PogoChamp

Jake Rabinowitz Developer

Jake Rabinowitz Publisher

2021-04-12 Release

Indie Simulation Sports Singleplayer EATags

Game News Posts: 65

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Positive (21 reviews)

https://www.pogochampgame.com/

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Weekly Progress Report #82

I spent this week working through some of my backlog, adding various sound effects, fixing bugs, and working on some new stuff like cutscenes and new options. Progress toward 1.0 is going well, though I do need to think of one more achievement to add. Let me know in the comments if you have any ideas!

New Cutscene (All Stars Obtained)

[previewyoutube=whs99-bEbjo;full][/previewyoutube] If you're already a Pogo Champ, you may have seen the placeholder cutscene for obtaining all the stars in the game. It was a black screen with white text that said pretty much "A cutscene would go here! What should it be? I don't know!" Well in the lead up to 1.0 it was finally time to make a real cutscene, so here it is! Hope you like it.

Changelog

ACHIEVEMENT: Added "High Score" achievement. "Score 3x as many points as you need in a level with a scoreboard."
UX: Adjust achievement menu size.
BUG FIX: Anonymized leaderboard names didn't carry over in replays.
UX: Toggling UI visibility now hides names in leaderboard replays.
BUG FIX: Exclude engines from occlusion culling in The Beginning so the animation plays properly.
BUG FIX: Ball power up in The Beginning now only triggers once.
UX: Allow you to skip credits by holding start or escape.
BUG FIX: Fix glass shatter SFX.
BUG FIX: Hydroplane-ing uses ring style power ups now.
SFX: Add sound effect to gate opening.
SFX & VFX: Add visual and sound effect when bouncing on bounce pads.
SFX: Add sound effect to flames in This Is Some Bull.
SFX: Add sound effect to breakable platforms.
UX: Add option to disable in-game achievement notifications.
BUG FIX: Om Nom achievement now works properly with ragdolls (should be more reliable to unlock).
CONTENT: Added a real cinematic for obtaining all stars.

[ 2022-04-23 17:45:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

I thought "PogoChamp" was a pretty good pun, so I spent a few thousand hours making a game around it...

Features

Unique, easy-to-understand, but tricky to master controls.
Fluid, momentum-based movement (once you get the hang of it).
100 levels that constantly remix and iterate on the mechanics.
Whacky power-ups that change how you play the game but still maintain the essential controls like: Fish Hat, Hamster Ball, Jetpack, Football, and Bazooka.
A dedicated self-destruct button!
Varied levels that are designed to be fun and surprising, for example: Pachinko, A Bullfight, Skee-Ball, Giant Mini Golf, A giant video game console, A Piano and more!
Fully featured In-game Replay System that will show all of your attempts at once.
Steam Leaderboards for every level. Leaderboard entries include replays so you can learn from the best!
Multiple challenge target times for each level.
Steam Achievements.
3 Different game modes: Standard, Survival, and Daily Challenge.
Support for Keyboard & Mouse, Xbox, Playstation, Switch Pro, and generic gamepad controllers.
Lots of puns!
No dialog!
Secret completionist objectives.
A deliberate focus on being more fun than frustrating.