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Finally another dev log, this one is a bit of retrospect on the first month since launch, plus a few previews of new features we've been working on in the mean time.

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We've updated a few pages of our website, including the graphical resources page. A few more images are available there now, and the zip file has been updated with even more plus some new screenshots.

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Now that Great Gun Gauntlet is in Early Access, we've written up a new dev log talking about how upcoming updates will go.

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Oh yeah, here's the recent Steam Early Access release trailer for Great Gun Gauntlet!

Don't forget, if you purchase it this week you'll get 10% off as part of a launch week discount.

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We'll be streaming for the next few hours, showing off the game and talking about development. Watch through the Youtube link above or optionally on Twitch:

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Great Gun Gauntlet has now launched to Early Access on Steam! Buy the game this week to get an extra 10% off during the launch sale.

Very exciting times for us right now, can't wait to watch the game continue to evolve over the rest of development!

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Just 2 more days until Great Gun Gauntlet enters Early Access on Steam! Here's a few more recent screenshots we took while testing.

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Join us this Friday on either Twitch or Youtube for a launch day stream event where we'll talk some more about our upcoming plans for Great Gun Gauntlet!

You can watch over on our:

Youtube Stream or Twitch Channel

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Just about one more week to go now before Great Gun Gauntlet officially enters Early Access, exciting times for us!

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Don't forget, Great Gun Gauntlet releases to Steam Early Access in just a few weeks, March 15th!

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We're now live with another Q&A broadcast while showcasing the Great Gun Gauntlet Demo.

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We'll be back again this Saturday with another Q&A stream over on Steam as Steam Next Fest continues. Don't forget to give the demo a try and add the game to your Wishlist if it catches your fancy.

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Our Steam Next Fest Q&A stream is now live, get in here if you have any questions about the game and don't forget to try the demo!

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We're doing a Q&A stream between 5PM and 9PM EST this Monday (and likely another on Saturday), come by to watch some gameplay or talk to the developers.

You'll be able to find the stream over on Steam when it goes live tomorrow:

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What Even Is "Party Mode"? - GGG Dev Log #8

This was a Dev Log from our blog we meant to post here weeks ago, oops! Just an odd little set of thoughts about an idea we had mentioned earlier in development, specifically the question of what even is this thing we have been calling "Party Mode"?

Honestly, its probably not what that name makes people think and I'm trying to think of a better term. Party Mode tends to imply multiplayer/group activity, and if there's any of that included in the mode it'd still only be a small part of it.

Sandbox Mode? Extras? Toybox? Basically it's just the place where we can put the "everything else" of the content. This is very much the "no promises" section on top of how much of the content already isn't guaranteed.

A first person mode? Put it in there.

Customizable challenge modes? Put them in there.

Some kind of multiplayer support? Put it in there.

Twitch/Streaming integration? Seems like a good place for it.

You can get a bit of a picture of what the intention was for it, just a sub-menu for different wacky stuff that comes to mind. Likely nothing tied to high scores or leaderboards, so easier to add and manage both the data and expectations for.

The main oddity for it at this point is entirely how long we feel like continuing to develop using the Unity engine, the recent issues really kicked our motivation to spend time practicing Unity-specific features like their networking options, so there may be some limits to how much extra stuff we feel like developing.

"When I try to rewrite old clunky code into the more formal more official way they want us to do it and it turns out more clunky than it was before, we have a problem" - Recent quote from Kyle during one of our development meetings. As time goes on our skills improve, but the development debt of how Unity itself seems to be built increasingly shows itself to us.

At some point we have to decide when it is more worth it to just move onto a new game. And considering how long developing all the main content may take, maybe we'll feel the game has plenty after working on it for 2-3 more years.

We'll see how it goes, to an extent this might just be us spouting ideas far too early before there's a concrete idea of how they'll be realized. That's about as simple as the situation is. tl;dr - Eeeeh yeah we'll probably just call it "Extras" on the menu if we add any of this stuff.

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We seem to be all set with our demo ready just in time for the upcoming Steam Next Fest!

Give it a try February 5th to get a taste for the game before launch!

We will likely keep the demo up after the event as well, for those unsure about jumping in on an Early Access title trying a demo is a great way to hook you in figure out if the experience is something you want to play more of immediately or wait until it's finished.

The demo will have the first two gauntlets in the first arena, a fraction of the content we want to add to the full game but a good preview of how the main mechanics feel playing as Gear Guy.

Besides the demo coming out, we will also be announcing the official release date for Early Access soon. We've already mentioned March as the goal, and as we close in on that it becomes more and more realistic! Stay tuned, these will be an exciting two months for us!

Don't forget we also have a Discord server if you want to stay up to date or ask questions.

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We've got a new trailer for the demo we've put out to go along with Next Fest!