Cavity Busters News

Cavity Buster is now out in Early Access!

We're so excited to see what you think. This is early access so if you come across bugs or something that feels off, please let use know:

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and of course here on Steam

Moving forward we'll be doing weekly updates until the excitement of release dies down a bit. From there we'll do more spaced out updates with more content. We want to include you all as much as possible so please feel free to give feedback and suggestions! :)

Brush. Floss. Throwup.

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Hello everyone!

[h3]What? Another discord shill? Yes[/h3]
We're getting so close to having a release date nailed down. In anticipation for that we'll be giving away Cavity Busters keys EVERY WEEK until the game releases!

[h3]How to enter giveaway?[/h3]
It's super simple. Join the discord HERE. Find the weekly challenge room and follow the directions for this weeks challenge. This weeks challenge is: "Tell us something you like about Cavity Busters". You can play the demo if you need to find something to like....or just make it up. Someone will be randomly picked and they'll get a key!

[h3]Anything else?[/h3]
No that's all. See ya!

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Hey everyone! I'm excited to release a demo of Cavity Busters! The demo will be available during the Steam Game Festival (right now) and then *poof*... it'll be gone. But the game will be releasing very soon. No set date yet.

edit:(steams been having issues getting demos out. the button may not be the big green button like most of the demos out now. might be a little blue button on the side of the page)

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Play through the first area of Cavity Busters, The Goop Canals. Fight 3 different bosses, find the hidden boss and play around with over 100 different upgrades! You'll be able to loop through the area a couple times to get the feeling of having a load of different upgrades.

If you have any issues, bugs, or questions about teeth that you would like the wrong answer to, please join the discord and come hang out! We also take game suggestions and feedback like it was free money! To date we've added every suggestion made on our discord. I mean, it's only five suggestions but whatever.

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And here's a new trailer!

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Welcome! This week I worked on synergies!

Akin to other games with synergy systems, when you get 2 or more upgrades that combine together, you'll receive some nice benefits, like stats up, more effective power ups and so on.

The synergy below results when you collect Dirty Necklace ( a disease) and Laser Shot ( a power up) giving a really nice laser of death attack. The disease in this case will need to be cured first to achieve the synergy. That won't always be the case. Just when it makes sense.



Not all synergies will be super over powered game changers though. For instance the combo below gives two fairly weak orbitals. Still the progression feels nice.



Synergies for the most part make sense. If you see two items that seem like they would go hand in hand in real life, then they'll probably work in game. For instance there's a tooth brush, tooth paste, and floss upgrade. Get all three and you'll be supah fresh!!

To end things on different note, here's a quick look at boss number 16!



Until next time! :D

Lets dig! This week I implemented a new mechanic called digging.



Digging through walls is kinda like secret rooms from Binding of Isaac except you can dig through any wall that doesn't already have a room behind it. Digging costs one health and puts you into contact with harder enemies (weeny shaped enemies) then what you would normally encounter on the current level. Why would you want to put yourself in more danger? If you notice in the gif above, there are little island rooms on the mini map. Rooms that aren't connected to the main level. These CAN be special rooms that contain super powerful items or other goodies and secrets.

To go along with this new mechanic are two new upgrades.

First one is a Fork and Knife:



This gives you two free digs per level.

Second one is Tooth and Nail : (can you tell that I made these two upgrades within seconds of each other?)



This upgrade gives a slight damage increase as well as a very small chance for a wall to be dug through upon clearing a room.

Some ideas I have for new upgrades to go along with this mechanic is one that will increase the amount of island rooms that can be generated. Another gives super small stat increases for digging through rooms. The mechanic is young so it will evolve and change I'm sure.

Last but not least, I leave you with a tease of the final boss. You can't see the boss because his design isn't finished yet but you can see some of his attacks :)



Have a nice weekend!
Until next time! :)