Yo. Lets talk about one unique enemy: The Brainer.

The Brainer isn't one specific enemy, but a class of enemies. Brainers have, as you might have guessed, a large protruding brain. They're between a common and uncommon occurrence. But what makes them special? I'll show you.

You can jump into their brain Psychonauts style. But this is more physical then mental. You enter their brain and fight brain cells. Now you can kill Brainers by normal means. And they are pretty fragile and slow. But if you defeat them via brain, you get another special interaction.

Braining Brainers causes a large AOE attack! This one causes the ground underneath to fall out. Another create a giant explosion. Another fires off a long range laser beam. There's more in the works but you get the point. JUICY. EXPLOSIONS. FUN. Or JEF. Idk. Maybe not JEF. JEF is cool though.

I have more plans for these guys but I'm still working it out.

Anyways that's Brainers and the end of the devlog for September!

Until next time!
JEF ... er Space

oh here's a little peak into the ol dev notebook with an entry about brainers. somewhere on that page.

Hey!

Welcome to the first of at least a few development updates for Gum Flesh! I'll try to give you an idea of how development is going and share any fun stuff that's happening. For this first one, I want to talk about what Gum Flesh is and isn't.

-first draft of gum flesh steam capsule

Gum Flesh is tagged as a traditional roguelike. I think that comes with a pretty set in stone framework. Turn-based. Grid-based. Permadeath. Deep systems. A steep learning cur...... NO. Gum Flesh aims to be suuuuper easy to pick up and play. I hope that you'll be able to know if the game is right for you within the first couple minutes rather than the first couple hours. On top of that, there is visual and audio feedback for everything. This sort of thing is becoming less rare for modern traditional roguelikes which rules.

I love old school roguelikes. But I just don't have time to learn them. I want Gum Flesh to be almost instantly fun, while still being a deep experience that can be enjoyed over and over. That being said, the arrow is still mid air. Whether it hits the target remains to be seen. Though from my early testing, it seems to be going in the right direction ;)

Until next time!
Space