Why We Added CHEATS To Our Game! | Roguelike Devlog #36

In today's devlog, we're taking a look at some cheats that we have added to Billy's Nightmare!
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Billy's Nightmare is a fast paced roguelike game set in the nightmares of the pyjamas wearing boy Billy. Find powerful abilities, explore with your mount and fight your way deeper into the nightmare to find Mr Sandman's stolen Dream Catcher. Unlock cool outfits, face the nightmares alone or together with a friend in local & online co-op!
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[@JonasBroman]

What kind of cheats would you like to see in Billy's Nightmare?

[@JacksonStJohn]

Speed cheat, make go zoom.

[@emailsunlockedalastair]

infinite rapid fire ammo;

[@NuclearDrone]

Spawning a certain type of enemy could prove useful for debugging.

[@Ivan-qp5fu]

Another suggestion is an auto kill cheat that makes bille kill the nightmares without you controlling him

[@M4ssExtinction]

Maybe add a cheat that throws the enemies off the map

[@joeltehguy]

Cheat ideas:
"Make enemies small"
"Make enemies big"
"Give enemies silly hats"

[@masterofdisguise6874]

Yes... just the cheat „hat“ and all enemy’s suddenly get a random hat

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestions!

[@FirstLast-le2rf]

We need the classic "Big Head" cheat. Probably impossible with your pixel art though.

[@JonasBroman]

Yeah, we'd have to draw every enemy again with big heads. But thanks for the suggestion though!

[@toobasicbot2000]

here are some ideas, maybe add the fun cheats as collectables, like "not scary" which would increase brightness, and replace blood with confetti, and make the bosses look less scary.

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, TooBasicBot!

[@just_oofing8271]

And this is my idea for cheat
One shot
Speed
That’s it

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestions, Trinity Games! One shot and speed should be easy to add.

[@justanothergamer4688]

Add an enemy that holds the player in place so the penguin can synergize with it.

[@miguelrodrigues4661]

The most classic cheat "Big Heads"

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Miguel Rodrigues!

[@Skeffles]

The HAX!
Awesome cheats. Hopefully it'll be easier to test now.

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Skeffles!

[@NKCSS]

You could have a cheat that changes the look of the game; either enabling a shader that drastically changes the look of everything, or something funny, like change billy into a snail that leaves a slime trail wherever he goes. Possibilities are endless :)

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, NKCSS!

[@BKing007]

Have a cheat to turn on "Hardcore mode" : it'll double the HP of all enemies including bosses and an "Ultra Hardcore" for making thier attacks more stronger and 1.50x faster if not double and wouldn't save progress if you die.
Zombie Apocalypse : Turns all enemies into zombies, does slow them down a bit but it'll also make them take more damage and overall more of them zombies spawned to make it like a real apocalypse , kinda like a challenging survival feeling and might need some visual changes to the characters, turn the bombs and explosions into acid ball that also has a green explosion and could damage over time + slow down while you're taking damage, have an zombie hunter outfit or weapon related to it when you finish the game with this mode on

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestions, BKing!

[@Zach010ROBLOX]

A cheat that changes the sprite for projectiles to a flower, skull, emoji, or some other funny substitution. A teeth x2, x4 cheat. A mode or cheat mode that makes every projectile (yours and enemy's) insta kill.

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for all the suggestions!

[@Ivan-qp5fu]

You can ad a map cheat which can show you were everything is without going there

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion! We have a cheat where you can reveal the map.

[@thestranger2003]

Here are some cheat ideas:
1. All ___ (the player puts in the name of an enemy, somehow, to only spawn that enemy)
2. Spray ‘n’ pray (add ‘shotgun’ effect to current weapon) or (increase fire rate)
3. Nightlight (removes the dark effect on the screen)
4. Social distancing (enemies can’t touch you)
5. Don’t worry their robots (replaces blood with robot parts)
6. Brittle bones (the players or enemies die in one hit)
7. mini mini-bosses (bosses spawn as enemies but they’re scaled down)
8. CHAOS! (enemies attack everything, even each other)
9. Mr. TOUGE! or any other reference you want (every shot explodes)
10. For you? ( everything is free)
I hope any of these are helpful to you!

[@JonasBroman]

Haha great suggestions! Thank you, Scott Kirk.

[@marcboss]

Idea:There should be a option to make it more family friendly like reducing blood

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@marcboss]

@@JonasBroman When the game gets released would it cost?

[@JonasBroman]

@@marcboss We aim to add an amount of content to the game to justify a price of around 10 dollars

[@rajaisgreen7663]

I was gonna suggest that

[@liammccartney6754]

Cheat idea: moonwalk
All enemies walk backwards
Spaz
All enemies rapidly flip from side to side

[@marcboss]

Idea add a cheat that makes the game run on bad devices a cheat that reduces special effects

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Marc Boss!

[@billgatesfan4557]

Maybe a cheat that fills out the whole map?

[@JonasBroman]

We have a cheat like that, thanks for the suggestion!

[@amenberk1157]

The most important cheat of all: give the enemies funny googly eyes
Also i'm soooooo ecited for the game to finally Come out

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, I'm glad you're looking forward to the game!

[@botronas6039]

Cheat: Invert enemy colours

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Zotronas!

[@mcrafterzz2447]

That console is super hard to read, you should make the dark green text lighter imo

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@lordeventos4174]

all enemies have googly eyes and flight cheat (ultra speed and no falling)

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestions, lorde ventos!

[@dlivias]

Cheat that swap all enemies to ducks

[@JonasBroman]

Haha sounds fun xD

[@jessewillems6465]

I think some cheats like unlocking all outfits or teleporting to levels shouldn't be unlocked from the beginning cause why would you work hard to unlock outfits if you can just unlock them all

[@JonasBroman]

Well, I believe that people who cheat don't care about playing the game to unlock stuff anyway

[@jessewillems6465]

@@JonasBroman I really like to unlock cool outfits in games but im not gonna spend my time doing so if i can just simply get them all

[@rapas5104]

So Billys nigthmare is cheats?

[@JonasBroman]

How do you mean?

[@rapas5104]

@@JonasBroman It was supposed to be a joke but i have such a horrible english that it didnt seem to click :D

[@JonasBroman]

@@rapas5104 Haha I see :D

[@Saltlakridser]

Make a cheat were it makes the the player frog

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Rikke Frederiksen!

[@dlivias]

Cheat for 1bit color mode)

[@JonasBroman]

Hmm I don't know how to do that, but thanks for the suggestion!

[@geri4367]

That future rich developer console is no joke to implement. Good job on that! Code behind everything must be on point to pull that off

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks, Geri! Yeah, it took a while to get the developer console to work

[@quillkachess901]

How about a cheat that inverts controls for an extra challenge.

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, quillka chess!

[@greensugar4371]

make a cheat that gives you the ability to shoot your teammate so you can 1v1 or just bully each other

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, green sugar!

[@rajaisgreen7663]

LOL XD

[@DakotaVaughan]

Tiny/big player and tiny/big enemies for cheats?

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@widia5506]

Cheats idea hmmmm🤔🤔
I know spawn enemy and bosses

[@JonasBroman]

Spawning enemies sounds like a good cheat, thanks for the suggestion!

[@just_oofing8271]

First

[@marcboss]

I was 6 mins ago so second?

[@NKCSS]

5:21 I love that ScreamWorks logo 😂 👍

[@rajaisgreen7663]

Oh new here?

[@NKCSS]

@@rajaisgreen7663 Nah, been along for this ride from the start, but have not played the game yet, just watched the devlogs.

[@rajaisgreen7663]

@@NKCSS oh

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

[@LittleMikeStarCraft]

I still don't know why this channel hasn't blown up yet; you guys should do some collabs with other RUclipsrs-- maybe do some gamejams.

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the support, Furness Prime! Collabs could work, but how would game jams help to get more views?

[@delilahrhuebner]

A cheat you could add it to make all of the projectiles move faster and you could add a damage modifier to add or subtract damage to your weapons or abilities you could also add a heal cheat that fully heals you and you could add a speed cheat that times your movement speed by a certain amount. You could also add a wings cheat that let's you fly over lava. You could also add a cheat that makes it so all enemies explode when they die. One more cheat you could add is a challenge were it makes all enemies and bosses have double the health and damage

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for all the suggestions, Delilah Huebner!

[@mehdidev4051]

a shader command to implement diffrent shaders like inverting and black & white could be fun, good luck on the game, really exited for the full release

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Mehdi Dev!

[@marcboss]

Creaper ow man

[@marcboss]

1:36

[@JonasBroman]

Huh?

[@rajaisgreen7663]

@@JonasBroman is reference of the song

[@Nadeloehr1990]

When I was cheating as a kid I was bored of the game shortly after. Somehow not counting for GTA 2

[@JonasBroman]

I always cheated in games as a kid :D

[@3eyeguyiscool]

Maybe a cheat where you can walk over/trough lava

[@JonasBroman]

Sounds like a good idea, thanks for the suggestion!

[@masterofdisguise6874]

A cheat to make every enemy explode on death or a cheat to change enemy Projektile speed

[@JonasBroman]

Exploding enemies and projectile speed sounds like good cheats, thanks for the suggestion!

[@caidenthepersonidk3252]

They can have different blood

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Caidentheperson Idk!