Thanks so much for coming back and replaying!

For all the feedback in helping squash bugs you earned the patched spot in the credits lmao, thanks!

Thanks for playing, glad you liked it!

Thanks so much for playing and all the kind words!

I've felt a lot of my past games didn't have enough little details for my tastes, so I threw in just about everything I could with the time and mental energy I had. I loved putting all the little in-jokes in and I'm happy you enjoyed them too!

I'm happy you liked the new systems too! I'd been tinkering away on them for over a year now and never had a game that made sense to put them in, and I figured if they didn't work well then SBIG would be the perfect place to try them out lmao. So I'm really glad you found them neat as well!

And yes they are doing the "6 7" thing! I thought it would either be suitably funny or suitably cringe/annoying depending on the player.

I swear the player experience seems to swing wildly, it runs fine for me, but others have reported some bad issues with the AI, so I'm really happy it worked for you! Only took 4 rounds of patches🤣🙃!

Yeah the post-credits section was something I KNEW I needed in, it's the tenth anniversary of the jam, it's a long-awaited sequel to my first game (as well as 2 others now), and it just generally felt like things are changing so I wanted to celebrate what was and the people who made it great before looking to a hopefully bright future! I mean quite frankly your name could've easily been in there if I had time to expand it out further!

And yes I love calling back to past stuff, and this sequel in particular is 7 years in the making (in some form at least) so you can imagine how I feel finally getting it out. Thanks again so much for playing and the feedback!

Thanks so much for playing! And thanks again to your friend for streaming it!

Yeah getting the anti-car field I thought would be a funny way to explain the mechanic and also force the player back out of the car at points.

I'm glad you liked the ending! This jam has always been special to me, it's the first game jam I've ever submitted to and spawned the first game I've ever created (the first episode of this) and wanted to make sure I gave some noticeable thanks on the 10th anniversary. So I'm really glad that came through, and thank you for participating in it as well!

Thanks for giving the game another shot!

Ok I have absolutely no clue what the issue is then because yeah it works for me on web and windows, and no one else has had the same issue since Friday seemingly lol.

Yeah the third level was the last one I did, so it is a little too sparse. I thought of having a wave defence kinda scene similar to the end of the highway level in half-life 2, but alas didn’t have time and energy for it.

Thanks for playing again!

Thanks for playing and all the kind words Ned! This is the tenth SBIG anniversary so I felt I had to step things up a bit from last year 😅

I'm really happy with how my sandbox of mechanics has progressed over the years, and I'm happy it was all stable enough I could throw in a lot of stuff I had made over the years into one janky stew that was still enjoyable. And yeah I am especially happy to finally get this pistol used for its intended purpose!

Yeah I really wanted it to feel like getting a crew together for an adventure while at the same time replicating the dumb AI companions of Daikatana, Bethesda games, and Fallout 1. Janky and unique enough to be charming, but not enough to be frustrating, and I intentionally set the game up so they weren't REQUIRED to complete the game. As for Thesmothete #0034 I did think about including him early on as a bakcground joke, but as an actual AI the Thesmothete moveset was frankly just too complex to include as a companion. Though I do wish I had more Thesmothete references beyond the Bonesaws and the prison cell, maybe a Quadpod boss fight or something, but alas time and scope yadayada.

It has been way too long since the town of Stalewater has made an appearance. The first level here is actually partly how I envisioned Stalewater ending originally, with Mallone coming in and fighting bandits in the vein of the Chris Redfield section at the end of Resident Evil Village. Having the original animations, sound effects and voice lines felt very nostalgic and was fun to put together so I'm glad you liked it too!

I meant everything I said in the hall of fame section, SBIG Jam has been one of my favourite events of the year since 2019, and I love seeing all the whacky things the community comes up with. And I'm incredibly happy I get to contribute to that pile of jank!

Thanks for playing fellow law enforcement official!

I'm glad you liked it and it (eventually) lived up to expectations!

Frankly after all those patches it damn well better run on proton lol, but I appreciate the confirmation!

Thanks so much for playing the game again! So sorry you had to experience the broken version earlier, yeah it was a lot to untangle, far more than I expected!

And I'm happy you liked the companions and driving, I tried to make them as non-frustrating as possible without polishing them. Because I frankly didn't have time to, and I wanted to emulate crummy friendly AI of Daikatana or Bethesda style games BUT without them being required to do stuff to progress.

Again I'm really glad you enjoyed it and thanks for giving it a second shot!

Thanks for playing, glad you liked it!

Sorry do you mean you dropped the RPG from your inventory before the boss fight, or did you lose it between levels? And frankly using the modded pistol and AR is a perfectly acceptable strat alongside your squad imo.

Yeah I wanted to get the roster back together, and kinda combine elements and mechanics of all the games! So I'm always happy to encounter a Dangerous Hunts fan!

thanks for playing!

Oh nooooo! Ok I’ll fix up that crash, I honestly dont know why it’s so unstable so sorry for that.

Yeah the first level is basically just a re-run of stalewater as the original idea for that game was to have Mallone come in at the end ala Chris Redfield in Resident Evil Village and clean house. You should be able to use the rockets in the second level though, just more likelihood of blowing yourself up!

As for the pistol being more OP than assault rifle I think I just overturned it a little so it wouldn’t become irrelevant. Balance has usually never been my major goal with SBIG lol.

Same idea goes for the allies with it being more fun to just run around with a crew than proper balance. Is that a good thing? Idk

I’m definitely going to patch up that third level load though, and hopefully you’ll try it again!

I’m happy your experience was the definitive “let the bodies hit the floor” style gameplay. But if you’re still looking to play it in smoother brained mode I did release a patch that should optimize things a bit.

Thanks for playing!