Let’s continue our journey…

Blimey. Well four months on from the last time I sat down to write about Disposable Heroes, four months on from the game’s first public appearance at First Look festival, five months on from when we sent the Heroes bouncing around the world, seven months from the day we published our launch trailer – and a full year on from when I almost gave up on the game altogether – it’s time to bring you up to speed with what’s new.

During those months, I’ve added loads more stuff to the madcap medieval caper; we’re now up to 150 maniacal levels full of diabolic machinery and deadly adversaries – against whom you must utilise weapons and cunning, together with lotions and potions – and, if you’re brave enough, teamwork (in 2P mode) –  to overcome.

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The updates are coming all the time which will download on demand for everyone who has the game in Early Access. What could be in all these new levels, you ask?! Well, The Orc, Princess, Gladiator and Wizard must now also face some rather nasty rabid rats, an ever-faster-spinning wheel of slicey doom, a demon in a tank and more besides – however they do now have additional assistance from a magical flying goat, rat-a-tat machine gun, petrol cans that you can use as destructive explosives against your opponents and – of course – a mobility scooter. Yep, it’s all as mad as a snake sandwich.

Thanks to your feedback there are now additional health boosts available throughout the game (in the form of French fries and cupcakes), save points, Steam achievements to unlock and also extra story scenes where you get to find out more about the machinations of the evil Lizard King. Oh, and keep an eye out for the clown…

On that note, if it’s an intro to the characters – good and bad – you’re after, you can find the inside story on the four Heroes themselves here and the lowdown on the evil dudes here. Robin ‘Inda’ Hood is still just as useless as ever, of course.

Robin ‘Inda’ Hood – completely useless

I’ve also posted a new page on this site on which you can find all of the LPs to date. It’s really entertaining and rewarding to see people playing through your game. If you’ve not explored the world of the Disposable Heroes yet then check out these Youtubers’ frequently hilarious videos.

We’ve plenty more to share from Evilized Towers as we move towards launch of the full and final game in the spring – including our thoughts on the particularly exciting news that we have been invited to appear at EGX Rezzed in London this April as part of the SEGA-sponsored Leftfield Collection showcase – I really cannot wait to meet gamers in the UK’s beautiful capital and show off the game.

Thanks so much for all your support whilst the game is in Early Access on Steam, it really means a lot and your feedback continues to be hugely helpful in developing the game.

Ben @ Evilized Games

We’re going all Leftfield at EGX!

An artist’s impression of how it might look if that bone-headed Orc were to visit Tobacco Dock

We’re completely honoured and delighted at the news that Disposable Heroes has been selected from almost 300 videogames to appear as part of the Leftfield Collection at this year’s EGX Rezzed!

Organised and hosted by the team behind EGX (formerly EuroGamer Expo), EGX Rezzed is London’s premier videogames event, which returns to Tobacco Dock from Thursday 7th to Saturday 9th April 2016.

The ‘little brother of EGX’, Rezzed features a host of playable pre-release games on both PC and console with a focus on indie titles alongside developer sessions by well-known game designers and the opportunity to chat with developers such as ourselves on the show floor.

Sponsored by SEGA, the Leftfield Collection gives indie developers the opportunity to showcase their games for free at a major consumer event. The Leftfield Collection has a long history of bringing a wide variety of games to public view; from small hobby projects with unique control inputs to beautiful and interesting commercial work.

The Evilized Games team at last year’s First Look Festival

If you would like to come along, play Disposable Heroes and meet the game’s developers, along with all 21 of the other Leftfield game picks and of course all that Rezzed has to offer, click here to find out more from the EGX website.

Appearing at Rezzed will also give us the opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with the creators of dungeon-crawler Barbara-Ian whose eponymous hero gave Disposable Heroes composer David Burrows a close up view of his mighty hammer last time out…

Make a date in your diary for EGX Rezzed 2016 and we will see you there..!

Ben