Kring — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| MERRY KRINGMAS with the CHEAT MODE GAMEPLAY! | 2024-12-19 | Dearest Kringers! Wishing you a very Merry KRINGMAS! CHEAT MODE GAMEPLAY revealed! For the occasion, I will reveal the way to unlock the CHEAT MODE GAMEPLAY and find Dev.Id, the black soul of the developer (that is, me)! Chorus: YAY! YAY! GREAT!!! So, do the following: - TYPE ASTROPUPPA: in the start menu, type (with the keyboard) the name of the most absurdly expensive game on Steam, that is ASTROPUPPA - TYPE “D”: After you type ASTROPUPPA, you will be able to summon Dev.Id. Press “D” on the keyboard to do so. - UNLOCKED! When Dev.Id appears, you will have unlocked the Cheat Mode Gameplay! - IN EVERY GAME TYPE “D”: you can call it in every g |
| UPDATE FOR PARASITE FIGHTER! | 2024-12-09 | Here we go again!!! So, I've been working hard the last few weekends and every moment I could dedicate to Parasite Fighter / Kring! Lots of new things! All for Parasite Fighter 1) I also added control via Pad controller. So now you can play it with mouse, keyboard or game pad! 2) I developed Progression well, which in practical terms means a sensible distribution of number of enemies, type and quantity of power-ups, and difficulty curve. Let me know what you think, to better balance the game! 3) I inserted particular objects, the DRONES, which if touched by the spaceship activate and do things, positive for us and very bad for the enemies. Th |
| ENJOY THE CARNAGE | 2024-11-18 | Here we go again! I finally managed to complete the CARNAGE version, that is, the phase of the game in which with our spaceship we can SLAUGH enemies, peeling off pieces of their alien flesh, stripping their skeleton bare, devouring and destroying them! In this video, if you have the will to go all the way through, you will also see the first of the boss-battles with the PARASITE MOTHER! - - - Also, other new features: - system to keep some of the powerups obtained even after you die (and trust me, you will die!). You will see fangs on either side of the powerups in the lower left corner. Click on them to choose the powerups to 'lock,' that i |
| BACK FROM TOKYO GAME SHOW | 2024-10-01 | I'm back from TOKYO! Here is KRING over TOKYO!!! Japan ...what a wonderful country! |
| Old version of the Genesis game now restored | 2024-09-15 | I reactivated the old version of Genesis! Which those who saw the birth of Kring know.... Since it's really weird and cryptic, I decided a while back to remake it from scratch by making the gameplay a little more intelligible and flowing by putting an option that allowed the old version to be reactivated. Then, in the weeks before the release, seeing that crashes generated by the old code from the old version of Genesis would pop up from time to time, I disabled it and made it inaccessible in order to prevent the game from crashing. Now I've caught the bug that generated the crash -- I hope no more mysterious ones pop up! The code in the old |
| PARASITE FIGHTER update 10th september 2024 | 2024-09-10 | ...all I have to say is in the title of the post! Check the video! And if you have time check it in-game; KRING build on Steam is updated! Let me know what you think! Have a great day! Ivan |
| PARASITE FIGHTER - Beta | 2024-08-30 | |
| PARASITE FIGHTER - alpha version | 2024-08-19 | And here is the alpha version of the new minigame (which you can play by clicking NOVELTY GAME in the main menu): PARASITE FIGHTER! You can use mouse or keyboard (WASD or ARROWS and space/control/enter keys). Best with mouse. Left key: shoot. There is no limit of shots, so go ahead and shoot tons of bullets. Right key: boost temporary. If you want to go fast, click a lot! For now there are: - 10 waves, each with a different enemy. The artificial intelligence of the various enemies is still super-silent, but it already gives flavor to exterminate them! - 3 game stages: NATURAL, MICRO, SUPERHOT, to which is added the PARASITE MOTHER final boss |
| WORKING ON A NEW MINIGAME! | 2024-08-18 | Ciao everybody! Just to let you know I'm working on a new minigame (not so mini) called PARASITE FIGHTER. You'll find it soon in the KRING - IT'S HARD TO BE A GOD update! The game is nearly completed, but wow I'm going to Gamescom so I'll publish the update after that, about end of august. The game has sold less than 60 copies so far, so you might ask... but why do you keep working on it? Because it's my fun! I already make video games as a professional. But making video games as a professional means thinking about the market, the money, the practical aspects. Which wouldn't allow me, an old game developer, to write code (I basically program |
| Kring is out now! Watch the dev play | 2024-08-14 | Play with me, I'll show you all the minigames and what you can unlock with the cheat mode |
| OUT NOW!!! KRING IS AVAILABLE! | 2024-08-08 | This is it! KRING is finally on sale! I started making it for pure fun exactly 6 years ago, from a gameplay idea of male and female cells moving through a game space, mating and procreating, and drawing on a virtual canvas their movements, thus photographing the genesis of the people themselves. Then, again just for fun, I kept adding races, creatures, weapons, levels. And then subgames, other games, a story, animations--always driven by what I felt like doing when I felt like doing it. Oh, and I drew it all by hand! Because of this, KRING is an absolutely anomalous game. Many things you will have to try more than once before you understand h |
| Kring: what are they? | 2024-08-05 | Colours and stupidity: that’s what KRING are made of, aliens who really look like to the elderly, the aged, the senior videogames developer. In KRING you take the mantle of a “loser” God and you have to take care of the Kring breeds, the dumbest creatures in the Universe. Raise, feed and protect your alien minions to unlock new KRING breeds. Let them thrive and cross the most dangerous corners of the galaxy, and who knows maybe you will even get revenge on the snarky Cool Gods. Follow Kring and add to your wishlist! https://bit.ly/Kring |
| Kring: that’s NOT all, folks! | 2024-08-03 | Instead of sleeping in the night, the developer (again the elderly, aged, senior one) decided to provide also some additional contents upon KRING’s release! You will be able to purchase KRING and one or more of the following DLCs : ○ KRING Soundtrack (perfect playlist for that pool party) ○ Digital Artbook (to impress her/him during that pool party) ○ A digital archive of old C64 games scrapbooks (as back-up plan rather than join that pool party) ○ The digital edition of the book “Life of videogames: 8-bit memories” (humble self-celebration by the developer, obviously written as back-up plan rather than join that pool party ‘just a few' years |
| Kring is coming to town! | 2024-08-01 | The countdown has started and soon you will be able to be in a stellar God’s shoes and dominate the Krings, the dumbest aliens in the Universe! The game has been drawn and developed by a single person: an elderly, an aged, a senior videogames developer. Why Ivan Venturi decided to release a videogame RIGHT on August 8th, i.e. 8/8, instead of rent beach equipment and enjoy the summer? The release is focused on Number EIGHT: date 8/8, time 08:08 (San Francisco timing, i.e. 17:08 Italy timing… and 1+7 is again 8!). How long is 1 byte? 8 bits. And how much is 8x8? Of course, “Commodore 64!” Follow Kring and add to your wishlist! https://bit.ly/Kr |
| Play with the developer! | 2024-06-15 | KRING is a psychedelic hand-drawn game which contains more than 10 different games. Clicker, Shoot'em Up, God Game, Runner, Platform, Beat'em Up and many other genres. A lot of secrets to unlock to discover new gameplay. You are the Kring God! Conquer the galaxy and defeat the Legendary Gods! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2068030/ |
| Watch the Developer play! | 2024-06-10 | Watch the Developer play! |