Forum Update

Okay, people are actually using the forum, so I consider the experiment a success! I’ve just added a Player Levels board as well, so if you create a level and feel like sharing, go ahead and upload it somewhere and put a link there. Also feel free to use the board to ask for help with the editor itself.

Oh, and the forum is here.

Beret Forum

I’ve heard a lot of requests for help with puzzles and people saying it would be nice to have a walkthrough or forum, so I’ve just opened up a forum at indiedb.com. If you’re stuck on a puzzle or want to report a bug, feel free to post there.

Beret 1.1.99999

Alright, it’s time for another Beret patch thingy. This is a pretty big one compared to the last few, and isn’t just bug fixes. Here is the list of changes:

… Read on!

Beret 1.0.997

A new version of Beret has just been uploaded to address a few more bugs and level design issues. One puzzle in level 13 that wasn’t even supposed to be a puzzle was impossible, so I highly recommend updating. It’s perfectly safe to copy over your existing Beret files – your saves will be untouched.

Here are the details:

… Read on!

Beret 1.0.1

I’ve put out a new version of Beret to address a few bugs that were brought to my attention, including:

• Certain crushing sound effects were not playing correctly.
• The first boss would fail to load if the player beat him and then replayed the level or restarted the room immediately.
• Selecting menu options with the mouse wasn’t working in the Windows and Linux versions.

As always, you can download Beret here.

Indie Gamers Review

Rikus of indie-gamers.com has written an excellent review of Beret, which can be found here. Thank you, Rikus!

Unlock the Editor

If you’re interested in the level editor and don’t want to unlock it the hard way, you can type ‘evilevilevil’ on the map screen. You just have to know how to get around the bureaucracy with things like this…

Beret Release!

Beret has finally been released! Go download it for free! Yippee!

Now there’s a Linux version in addition to the Windows and Mac OS X versions, thanks to my friend Nathan Weizenbaum!

Playtesting and Bugfixes

I’ve been working recently on getting Beret into a releasable state, which requires a lot of level design modifications and bug fixes. Finding the level design problems and bugs to fix requires a lot of playtesting, so I’ve been having friends play through the whole game. So far I believe everything up through level 8 (of 21) is ready.