Bad Cheese News

[h2]Cheesedmirers,[/h2][h3]Hi, this is Simon! I’m really busy making the Release Trailer and the Release Video, but I will make a quick pause to let you know that…[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][h3]
💥 BAD CHEESE is officially STEAM DECK VERIFIED! 💥[/h3][h3]So it will light green 🟢 on the day of release! 🗓️
[/h3][p][/p][p]Personally, I mainly play on the Steam Deck these days, so I have to admit - I really put this bad boy through its paces on Valve’s Apparatus! Works like a ch... eddar.🧀[/p][p][/p][p]Even Gary 🐺 was so satisfied with this news that he is now sleeping the sleep of the righteous.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]WHAT, IT’S 6 DAYS UNTIL THE RELEASE?!? 🥵[/h3][p][/p][p]Okay let’s get back to work and you guys… Remember to cook some cursed Cheeseart 🖌️🧀 for us if you want to win a Painmouse figure and a Sticker set! [/p][p]https://www.lukasik.art/cheeseart[/p][p][/p][p]Much love from Kraków, Poland[/p][p]Simon + Gary = SIMGAR[/p]

[h3]Hiya Cheesemunchers,[/h3][p]Simon & White G in the house. If you’re like “who the heck is this guy?” - maybe you’ve bumped into my other games like this game, this game, and now this game, which has very little time left until its release. Pre-release excitement is growing stronger by the day and I recorded a video to share something really melty that I've been cooking up for a while. [/p][p] [/p][p]So here’s the deal: When I look at Adrian Carmack's work on Doom or Kevin Kilstorm's work on Blood, I think that's what game development is all about. Uninhibited world-building and letting your imagination run wild. 🌈💣 When I started working on my game, I explored different styles and ultimately went with rubber hose, but I still miss that phase of exploring. So, take note…👂[/p][p][/p][h3]I'm announcing a CHEESEART CONTEST.[/h3][p]Wanna learn the details but too lazy to read? Got you! Hit play on the video: [/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]If Bad Cheese sparks anything in your brain, 🧠 don’t overthink it. Just make some cursed art, 👹 toss it my way. To HONOR CREATORS LIKE YOU, I made these Painmouse figurines and vinyl stickers for the winners! [/p][p][/p][p]Please send your works to my email address (wassup\[at]lukasik.art) and upload them to the Steam Artwork Page. Deadline’s October 1st, and Gary and I will announce the winners on Halloween. 🎃 [/p][p][/p][p]15 of you cheesy legends will score some merch. 👑 Don’t leave me hanging or I’ll be swimming in stickers. 🧀[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Big thanks to all the YouTubers already spreading the stink, I mean hype, who made pre-release videos about the game, and  fingers crossed for IGN’s review. Dropping your creation into the world is hype but also kinda nerve-wracking, you know? 😱 [/p][p][/p][p]Anyway, I gotta bounce - still cooking the Release Trailer and smashing bugs. 🐛🪲🐞🦟 I’ll drop another vid for launch day. 📼🚀[/p][p][/p][p]And hey.. remember... Stay cheeseful[/p][p]Two Mammals 🦶🦴[/p]

[h2]Hiya Beloved Cheese Munchers, [/h2][h2]The Release Date for Bad Cheese is OFFICIAL:[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Bad Cheese passed certification on PC and every console we could throw it at. Yup - it runs, it’s real, and the launch is almost here! 🕹️[/h3][p][/p][h3]Check out the 🆕 Release Date Trailer! 👇[/h3][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Massive thanks 🤗 to the Feardemic guys and everyone who’s been testing, fixing, translating, and tracking down bugs like curious little field mice - sometimes up to 20 of you at once. Thank you to all the tens of thousands of people who added the game to their wishlist. Shout-out to IGN America for helping spread the mold so more players can smell… I mean, hear about Bad Cheese. Crazy to think this whole thing started as a doodle in my pocket sketchbook back in 2015.[/p][p][/p][p]I’ll keep it short - I’m diving back into the last tweaks and patches. Oh, and I’m also cooking up a psychedelic Release Trailer that’ll make sure no steamboat ride will ever feel the same again.[/p][p][/p][p]Wishing you all a safe and cheesy end to Summer. Gary and I are out in the countryside, alternating between the forest and my computer. Please remember the enormous regenerative power that comes from nature and walks!🌲🐕[/p][p][/p][p]Stay cheeseful,
Simon & White G. 🧀[/p][p]
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[h2]Iya! It’s ya boi Simon & White G - Kraków's kings of the game.
[/h2][p][/p][h3]As a game approaches the release, it's a very exciting time. On one hand, I'm happy that we managed to push this project to the finish line, but on the other, I have a lot of concerns 😰 about how it will be received. [/h3][p][/p][h3]It brings back memories of how it all began...[/h3][h3]
[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Five Days with Daddy (2015) - initial concept from my mini pocket sketchbook [/p][p][/p][p]Around 2015, I started making the first sketches for a survival game in a small notebook. 📓 I considered making the project using modeling clay. The uniqueness of this idea was that in this game we weren't supposed to fight monsters coming at night, pull through the war or endure winter, but simply try to survive with our own parent. For many children, growing up in a dysfunctional homes is like navigating a daily mental minefield. I don't want to go into detail about why this story is important to me, but if you're interested, you can learn more from an interview with Brad Norton from Dexerto here. [/p][p][/p][p]In 2022, I briefly entertained the idea of creating the game for Oculus VR in shades of green. Back then, it was titled 7 Days with Daddy. You can see the concept art for this version below, along with a video of the prototype made with Łukasz Gratkowski ‘Nixon’ Kot.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Here's what it looked like during the early tests:[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]I should mention that since 2014, Artur and I have been running a two-person studio named Bulbware. Over the 10 years we worked together, we managed to accomplish many things we are proud of and earned the trust of Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg who, since the very beginning, offered us his help and friendship. However, at the beginning of 2024, we decided to part ways - so Artur kept the Bulbware and I ventured into the unknown.[/p][p][/p][p]As a newly minted solodev, I began working on my first project, which I wanted to release under my own name. I revisited my earlier ideas, but this time, I was inspired by my beloved game Bendy and the Ink Machine and the short animations of the 1920s. The combination of a sweet, cartoonish style with a traumatic story seen from a child's perspective seemed like a very good mix. The first draft in my sketchbook was this drawing: [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]In February of 2024, I began intensive work on the prototype with the help of junior coder MegaMarchewa. 🥕[/p][p]
At the time, I was reading a book by Wlad Marhulets (author of the game Darq), who spoke highly of his publisher.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]I didn't wait long - on the next day, I sent an email and in March I managed to sign a contract! 🤝 Eventually I secured Feardemic as my partner - a dope publisher specializing in horror games.  You can check out the first prototype video that I pitched behind the closed doors to three companies (namely Devolver Digital, Feardemic and one other):[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]I was incredibly happy that, despite the risk and uncertainty, someone trusted me and believed I could create something worthy of the company which published such hits as Darq, Nightmare Reaper, Garten of Banban and Papetura. It was time to roll up my sleeves and start to work hard! 🥵[/p][p][/p][p]Since then, I've spent many months drawing strange creatures and devices. When someone asked me "What do you do for work?" I proudly replied - "I’m inventing a monster which swims under a steamboat, that's a cross between a mouse and an eel, and also a mechanism for smelling socks… And what do you do for a living?".[/p][p][/p][p]And so we landed TODAY. The future is unclear, like a mirror smeared with moldy Gouda. 🧀 To avoid stressing too much about the release, long ago I made a certain assumption, which I wanted to share with you. [/p][p][/p][p]I hope that at least one person will play the game, with whom the story will resonate and prove important enough to give them hope for a better tomorrow, on the other side of the Rotten Cheese. This game is for you - my dear human with a heart full of holes like Swiss cheese. I'm giving you a hug 🤗 and handing you a gamepad, Steam Deck, Nintendo, Xbox, DualSense, or whatever apparatus you prefer…[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]If you want to see more behind the scenes cheesy art I prepared an artbook that will be available after the release! 🎨[/p][p][/p][p]Out with the hound, but still in the sound.[/p][p]Much love from Kraków PL brothas and sistas - Simon & the one and only White G.[/p]

[h2]Cheese freaks, it’s your boy Simon and his right paw, White G, straight outta nerdcaves of Krakow...[/h2][p][/p][h3]Today I wanted to tell you something important about seven-year-old Keymick. He's a real nerd. He spends most of his free time on his beloved Arita 2600 console…[/h3][p][/p][p]I really like the concept of a game within a game, and a long time ago, while making Bulb Boy in 2015, we envisioned that we'd make a Game Bulb console where you could find a cartridge and play Legend of Bulba. Unfortunately, the Kickstarter didn't quite reach its funding goal (but PewDiePie appeared, so not too bad after all).
[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Years later, I managed to revisit the idea and implement it in Bad Cheese (although utilizing different hardware - stationary, not handheld). Initially, I had three different games in mind, but ultimately, only one is playable (who knows - maybe someday there will be a DLC).[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Creepong, Sandsnake and Astrosis are each their own unique thing (that is, so far as the concept goes).[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Keymick's favorite character from the dark action RPG 'Ratlo' is the Cheese Thief. Unfortunately, Mommsy hid the cartridge, so our mouse can only feast his eyes on the big box...[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]CREEPONG is the name of the game featured in Bad Cheese. It's a cheesy mix of 1972's Pong and 2022's Vampire Survivors. In the game, players take on the role of a mouse-pilot, who controls a large ball-bouncing paddle. Their goal is to defeat the evil Baron, and to do so, they must traverse three regions: the Village, the Marshes, and the Cliffs, to finally reach the Castle where the boss reigns. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]During the playthrough you gather crystals to get upgrades - with each level you get to choose one of three perks. Each upgrade can be used multiple times - so things can get pretty hectic on screen, making the Arita 1928's console really warm. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Another interesting system made in collaboration with Arita is a safe, which hides a special Mouses of Galaxy's secret figurine, included with Collector’s Version game package. The safe connects to the console via a special cable and the lock is released only after defeating the final boss. The reward is a figurine commemorating the collaboration between the toy and the game manufacturers. [/p][p]Unfortunately, Keymick hasn't seen secret figurine reveal video, as in 1928 the internet didn't exist...[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Illustrated manual for Creepong - a rarity in 1928.[/p][p][/p][p]Maybe one of you players will be able to help Keymick get his prized figurine when Bad Cheese is released...
[/p][p]⚠️ PLEASE REMEMBER TO ASK MR. WALLET! ⚠️[/p][p]When you buy Bad Cheese, for the price of one game you get two! BAD CHEESE + CREEPONG![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And for those who don't like the hassle of playing arcade games, beating Creepong is optional and has no impact on the rest of the story.
[/p][p]Okay, guys, I'm off to cook for my beast. Gary won't eat Royal Canin or anything like that, so I'm cooking him chicken breast with rice and carrots (every other day).[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Time to bounce and bring the heat… I mean meat. [/p][p]- Simon & White G[/p]