FranknJohn

bitSmith Games Developer

bitSmith Games Publisher

2015-03-04 Release

Action Indie RPG Singleplayer Coop EATags

Game News Posts: 30

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Mixed (22 reviews)

http://www.franknjohn.com

Steam Store

The Game includes VR Support

Public Linux Depots:

FranknJohn Linux [504.16 M]

Update 0.5.8 - New garden enemy and other stuff

Hey everyone, Sorry for the slow updates, it's slow going these days as we are all working in other jobs to make ends meet. But anyway, first of all, work is continuing on the next area, we can't wait to show it off. So in this update we've added a new enemy to the garden. It is cocoon that hatches into a spider. At the moment the spider hatches as soon as the player goes near it but maybe it might be better if there's time to destroy the cocoon before it hatches...Let us know what you think of it, good/bad/needs work? Also in the update are lots of tweaks to gameplay and some bug fixes. Thanks, the bitSmithers

Release Notes - Version 0.5.8

Added

New enemy, cocoon/spider appears in part 2 of garden

Changes

camera pulled out a teeny bit more
mary anne walks down to surgical table in tutorial now
tweaks to furnace Enemies
Nibbler health reduced by 5
zombie axe health reduced by 5
fnj base speed increased by 0.5
all skullcap kill charges increased a bit
tweaks to furnace rooms
increased to size of the lock symbol on locked upgrades
reduced amount ooze to pick up in Tutorial
low health sound played on a percentage of players health
tweaked upgrade costs, lower at start to get players on their way, gets higer later
water/lava plane in levels set to lowest room position
Flying nest fly won't increase skullcap charge up
little bit more ooze on first few play throughs
tuned up the dialogue UI a little
Mary Anne walks back up to exit after player exits the surgical table for the first time
pill pickup radius increased
another player can jump in at any point, not just in Hub
Nibbler stops moving for a second after attack
Zombie Axe attack Pause increased a bit
tweaked the health drop bonus upgrade

Fixes

coop fixed
football loading fixed
player not aligning with ramp when horizontal on the ramp fixed
load audio bank wasn't being called when going from garden to furnace
analytics stuff

[ 2016-07-14 17:25:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 0.5.8 - New garden enemy and other stuff

Release Notes - Version 0.5.8

Added

New enemy, cocoon/spider appears in part 2 of garden

Changes

camera pulled out a teeny bit more
mary anne walks down to surgical table in tutorial now
tweaks to furnace Enemies
Nibbler health reduced by 5
zombie axe health reduced by 5
fnj base speed increased by 0.5
all skullcap kill charges increased a bit
tweaks to furnace rooms
increased to size of the lock symbol on locked upgrades
reduced amount ooze to pick up in Tutorial
low health sound played on a percentage of players health
tweaked upgrade costs, lower at start to get players on their way, gets higer later
water/lava plane in levels set to lowest room position
Flying nest fly won't increase skullcap charge up
little bit more ooze on first few play throughs
tuned up the dialogue UI a little
Mary Anne walks back up to exit after player exits the surgical table for the first time
pill pickup radius increased
another player can jump in at any point, not just in Hub
Nibbler stops moving for a second after attack
Zombie Axe attack Pause increased a bit
tweaked the health drop bonus upgrade

Fixes

coop fixed
football loading fixed
player not aligning with ramp when horizontal on the ramp fixed
load audio bank wasn't being called when going from garden to furnace
analytics stuff

[ 2016-07-14 17:25:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

FranknJohn is a horror inspired action roguelike, where your head is your weapon! Young FranknJohn is a failed experiment of a demented scientist, Dr Harmin. He wakes, with no memory, in a cell, with a head that can only stay on his body with the help of a chain. FranknJohn is far from helpless however, as his flaw becomes his strength - he can swing his head wildly round to smash away the plethora of strange creatures that roam the house of horror...

Current Features

Smash enemies with FranknJohn's weaponized head
Experiment with 20 different Skullcaps that alter gameplay in many different ways
Huge skill tree. Collect Dr. Harmin's mysterious ooze and use it to upgrade your body and mind
Randomly generated environments. A new experience with each new life
Local co-op - play with a friend!
Battle through the first area two areas of the game, "The Garden of Denial" and "The Furnace of Anger"
Perma-death, challenging enemies will test the sternest of players
Glorious soundtrack by Ben Prunty (FTL/Gravity Ghost)
Pills to temporally upgrade your stats
Explore FrankJohn's underground hideout

Planned Features
Content

More areas - The Cistern of Depression and the final showdown with Dr. Harmin in the "The Lab of Isolation"
More variety, challenges and secrets - We have lot's of fun stuff in store
More Skullcaps - these are so much fun to make we want to keep making them forever
More enemies - Each new area will have roughly the same amount of enemies currently available
More bosses - Dr. Harmins most prized creations are being readied for battle
More glorious soundtrack by Ben Prunty

Bug Fixing

We have put a lot of effort into making sure FranknJohn is as bug free as possible, however the game is in Early Access so it is unavoidable. We will do our best to squish them as soon as they present their ugly heads.

Balancing

A game like this lives or dies on it's balance, so expect a lot of tweaking to occur throughout Early Access.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04+
Processor: Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent or betterMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD 4400 or Nvidia or AMD equivalent or better
Storage: 525 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: SteamOS coming soon. few graphical problems currently
RECOMMENDED SETUPProcessor: Intel Core i5 or AMD equivalent or betterMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Dedicated graphics card recommended

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