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Hello everyone, this is Bread, producer of Bolt & Whalington, who has somehow just wandered into a city full of cats. Why a Cat City? 🐱 Why is there suddenly a whole cat settlement in the game? Quite a few players told us before that while The Sardine had some lovely scenery
Hello everyone, this is Bread. When making a game, designing normal weapons can sometimes be surprisingly difficult. But whenever our team starts working on strange weapons, the ideas seem to come effortlessly. And that is how some rather ridiculous creations have found their way
Hello everyone, this is Bread. In this devlog, we would like to talk about sequence breaking. In our game, if you follow the normal progression route, it takes around half an hour of exploration and a boss fight before the protagonist can obtain a new ability. But players who tru
Hello everyone, this is Bread.As many of you may know, our game features quite a few meta elements. During exploration, players will also come across a strange device called the Setting Machine. The Setting Machine is not a regular mechanism, nor is it simply a tool that grants t
Hi everyone, I'm Bread, the producer of Bolt & Whalington . As many of you know, our protagonist Bolt is a Siamese cat . Many players are immediately drawn to his strangely charming, slightly goofy personality when they first see him. But in our game, Bolt isn't the only “cat
We’ve got something exciting to share: Bolt & Whalington has officially passed 10,000 wishlists! Thank you so much for all your support. We’ll keep working hard to make the game even better. It has been nearly a year since the game was first revealed. After taking part in Ste
Hi everyone, I'm Bread, the producer of Bolt & Whalington. As I mentioned before, both the world and the main character in our game were never designed to be dark or overly serious. Instead, we wanted to create a more playful and quirky cat-themed Metroidvania. So in this dev
Whalington’s journey is taking a short break for now. During this playtest, we not only opened the game up for online players, but also brought it to PAX East in Boston, USA. More players joined the adventure than ever before, and we’re truly grateful for your support. Now, let’s
Hi everyone! I’m Bread, the producer of Bolt & Whalington . Our Open Playtest is still live, so if you haven’t joined yet, feel free to jump in and give it a try! After the previous test, I received a lot of helpful feedback about our environments. So I started another round
No need to wait, jump in Whalington right now! ————Major Update———— For this playtest, we’ve condensed the game’s content to reduce early backtracking and get to its core mechanics and fun much sooner. This version offers around 1.5 to 2 hours of gameplay. The goal of this build
Our cat × mech Metroidvania Bolt & Whalington will be featured at PAX East in Boston, USA on the 26th! Booth No.: 14087 Can’t make it to the event? No worries~ We’ll also be launching an online Playtest at the same time—everyone is welcome to try out the brand-new version! Th
Hello everyone! I’m Bread, the producer of Bolt & Whalington — and also the game’s lead artist (which, to be honest, just means I’m the only artist on the team). A lot of players have asked why we chose a hand-drawn look, so today I’d like to share the story behind our art di
Hello everyone, I’m Bread , the developer of Bolt & Whalington, a Metroidvania-style game currently in development. If you’re interested, you’re very welcome to add it to your Steam wishlist — thank you very much! Steam store page: View game page Recently, I’ve been working o
Hello everyone! I’m Bread, the developer of Bolt & Whalington, a Metroidvania-style game currently in development. If you’re interested, feel free to add the game to your Wishlist — your support truly means a lot to us! View game page As you can see in the image above, our pr
Hey everyone! I'm Bread, the developer of Bolt & Whalington . If you’re interested, please consider adding it to your Steam wishlist — thank you so much for your support! Steam Store page: View game page In the previous Playtest , many players mentioned that they found the Co
Coinciding with the "Metroidvania Carnival" hosted by Human Qube Games , this celebration tailored for Metroidvania fans will be coming to Steam from November 4th to November 12th ! A hand-drawn, cartoon-style Cat X Mech adventure — Bolt & Whalington joins this Metroidvania f
Hey everyone! I'm Bread, the developer of Bolt & Whalington . The long-awaited gameplay showcase of the Mecha Girl boss (a fan-favorite since our very first reveal) is finally here! In this fight, Whalington will make use of the newly learned anti-gravity mechanic , allowing
Hey everyone! During our last Playtest, many players told us that while they liked the unique art style of Bolt & Whalington , the backgrounds sometimes lacked clarity and made it hard to distinguish details. So, we've gone back and upgraded the visuals — improving depth, con
Hello everyone, I'm Bread, the developer of Bolt & Whalington . I'm currently working hard on this Metroidvania, and if you're interested, please consider adding it to your wishlist on Steam! 🔗 Bolt & Whalington Steam page: View game page In this dev log, I'll be sharing
Hi everyone, I'm Bread, the developer of the Chinese Metroidvania Bolt & Whalington . If you're interested in our project, please consider wishlisting us on Steam – it really helps! View game page In the last video, I shared some hand-drawn visuals of the Residential Zone . I