Devlog

• Updated w/ Cover Art and Digital Manual!
  October 31, 2023 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey Mule Soldiers! Thanks to a recent Kickstarter for this series of games, I was finally able to produce a manual for Nemulesis. As a result, I am updating the download ZIP to include the cover art a... Continue reading
• Kickstarter For a Physical Release
  August 21, 2023 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey Donkey Soldiers, I'm happy to announce that the Kickstarter for the physical NES release for Nemulesis (and Leggite Luta Livre) is live and already fully funded! This will be the only opportunity... Continue reading
• Kickstarter Prelaunch Page Now Live!
  July 20, 2023 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey Donkey Soldiers, The prelaunch page for the Nemulesis physical release Kickstarter is now live! You can get there here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wartwormwingding/nemulesis-and-leggite-... Continue reading
• Big Update!
  February 25, 2023 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey Donkey Soldiers, As promised earlier this week, I just uploaded an updated version of Nemulesis to Itch. These updates are part of finalizing the game ahead of a planned Kickstarter for a small ph... Continue reading
• New Update Coming Soon...
  February 23, 2023 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey Donkey Soldiers, In anticipation of a Kickstarter later this year where I will issue a limited run of physical copies of Nemulesis, I am going back and updating the game to what will likely be its... Continue reading
• Muleniverse Kickstarter Update
  November 01, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey! I'm happy to announce that the Kickstarter for the physical complete-in-box NES release for Bat Lizard Bonanza is coming on NOVEMBER 15! Bat Lizard Bonanza is the third game in the MULEniverse se... Continue reading
• Small Update
  August 28, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey! This neMULEsis update alleviates occasional slow down a tiny bit. There are also some stability changes in the code, especially during warping. A few graphical modifications have been made to the... Continue reading
• Creator Day Sale!
  July 29, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  For just 11 more hours the entire Muleniverse saga is 50 percent off! Do you have all five games yet? Wampus Wart Worm Wingding Bat Lizard Bonanza Leggite Luta Livre Nemulesis If you were on the fence... Continue reading
• Updated Camera and More
  April 27, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

  Several juicy updates here: This update improves the camera system. The camera should now realign to keep players in the first third of the screen. Players can also now once again walk/scroll left. En... Continue reading
• Fixed Player Projectile Graphical Glitch
  March 09, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  A very minor update this time around. Fixed a glitch that displayed the wrong player projectile for a single frame in certain cases. A special thanks to my friend Dale Coop in the NESdev community who... Continue reading
• More Fixes
  March 07, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  This update includes: Stability fixes. Fixes to a bug that would result in the game freezing under certain circumstances. We're getting closer to the official end of early access and the release of th... Continue reading
• Minor Backend Fixes
  March 03, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

  This update fixes a few outstanding bugs in the backend, though they rarely appeared... Continue reading
• Oops.
  February 05, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  To anybody who tried to download the recent neMULEsis update over the last few days, you probably realized something was wrong when booting it up. The wrong file was uploaded by mistake. The correct R... Continue reading
• Major Update
  February 03, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  Major Update: I’ve added a Boss Rush mode to the game! From the title menu, players can jump right into a Boss Rush mode that has them working their way through all the game’s bosses (17!), back t... Continue reading
• Lunar New Year MULEniverse Sale!
  January 26, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  The entire MULEniverse is on sale as part of Itch.io's Lunar New Year Sale! Each of the five MULEniverse games is 20% off! If you're missing some of the series, now's a good time to complete your coll... Continue reading
• More Tweaks
  January 05, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  The latest update features myriad tweaks to improve performance and player experience. Cheers... Continue reading
• Minor Updates to Ring in the New Year
  January 02, 2022 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey all, Just a few minor updates. Fixed it so when players return to standing after crouching and looking left, they will retain their left-facing position. Previously it had always defaulted to righ... Continue reading

  
• Demo for New NES Game Now Available (Orebody: Binder's Tale)
  November 02, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Another neMULEsis update? No. Not quite. Since you’ve previously enjoyed neMULEsis, I just wanted to let you know that I have a free demo up now for my latest in-development NES game, Orebody: Binde... Continue reading
• More Minor Updates (Happy Halloween!)
  October 31, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Updated plasma weapon to consistently split into an up and a down projectile. It had been random, but it wasn't as fun to play. Now you can be sure you'll have a projectile going up and down when your... Continue reading
• Saw Projectile Fixed
  October 29, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  The sprite for the saw projectile was somehow messed up during my last update. It's fixed now. That's it. Have a good weekend!... Continue reading
• Some Small Changes
  October 29, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey Donkey Soldiers, I increased movement speed for players, slightly increased jump speed, and I adjusted many other small things, such as some enemy behaviors, to make an overall better (if not slig... Continue reading
• Last day of MULEniverse Sale!
  September 28, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Dear player, It's the LAST DAY to pick up the entire MULEniverse NES game collection on sale for a pittance. The MULEniverse spans 5 NES games across 5 genres. https://itch.io/s/55594/muleniverse-sale... Continue reading
• Minor Updates
  September 25, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  This is just a minor update. I had to slightly change the behavior of the cluster plasma projectile. It now explodes into projectiles that go either up or down. Its former behavior had the chance to l... Continue reading
• A Few More Tweaks
  September 04, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey Folks, More casual testing forced me to make another small update: I adjusted the speed of projectiles in order to include fewer frames per player projectile shot. This was a balancing act, and I... Continue reading

  
• A Good Place to Be
  September 03, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

  Hey folks, Truth be told, I’ve never been happy with the state of neMULEsis until this update. For those who’ve been following the progress on the game, it might be obvious why. But for the first... Continue reading
• Some Outstanding Issues Fixed!
  September 01, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

  Hey folks, I'm happy to report that I finally fixed some outstanding issues with the game. At least, I think so. I mean, I'm pretty sure. In any case, this is now the best version of the game. UPDATES... Continue reading
• GameDev is Hard
  August 29, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

  Hey MULE commandos, A bug I thought I had squashed in yesterday's update was still present, so I had another go at it. I think -- emphasis on think -- that I finally fixed it this time. Basically, on... Continue reading
• Stability Updates and More
  August 28, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Hey MULE commandos! Thanks again for all the feedback so far. Even if I cannot implement all the suggested changes for this or that reason, I appreciate hearing everybody’s perspectives on how the g... Continue reading
• Thanks and Promises
  August 24, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  I just wanted to thank everybody who has purchased the game in Early Access and for those who have provided detailed reports of issues with the game. Many of these I am aware of, but there are many is... Continue reading

  
• neMULEsis Single-Player Mode Now Available!
  August 21, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  I just released the entire single-player campaign for neMULEsis as an Early Access ROM. The current released version of neMULEsis is considered an Early Access version. It contains the full single-pla... Continue reading
• More Minor Updates
  August 10, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Various small tweaks and changes in this latest build, mostly to try to optimize framerate. Cheers, John... Continue reading
• Crouch Collision Working!
  August 06, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Updates: Fixed collision when the player is in the crouch state. As in, players can actually get hit when crouching now. This makes the game slightly more challenging, but this is the intended behavio... Continue reading
• Another Minor Demo Update
  August 03, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Fixed a bug on the timer concerned with the splash screens. They were sometimes auto-advancing the player. Should be good now. Removed the enemy hurt state, which makes enemy behavior and the action m... Continue reading
• Updated Demo (8.1.21)
  August 01, 2021 by John Vanderhoef

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  Based on initial player feedback, I've made a few changes to the game and updated the demo. There were scrolling bugs that created solid blocks where there were not supposed to be any. I had to augmen... Continue reading