Kickstarter Demo

Description[]

The Kickstarter Demo Is the first demo of AntonBlast. It relased on May 17th 2022. As the name suggests: this demo was used for the Kickstarter camping of the game, being used to show the public a demonstration of the game to fund money.

Differences compared to the final release[]

Visual & audio-visual[]

Different title screen, using the realistic explosion instead of the static.
A different font is used
Dynamite Anton's appearance was different, having a less serious look in the final release.
There are only 2 modes avaliable (Arcade and Time Attack)
There were no cutscenes
The enemies are silent instead of having a death scream.
The level start animation seen in One Blast Demo wasn't implemented yet
Only Anton is a playable character
the Pause menu only has a Black screen instead of the Static.
"Visit the Kickstarter!" was an option in the pause menu.
Only 1 level avaliable (Boiler City)
Boiler City was yellow to match with it's Antonball Deluxe appearance instead of a polluted green. Also, various visual aspects of the mentioned level were different
Anton was slightly shorter
Certain Anton animations were slightly different
Ballbusters' appearance were different, having a grayer colors and a different face
Beelzeballs were brown instead of purple
Beelzeballs had no chains attached
the Hate Crates had a different appearance, having a nuclear symbol instead of a skull.
Brulo's Elevator was different
Detonators had a different appearance (including Spirit Timer and detonation blocks)
The red and yellow detonators had swapped places, same goes to blue and green detonators
The VB room song was very different, however. It would return in the final release.
The Sewer section had a different background
The Happy Hour text doesn't appear once activating it
Outta My Way it's Happy Hour! was different, lacking a guitar solo and ending.
The Fire right when the timer reaches 0 had a realistic like approach instead of the Cartoony fire, the top also had 4 frames while the bottom had 2 frames.
The Bossbusters did not appear in this demo.
Once getting in Brulo's elevator, instead of it go down showing the ground as background, it shows a colorful one with triangles.
Anton doesn't appear anymore once getting in the elevator, unlike the demos that came after.
None of the other main characters like Satan and Annie appear in this demo. Brulo is only mentioned by text while an unused sprite of Brulo and Satan is seen in the game files and Kickstarter page.

Gameplay & Level design[]

Anton's movements were slower
Anton could bounce only once on the floor
There was no scream button
Clutch had no boost combo
There were 4 Health Points instead of 3
Boiler City's level design was slightly different, lacking the Bossbusters' Blimp
Beets where collected by pulling them from the floor instead of being in crates
the Secret Bazinga room's entrace used blocks instead of bowling pins to block the way
Boxes could fly, not needing the chains to attach it
Only 2 collectables were present: The Spirit and 1 Cassette Tape (which was a CD in this demo)

Music[]

(Only old songs with the only exception being Red House)
Title Screen

Red House (Now used and brought back in the final ver)

Outta My Way ...It's Happy Hour! (Old)

Gallery[]

Links[]

Kickstarter
Itch.io (Kickstarter Demo unavaliable)