Candy Maniacs

Before we start just keep in mind that anything that you read here is subject to change at any time for any reason without notice...


Features
+ Free to Play
+ Player Driven Story
+ Open Sandbox For Your Imagination

+ Action Elements
+ Adventure Elements
+ Strategy Elements
+ Casual Gameplay
+ Level Builder

+ Action Packed Battles
+ Endless Enemy Hordes
+ Almost Unbeatable Bosses
+ Large Numbers Of Playable Characters
+ Even Larger Numbers Of Enemies
+ Non Playable Characters
+ Tons Of Weapons
+ Unimaginable Rewards
+ Armour
+ Skills
+ Quests

Gameplay
+ Single Player Campaign
+ Cross-Platform Multiplayer
+ Co-op and Local Co-op
+ Plenty Of Game Modes

Platforms
+ PC
+ Mac
+ Linux
+ Web

Languages
+ English
+ Others


Steam Greenlight Concept (please visit and let us know what you think!)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=316205584

Steam Community Group
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CandyManiacs

IndieDB
http://www.indiedb.com/games/candy-maniacs

Wiki
http://candy-maniacs.wikia.com

Twitter
https://twitter.com/the_game_studio


Screenshots
http://imgur.com/a/XnE7h#0

WebPlayer (Sneak Peek)
http://candymaniacs.github.io/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html


Main Menu


Gameplay (epic action packed battles against endless hordes of attacking zombies in colorful candy filled levels with gore and loot flying all over the place)









Built-In Level Builder (allows players to make their own candy filled levels)



Behind The Scenes

Candy Maniacs
Episode 1 "The Kingdom of Candy"
Part 1 "The Saga Of The Candy King"


In a distant far corner of the Realm of the Imagination exists the tiny, insignificant and unimportant Kingdom of Candy ruled by the once good and noble Candy King.

Unfortunately for it's peaceful inhabitants the Candy King now twisted (corrupted) by greed, wealth and power plots to enslave (and destroy) the Kingdom of Candy in his bid to gain even more wealth and power.

In Part One of Episode One of "The Saga Of The Candy King" you, our most unlikeliest of hero, will battle along side other unlikely heroes to defeat the approaching forces of evil who now threaten and attack the once tranquil lands and its inhabitants.

In future parts and later episodes you alongside others will again be called upon to defend the Kingdom of Candy, defeat the forces of evil, overthrow the traitorous Candy King, free the enslaved inhabitants of Kingdom of Candy, restore the Kingdom of Candy to peace and tranquility and to bring and enshrine justice, freedom and prosperity on the now ruinous Kingdom of Candy.

But that is for another day and time, for now modest beginnings and thus began "The Saga Of The Candy King"...

So beware Dentists, Doctors and Dieticians and prepare yourselves for the wildest, wackiest, nuttiest, craziest, zaniest, silliest, looniest, funniest, grooviest, dreamiest, tastiest, sweetest, tartiest, sourest, yummiest, gummiest, gooiest, chewiest, crunchiest, meltiest, confectionery delightful, calorie packed video game that will ever be released!

We hope to make Candy Maniacs a fun filled, over the top action packed game where you can solo or team-up and join forces, as well as, play together with your friends from all over the world to fight, defeat, defend against in giant epic battle of wave after wave of endless hordes of evil, villainous, murderous, ruthless, maniacal, traitorous, diabolical, frightful, hideous, scariest enemy zombies, daemons, skeletons, monsters, aliens, dinosaurs, and almost unbeatable bosses.

And for your valiant efforts you will rewarded beyond your wildest dreams endless mounds of loot, unimaginable treasures, piles of coins, mountains of gems for you to collect, horde, trade and sell for ingame items.

When finally completed the game will let you earn, gather, collect, build, forge, craft, repair, farm, unlock, level, upgrade, pickup, drop, trade, buy and sell to your heart's content.

You will also be able to unlock, customize and level your characters and unlock and upgrade armour and weapons and unlock and learn skills and spells and hatch pets, as well as, loot, buy, sell scrolls, books, recipes and blueprints and potions.

On top of what we have already have plans to add things such as personal homestead and store front, trading system, farming, building, crafting and forging to the game.

Where you will be able to join forces with other players to defeat endless waves of enemies in an epic campaign featuring our delicious candy filled levels where all your dreams and nightmares will come true against unspeakable evil or play with and against multi players from all over the globe running on different platforms.

The game promises to include a largest assortment of candies, flavors, colors, characters, enemies, weapons, armour, skills and spells ever assembled and entrusted to mare mortals.


We hope that his game will appeal to players of different ages and genres and to ensure that we plan over the months and years to come on adding elements from Action, RPG, Casual, Strategy, Survival genres.

Best of all at the heart of the game is an open sandbox for your imagination build around a level builder that we hope will unleash your limitless, wildest, craziest dreams and that will enable you to express your most inner desires and allow you make and share and play with their others your own dream or nightmare levels full of their favourite yummy candies againt the most frightful of enemies!

So now that we hopefully sold you on the game and got your attention, peaked your interest here is what we have been working on over the past year and what we plan to be working on over the next couple years and beyond, including things that we would like to have, but sadly may never be able to get to, unless we win the Mega Millions lottery.


What's Cooking
Presently we have in the following things in development

Core Game Logic

Characters

Enemies

Spawn Points (Players / Friendlies / Enemies / Bosses / Loot)

Animations

Sounds Effects

Particle Effects

Background Music

Ambient Sounds

User Interface

Meshes

Textures

Lighting

Navigation (Pathing / Steering)

Base Map

Character (Selection / Creation)

Game Settings (Game / Hud / Audio / Video / Keyboard / Mouse)

Single Player PvE Campaign

Cross Platform Player Hosted Local / Internet Multi Player PvE Coop Campaign

Weapons (Pickup / Drop / Use / Buy / Sell)

Armor (Pickup / Drop / Use / Buy / Sell)

Coins (Pickup, Use)

Potions (Pickup / Drop / Consume / Buy / Sell)

Spells / Skills (Pickup / Drop / Use / Sell / Buy / Level)

Quests / Rewards (Accept / Abandon / Complete)

Mini Map (Basic)

In-Game Inventory (development)

In-Game Inventory Belt (development)

In-Game Shop / Store

Cross Platform (PC, Mac, Linux)

Console

Logger


After the above is done in the future we hope to add support for the following

Cross Platform Player Hosted Local / Internet Multi Player PvP Game Modes (Death Match, Team Death Match, Capture the Flag, Capture and Hold, Conquest, Domination, Survival, Endless)

5 (or more) Game Difficulty Levels

Level Builder

Characters (Unlock / Customization)

Chests (Open / Close / Loot)

Weapons (Unlock / Level / Trade)

Armor (Unlock / Level / Trade)

Spells / Skills (Unlock / Learn / Trade)

Potions (Unlock / Trade / Level)

Pets (Unlock / Pickup / Drop / Trade / Sell / Buy / Hatch / Use / Level)

Global Inventory / Vault

Personal Homestead / Stronghold

Personal Store Front / Shop

Trading System

Dynamic Weather

Day and Night Cycles

Crafting and Forging (Weapon / Armour / Item)

Building

Farming

Degradation / Repairing (Weapons / Armor / Items)

Personal Stats (every imaginable / conceivable stat)

Mini Map (Advanced)

In-game Map

Wave Editor


And after the above is completed and have been Steam Greenlight approved we plan to add support for

Steam Cloud

Steam Achievements

Steam Leaderboards

Valve Anti-cheat

Steam Workshop (so you can share your creations and find those of others more easily)

Steam Trading Cards


Last, but not least, on our wish list is support for

Hand-held Controllers

Ground, Water and Air Vehicles

Terrain Editor (Terraforming)

Voxel Engine

Community Developer Kit

The Kitchen Sink



Candy Maniacs' The Kingdom of Candy "The Saga Of The Candy King" sneak peek is a standalone version of our now famous Candy Land level based on original work by Emilie Rodgers, www.emilierodgers.com



Candy Maniacs
All Natural
No Artificial Sweeteners
No Artificial Coloring
No Artificial Flavors
Low Calorie
Low Fat


Ingredients
I'd Tell You, but Then I'd Have to [insert verb here] You
Special Sauce
Magic Pixie Dust
Other Secret Ingredients

Candy Land Level

Emilie Rodgers www.emilierodgers.com

Dungeon Breaker Starter Kit https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/10043
Hardworker Studio (Rachan N.) https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/publisher/2923

(Level Builder temporarily using heavily modified version of GizmoRenderer.cs while we workout issues with our own Mesh based gizmo.)
Object Transform https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/11574
rqhnaruto https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/publisher/4482


Tools
Unity 4.5 Indie http://unity3d.com/unity
Unity Technologies http://unity3d.com/

Mad Mesh Combiner https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/18602
Mad Pixel Machine https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/publisher/2898

Paint.NET http://www.getpaint.net/
dotPDN LLC http://www.dotpdn.com/

Gimp http://www.gimp.org/
The Gimp Team http://www.gimp.org/team.html


Special Thanks
GTGD S1 http://store.steampowered.com/app/269570/?snr=1_5_1100__1100
GTGD S2 http://store.steampowered.com/app/292350/?snr=1_5_1100__1100
Gamer To Game Developer http://www.gamertogamedeveloper.com/

Hack & Slash RPG http://www.burgzergarcade.com/hack-slash-rpg-unity3d-game-engine-tutorial
BurgZerg Arcade LLC Production http://www.burgzergarcade.com/

Unity Tutorial Series http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules
Unity Technologies http://unity3d.com/

Unity Asset Store https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/
Unity Technologies http://unity3d.com/

GitHub https://github.com/
for hosting Candy Maniacs Web Player

imgur http://imgur.com/
for hosting Candy Maniacs Screenshots

Value Corporation http://www.valvesoftware.com/
for Steam Greenlight


Brought To You By
The Game Studio https://twitter.com/the_game_studio
"We love making games as much as we love playing them..."


Made By Nice Humans On The Good Earth Using What's Left Of Their Teeny Tiny Minds And Their Giant Egos

 

Candy Maniacs 1.0.1.0 09/22/2014 Sneak Peek is out!

Web Player
http://candymaniacs.github.io/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html

Changes
+ Doubled the number of zombies
+ Added support for localization
+ Decreased cool-down time between zombie attacks
+ Added background music
+ Added grey and red zombies
+ Added splash texture to Settings dialog
+ Added both character to the Main Menu screen
+ Updated Credits
+ Player stats are no longer lost when player dies
+ Player now faces in the direction of the camera
+ Character icons now match character types
+ Camera no longer clips through things so much
+ Reduced height that characters can automatically step over
+ Some additional candies added to map
+ Fixed number of bugs that resulted in exceptions being thrown
+ Fixed number of bugs that affected Remove Character

 

Candy Maniacs 0.2.0.0 09/30/2014 Sneak Peek is out!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/316205584/1412104464

Web Player
http://candymaniacs.github.io/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html

Changes
+ Added ability for character to learn new skills by reading scrolls that players can buy or pickup
+ Added survivor characters that begin without any weapons, armor, shields, items, skills or coins
+ Added an assortment of candy inspired weapons, shields and armor
+ Added player hurt effect
+ Added invisible boundaries
+ Added collect keys quest
+ Added collect scrolls quest
+ Added collect coins quest
+ Added scroll pickups
+ Added scrolls to zombies drop list
+ Added scrolls to npc vendor item list
+ Add key pickups
+ Added keys to zombies drop list
+ Added keys to npc vendor item list
+ Add full health potion pickups
+ Added full health potion to zombies drop list
+ Added full health potion to npc vendor item list
+ Add full mana potion pickups
+ Added full mana potion to zombies drop list
+ Added full mana potion to npc vendor item list
+ Changed keys that u buy to be more like pickups
+ Game now remembers what character was selected
+ Game now remembers what quests were active
+ Game now remembers which skill was last used
+ Game now remembers the states and position of stats dialog
+ Game now remembers the states and position of items dialog
+ Game now remembers the states and position of skills dialog
+ Game now remembers the states and position of quests dialog
+ Vender now buys back items at 50% discount
+ Sounds are now played when mouse goes over button controls
+ Sounds are now played when buttons are clicked
+ Doubled the time dropped items exist
+ Fixed broken walking backwards
+ Fix bug where the wrong skill in the shortcut bar would be activated
+ Icons are now screenshots of items
+ Redid pickup quests logic to count when items are picked up and not use the number of items in the characters inventory
+ Changed version number to begin with 0
+ Quests dialog now stays opened until closed

 

Latest Web Player
http://candymaniacs.github.io/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html

Hot Fixes

Sneak Peek 0.2.0.3 10/01/2014
+ Music now stops playing when quitting the game
+ Fixed bug that broke Create Character
+ Fixed bug that resulted in the selected character not being remembered
+ Fixed bug that resulted in the last character continuing to be displayed after it was removed

Sneak Peek 0.2.0.2 09/30/2014
+ Fixed label on Respawn button in Respawn dialog

Sneak Peek 0.2.0.1 09/30/2014
+ Fixed label on Start button in Character Creation dialog

 

Candy Maniacs 0.3.0.0 10/13/2014 Sneak Peek is out!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/316205584/1413270786

Web Player
http://candymaniacs.github.io/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html

Changes
+ New prettier UI
+ Added Level Builder (so you can create your own candy filled levels!)
+ Added ability to select level, game mode and difficulty level
+ Added support for screen resolutions of 800x600 and greater
+ Added partial, incomplete and untested support for joystick controllers
+ Added shortcut keys to toggle player stats, skills, items and quests dialogs
+ Fixed issue where shortcut bar where text would not always display in white
+ Gravity now slightly funky floaty bouncy (try running downhill)

Screenshots
http://imgur.com/a/XnE7h#0


Keyboard, Mouse and Controller Bindings
http://candymaniacs.github.io/keyboard_mouse_controller_bindings.html


- Gravity turned out to be a little too much funky floaty bouncy for our tastes so we will be toning it down a notch.

 

Candy Maniacs 0.4.0.0 10/28/2014 Sneak Peek is out!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/316205584/1414550469

Web Player
http://candymaniacs.github.io/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html

Changes
+ Added new free for all, frenemies, mad house and insane asylum single player game modes
+ Added smaller scaled version of CandyLand level
+ Added candy themed pickups to boss zombie drops
+ Added out of bounds objects to level so that characters cannot walk off the level
+ Players are now able to interact with NPC characters when close by using the new interact binding
+ Changed AI logic so that ai characters are move lively
+ Redid safe area logic so that enemies will now ignore the target when they enter a safe area
+ Increased size of spawn areas so that characters are spread out more
+ Changed to new bouncy bouncy gravity
+ Reduced how high characters can jump
+ Now when characters are removed any associated information is completely deleted from saves
+ Helm now has an inside texture
+ Made numerous changes to UI code so that it will behave as more expected
+ Changed style of scrollbars to match rest of UI
+ Scroll icons are now used to represent scrolls
+ Stats level up button now only displays for stats that can be leveled up
+ Dialog position and state are now saved as soon as it changes
+ Cursor is now locked when player respawns
+ Added numerous new keyboard bindings, mostly for future use
+ Added pickups to level builder
+ Added endless fun, free for all, frenemies, mad house and insane asylum spawners to level builder
+ Level builder duplicate operation now uses the position, rotation, and scale of the source game object
+ Level builder assets now scale properly

 

Candy Maniacs 0.5.0.0 11/19/2014 Sneak Peek is out!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/316205584/1416446407

Web Player
http://candymaniacs.github.io/WebPlayer/WebPlayer.html

Changes
+ Added support for character customizations
+ Added character customization dialog
+ Added customizable survivor character
+ Removed survivor 1 character
+ Removed survivor 2 character
+ Added torch weapon, pickup and level builder asset
+ Friendlies now flee when severely wounded
+ Frenemies now flee when severely wounded
+ Included numerous tweaks and improvements to ui
+ Added 5 second respawn delay
+ Added fog level builder asset
+ Added custom spawner level builder asset
+ Swordsmans no longer start with stomp and blue spirit skills
+ Berserkers no longer start with blue spirit skill
+ Wizards no longer have start with stomp skill
+ Greatly increased distance zombies will move towards targets
+ Fixed issue that resulted in characters not always attacking when they should have been
+ Fixed issue where pickups fall through ground
+ Reduced greatly how far gold will be thrown when it is spawned
+ Changed it so that pickups do not roll as much
+ Characters now immediately attack their target as soon as they move into attack distance
+ Characters now gets slightly closer to target before attacking them
+ Reduced by 50% the number of characters spawned in insane asylum game mode
+ Reduced by 50% the number of characters spawned in free for all game mode
+ Reduced by 50% the number of characters spawned in mad house game mode