- Patch notes for Jun 21, 2023 - 21 June 2023
This release improves the Steam Deck experience: Fix lingering on grey screen after quitting on Steam Deck Fix graphical flickering during curtain-close animation on Steam Deck Fix 'Get Help' button on title screen not being controller-reachable Past patches also included these unannounced changes: Save level downloads exactly as-is rather than re-exporting them, fixing corruption case Fix Rock Candy fully suppressing neighboring Polterguys
- Kid Hallow Winter Event - 23 December 2022
Of course, Kid Hallow (and Robot Wants It All!) is on sale for the holidays. So buy it now if you forgot to do so earlier. But also.... The Winter Challenge has returned! I think the picture pretty much explains it. A bunch of new winter-themed levels are now available in Kid Hallow. You'll find them under the "Winter Challenge" button in the menu. Play them, do well, and you will win a Winter Medal! The top 3 total scores on these levels will earn a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Winter Medal by their name, which will stay by their name until next year's Winter Challenge! Rub it in their noses all year! You have until January 12th to crush the competition. Good luck and happy holidays.
- The Spooky Challenge - 24 September 2022
Did you enjoy the Winter Challenge last year? Or do you have no idea what I'm talking about and wonder why some people have metal snowflakes by their names in the high score list? Well, let's solve all that with this year's SPOOKY CHALLENGE! From October 1st to November 1st, a special set of new levels will appear in Kid Hallow. You can find them by clicking "Spooky Challenge" in the game menu. They work just like any other level, but they have their own special high score list. This list ranks you by the combined total of your best scores on these special levels only. If you can be in the top 3 scores on those levels combined by the end of the challenge, you will receive a fabulous SPOOKY GHOST attached to your username until next year's Spooky Challenge when you'll have to defend your crown! Questions? Here are some key facts: These levels will remain forever, they're not temporary. B…
- Patch notes for Jul 5, 2022 - 6 July 2022
This release fixes a few minor bugs discovered since the Sci-Fi Pack and Candy Quest release: Fix Glob being unable to jump while riding Hovercrates Fix multiple Yerfdogs inhaling guys simultaneously deleting some of them Fix the bottom crate in "Frankly, I'm Shocked" not reaching its intended destination Additionally, these bugs were fixed in a series of small releases on the 1st and 2nd of June: Fix crash when running within the Steam Linux runtime (unnoticed in dev environment) Fix crash when playing a Quest level for the first time ever Upload Candy Quest star count whenever it changes, not just when username changes Fix menu flickering when clicking To Adventure! Disable Share button on successful import Update "Kid's Bag of Tricks" so you can't kill the mummy by accident before he hits the button Fix visuals when capturing Glob with Yerfdog or Witch Fix Glob being unable to stand…
- Sci-Fi Pack and Candy Quest, Now available! - 2 June 2022
With a gigaton of big changes, the Sci-Fi Pack and Candy Quest are now here in Kid Hallow. This free update adds over 150 new levels, an adventure mode to find them in, 3 new costumes, and a ton of new tiles, features, and weird insane interactions. Maybe most interesting is a whole set of new abilities for all of the existing costumes, thanks to the Power Pill which can upgrade your costume. I mean, you want Santa to have a gatling gun, right? Enough said - you can check out the many update videos that cover all the individual features if you want to see that, but I say just download and dive in! It's sci-fi time.
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #16: Beware The Glob! - 2 May 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 25 new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. BEWARE THE GLOB The Sci-Fi Pack is almost here! This is our final video hyping it up, and we will leave the last few tiles as a mystery - they include the 'final boss' of the pack and various tiles to help it function. In this video, we get to see The Glob in action. This is far different from every other costume, as this one can just run straight up walls and stick to ceilings. It's tricky to get used to, but it's a slip-slidey good time, as you instantly consume any enemy you run into... unless you're already full. Candy Quest is also finished now, barring testing and tweaks (of which there continue to be many!). It has over 150 levels and I admit they get a bit tricky towards the end, but it's a long smooth curve to ge…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #15: Holograms, Snowmen, & Penguins - 21 April 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. HOLOGRAMS, SNOWMEN, & PENGUINS The Sci-Fi Pack is almost here! This is our second to last video (oh, I'm so glad...). Behold the snowman's apocalypse beam, and the flaming penguin of doom! Also a really cool hologram. And hey, is that a new Snowman song? Well, not super new - it's music from Dr. Lunatic. I've also been hard at work on Candy Quest (very hard - 143 levels are done so far!), and have nearly finished. I only have the Dumb Pack Power Pill levels left to do, plus the Vampire, and then any extra Challenge Levels I want to squeeze in before release. We are really finally getting close to this massive undertaking being complete. I'm glad I made Candy Quest for many reasons, but a big one is that it made me rea…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #14: Candy Quest! - 8 April 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 25 new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. You may have noticed that it's been a while since the last Sci-Fi Pack update... well, we are a little bit delayed, but, it's because there is a gigaton of extra content being added! When adding the 3 new costumes, I knew I would have to add training levels for them. However, we also have power pills for 18 different costumes, which really need training as well. And then on top of all that, I sent the game to a whole collection of streamers and got to watch them play... and let's just say that wasn't pretty. Kid Hallow is a game of thousands of complex interactions between various blocks and monsters. If you don't already know what does what with what, a level is just a mess of random pixels and you die for no reason. And…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #13: Yerfdog and Pushbot - 14 March 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. PUSHBOT A mighty new Sci-Fi enemy, the Pushbot is pretty tough to destroy, but that's okay - you might want to keep it alive, since every time it bumps into something, it tries to push it. It might just solve crate puzzles for you! YERFDOG'S POWER PILL Yerfdog has an extremely unique Power Pill effect. It does nothing, except to give him the power to get powers when he inhales enemies and objects (makes sense, right?). Whatever he inhales, he inherits some portion of its power as long as it is in his mouth. There are some duplicates (like both Gargoyles and Bats give you the Air Yerf power), but there are still 35 different powers you can gain! It will be an interesting challenge for level builders to figure out exact…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #12: Wire of the Year and GRAVY - 2 March 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. INSULATED WIRES This one's simple enough, but it's still my WIRE OF THE YEAR! It's always been tough to build wire layouts in Kid Hallow just because wires will connect to anything around them that they can. With insulated wires, you have more control and you can make much more compact builds. They only go horizontally, but let's not get crazy or anything. Who needs vertical wires anyway? SPACEMAN The Spaceman Costume offers some new things nobody else can really do. First of all, he has a laser which ignites things. He's not the first to do that, but he is the only costume that can set things on fire without using a Power Pill. Fire is very versatile, as you can see in this video. It can burn down normally invincible…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #11: More New Stuff! - 21 February 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. MORE NEW STUFF The pack is coming soon, but we still have weeks more previews to preview! So I'm jamming them in at high velocity, and here's your latest funjection(tm) straight into your brain. Security Lasers are pretty much vertical Dragon Statues, though how you deal with them is quite a bit different. They will vaporize anybody, and they don't have to recharge after doing so. But you can turn them off with electricity, or you can block the beam with something indestructible like a Crate. The Knight gains amazing new Golden Armor when he takes a Power Pill (plus... emerald weapons? I guess? Jade?). This protects him from one hit and gives him the power to drop his shield, which apparently was stuck with his normal…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #10: Straight Facts - 14 February 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. STRAIGHT FACTS The pack is coming soon, but we still have weeks more previews to preview! So I have to start jamming them in. No more fun, just straight facts. Check out the video to see all the action.
- Patch notes for Feb 12, 2022 - 13 February 2022
The Sci-Fi pack is closing in (see the other updates for details), but for now enjoy these fixes and tweaks: When searching, the ">>" and "
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #9: Bouapha After Dark - 2 February 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. BOUAPHA AFTER DARK I'm sure everybody is familiar with Bouapha's late night talk show, but in case you missed this episode, I've pulled out a clip to show you info on Bouapha's Power Pill abilities, the new Light Switch tile (which is heavily featured during the talk show, in a sneaky way), and two new level modifiers which light the level up (or not) in different ways. Since the video is basically insane and mildly embarrassing for me personally, here's the deets: - Bouapha's power pill gives him two upgrades: triple hammers (that fly faster than normal), and skeleton keys. That means that any keys he picks up will be replaced by Yellow Keys, which open doors of any color. - The Light Switch is triggered by anybody t…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #8: Star Warps - 23 January 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. STAR WARPS I admit this is not the best of my Sci-Fi Pack videos... but it is definitely the best new Sci-Fi Pack feature! With Warp Gates, you now have the power to swap between two universes while editing. They can be completely different in every way if you like. But the player will be able to warp between them at the Warp Gate locations. Some fun facts and perhaps future FAQs: Placing or removing a Warp Gate in one universe affects the other one as well, Warp Gates are always in identical pairs. When the player is in one universe, the other universe is frozen. This can be useful in puzzles. For example: get a Gargoyle into position under a Warp Gate in one world, then swap to the other, making your way to that fir…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #7: ROBOT WANTS CANDY! - 14 January 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. ROBOT WANTS CANDY! Robot, of Robot Wants It All fame, is Kid Hallow's newest costume! Robot plays in a totally different way than any other costume - initially, he can only move left and right (not even jumping!). But collecting a Power Pill doesn't turn him into a super beast like every other costume. Rather, it just gives him one new ability. He can collect up to 14 Power Pills to get all of his abilities, and the person who created the level has a way to decide the order in which you get abilities. Check out the video and see what Robot is up to lately! And by the way, if you find this costume intriguing, be sure to check out Robot Wants It All - 6 games in one, and in each one Robot has an entirely different array…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #6: The Hovercrate and Scary Santa - 7 January 2022
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. Hovercrate This began life as the idea of a crate that Frank can shove, which doesn't stop moving (and ignores gravity). But then I realized it was basically a moving platform, so I added the ability to trigger it via electricity, so you can do all the moving platform tricks you like in games. Make an elevator, a jumping puzzle, or a smasher. But remember that Frank (and some others) can undo all your hard work with one quick headbutt! Scary Santa Santa has had enough of you flinging him to his death over and over, and he's not taking it anymore. Obviously the best Power Pill of them all, and it doesn't need any explanation. Except maybe that the Stockings turning green is when Santa puts coal in them. If an enemy col…
- Patch notes for Dec 22, 2021 - 22 December 2021
This patch includes the Editor Upgrade, the Winter Challenge until January 10th, and also: Tweak distance of Wolfman pounce slightly down again, so it's still easier to cross 2-tile gaps but you won't hit your head When there are two Yerfdogs, the second one no longer instantly spits out any inhaled objects Spiffy up the forest background ever-so-slightly Fix crates sometimes falling through platforms when being spat out by Yerfdog Fix bug where portcullises cannot be placed in the editor Fix possibility for Frank to push a crate a second time before it finishes being pushed once Fix camera calculations so guys don't sometimes float off the ground by 1 pixel Fix candy cane poltergeists causing the level exit to never unlock Fix a theoretical issue where possessed guys could have sometimes skipped tiles due to their double speed Fix Kids emitted by Yerfdog or Witch creating a start marke…
- Kid Hallow Winter Event & Editor Update - 20 December 2021
So much big Hallow news today. First of all, in a couple of days, we will be releasing the Editor Update. This is a major overhaul of how the editor works to improve it all around. New features and changes include: Copy/Paste tool (pictured)! Select regions and paste them elsewhere. Flood Fill tool (you can see the button in the picture)! The usual, you know how it works. All the menus have changed to cuddly icons (pictured too! What a handy picture). Sound effects, fun! Background music (change it by placing any costume to hear that costume's music). Sound and music toggle buttons so you don't have to hear that stuff I just said! Hold SHIFT to draw a line from your last click. Something I instinctively tried to do all the time, now actually works. CTRL-Z to undo! SO handy! Smoother/easier gamepad controls. I don't think anybody is doing any editing on their gamepad, but it's better now…
- Sci-Fi Pack Update #5: The Goo Valve and Radical Ranger - 14 December 2021
The Sci-Fi Pack is coming to Kid Hallow! It will be a free update with 20some new tiles/monsters/etc, 3 new costumes, new backgrounds and music, and some special features. Goo Valve You know those levels in many platformers where you hop your way up a bunch of platforms, desperately avoiding the lava rising beneath you? It's time for that terror to come to Kid Hallow! The good news is, as you saw in the video, Goo isn't actually immediately dangerous. It's just the same as water. But you still need to act fast because of course you can't stay in it for long without drowning. Unless you're the Penguin, then this is all just good fun. You can Monster Flip Goo Valves if you want the level to begin with them open (and it will also start filled with goo up to the level of your highest pre-opened valve, so you don't have to start with an empty level). Radical Ranger The bonus for the ranger w…
