tag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:/games/21697Cheerful Ghost: The Binding of Isaac2024-03-29T09:13:18+00:002018-06-29T19:10:00Ztag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/37862018-06-29T19:09:08Z2018-06-29T19:10:00Z/jdodson/posts/3786/the-new-binding-of-isaac-four-souls-game-is-a-4-player-card-game-on-kickstarterThe New Binding of Isaac Four Souls Game Is A 4-Player Card Game On Kickstarter!<iframe width='100%' height='600px' scrolling='no' src='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isaacfoursouls/the-binding-of-isaac-four-souls/widget/video.html' frameborder='0'> </iframe><a href='http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isaacfoursouls/the-binding-of-isaac-four-souls' target='_blank' class='btn btn-primary btn-xs'><i class='fas fa-heart'></i> Back this on Kickstarter!</a> <br/>Edmund McMillen is one half of the old Team Meat that made Super Meat Boy and he's recently gone off to work with new teams on projects such as The Binding of Isaac Rebirth, The End is Nigh and now with his brand new Kickstarter project The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls. Four Souls is a neat looking group card game where funding it at $25 gets you the base game and upping your pledge gets you more. Not really sure from the video how the game plays but it looks like fun and if it's anything like the base game, it's difficult, dark and features lots of poop and tears. Which, you know, sounds awesome.2018-06-29T19:10:00Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/23882015-02-05T03:31:04Z2015-02-05T03:31:04Z/jdodson/posts/2388/florian-working-on-binding-of-isaac-wrath-of-the-lamb-updateFlorian Working On Binding of Isaac Wrath of the Lamb Update<div class='youtube-player' data-id='EGHrNaRzKKo'></div> <br/>Florian Himsl is the incredible other half of the team that brought us the original Binding of Isaac. In a bit of awesome news he is updating the original Wrath of the Lamb update with even more content. Now that The Binding of Isaac Rebirth is out I wasn't expecting more content for the original, but I can't say I mind it!<br><br>This is one part of Indie Game Development I appreciate as it's fairly rare for this to happen on the other side of the house.2015-02-05T03:31:04Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/16462013-09-28T19:49:58Z2014-05-12T23:48:29Z/jdodson/posts/1646/edmund-talks-the-binding-of-isaac-originsEdmund Talks: The Binding of Isaac Origins<div class='youtube-player' data-id='7meAWycNH6A'></div> <br/>The folks that made Indie Game: The Movie have released this excerpt from the special edition focusing on Edmund and The Binding of Issac. It's a really great 30 minute doc short on why Edmund decided to make the game and it getting huge in the YouTube Let's Play community.<br><br>I really appreciate Edmund's honesty and his though process that went into making this really compelling game. It surprised me to learn that the game only took 3 months start to finish.<br><br>I think if the Indie Game: The Movie people keep interviewing and releasing indie game videos the universe would be a little bit better for it.2014-05-12T23:48:29Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/12032013-04-17T18:09:15Z2014-05-12T23:48:22Z/jdodson/posts/1203/northern-lion-interviews-edmund-mcmillenNorthern Lion Interviews Edmund McMillen<div class='youtube-player' data-id='NxhIDco3sXo#!'></div> <br/>Awesome new Northern Lion with Edmund McMillen about The Binding of Isaac and its upcoming sequel Rebirth.<br><br>A few awesome bits:<br><br><ul>
<br><li>Rebirth is being made by the VVVVVVV guys and is in a very early staged programming wise. The game is being made to work on all manner of handhelds, Steam, Windows and Mac. Edmund really wants to support Linux.</li>
<br><li>Rebirth will include all of the Isaac content and some balancing changes. Many features could not be included in the game due to limitations of Flash and they will be including many of those missing features.</li>
<br><li>Edmund talks about how he feels people should play Isaac by going in blind and experiencing how things work without any kind of guide. He things giving away all the item secrets and formulas is a bad design choice.</li>
<br><li>He is looking forward to a few month period with Rebirth where there is mystery to the game and everyone doesn't know what everything does.</li>
<br><li>Edmund wants to incentivize people moving through the levels quickly with certain rewards.</li>
<br><li>A ton more..</li>
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</ul><br><br>Seems like we have a ways to go for this to finally release, but when it does it will be a day one purchase!2014-05-12T23:48:22Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/9292013-01-25T17:12:31Z2014-05-12T23:48:17Z/Gary_Butterfield/posts/929/live-stream-tonightLive Stream! Tonight!<iframe src='https://player.twitch.tv/?channel=watchoutforfireballs&parent=cheerfulghost.com&parent=localhost&parent=127.0.0.1&autoplay=false' allowfullscreen='true' frameborder='0' scrolling='no'></iframe> <br/>Hey guys.<br><br>Me and some of my goofball friends will be live streaming some Binding of Isaac tonight at 9PM pacific. Come join us! <br><br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.twitch.tv/watchoutforfireballs">http://www.twitch.tv/watchoutforfireballs</a>2014-05-12T23:48:17ZGary_Butterfieldtag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/8732013-01-03T06:39:47Z2014-05-12T23:48:16Z/Gary_Butterfield/posts/873/so-i-started-a-binding-of-isaac-let-s-playSo I started a Binding of Isaac Let's Play<div class='youtube-player' data-id='x6Ohxr6rx-Q'></div> <br/>Here goes! I'm trying to come at this from a "how to" or "guide" angle because I feel like my 360 hours of this game should be good for something. Let me know what you think.2014-05-12T23:48:16ZGary_Butterfieldtag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/7922012-12-06T01:48:47Z2014-05-12T23:48:15Z/jdodson/posts/792/isaac-rebirth-news-mewgenics-updateIsaac Rebirth News & Mewgenics Update<img src='http://i.imgur.com/qaEH2.jpg' class='img-responsive' alt='http://i.imgur.com/qaEH2.jpg' /> <br/>Edmund McMillen of the Super Meat Boy & Binding of Isaac fame dropped some news on The Binding of Isaac Rebirth. Recently he had a Formsping Q&A on his blog and you needed to be made aware of the details. Your welcome in advance.<br><br>"<strong>-Rebirth is a totally remade game based on the flash version of the binding of isaac + wrath of the lamb. <br><br>-The game is being produced and developed by Nicalis, the guys who did all the cave story remakes and the VVVVVV port.<br><br>-Nicalis is working on the port for Ps3/Vita and PC (steam) and is also currently talking to MS and Nintendo about releasing on their platforms. we are also looking into an iOS version if its not garbage.<br><br>-The remake will feature all the content featured in BOI+Wrath but will also feature another Wrath sized expansion over the top that will feature a new final chapter, ending, 2 new playable characters and tons more items, rooms, enemies, bosses and the like. the goal will be to make replaying the whole game not only worth it but also make i so it feels very fresh and new.<br><br>-The remake will feature content that was removed from the flash version of the game due to limitations (secret stuff!)<br><br>-The remake will feature LOCAL 2 player co-op… no online play because that will just extend the release by another forever.<br><br>-I will be lead designer on the project, making sure things are as perfect as we can make them and as true to the original as possible, i will also be designing all the new content and features.<br><br>-The game will be getting a full 16bit make over, im doing this because i think the art is tired and im sick of looking at it. i think a fresh coat of paint is needed and i think its kinda appropriate/funny to do a damake for the remake.<br><br>-We will try to do a loyalty pre-order discount to anyone who owns the game on pc.</strong>"<br><br>Some really interesting bits here:<br><br><ul>
<br><li>Co-op. Whoa! If you can harm the other then that might make it harder.</li>
<br><li>I wonder what stuff didnt make it into the main game they wanted to include? I guess more on those bits will surface later.</li>
<br><li>Dropping the price for current owners is a good idea but I would have picked it up either way</li>
<br><li>If an iOS version played well I might play more of that than on the PC</li>
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</ul><br><br>The full post where he drops the details:<br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://edmundm.com/post/36798306331/binding-of-isaac-console-remake-details">http://edmundm.com/post/36798306331/binding-of-isaac-console-remake-details</a><br><br>Edmund also ran a poll about the remake:<br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://edmundm.com/post/37223982057/binding-of-isaac-retro-remake-the-results-are-in">http://edmundm.com/post/37223982057/binding-of-isaac-retro-remake-the-results-are-in</a><br><br>Team Meat is working on a new game called Mew-Genics and dropped a bit of information on how diverse the in game cats are:<br><br>"<strong>So yeah, Mew-Genics will feature over 12,207,031,250,000,000,000,000 cats. its easy to assume you and your friends wont ever have the same cat. technically that number only applies to how the cat looks, if you include its personality variables that number multiplies by A LOT.. not to mention the ability variables, personal stats and a ton more secret stuff we will talk about later on.</strong>"<br><br><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://supermeatboy.com/128/Mew_Genics_teaser_week_6/#b">http://supermeatboy.com/128/Mew_Genics_teaser_week_6/#b</a><br><br>This is in the running for my most anticipated new games besides Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm.2014-05-12T23:48:15Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/2522012-05-01T01:37:20Z2014-05-13T06:09:33Z/jdodson/posts/252/bought-this-game-a-few-months-back-and-have-played-much-moreBought this game a few months back and have played much more<img src='http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu4k85uRPu1qe9bi5o1_500.png' class='img-responsive' alt='http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu4k85uRPu1qe9bi5o1_500.png' /> <br/>Bought this game a few months back and have played much more recently. The unforgiving game play of the first few play throughts didn't win me over. I loved the art style and game tone but the lack of save really hampered me on it.<br><br>Started it up again recently and immediately unlocked the Magdaline character. I played through as Magdaline and did much better than I had previously. The play control is the same, but Magdaline starts with a Heart item that allows you to recover one heart every so often. After a bit the play control seemed to gel more and I did much better. Still lost but I went further in the dungeon and it didn't seem like a complete annihlation.<br><br>That or I am just getting used to roguelikes. Plan on playing this more in the up coming days as we all wait for the Diablo 3 launch.<br><br>What are you playing until Diablo 3 drops May 15th?2014-05-13T06:09:33Zjdodsontag:cheerfulghost.com,2005:Post/1242012-02-29T02:31:34Z2014-05-13T06:09:31Z/jdodson/posts/124/i-saw-this-game-as-i-was-making-my-way-through-some-videoI saw this game as I was making my way through some video<img src='http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/113200/ss_e06e09cbd2fa66dc8d35ede3620a4865ebf2e033.1920x1080.jpg?t=1317759692' class='img-responsive' alt='http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/113200/ss_e06e09cbd2fa66dc8d35ede3620a4865ebf2e033.1920x1080.jpg?t=1317759692' /> <br/>I saw this game as I was making my way through some video game conversation. A few words stuck to me "zelda rouge-like" and "disturbing." I was interested in both topics because I don't hear about many disturbing games these days. I had also heard the game had some religious overtones and it was released by some Indie developers. So I checked out a demo.<br><br>First off I think it warrants mentioning I don't like games that are very hard. Since this game is a rogue-like expect that you will die. A lot. Basically you need to crawl X amount of dungeons to go head-to-head with Mom, beat her and win the game. <br><br>After playing a few days in a row I never got further than floor 4. <br><br>I like that the game has religious overtones and doesn't apologize for its take on the material. The playable characters of the game are Issac, Cain, Eve, Judas and a few others that don't come to mind. Issac is the only character unlocked by default, you can unlock the rest by doing things in the game. I like that the playable characters are people that don't get a ton of love in the Bible, the misfits as it were. It makes sense in the tone of the game, but I don't want to spoil the entire tone of the game.<br><br>If you really love rogue-likes then you need to play this game. If you love Zelda and need to see when people pay homage, then check this game out. If you like Bible material flipped around in non-traditional ways then check this out. All in all, its a fun game and worth looking into I just didn't stick with me as I don't like the punishing nature of rogue-likes.2014-05-13T06:09:31Zjdodson