given extra invincibility frames after rolling to accommodate for the faster animation speed)
  (This is done in order to have more precise control over the more bullet helly areas)
  
• You can now see how much invincibility frames you have left after rolling.
  
• Added sick dynamic menu's to the pause menu.
  
• The first boss will now cycle between Foxlion or dragon.
  
• In the black and white area when clearing the floor you will now be able to see chests across from floors.
  
• Sky area will only have the bubble based enemies. Removed all other mobs (such as the bats and the meteor throwers)
  

Game Changes

• Added Boss transitions.
  
• You can now see your name in-game.
  
• You can now see how much combo time you have left in the bottom left.

Fixed weapons showing up in boomerang runs.
Fixed the Secret exit not working properly.
Fixed the feather not showing up correctly (and a glitch that occurred in the black and white area)
Fixed a bug that occurred in the manta ray area

Hello beautiful people it's me BOON, excited as heck to write the biggest update for Wally and the FANTASTIC PREDATORS to date!


I disappeared for months in order to learn, create, and implement in Wally one of the most gorgeous lighting systems ever. They are dynamic highlights that are created through any light source in Wally.




(You can see how the potion of mystery illuminates the surrounding area as well as your bullets)

To make this lighting system work without setting our PC on fire our we had to completely re-write foundational code for Wally which is where most of the time went.

Now the actual patch itself!

Major Change: Dungeon Events.

What are they?
After completing a floor a character or object will spawn on the floor. Events can modify rules for your run, Spawn a friendly shop where you can spend money, hearts, or other resources. Offer challenges that will make the game harder but reward you with more loot. Or help you out if you're in an emergency.

Some events will spawn randomly and others need certain conditions to be met.

List of all the events:

• 1. Chad
  Chad is the greatest gamer who has ever existed. He only shows up in the first floor if you are successful in not taking a single point of damage. Chad recognizes talent when he sees it and offers you a nostalgic trip back to 2019, back when the game first came out and the difficulty was tough as nails. Partaking in Chad's challenge will give you early access sword as well as being able to choose 3 upgrades after killing the Foxlion 2 floors down.
  
• 2. X marks the Spot
  There is cursed treasure hidden underneath the X. But digging for it too much will trigger the curse which will evaporate all the money that you've found. Every time you dig you increase the likelyhood for the curse to trigger 4+ of the time so the first time you dig you'll get money 100% then 98% then 96% then 94% ... You'll uncover even more treasure the deeper you go how many digs can you go before you stop yourself or the curse gets you!
  
  
• 3. Jimmy (The World's Greatest Nurse)
  Jimmy is my IRL friend, he is the nicest person I've ever met. I sent him a text and told him to show up in your run if you are at 1/4 of a heart remaining. He totally agreed but he only gets one 5 minute break per day so he can only show up one time per run.
  
  Now you might be asking: BOON why is your real-life friend Jimmy being included in Wally, did he bribe is way in? Does he have compromising photos of you? Well to that I say heck no! Jimmy is a trained medical professional and the best nurse there is. I am trusting your lives in the hands of the best Nurse in the world. I am certain that with Jimmy at your side you'll be able to go even further in your runs than ever before!
  
  
• 4. Bomb Shop
  This shop only accepts hearts as payments, the economy is in shambles and hugs are the only currency that matters anyways.
  
  
• 5. BackPack Guy
  Backpack guy will have a 35% of showing up if you have over 400 money on you. I heard that players were not too happy having him show up when they had no money to spend.
  
  
• 6. Sad Backpack guy
  This time it's the huggable variant of backpack guy. He has been modified so that now he has a 60% of giving you loot rather than 40% on the previous patch, now there is a chance he can give you bombs to break upon walls.
  
  
• 7. Salmon Sally
  
• Sally has collected everything that is worth getting in the ocean, and now is looking for things to collect in a dry land. She will trade you a weapon for something on you, such as a bomb, curse skips, or cash.
  
  
• 8. Slot machines may spawn asking for health or cash for payment in exchange for treasure.
  
  
• 9. 10. 11: Telly
  I ran out of money and skills for pixel art so Telly the television will have to carry and do the jobs of three npcs! (don't worry having three jobs to earn a living is normal where I live) Until we can find someone to cover for them here is Telly.
  
• 9. Bomb shop Telly
  Telly will give you 10 bombs in exchange for removing the 04% of finding bombs in crates.
  
  
• 10. Make the bosses tougher
  Telly will give you a ton of cash but now the next boss will now start on their second phase.
  
  
• 11. No rolling
  Telly will give you a random fantastic reward but now you can't roll until starting the next boss fight. But in order to keep the pacing of the game fast, we will allow rolling after you complete a level.
  

Balance Changes Your default gun range now has unlimited ammo. This is to prevent you from running out of ammo if you choose to do the whole run with just the default weapon you can without fear of having it replaced.


Weapons have been removed from chests and upgrades. They will only show up as a potential boss reward / special dungeon event/ or as an upgrade.

The reason behind this change is that I started noticing that when you saw EVERY gun in each run just in a different order the runs started to feel pretty similar killing the vibe of the roguelite. Seeing fewer weapons each run BUT now you can keep improving the weapon you find will create for a more diverse experience.


Enemy warnings are much larger and visible to see.

Your starting weapon has a much lower range now. You will now have to get much closer to the enemy line of fire to do damage at the beginning of runs.

You do not start with the sword. Instead, you will have access to it after defeating the Foxlion or Starting Chad's challenge.



This is very important but the potions of mystery now have bendy straws!

The Level up system has been changed.
From now on the first upgrade that you find will be a really good one, the upgrades include:

New Upgrades you can find on level one: (There are 40 to choose from so I will only list the new upgrades and a few of the other upgrades so that you can get an idea of what you'll find.)

• NEW Dry Ice:
  Enemies Explode On KO
  
• NEW DUPLICATE
  Your currently equipped weapon now shoots 2 bullets dealing 65% damage. -20% ACCURACY.
  The bullets all keep effects from modifiers, so you'll be able to get more value from effects such as poison or attack speed
• NEW[]Mystery Meat
  +100% Attack speed after rolling (lasts 0.5 second)
  
• NEWJalapeno Business.
  When you throw a bomb, shoot 1 bonus one, but you have a maximum carrying capacity of 2 bombs.
  
• NEW[]Left Glove
  +50% Attack speed while shooting left
  
• NEW[]Vampiric Bombs
  After Ko-ing an enemy with a bomb restore 1/4 of a heart for each enemy KO-ed
  
• NEW[]Boom Box
  After destroying 20 bombs get a bomb
  
• NEW[]The Gang's all here
  Restore 1 heart after acquiring 10 bombs
  
• NEW[]Lucky Bombs
  When throwing a bomb you have a 10% chance of throwing 1-4 bonus bombs (your next bomb throw is a guaranteed 4)
  
• NEW[]Stamina buddy
  Stamina buddy starts attacking enemies for you.
  
• Incredible dodging skills
  +15 Chance to avoid damage
  
• Basket
  Enemies drop more apples
  
• Derpy Dice
  Supports you in every way
  
• Weird Book
  +15% Attack speed to your current weapon.
  
• Pierce
  Attacks pierce through enemies
  
• Soda
  Adds Poison damage to your currently equipped weapon
  
• Old Relic
  +12% Range +12% Bullet Speed
  
• Thanks for Axing
  +15% Crit to the current weapon (default damage is 200%)
  
• Inconspicuous Log
  Increase the bullets to your currently selected weapon
  
• Red Potion
  +15% damage to your current weapon
  
• Chaining
  Adds +1 Chaining to your current weapon
  
• Cello
  After KO-ing an enemy 1.5 Seconds of 40% attack speed
  
• Golden Harp
  After KO-ing an enemy 1 Seconds of Crits (default Crit damage is 200%)
  

New Upgrades added that will not show up at level one

• Happy Explosion Day!
  After leveling up gain +2 bombs
  
• Bomb Bag
  Gain +5 bombs
  This is done so that you'll have moments if you have to choose between choosing an upgrade or gaining +5 bombs
• Action Box
  Spawn an awesome weapon.
  Weapons are going to be rarer now there is going to be a small chance you can find them through the upgrade pool.

Removed or changed upgrades