The Fancy Pants Adventures: Classic Pack News

[h3]Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale![/h3][h2]Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more! [/h2][h2][/h2][p][/p][h2]The Fancy Pants Adventures: Classic Pack is 15% off![/h2][h3]Be sure to check the Bundle List for any additional discounts that may be available to you[/h3][p] [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]NEW RELEASE[/h2][p]Yesterday saw the release of Underboard, a new team-based tactical roguelike autobattler![/p][p](The lead artist of which did the awesome custom art for this sale!)[/p][p] [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]COMING SOON [/h2][p]4 more games have received official release dates! Each of which offers a public demo.[/p][p]Dice A Million - Dice-rolling Deckbuilder Roguelike - February 25th[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Crawling Angels - Physics-based Puzzle Horror - March 13th[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Wasteland Bites - Survival Horror Food Truck Manager - April 3rd[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Besmirch - Survival Horror Farming Sim - May 11th[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][h2]WHAT ELSE?[/h2][p]There were too many announcements this year to include in store page post.[/p][p]Check out this news post with EVERYTHING related to this year's 2 Left Thumbs sale![/p][p][/p][h2]FOLLOW ALONG[/h2][p]Follow 2 Left Thumbs on social media to stay up-to-date on all the latest games and news. 👇[/p]

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[h3]Today kicks off the big 2 Left Thumbs Publisher Sale![/h3]
Explore the full event page to scope out loads of discounts, free games, bundles and more!



[h2]How about a FREE game?![/h2]
Croak Crusader: Spawn of the Spore Spectre launched TODAY, and is available 100% for free!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2997920/Croak_Crusader_Spawn_of_the_Spore_Spectre/

This free title introduces the general gameplay, protagonist and antagonists of the upcoming (paid) release, Croak Crusader: the Champion of Canada. Be sure to add that to your Wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3152060/Croak_Crusader_the_Champion_of_Canada/

[h2]COMING SOON[/h2]
Very VERY soon! Novus Orbis is a combo-based roguelike deckbuilder, set to release into Early Access on February 10th. There's already dozens of hours of content, and the game will only be getting deeper and more varied from here!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2437330/Novus_Orbis/

[h2]NEW UPDATES[/h2]
A collection of games have all timed free updates and big announcements for this event!

[h3]WizardChess[/h3]
WizardChess is a chess-like tactical roguelike with a near infinitely replayable amount of variety and depth. And today takes us a step closer to FULLY infinite replayability, with the addition of Daily Runs!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1274210/WizardChess/

[h3]Starground[/h3]
At the end of 2024 Starground revealed a planned development roadmap. Today sees the Brewconomic Cropdate, adding animals, fishing, potion brewing, and an improved Space Hub.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2793380/Starground/

[h3]Magenta Horizon[/h3]
In addition to making the awesome art for this sale, solo-dev Maddison Baek has crafted new community items for Magenta Horizon! Play the game to earn Trading Cards, and unlock awesome profile backgrounds and other Steam goodies.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2109060/Magenta_Horizon__Neverending_Harvest/

[h3]Schism[/h3]
Schism has a new update dropping Feb 10th that adds some end-game content, and enhanced controller support. Keep your eyes peeled for that! But the BIG news here, is that Schism is leaving Early Access MARCH 10th!! There is no discount now, so as not to conflict with that launch discount.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2084300/Schism/

[h3]Tower of Kalemonvo[/h3]
While this classic-style hack n slash ARPG isn't out yet, it did just receive yet another demo update. The name of the game right now is polish, preparing for our newly set released date of MARCH 28th!!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2351860/Tower_of_Kalemonvo/

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[h2]LOGO UPDATE[/h2]
I'm burying the lead a little here. But as a part of this event, I'm also debuting a redesigned 2 Left Thumbs Publishing logo - made by Fiend Folio artist RedRachis!

[h2]The annual Steam Summer Sale is here!![/h2]


Thousands of games are on sale across Steam, including a 20% discount on The Fancy Pants Adventures: Classic Pack! Consider grabbing the game bundled with the Super Fancy Pants Adventure for additional savings (or scope out one of the other bundles offered this sale).

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/22346/The_Complete_Fancy_Pants_Adventures/

The entire 2 Left Thumbs publishing catalog is on sale. Be sure to browser that selection to see what other quality games might strike your fancy.

[h2]UPDATE?[/h2]
Brad has been hard at work on a new update for Super!! This is primarily to address performance and stability - as that has depreciated some over the last ~7 years.

We wanted to have this public in time for the sale, but the current build isn't quite stable enough. This update ended up being a LOT more effort than anyone was expecting! We should have more to share "soon".

Our apologies that this is held up updates for the Classic Pack. It's a difficult thing for 1 dev to offer long-term support to 2 different titles. But it didn't feel right to leave Super in such disrepair! Thank you SO much for your patience and understanding.

[h2]COMING SOON[/h2]
A new game published by 2 Left Thumbs, hailing from another legendary Flash dev, is coming soon!

Keep an eye out for Gorgon Shield, from the creator of Swords and Sandals. It is a party-based RPG, arcade, roguelike. And I can guarantee you haven't played another quite like it!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2446920/Gorgon_Shield/

There is large demo for you to play around in. And please be sure to add it to your Wishlist!

[h3]THE ISSUE[/h3]
As Flash, AIR, Harman and practically every bit of software needed to make the Fancy Pants games run have been slowly depreciating - ever since Adobe left Flash in the dust - it's become increasingly likely for older machines to struggle.

This has most commonly manifested as the dreaded White Screen Bug.
When booting the game, you'll be confronted with a blank, white screen (sometimes with audio still playing). If you've been playing on Windows 10 or newer, it's unlikely you've encountered this bug. But for older machines, it's often rendered the game completely unplayable!!

[h3]THE SOLUTION (?)[/h3]
Brad has crafted a custom solution!! This entire Pack is a testament to Brad's ability to problem solve, and force these old games to work. So why not patch in yet another custom workaround to dramatically improve the game's overall compatibility?!

When the Classic Pack now boots, it will run a quick check as to whether your PC will support either the Enhanced or "Constrained" version of things. If your computer can only handle the latter, it will instead flip over to a DirectX9 version!

[h3]TESTING[/h3]
Brad works on a Mac, now rendering out a Windows built of the game that forces the use of legacy APIs. After some beta testing in the Discord, we're mostly confident this will make the game playable for more users without breaking anything for those running the default "Enhanced" version.

Confirming the game still runs well on modern machines AND reports on how the game now runs on older machines will be equally valuable to us! Thank you for all your support.

Stay Fancy
-Graeme

PS. Super Fancy Pants Adventure is 50% of 2 more days! You can grab that game by itself, OR in a bundle with the Classic Pack for an extra discount. (A White Screen fix for Super will hopefully be coming soon!!)

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/22346/The_Complete_Fancy_Pants_Adventures/

[h2]18 YEARS OLD!![/h2]
Today marks the 18th Anniversary of The Fancy Pants Adventure: World 1 originally being released on browsers!! Come hang out in the official Discord if you want to share in the fun and nostalgia with other Fancy Pants fans!



Today also kicks off the Steam Spring Sale! Unfortunately the Classic Pack is on a post-launch discount "cooldown", so it remains at full price. However, Super Fancy Pants IS on sale this week, with extra 20% off BOTH games in the Complete Fancy Pants Adventures bundle!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/22346/The_Complete_Fancy_Pants_Adventures/

[h2]UPDATE[/h2]
Brad is on a major bug squashing blitz. Hopefully once the worst of those remaining are cleared up, development can enter a nice balanced state - equally crossing off minor bugs, while polishing up and further enhancing World 3!

[h3]PERFORMANCE[/h3]
The Classic Pack includes 3 different game engines, all needing to talk to one another. The engines are mismatches in handling the "Quality" settings, which was absolutely tanking performance for some users!

While this patch should see large improvements to performance overall, we've only been able to tested on a limited number of machines. If you do experience obvious performance issues after this update, please let us know, and try to include the following:

• In what World(s) you felt any struggle?
  
• Are playing windowed/fullscreen?
  
• Have you tried toying with Quality settings?
  
• Including your computer specs couldn't hurt!

[h3]FIXES[/h3]
-LOTS done to the royal bathtub. This area was prone to causing all sorts of bugs, and a few crashes. PLEASE let us know if the crashing persists!!
-Cleaned up "phantom" Squiggles

[h3]UPCOMING[/h3]
Brad is also working on memory usage in World 3. This will be a stepping stone towards 60fps support. But even before then, this work should also make a difference in performance!

For anyone who is interested in a peek at the sort of work Brad has to do to get these things working:

Originally posted by Borne

Next refactoring of World 3 should probably be the selecting caching system, especially if we want to up the res on W3, would bring memory usage down a ton and is probably the simplest change to make, can prioritize levels that take up more memory

I cannot overstate how much more complex bringing World 3 up to 60fps will be than it was for World's 1 and 2. Please bear with us! (I say us. I'm just here for support. It will all come down to Brad and some playtesters!!)



Thank you all for the support!!
Stay Fancy