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Tadpole Treble on the Wii U
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Hi everyone! It's been a long road for me with Tadpole Treble, a game that's been in some form of development for a pretty healthy chunk of my life, but I'm happy to say that we're almost finished. In case you missed it before, this is an auto-runner-style game that takes place on a musical staff, with the notes being your obstacles. Barring some sort of catastrophic event, the game should definitely release in Winter 2015 for all to enjoy.

And I hope you all enjoy it! My brother and I have put a ton of time (and a decent amount of our own money) into Tadpole Treble to make it the kind of game we'd want to play. That means music we like, characters we like, a range in challenge (standard difficulty to beat, high difficulty to 100%) and a wide range of unlockables and even a full song/stage creator. Here, a back-of-the-box feature list for you:

-Over a dozen main stages, each with their own unique song
-Boss stages
-A in-game market area
-Comic-style cutscenes
-Unlockable goodies like a Smash Bros-esque Bestiary, a Music Player, and Commentary Tracks for each stage
-Four fully-sung songs with lyrics
-Online leaderboards for both high and impressively low scores
-A song-creation mode that you can also play through, then share with others via QR Codes:



The process for making this game has been extremely tricky. We had to time our Kickstarter right and stay on top of contacting people to help it reach its goal. We also repeatedly reached out to Nintendo to get approved for the Wii U, and once they finally approved us, I screamed at them. The bug-testing process is totally arduous, being a constant cycle of "two steps forward, one step back," and there've been moments where my relationship with my brother had gotten pretty strained.

Despite all this, we're still kicking and are happy with how things have turned out! If you have any questions about the development of this game, or various included features, or about how Nintendo handles indie team relations, feel free to post them in this thread!

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11/10/15, 17:17    Edited: 11/10/15, 17:17
 
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Tadpole Treble is now out on Steam!

Wahay! I'm feeling a bit cathartic, you guys. It's a crazy feeling having made a game! Thanks for all your support and friendship. <3

Anyway, enough mushy stuff. Go try it out already!
05/07/16, 04:20   
05/07/16, 05:46   
Edited: 05/07/16, 05:48
Tempting as it is to buy the Steam version now, I'll be patient and experience this game where it was meant to be played.


05/07/16, 05:51   
I bought the Steam version this morning. I'm looking forward to giving it a try.
05/07/16, 20:33   
I'm tempted to grab the Steam version but I kickstarted the Wii U one, so I will wait.
Congrats!!
05/07/16, 23:29   
The game looks really great, congrats!
05/08/16, 01:18   
Congrats dude! I thought about trying the Mac version but will wait for the Wii U release, pumped!
05/08/16, 02:56   
Thanks, fellows! We've been getting really good feedback so it's been an exciting time. Now we just have to make sure enough people hear about it.
05/08/16, 06:25   
28 Steam reviews and they're all positive...I FEEL LIKE THAT'S PRETTY GOOD
05/08/16, 07:14   
Edited: 05/08/16, 07:14
@nate38

It's a huge relief. When you work on something for this long, you can't look at it objectively any more, so I was just really hoping people would like it! Glad they do. :D
05/08/16, 07:17   
nate38 said:
Tempting as it is to buy the Steam version now, I'll be patient and experience this game where it was meant to be played.

Yeah, I'm waiting for the 3DS version too!
05/09/16, 03:18   
Rock Paper Shotgun with some SCATHING criticism.

"It’s simple at first but [...]"
"Simple"! Damn, they are not pulling their punches. It's about time somebody woke up sheeple and didn't just drink the kool-aid for this game.

"It’s an early access game so as usual I’ll add the caveat that you shouldn’t buy this unless [...]"
"You shouldn't buy this"! RPS dropping some truth-bombs, unlike all those Steam user reviews, which are still at 100% positive and thus obviously paid off by the faceless AAA mega-publisher funding it.
06/24/16, 19:14   
Edited: 06/24/16, 19:15
@nate38

Hardy-har-har.
06/24/16, 22:06   
@nate38

lol, the faceless AAA mega publisher funding it. What a moronic information-lacking statement. Is this supposed to be satire?
06/24/16, 23:03   
Edited: 06/24/16, 23:07
@DrFinkelstein

Uh, that's @nate38's joke, man.
06/24/16, 23:12   
@GameDadGrant

Oh okay. I read it here but not in the write-up. I see what Nate was doing now. Funny stuff now in the right context.
06/24/16, 23:44   
@DrFinkelstein

That @nate38 guy is a thug. Don't fall for his tricks!
06/25/16, 03:30   
So when is this game releasing on Wii U? Any new updates on that?
06/25/16, 14:19   
07/26/16, 17:29   
Edited: 07/26/16, 17:30
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
07/26/16, 17:35   
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