What's The Theme For Our THIRD LEVEL? | Roguelike Devlog #35

In today's devlog, we're finally taking a look at the third level in 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 do you think about the theme for our new level?

[@OneEgg42]

I think it's an excellent theme! I love the little Lego men

[@JonasBroman]

@@OneEgg42 Thank you, OneEgg42! I'm glad you like it :)

[@skelecats1701]

It fits really well!

[@JonasBroman]

@@skelecats1701 Thank you, Skelecats!

[@cheyborg9537]

It looks great and fits well with the other levels. Awesome job!

[@theZech]

When we needed him the most, he came back

[@JonasBroman]

Haha :)

[@lordeventos4174]

welcome back! i do love the theme for the firt floor, one thing i'd love to see is a plastic dinossaur enemy/boss, since almost everyone i know owned at least one in their childhood

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, lorde ventos!

[@kmp6791]

What if there was a room type in the toy themed level where a toy train would sometimes chug across the room on train tracks and would deal damage and knock back to billy

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, kmp! That's an interesting idea :)

[@gelboyc]

cool!
maybe for the toy soldier, you can make the walk cycle him shuffling his feet while stuck on the board, or little hops like in toy story

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Taco Bell Official!

[@Dryrubbersock]

Taco bell is cool I see

[@NKCSS]

Hey! Great to see you're back :)

[@JonasBroman]

It's great to be back! :)

[@TonsOfHunStudios]

Ayy welcome back Jonas! The Pego enemies look great! I'm liking the changes to the cameraman boss too. Glad you got some great refactoring done on your network code as well. That's a very smart point about level design too, never thought about that :D And the clown looks AWESOME! Excellent work guys!

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Garrett! It means a lot :)

[@jmbiv_dev]

This game has such a cool aesthetic and feel to it. The new level is looking great. Good stuff! Glad to see another devlog.

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, jmbiv! I'm glad you like it :)

[@jacobkrogulec5011]

Hey, it would be cool to make an intro cutscene to every level so the player would know why billy is scared of these places!

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Jakub! We will add a kind of cutscene for each level later.

[@DevDennis]

Great work as usually and great to see you are back :)

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, DevDennis! :)

[@bamfyu]

Ayy, he's back ^^
PS: I really like the theme

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, bamfux productions! :)

[@iZemash]

I think it would be more creepy if the clown's eyes follow the player while he moves

[@JonasBroman]

That was actually our original idea, but since there's not that much left and right movement for the player in the room, the effect wasn't that noticeable. But thanks for leaving suggestions though!

[@iZemash]

@@JonasBroman you're very welcome.
Wish you the absolute best for your game!

[@bdp4350]

AAAAAAAA THANK YOU FOR THE NEW DEVLOGGGG, THIS GAME IS SOOOO GOOODDDDDD, the video is really good, and i’m REAAAALLLY EXCITED to play the full game !! And the 3 levels are sooo good!!

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks, it means a lot! :)

[@DakotaVaughan]

Awesome! Glad to see you’re back!

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Dakota Vaughan!

[@arvis_1498]

Great to see you back! Really looking forward to more devlogs!

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks, I'm glad to hear it!

[@quillkachess901]

AHH yes the devlogs are back.

[@JonasBroman]

:D

[@pauliussabanskis1901]

Really happy to see you back!

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Paulius Sabanskis!

[@malekelsady]

yey new devlog i have been waiting for this for a long time

[@JonasBroman]

I'm glad to hear it!

[@diemulltonnencrew3020]

Its nice to have you back. I really enjoy the theme as I think it works really well and fits much better than the movie studio. Its not clear from the video but I hope that you will get the difficulty to work. As in the video it doesnt seem like the school will be anymore difficult than the toy room. Keep up the great work you guys. See you soon...

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Die Mülltonnen Crew! Yes, we will balance the difficulty later :)

[@BennysRadio]

I went to a game school and that's pretty much what they taught us. Make the first level last! xD Good choice! Game looks incredible, I'm also excited for the next project after Billys nightmare :D

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Ben! :D

[@rapandrasmus8231]

Awesome. Welcome back too!

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Rapandrasmus!

[@BKing007]

Ah it's been so long, finally you're back ❤️

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, BKing! :)

[@xvtitanbane2349]

Honestly, the one critique so far, is that all the enemies seem very similar throughout the levels, like it kinda feels like each enemy just gets a different looking version with slightly toned up attacks, which I feel may be a bit repetitive, I feel when you run through and balance everything, you should try to give all the enemies slightly more unique attack patterns. Otherwise everything looks really cool, great job on the game!

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you for the feedback, XVTitanbane!

[@_SkyTips]

Nice work the level looks sick

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Astor Gonzalez!

[@and3rs]

Welcome back Broman! :D

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Anders! :D

[@TylerGreen]

This looks awesome

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Tyler Green!

[@turnipinindia]

Looks great! Small feedback, maybe the cymbal monkeys attack should come from the middle of the cymbals, not the middle of the character

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the feedback, Richard! I'll see if I can fix that

[@IOSoraOI]

I love it! It's my favorite level :D

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it! :)

[@OneEgg42]

YES! You're back!!

[@JonasBroman]

Indeed! :D

[@delilahrhuebner]

You should add a teddy bear enemy that jumps at billy

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@widia5506]

Here some boss ideas:
A toy tank
(That it)

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, widia pasha!

[@widia5506]

Your welcome

[@mateuszmaciag1365]

hes back 0_0

[@JonasBroman]

Indeed! ^^

[@elohdev]

I don't really like 2d games but this one seems so cool. Good job Broman, +1 like 😊

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Eloh! :)

[@mr.leeleeleee7153]

I think you should make most of the enemies more unique because enemies being upgraded will be kind of a boring mechanic.
Like maybe the crossbow man could have a spread of arrows when the main arrow hits Billy or a solid surface,also maybe you should give the later bosses extra attacks,like giving the bosses in the school level 3 attacks and the movie studio 4.

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the feedback, Mr Lee!

[@FirstLast-le2rf]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@JonasBroman]

Heeey!

[@joeltehguy]

What about one of the bosses being a baby doll

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Joel! But we are almost done with the bosses now. Perhaps we can make the baby doll a normal enemy.

[@joeltehguy]

@@JonasBroman that works too

[@kalimbers1475]

TheBroMan90
Will You Port Your Game Into Mobile.

[@JonasBroman]

No, it will only be for Windows

[@dragoran149]

Totally forgotten this channel ... and game ...

[@JonasBroman]

Haha xD

[@jonasmg]

It's awesome to watch a new devlog for this game! With that nice looking co-op I can't wait to try it with a friend :P

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it! :)

[@Nadeloehr1990]

Perfect idea creating the first level last! Also I like the theme. Keep it up!

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Nadeloehr1990! :)

[@Dryrubbersock]

But now the demo has the middle level and not the first one, love that u r back.

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Marco Morales!

[@blackhole7771]

I have been wait him for 4 no 5 months for this devlog

[@blueee0088]

What about some kind of "gliched" boss, a very challengeing, optional boss. He can have this one gliched movie director attack

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Meguszczaw!

[@rajaisgreen7663]

now i want a lego/pego outfit

[@donutman7407]

Enemy idea add a stretch arm strong character because I know one of my friends use to love those things

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, but what's a stretch arm character?

[@Fopull]

This game looks gorgeous

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Fopull!

[@jonathannagar7229]

Omg u listened to us I love u so freaking much best develog series ever

[@JonasBroman]

Haha thanks, jonathan nagar!

[@greensugar4371]

I played the free demo and it became one of my favorite games

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, green sugar! I'm glad you like it :D

[@blueee0088]

Are you planning to add some secret, optional floors?

[@JonasBroman]

Perhaps later. At the moment we just want to get all the neccesary stuff finished.

[@datboi1861]

5 months already?
Damn. Time sure flies.

[@JonasBroman]

Indeed!

[@malekelsady]

btw an idea for another boss could be a teddybear

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestion, Malek Elsady! We're already working on the last boss for this level, but perhaps we could add a teddybear enemy instead

[@buttertoastbanana900]

the soldier could be on a skateboard instead :D

[@JonasBroman]

Haha thanks for the suggestion, JustMark!

[@delilahrhuebner]

YOUR BACK IVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR THIS

[@JonasBroman]

Thank you, Delilah!

[@just_oofing8271]

Can you make this enemies
Jack in a box
Teddy bear
Mini cars
This is the boss idea
Corrupted toy

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks for the suggestions, Trinity Games!

[@just_oofing8271]

You welcome

[@alexanderosinubi5154]

Oooooohhh my gooooooooooodddd!!!!!! He’s back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JonasBroman]

Oh yeah!

[@beanmr8643]

👍

[@beanmr8643]

👍

[@marcboss]

So billy thinks the actors kill each other

[@JonasBroman]

How do you mean?

[@marcboss]

@@JonasBroman at cameraman intro they kill each other (the two) and aren,'t they actors?

[@dolandanda5856]

Yes it's good

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

[@KaspianKronberg]

Loving it

[@JonasBroman]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!