On a plane, last trip before launch, you know what that means!

(old Update)

So I’m at EA’s headquarters at the moment, talking about the future of FPA (daunting!). If anyone wants to pipe in about what other platforms FPA should hit (don’t lie, I know you all do!), now’s the best time to do it.

(new Update)

Yep, I’m in London right now, this is the last big push before launch! Getting the game in the hands of a lot of very awesome people, and the response has been even more incredible than before, I really don’t know what else to say.

We have one more day, then you should be getting a nice little flood of infos 😉

Then, well, you know what happens after that 😀

(and don’t spam up my comments, plz, go make a thread in the forum 😛 )

60fps FPA Footage

Um if that one doesn’t work, try this one.

Some people say they can’t see the difference between 60fps and 30fps. I think they’re silly.

Um, if neither of those play, try downloading it? Dang, no wonder people still use Flash for video, yeck.

BTW, anyone see any of the Chrome ads featuring Fancy Pants Man? Just came up for me on Destructoid, awesome stuff.

A report about King of the Hill! I know I’ve been posting more quick videos and pictures lately, but things are finally starting to settle down (for now, at least!), so here’s an actual Report about King of the Hill!

Just having some more fun with King of the Hill! I gotta say, King of the Hill is easily one of my favorite new features in the game. Four player online or local, adds an insane amount of gameplay value!

Gotta cut myself off here, or I’m going to accidentally spill everything I was going to put in that next Report that I’ve been meaning to finish recording.

Speaking of which, there’s a video I still have to dub and upload!

Hey everyone, I wanted to quickly post some good quality King of the Hill footage. We’re back home again, we’ll be starting the steady stream of awesomeness back up.

Anyone worried about button 30k for the pencil, don’t be! We’ll be doing our part by posting stuff worth talkin about, and you guys can do your part by sending it along the tubes by commenting on it, or liking it, or passing it on however you can.

So to start us off, a mini epic battle!

On Facebook

or

On Twitter

And of course, of there’s anything you want to see in particular, speak up in the comments.

http://www.facebook.com/thefancypantsadventures

or

http://twitpic.com/48vbs5

Sorry I wasn’t able to give you guys a better heads up, but we’re over at PAX East right now, showing off a new competitive multiplayer mode, King of the Hill!

How does KotH work in a platformer? Quite well, actually!

What’s this? Still more new content? 😀

I’ll get you guys some footage and more pics once I get to a real Internet connection.

Half of the second round of Sneak Peek fixes are in!

If anyone wants to hammer on them and prove me wrong, go for it:

Sneak Peek Page

Destructoid Interview‘s up!

Gotta love that dramatic lighting! Definitely a lot of info here, and a ton of new 4 player footage!

Update! Lots have been updated in the Sneak Peek since this post was made, the banner just haven’t been updated! Make sure to check out the latest posts on this site for all the latest news!

You guys want to try out some mighty pencil combat in the Sneak Peek, I want some more Facebook Likes and Twitter Follows.

Would be nice to get some practice in before taking on those jerk pirates, no?

So, here’s the deal. If / when we hit 30,000 Likes and Follows put together, I’ll add the pencil, and everyone can start slicing away.

Currently at 8,660, but we’re climbing at a nice pace. Tell everyone you know! Heck, click on both yourself!

If we hit it soon, just think what else I could add to the Sneak Peek for a few more Likes / Follows ; )

Finally get some time to work on the Sneak Peek. It seems like a lot of code accidentally carried over from my debug build for the public release of the demo, but a lot of players have been great in helping me find bugs that are far more difficult to locate.

I’ve gone through the simpler bugs, but I’ll be working on getting the engine nice and clean a bit longer. In the meantime, I’ll keep everyone updated on the Sneak Peek page that I just made, I’ll update the bug list once I have all the versions uploaded. There were a few bugs there were fixed for the public release, too, actually, like the green building not fading when you entered from the bottom, and the Snailshell making a bumping noise when it was up against a wall.

But what everyone really wants me to update is the pencil, right 😀 Well I will, on one condition, and I’ll tell y’all about that once I have the bugs fixed 😉

I’ll be linking here as I find them, feel free to link to anything I’ve missed in the comments:

GDC Trailer at IGN

Escapist Interview

Great interview, a little light on gameplay footage, but you get to see what I actually do at these events! Tim from EA2D makes an appearance, also at 2:28. Look closely, 4 player Snailshell Golf is being played in the background!

GameStop Interview

I should have a catchphrase…

GameSpot Preview

A great preview, but Shaun seems to believe that Fancy Pants Man’s original orange pants aren’t so fancy! At least not compared to all the great textured pants you can earn later on!

IGN Preview

Another great preview from longtime Fancy Pants fan Hilary Goldstein. Click to check out his impressions of 4 player Snailshell Golf!

Fancy Pants Man made an appearance as a (life sized?) cutout!

We should see a whole flood of information tomorrow! We made sure to take a ton of pictures and video this time around (you can thank Fairly for that!).

Tim and I getting ready to show the game off again! Very exciting! Other great games all around, checking out some Gatling Gears over there!

u jelly, mayor?

2nd reveal! Hats!!!

Fancy

Extra Fancy!

2nd reveal coming soon, but I wanted to share this article first, it’s a great, in depth rundown of the entire history of The Fancy Pants Adventures.

http://8bithorse.blogspot.com/2011/02/fancy-pants-adventures-psnxbla.html

What’s up, everyone? So I’m currently at the Flash Gaming Summit, but we have another event coming up where we’ll be revealing another round of console specific features. However, you guys are way too awesome to keep waiting, so we’ll be previewing a new feature every day leading up to some great coverage.

Here’s some lovely doodles to start us off (oh dear I’m so impatient!), but check back soon for some real screens!

UPDATE:

Yay camo!

This was seriously the most requested feature for a Fancy Pants Game, but it wasn’t something that I’m able to do in Flash (and no a mask wouldn’t work, performance would plummet). With the consoles, we get to use all that pixel pushing power to stream in actual pants textures on your player. And there’s a LOT to earn, but that’s a story for a different day…

More updates tomorrow 😉

We’re going public with the Sneak Peek, fixing some bugs, finding new ones, and generally making sure that everyone has the chance to try out Fancy Pants Man’s latest adventure!

On Newgrounds

Added support for Medals:

A tiny trial: Score under 400 on the Squiggleville MicroTrial.

An awesome trial: Score under 280 on the Squiggleville MicroTrial.

For Science!: Beat the sciencey challenge room.

Challenge Accepted!: Destroy all expectations and get over a million points!

Don’t forget to vote!

On Kongregate

On Kong, I’m tracking Science and Microtrial high scores, so show everyone who’s boss!

Once again, please vote!

If you want to help spread the love and post the game on your own site, you can use the following embed code:

Or download Mochi’s zip package.

And of course, if you’re wondering about the differences between FPA for console and World 3, check out the video below!

Or, watch it here in all it’s HD glory!

Fairly makes a special co-op appearance to help me show off 2 player in Squiggleville, and some Fancy Glowing Squiggle-Shell (or something) Golf!

And she beats up on me. A lot.