User:Trash Bandatcoot/Antonblast/Prerelease Junk

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Timeline

2020

May 7 - The earliest version of Dynamite Man ...in Boiler City is created around Antonball Deluxe's development, specifically for Antonland. The track supposedly would've been the game mode's main theme.

2021

March 4 - Antonball Deluxe is released, which contains a short and heavily-compressed version of Dynamite Man ...in Boiler City as an unlockable record.
May - Development on Antonblast starts, leaning more towards Wario Land 4's gameplay.
August 2 - Tony Grayson posts some character redesigns for Anton and Annie on Twitter, closely resembling the changes made to the characters in Antonblast.
November - Development on Antonblast restarts after the developers weren't furfilled with what they worked on.

2022

May 3 - A tweet goes out for content creators that want to preview the game.
May 17 - Antonblast is revealed to the public. The game's Kickstarter goes live, and a demo was released (v1.1.6) alongside it.
May 20 - The Kickstarter reaches its minimal $75,000 goal.
May 21 - The final Kickstarter demo (a hotfix for ver1.1.8) is released, fixing some changes to the game's checkpoint system.
June 21 - The Kickstarter campaign ends. $144,566 in funds were raised, with additional funds accepted through Pledgebox after the campaign ended.
August 7 / 8 - A playable demo with Annie Bell is shown off at BitSummit X-Roads.
September - New levels are being worked on and are teased on Twitter and TikTok.
November 12 - Antonblast is shown off as a part of The Completionist's IndieLand event, featuring full playthroughs of Anton and Annie in Boiler City.
December 25 - A new level titled Cinnamon Springs is shown off on Summitsphere's socials. The new HUD and other redesigns to the game's visuals were also shown off.

2023

February 6 - A new move, the Clutch Spin by double tapping the clutch button near an enemy was revealed, alongside a new clutch animation.
February 27 - The Clutch Combo was revealed, where timing your clutch button presses can give you a slightly faster boost.
March 7 - An update to the track The Mysterious Glasshouse was released.
March 23 / 26 - After an announcement on March 13th, Antonblast is shown off at PAX East 2023. Cinnamon Springs was playable for the first time to the public, along with many other changes that were made to the game.
May 17 - To commemorate the game's reveal date anniversary, a new track titled Blast Park is released on Soundcloud and YouTube, alongside a new update on Kickstarter teasing upcoming updates.
May 30 - A new trailer is announced to be shown at the Guerilla Collective Showcase.
June 7 - A new demo, named The Dynamite Demo, is released on Steam alongside a new trailer. This demo features all content seen at PAX East 2023 with more quality of life improvements.
August 23 / 27 - Antonblast is shown off at Gamescom 2023.
September 1 / 4 - An updated Antonblast demo is shown off at PAX West 2023.

The rest is pending...

Scrapped Ideas

Tony Grayson would reveal that he was in discussions with Brendan O’Brien, famously the voice of Crash Bandicoot in early games of the series, about having a role in Antonblast. However, Brendan's death in March of 2023 prevented this from happening. It is currently unknown what role he was proposed to be in.

(Source: Tony Grayson @graysonZ80)

Press Kit Screenshots

Five screenshots in total were included in the game's official press kit, released on May 17th 2022. Interestingly, all of these are dated March 4th 2022, exactly one year after Antonball Deluxe's release.

This screenshot of The Whine Cellar has a brighter sewer palette both for Anton and a couple of background objects. This is especially noticable with Anton's beard, which has a slight tint of blue instead of being entirely black.

In this screenshot of The Ace of Spades, Anton is already on the other side of the stage without having activated the detonator. Either the spade blocks weren't in place yet, or a debug tool was used to pass through.

(Source: Press Kit)

Reveal Trailer & Previews

The reveal trailer of the game has some slight differences compared to the released Kickstarter demo. A handful of content creators were also given this build (or at least something similar to it) to give extensive previews to be published alongside the Kickstarter's launch.

The title screen is completely different. Keyart is used as background and you'll only be able to toggle inputs and fullscreen.

Prerelease	Kickstarter Demo

Anton's intro plays a fall sound effect.
Anton can destroy brick blocks without stopping when doing a hammer spin.
The palettes in Red House are uneven, where the Dice blocks are brighter and the background wall darker.

Prerelease	Kickstarter Demo

The camera when entering The Whine Cellar moves to the right for a bit, which is just a bug.
Pickup Passage does not exist yet and almost all rooms on the way there were modified.
- Septic Tank has Brulo blocks covering The Deep Drop. This also leaves all the collectibles covered up by hearts in Dream Drop Distance inaccessible.
- The Deep Drop has no Brulo blocks covering the second layer.
- Dream Drop Distance has a wall to the right.
- The passthrough platform in The Ace of Spades doesn't exist.