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Bacon Man coming to the Nintendo Switch on September 29th

Bacon Man goes portable on the Switch with new content, and the same punishing platforming.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, September 21st, 2020

Skymap Games is bringing its meaty combat platformer, Bacon Man: An Adventure, to the Nintendo Switch on September 29th. Bacon Man can now smash, dash, and slash his way to the Meat Throne on the go!

Bacon Man on the Switch is the definitive version of the game, delivering its unique blend of punchy platforming, hammed-up humor, and scathing satire with a suite of extra content and quality of life improvements. If that’s not enough, the Switch edition of the game also serves up even more challenges to whet players’ appetites, with improved boss battles and three brand-new levels that will put their combat and platforming skills to the ultimate test.

A Tasty Tale of Revenge

After being framed for the murder of his late grandfather Old King Roast Beef, Bacon Man now seeks to reclaim his birthright to the Meat Throne. Play along in Bacon Man’s journey as he escapes the icy prison known as The Freezer, battles his way through the food groups of Nomround, and confronts the evil Food Kings who betrayed him.

“As independent developers, seeing our game on the Nintendo Switch feels like a significant accomplishment. We hope you have as much fun playing Bacon Man as we had making it. Check out the time attack mode after you beat a level and see if you can beat some of my scores!”

Angelos Dardagiannopoulos, Design Director

Core features of this release:

Brand new, never before seen content! 3 extra harder-than-ham levels.

Tougher than nails platforming—in air, or on foot—using the patented “Bacon Control System.”

2 Player Couch Co-Op: Crush all 25 levels with a friend, an enemy, or somebody you hold dear. Friendly-Fire optional.

4 unique characters to choose from. Experience the game with four different characters, each with their own unique stats and abilities.

Battle your way to the top of the food pyramid with unique fighting moves that also double as methods of mobility. Experiment and master the realms of Nomround!

Unlock classy costumes for a sassy new look..

About Skymap Games

Skymap Games is a video game design and development company based out of Game Assembly in Manchester, NH. Skymap Games believes in crafting ambitious and compelling experiences for players. For more information, visit https://skymapgames.com/

For interview requests and press inquiries, please send an email to: press@skymapgames.com

Bacon Man Links

Nintendo eShop Page: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/bacon-man-an-adventure-switch/

Bacon Man Website: http://baconmangame.com

Skymap Games Twitter: http://twitter.com/skymapgames

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Skymap Games announces an updated Bacon Man coming to Nintendo Switch

Bacon Man goes portable with new content, and the same punishing platforming.

Manchester, New Hampshire, 8-20-2020 - Skymap Games is bringing its meaty combat platformer, Bacon Man, to the Nintendo Switch in September. (Exact date coming soon!) Alongside its new-found portability, Bacon Man on the Switch adds even more tough-as-nails levels to test the player’s mastery of meaty platforming. If that wasn’t enough, an entirely new suite of textures has been added to further the player’s immersion in the world, as well as new shop placements to ensure more convenient progression. Players will also get to enjoy optimized and improved bosses, serving as the ultimate test of their combat platforming abilities. Bacon Man can now smash, dash, and slash his way to the Meat Throne on the go!

Neal Laurenza, Managing Director at Skymap games shared his excitement with finally releasing on the Nintendo platform “The Skymap Games team is ecstatic to bring Bacon Man to the Nintendo Switch. We consider this the definitive edition; we've added new levels with even bigger challenges, and we've optimized gameplay for a tight platforming experience on-the-go.”

Backstory: Old King Roast Beef has been brutally murdered, and his obviously innocent grandson, Bacon Man, has been framed by the Food Kings. With the weight of the world resting on his shoulders, take on the role of Bacon Man, battle through the food groups, and confront those who condemned you. It’s up to you to clear his name, by murdering those who put him behind bars.

Core Features:

Brand new, never before seen content! 3 Extra harder-than-ham levels.

Tougher than nails platforming—in air, or on foot—using the patented “Bacon Control System.”

2 Player Couch Co-Op: Crush all 25 levels with a friend, an enemy, or somebody you hold dear. Friendly-Fire optional.

4 unique characters to choose from. Experience the game with four different characters, each with their own unique stats and abilities.

Battle your way to the top of the food pyramid with unique fighting moves that also double as methods of mobility. Experiment and master the realms of Nomround!

Unlock classy costumes for a sassy new look.

Collect experience and level up to gain incredible new abilities and customize your loadout to fit your playstyle.

Full Orchestral Soundtrack by Braxton Burks (Pokemon Reorchestrated) and Kyle Landry (Youtube & Twitch Sensation).

Fight through a huge, and satire-rich story for your right to rule the Meat realm.

Follow @SkymapGames on Twitter for more information, join the Discord at https://discord.gg/skymap, and check the website baconmangame.com

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Over the last couple of months, Skymap Games has been working with Honor Code to bring their game Narcosis to the PlayStation 4!!! We’re excited to announce that the game releases on July 24th.

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Braxton Burks joins Skymap Games as Audio Director!

Skymap Games is ecstatic to announce that our good friend and Bacon Man alumni Braxton Burks has joined the team! Braxton possesses a strong background in audio including composition, arrangement, and effects. His experience will be invaluable in Skymap’s mission of developing amazing games.

Braxton comes to Skymap from years of work on Pokémon Reorchestred, a project he started in early 2010. The project brings the music of the celebrated Pokémon RPG series to life through rich, realistic, orchestral arrangements of the original tunes. His accomplishments include two successful Kickstarter campaigns, five albums, and numerous collaborations with other artists.

Braxton’s breadth of work caught the attention of Skymap Games, and the team was lucky enough to work with him on Bacon Man: An Adventure. After the release of Bacon Man, we knew we had to keep working with him in a greater capacity. Welcome aboard, Braxton!

You can listen to Braxton’s music on Bandcamp - https://braxtonburks.bandcamp.com

And learn more about Skymap Games at our website - https://skymapgames.com

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Bacon Man - Patch 1.10 Released!

Today we are releasing a new patch for Bacon Man! This patch is primarily small quality and bug fixes. Thank you everyone for submitting bugs to us over Steam and Discord. We will continue to patch the game to make the experience the best possible. You can also check out these notes on Steam.

ADDITIONS

Lard Lass’ throw down and throw in air now has visual effects.

Lard Lass’ throw down impact now has visual effects.

Feta’s Ground Pound has an impact sound effect.

Snow Troopers have full sound effects and visual effects support for their swords.

Improved look for on-screen XP gained text.

World 1 Level 3 - Missing wall collision. Removed old code and unused meshes.

Missing cinematic skipping added: World 1 Level 1 - Skip Excaliboar after the fight.

Missing cinematic skipping added: World 2 Level 2 - Skip Excaliboar after the fight.

Missing cinematic skipping added: World 3 Level 3 - Skip Excaliboar after the fight.

Missing cinematic skipping added: Coach P. cinematic - Skip and gives air dash power.

Missing cinematic skipping added: World 2 Pork King - Skip cinematic after the fight.

Missing cinematic skipping added: World 6 Level 3 - Skip Mt. Broc.

Speedrun clock now plays a hand moving animation.

Crushers play warning sound effect.

Crushers in 1-3 are now mute when you find the hologram and return to unmute.

Enhanced audio for UNAGI boss fight.

FIXES

Bacon Man’s Sky Divide sound effect is more fiery.

Ground Pound sound effect is now properly setup for SFX volume changes in menu.

Fixed issues where you can get stuck crouching under certain objects with low ceilings.

Fixed Mozzarachnid spawning string from clipping through ceiling. Boosted Pork Tank’s HP.

Enemies dying by spiked death volumes now play the correct sound, not Bacon Man’s death sound effect.

XP required to level up slightly curved upwards for earlier levels.

Equip slot UI which was hidden is now visible.

Lobster Knight now sports more HP.

Pork King fight form one now has more HP.

Level collision fixes with World 2 Level 2.

Fixed World 2 Level 3 performance issues in certain areas.

Removed excess collisions from certain static meshes.

In the the second fight with Excaliboar, he now has a little more HP.

Fixed spawning at the top of Level 1 if you die before getting a checkpoint.

Can now hit Melon Maiden in her off center collision box.

Speedrun clock in World 3 Level 4 is in the foyer instead of the main HUB.

Crusher plays the correct death sound.

Final boss plays win song at the correct time.

Sir Wheat will now properly turn around when behind him.

Fixed issue where percentage of game completed was missing.

Excaliboar no longer has issues entering Phase 2.

Boss Broc hitbox issues resolved.

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Hi there! Do you have a business email we could contact you at? Thanks!

Sure! contact@skymapgames.com

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Bacon Man releases on Steam!

ALL GREASE.  NO PEACE.  TODAY IS THE RELEASE!

Bacon Man: An Adventure launches today on Steam for $19.99! Mac, Linux, and Xbox One versions will follow later.

This hardcore platformer will challenge you to the biggest food fight you’ve ever encountered. Play as Bacon Man and fry enemies with his classic Toaster Gun, or try out Feta and cut them up like sashimi. Seek wisdom from the Sau-sage. Pummel enemies to a pulp in the Colocheeseum. Use the power of friendship to tackle all 25 levels in couch co-op mode, with or without friendly fire.

Neal Laurenza, Managing Director at Skymap Games pinpoints what their team loves about fan experiences: “Bacon Man is a brutal game. When we see players yelling in joy from getting a checkpoint, that makes it for us.”

After five years of development the Skymap Games crew are eager to launch their first home cooked game into the wild. As a studio-for-hire, Skymap Games are used to helping other devs bring their titles to life, such as ZED (by Chuck Carter of MYST fame) and recent psychological thriller Perception (Bill Gardner of BioShock Infinite).

The studio have also teamed up with musical talents Braxton Burks (Pokemon Reorchestrated) and Kyle Landry (Youtube & Twitch sensation) for the project, creating a 40 song orchestral soundtrack for the game.

“Braxton and Kyle are two unbelievably talented musicians. At any time we could feed them concept art, and they would run with it and create these massive sprawling orchestral pieces,” explains Laurenza.

Whether you’re in for it for the music, difficulty, nostalgia or the sweet food puns, Bacon Man: An Adventure has a full plate to offer.

GAME INFO

Meta Story: Old King Roast Beef has been brutally murdered, and his obviously innocent grandson Bacon Man has been framed by the Food Kings. With the weight of the world resting on his shoulders, take on the role of Bacon Man, battle through the food groups, and confront those who condemned you. It’s up to you to clear his name, by murdering those who put him behind bars

Characters Trailer: https://youtu.be/s-N20zrzJy0

Features Trailer: https://youtu.be/z9cysVedu0k

Features:

Tougher than nails platforming—in air, or on foot—using the patented "Bacon Control System™".

2 Player couch co-op. Play as 4 unique characters, each with their own playstyle.

Collect experience, level up, and gain incredible new abilities through the power of tutorials!

Versatile fighting moves like the Sky Divider, Dash, Stinger, Ground Pound... Each doubling as a method of mobility!

Impossible boss battles with enemies based on various food groups.

Full orchestral soundtrack by the talented Braxton Burks (Pokemon Reorchestrated) and Kyle Landry (Youtube & Twitch sensation).

Unlock classy costumes for a sassy new look.

Subtitles available in French, German, Greek, Spanish and Russian

About the Team: Skymap Games is a video game design and development company based out of Game Assembly in Manchester, NH. We believe in crafting ambitious and compelling experiences for players. Our team prioritizes quality of work, a mentality to always be learning, and grit in the face of the unknown.

Website: https://www.baconmangame.com/

Steam Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/327760/Bacon_Man_An_Adventure/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkymapGames

Twitter: https://twitter.com/skymapgames

Skymap Games: https://skymapgames.com/

Request Steam keys using Keymailer: https://www.keymailer.co/g/games/24949

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Bacon Man Gets Steam Release Date for March 6th, 2018

After 6 years in development, Bacon Man: An Adventure leaps out the frying pan and onto Windows PC!

December 5th, 2017 @ Manchester, NH, USA

Today Skymap Games is proud to announce that Bacon Man: An Adventure will be released on March 6th, 2018 for Windows PC via Steam! At a later date, following the PC release, versions of the game will be released for MacOS, Linux, and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Check out the Bacon Man Steam page for trailers, screenshots, and to wishlist the game!

After close to 6 years of development, Bacon Man has gone through the paces with a successful Kickstarter (Staff Pick!), Steam Greenlight Campaign, and PAX Rising Pick. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Bacon Man is a visually stunning title that will push even the most hardcore platforming fans to the brink of their abilities.

About Bacon Man

In the world of Nomround, expert platforming skills and sheer arrogance are essential for survival. Our hero Bacon Man has a whole lot of both, and the world is resting on his shoulders. Battle through the food groups and confront those who condemned him. It’s up to you to clear his name, by murdering those who put him behind bars.

Features

Tougher than nails platforming - in air, or on foot - using the patented Bacon Control System™

2 player couch co-op. Play as 4 unique characters, each with their own playstyle.

Collect experience, level up, and gain incredible new abilities, like the Sky Divider, Dash, Stinger, Ground Pound... Each doubling as a method of mobility!

Impossible boss battles with enemies based on various food groups.

Full orchestral soundtrack by the talented Braxton Burks (Pokemon Reorchestrated) and Kyle Landry (Youtube & Twitch sensation).

Unlock costumes for a sassy new look.

Play through a huge and satire-rich story…

...or straight up ignore the developers’ hard work by pressing the skip button.

Request Steam keys using Keymailer - https://www.keymailer.co/g/games/24949

Contact the Skymap Press Team - press@skymapgames.com

Visit the Bacon Man website - http://baconmangame.com

Call us rude names on Twitter - https://twitter.com/skymapgames

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Game Assembly, the co-working space and game dev community we;re part of was recently featured in a video. Check it out!

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Bacon Man Breakdown: Over The Hump

Being the ruler of a vast kingdom requires strength of will, thoughtful decision-making, and a just sense of right and wrong. Our titular hero, "Bacon Man", heir to the Meat Throne, has none of these things. What he does have, is strength of punching, a gun that shoots toast, and the catlike grace of an olympic gymnast. As part of the Skymap Games "Bacon Man Breakdown" series, we look into the design decisions behind our game, Bacon Man: An Adventure. Today, we're leaping headfirst into one of Bacon Man's best skills: jumping.

In what is being called a daring and controversial design decision, never before seen in a video game, we have given Bacon Man the power to soar into the air at will, to untether himself from his earthly and meaty plane... to jump. Video games allow us to explore previously untapped avenues of action and communication. We are bound by no definable reality, inhibited only by our imaginations, and here at Skymap Games we like to push the envelope. Including jumping in our game is a big risk, but we think that our unique approach will win over the doubters. Let's talk air control.

Air control is what makes our jumps a cut above the rest. Even while in mid-air, Bacon Man has a surprising amount of directional mobility; he can take off from the ground going one way, and at the peak of his jump, change his mind, reverse direction, and land right back where he started. This gives a player an immense amount of control over where Bacon Man goes, what or who he lands on, and what he's able to dodge mid-flight. Platforming fans, speedrunners, and general control freaks - this will be a valuable tool in your arsenal; use big, sweeping jumps, combined with tight control in mid-air, to perfectly position our hero on the road to vengeance.

The opening sequence of the game is intended to walk you through the basic mechanics of Bacon Man, by pitting you against a variety of obstacles that require learning each of his skills to pass. The very first thing on that list is a boss fight at the mercy of an invulnerable opponent; your only recourse is to jump like crazy. By throwing players right into a challenge that requires Bacon Man's unique jumping ability, we can show them right away that he controls a little differently than games they may have played before. Then, they're off and running: bounding up from floor to floor through the Freezer, tackling new challenges that further augment their skills. By the time they reach the top, they're jumping with the best of them, like a majestic gazelle, but with really great air control. And a gun that shoots toast.

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Bacon Man now has a Steam Hub! Follow us on Steam for updates to the game, conversation, and the regular goodies.

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We recently posted the short story about our Kickstarter’s special backer on Reddit. Check it out!

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GAMEKID

We are seriously days away from launching a Kickstarter. Things have been crazy getting it ready to go. I work on Upsilon Circuit all morning… GameKid at night (like batman)

Are you hyped yet? Did you know that the GameKid is getting its own NES rom soundtrack by the Legendary Alex Mauer? How about a little 3D Printed GameKid figure by Upsilon Circuit artist CobraMode!

Holy Stuff thats ADOREABLE! GUESS WHAT ELSE?!?! That GameKid is going to be an actual part of Upsilon Circuit!!!! :O

Well… we’re hyped… I’m so hyped I could EAT a GameKid!

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Awesome

We just backed this amazing looking game because we couldn’t resist a beautiful indie game where the main character is a super-strong bacon man.

Bacon Man: Kickstarter

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The FInal Stretch

Our Bacon is almost done cooking, the sizzling finish could be on your plate!

It’s our final push, ladies and gents, can you handle the heat?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/731015134/bacon-man-an-adventure