BOOM! Buster is a Blast!

[@NicoBleackley]

Helllll yeah another cool lookin weirdo game for cool freaks like me!

[@groetaer]

YEAH

[@thebombingsoda]

Between Pizza tower, Anton blast, and this I and loving the 90s - 00s type Saturday morning cartoon art styles

[@OmmeleteStudios]

This game is the heat bro, so glad you covered it

[@hotcyder]

@@OmmeleteStudios glad I finally got round to it!

[@ieatchalk7654]

Missed opt to say it's the bomb

[@OmmeleteStudios]

@@ieatchalk7654 or better yet... the BOM!

[@wiggytommy8607]

The art style of this game is like a combination of Codename: Kids Next Door and Smiling Friends. Very Newgrounds like!

[@leo86rr17]

The game reached its goal on Kickstarter. We need to get to $60,000 to make Bridget playable! Quickly! Before the Kickstarter ends!

[@Lulink013]

This looks like it could be reaaaally fun as a co-op game à-la Overcooked as well! Imagine starting with given responsibilities based on bomb color and slowly giving into the chaos as you are forced to throw the bombs at your mates to save some time!

[@hotcyder]

@@Lulink013 I was thinking Coop would be really fun for this, or something a bit like Mario Bros style competition

[@alex_does_stuff9199]

its a stretch goal on the kickstarter

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

The aesthetics and humor remind me of Pizza Tower, Antonbladt and also Smiling Friends (for the big drawings)

[@hetzer7575]

Already played the demo, damn they absolutely cooked, this game has very much unexplored potential to be fast paced and somewhat rithmic or at least coordinates, having routes to take and drop the bombs in satisfactory and perfect sincronized combos while moving rapidly was such a blast for me to experience, and i want more of ir. While you may have already covered the visual aspects of this game, I'll take the chance to cover the sound aspects, from level music, menu themes and sound effects are an absolute delight, ABSOLUTE BANGER the rooftoo theme tho, it managed to sneak into my playlist, the dude who did this COOKED. I just couldn't stop thinking about how good that song is. Nice review overall!

[@Rubberman202]

The amount of moves the main character does reminds me of how Mario moves in Mario vs. Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong '94. Sure enough, on their Kickstarter, they list Donkey Kong '94 as one of their inspirations. Really good twist on that type of game!

[@zoeythebee1779]

Holy wow the art style is fantastic. I hope we see more games that look like this and pizza tower!

[@otsu3011]

Check out Antonblast!

[@samcandles]

I'm so glad pizza tower is having a positive influence on indie games in general already :D

[@alfriscosoftofilo9032]

BOOM! Buster has reached 62.818 US $. We have 51 hours to reach the Nintendo Switch Stretch goal. Time to go out with a big BOOM!

[@hotcyder]

@@alfriscosoftofilo9032 stay strong boom busters 🙌

[@bluefreddy5766]

We got the switch port :)

[@ХизирБарахоев-в1м]

I played demo, and what i gonna say, this game is fucking fun. The last time i played platformer with such good feel from control was celest and guacamelee 2.

[@bananabike279]

Great video, looks like a fun game! Definitely going to try out the demo

[@hotcyder]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@heitorsant1759]

This game reminds me of Wario's Woods

[@Cheater_And_Liar]

You missed the opportunity to mention the similarity of main characters outfits to classic Mickey Mouse.

[@RakastanPorkkanakakkua]

"Guy who has only seen The Boss Baby, watching his second movie: Getting a lot of 'Boss Baby' vibes from this..."

[@Cheater_And_Liar]

@@RakastanPorkkanakakkua Excuse me, can you be more creative with insulting me rather then simply compering me into a soyjak, please? Thank you.

[@garhd]

if antonblast and cuphead had a baby

[@TheBig60]

This has been a boom, buster 🔥🔥

[@somerandomguyintheinternet]

Ngl, this looks like the perfect puzzle(maybe? I dunno) game to me

[@P1ant_man]

I’m scared of Boom buster because it’s like a trend…

[@zacharywong483]

Really nice script and review here, hotcyder!

[@hotcyder]

Glad you liked it!

[@pfm57]

Looks interesting. But seems to fall into a graphical design trap that so many Indie games do nowadays. Too many things "competing for the eyes" at any one time. The backgrounds definitely need even less saturation and the HUD part needs a massive reduction in garish colors. A masterful graphical design isn't one that tries to stand out at all costs, but one that knows where to exercise restraint. It's telling that I felt great eye relief when you at some point in the video (05:56) show footage of the recent Mario Vs Donkey Kong. I hope they improve this aspect.

[@lostmarble540]

I didn't have any issues identifying relevant objects. Maybe they'll add accessibility options to make the background more muted

[@cuenta007]

Have you seen the sun?

[@Sleepy_Cabbage]

​@@cuenta007God forbid you aren't completely positive over an Indie game, there can be design faults in a game that seem minor to most casual viewers, but do hold merit. Pizza tower has a similar artstyle but got its backgrounds right by avoiding using to many colours, that way the foreground can stand out more and allow the player to read what's happening alot more clearly

[@cuenta007]

@@Sleepy_Cabbage yeah but ive seen way brighter games post void for example and this game doesnt seem that way

[@alex_does_stuff9199]

i think its fine personally.

[@pikapikachu2010lol]

another Sadam Huseín core game

[@Sunnyplayz64]

What did you call buster???

[@dawnhughes6684]

Does this game remind anyone of mario bros or is it just me?

[@Bill_Cipher-bc]

Bro is NOT The Noise

[@theinternetofficer6594]

when did this become the newgrounds artstyle? i thought the artstyle was ugly grotesque art and stick figures

[@itsjustbusiness1989]

You're thinking of Flash. NG was all about thick outlines, simple colors, competent animation, and grotesque humor

[@Kylek_201]

looks like pizza tower

[@2fortcow]

this game tries too hard to be pizza tower

[@kentuckyfriedroadrunner-tc6qs]

It's not trying to be pizza tower at all. What are you saying?

[@krubbington]

wow I didn't know pizza tower invented goofy art styles

[@BoneDaddy69420]

the gameplay loop is the bob-omb sorting minigame built into donkey kong '94 stages. buster plays like a fusion of cuphead and anton. the visuals evoke pizza tower and smiling friends, and the soundtrack's a nice blend of hideki naganuma's funk on jet set radio and the new jack swing flavor of several tracks on pizza tower and antonblast. explosively fun, stylish and wacky arcade title that wears its inspiration on its sleeve. love it, can't wait to see more. 💣