I Can’t Believe I Added This… (New Abilities, Boss, & More!)
[h2]Hey everyone![/h2]
It's been a super packed month, with a ton of new environmental stuff getting completed as well as a bunch of new concepts, bosses, and powerful abilities -- so let's get into it!
[h3]🚀 Join the Official Binary Golf Discord![/h3]
First things first: There is now an official Discord server!
This is something I’ve wanted to do for a while, and now it’s finally happening. If you love Binary Golf and want to chat with other players, discuss strategies, share trick shots, or just hang out, this is the place to be.
I’ll also be posting exclusive sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes updates, and taking feedback directly from the community. Want to help shape the future of Binary Golf?
Join the server here: https://discord.gg/GCtX5uJf
[h2]Episode 02's Plans[/h2]
Right after I uploaded the demo, which has Episode 01, I immediately began working on Episode 02. This next episode picks up right where the first left off, Batal is going to the forest with his mom and sister to find out something the mom has hidden, but something feels off, the trees have spiraling rings around them, and the rings look so high-tech. This is where I plan to introduce the mysterious machine-learning robot Telix, crank up the lore, bring in the abilities you know and love (plus some new ones!), and introduce more gameplay mechanics that I'm VERY excited about!
Episode 02 will feature several key new elements, which we'll go over below, alongside showcasing some new concept art and fresh environments.
Episode 02 [the Sahara Forest]
Here we have a lot of new hazards, tricky layouts, and environmental puzzles that take full advantage of 2 new abilities and some Binary Golf mechanics. This course is not as easy as the first course, but still, it's easy.
[h2]New Ability [Teleporter][/h2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxnJkl9TjWI
This ability lets you put down a Teledot, then, by pressing (C) again, teleport to the Teledot and destroy it, but that's not all, you can also move the Teledot with the arrow keys (but moves horizontally only).
This ability is hard to master, but once you get the hang of it, it's a stroke saver and allows for some weird trick shots, kind of like Zed's W and R combo from League of Legends.
[h2]New Ability [Fire][/h2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKfd2q-q2bs
This is basically a dash, that's pretty easy to understand if I do say so myself, but as you can see, it doesn't look easy to recover from if you misuse it. You'll launch yourself out of bounds if you do so.
I'm gonna be honest, I took this ability from Flamer from Kirby's Dream Course, I don't like this ability and I can't find much use for it, I added that you can steer for 0.5 seconds when you're dashing, and that you can burn through trees and light poles (same as Sparky).
[h2]New Boss [Ancient Baobab Guardian][/h2]
https://youtu.be/HKuNbMuLDjY
We have a new boss fight, but this time it's stationary, sometimes it can teleport to 3 set positions, but that's it, all the boss does is throw fireballs and spikeballs at you, as well as attack from below the ground, there are also 3 support poles, which also throw either fireballs or spring spikes.
This fight Is fun, ngl, I'd love to play a harder version of it because it's too easy for me, and speaking of harder versions.
[h2]Extra Courses[/h2]
Now, this is what you'd call the "B-Side" of the game, this is the same layout of the original courses but much harder, I haven't done what completing this mode would do, so let's keep an eye out for that.
No, there won't be C-Sides, although there are Episode 13 holes, which are the most difficult, very-specific challenges in the game, and beating them gives you clues on beating the boss of Episode 13 which is the mysterious powerful machine-learning robot: Telix.
[h2]Closing[/h2]
Thank you for reading this – it has been incredible to watch this game and community come alive, and I am so excited to take everything to the next level in future episodes! You can expect more exciting trailers and other content updates in the coming months, so be sure to follow along!
Join the Discord here, I'd love to see more fans: https://discord.gg/GCtX5uJf
SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEXT UPDATE!
It's been a super packed month, with a ton of new environmental stuff getting completed as well as a bunch of new concepts, bosses, and powerful abilities -- so let's get into it!
[h3]🚀 Join the Official Binary Golf Discord![/h3]
First things first: There is now an official Discord server!
This is something I’ve wanted to do for a while, and now it’s finally happening. If you love Binary Golf and want to chat with other players, discuss strategies, share trick shots, or just hang out, this is the place to be.
I’ll also be posting exclusive sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes updates, and taking feedback directly from the community. Want to help shape the future of Binary Golf?
Join the server here: https://discord.gg/GCtX5uJf
[h2]Episode 02's Plans[/h2]
Right after I uploaded the demo, which has Episode 01, I immediately began working on Episode 02. This next episode picks up right where the first left off, Batal is going to the forest with his mom and sister to find out something the mom has hidden, but something feels off, the trees have spiraling rings around them, and the rings look so high-tech. This is where I plan to introduce the mysterious machine-learning robot Telix, crank up the lore, bring in the abilities you know and love (plus some new ones!), and introduce more gameplay mechanics that I'm VERY excited about!
Episode 02 will feature several key new elements, which we'll go over below, alongside showcasing some new concept art and fresh environments.
Episode 02 [the Sahara Forest]
Here we have a lot of new hazards, tricky layouts, and environmental puzzles that take full advantage of 2 new abilities and some Binary Golf mechanics. This course is not as easy as the first course, but still, it's easy.
[h2]New Ability [Teleporter][/h2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxnJkl9TjWI
This ability lets you put down a Teledot, then, by pressing (C) again, teleport to the Teledot and destroy it, but that's not all, you can also move the Teledot with the arrow keys (but moves horizontally only).
This ability is hard to master, but once you get the hang of it, it's a stroke saver and allows for some weird trick shots, kind of like Zed's W and R combo from League of Legends.
[h2]New Ability [Fire][/h2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKfd2q-q2bs
This is basically a dash, that's pretty easy to understand if I do say so myself, but as you can see, it doesn't look easy to recover from if you misuse it. You'll launch yourself out of bounds if you do so.
I'm gonna be honest, I took this ability from Flamer from Kirby's Dream Course, I don't like this ability and I can't find much use for it, I added that you can steer for 0.5 seconds when you're dashing, and that you can burn through trees and light poles (same as Sparky).
[h2]New Boss [Ancient Baobab Guardian][/h2]
https://youtu.be/HKuNbMuLDjY
We have a new boss fight, but this time it's stationary, sometimes it can teleport to 3 set positions, but that's it, all the boss does is throw fireballs and spikeballs at you, as well as attack from below the ground, there are also 3 support poles, which also throw either fireballs or spring spikes.
This fight Is fun, ngl, I'd love to play a harder version of it because it's too easy for me, and speaking of harder versions.
[h2]Extra Courses[/h2]
Now, this is what you'd call the "B-Side" of the game, this is the same layout of the original courses but much harder, I haven't done what completing this mode would do, so let's keep an eye out for that.
No, there won't be C-Sides, although there are Episode 13 holes, which are the most difficult, very-specific challenges in the game, and beating them gives you clues on beating the boss of Episode 13 which is the mysterious powerful machine-learning robot: Telix.
[h2]Closing[/h2]
Thank you for reading this – it has been incredible to watch this game and community come alive, and I am so excited to take everything to the next level in future episodes! You can expect more exciting trailers and other content updates in the coming months, so be sure to follow along!
Join the Discord here, I'd love to see more fans: https://discord.gg/GCtX5uJf
SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEXT UPDATE!