Before releasing Super Meat Boy, Edmund McMillen spent nearly a decade creating small games that were largely unknown to the general public. Almost all of them were based on Adobe Flash, but some came out on Windows. Among them was the scrolling platformer Gish, which became the first truly popular project of the game designer. In May 2020, the game will turn 15 years old, and in honor of the upcoming anniversary, the author it contains new content.
The update will be released in January 2020 and for all owners of the game on Steam. It will bring new levels and "quality of life" improvements. In addition, according to McMillen, surprises in honor of the anniversary are being prepared by YouTube channel Noclip, which creates documentaries about game development, and Limited Run Games, which distributes physical editions of games. Also, the developer can change the price of Gish, which is currently offered for $10 in the US and for 200 rubles. in the Russian segment .
McMillen's plans for 2020 are not limited to the celebration of the 15th anniversary of Gish. The game designer is about to release updates for his latest game, The Legend of Bum-Bo. The match-XNUMX card roguelike will feature save and load features, bonus content, and a host of fixes. In addition, the developer will start talking about the latest addition to The Binding of Isaac, , the release of which is scheduled for the second or third quarter of the year. According to McMillen, "incredible" work has already been done on it, and the expectation will justify itself. The announcement of a “little secret game about worms” is scheduled for February-March, on which the game designer has been working for a long time.
The developer also said that in January again work on Mew-Genics. programmer , announced back in 2012, will perform , who worked on The End is Nigh, and the artist - , who drew cutscenes for Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth and Afterbirth+ and illustrations for The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls board game. Last at the end of next year addition (possibly final). It will be "very large" - so much so that the creator can again turn to the players for help through Kickstarter. "Next year will be fun!" he added.
In Gish, the user controls a ball of tar in an attempt to retrieve her kidnapped girlfriend Brea. The platformer was released in May 2004 for Windows and macOS, and moved to Linux in September of the same year. The game was also sold as part of the very first The Humble Indie Bundle. It was very well received by the press and gamers and received several prizes, including the Seamus McNally Grand Prix - the main award of IGF, and was also recognized by the jury of the same festival for innovation in game design. In 2010, the developers opened access to the source code of the game.
Source: 3dnews.ru