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2022 Holiday Contest Winners

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Last month, we asked our Discord community to spread some festive cheer by making a parody of a holiday song using characters from our games! From ‘Dashing through the mill, in a four-knight group away’ to ‘Jingle bells, catfish smells, The Behemoth laid an egg,’ we had quite a few creative and jubilant entries.

The winners of the contest are AgentP93, who wrote about Pit People’s Bloodbath Lagoon battle, and Catman, who shared a delightful tune about Chicken Claus. Bawk! Meow?

Here are their entries for your reading (or singing!) pleasure:

AgentP93

(Parody of Last Christmas, about the battle at Bloodbath Lagoon in Pit People)

Last Bloodbath I gave you to Chog
But the very next day his limbs were astray
This year, to save him from tears
I’ll sacrifice someone special

Last Bloodbath I gave you to Chog
But the very next day his limbs were astray
This year, to save him from tears
I’ll sacrifice someone special

Once hidden and twice wry
You wreak resistance, but you still see my eye
Tell me brother, do you really hate me?
Well, I’ve met you here, you’re going to guide me

Happy Bloodbath, I crashed it and I bent it
‘Round a boat saying “I love Chog”, I meant it
Now I know ‘bout this pool we’re in
But if you drowned here now, I couldn’t float up again

Last Bloodbath I gave you to Chog
But the very next day his limbs were astray
This year, to save him from tears
I’ll sacrifice someone special

Last Bloodbath I gave you to Chog
But the very next day his limbs were astray
This year, to save him from tears
I’ll sacrifice someone special

Chog
Chog, Chog, eat me

A crowded stand, friends get sacrificed
I’m always your fan and your sacrifice
My Chog, I thought that you never got passed by on
Me? I guess I was a bath toy to cry on

A face like no other with a blueberry heart
A man that has suffered, but he has to depart
Ooh, ooh, now he knows where Hansel is
He’ll never lose him again

Last Bloodbath I gave you to Chog
But the very next day his limbs were astray
This year, to save him from tears
I’ll sacrifice someone special

Last Bloodbath I gave you to Chog
But the very next day his limbs were astray
This year, to save him from tears
I’ll sacrifice someone special

Special

A face like no other with a blueberry heart (He gave him hers)
A man that has suffered, but he has to depart
Maybe next year I’ll sacrifice someone
I’ll sacrifice someone special

Special
Sayonara

Catman

You Better Watch Out
You Better not cry
You Better not bawk
I’m telling you why
Chicken Claus is coming to town
He has a list of games
The fans want them twice
He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice
Chicken Claus is coming to town
He knows when you are muted
He knows when you’ve been banned
He knows who’s been bad or good, so be good for Amanda’s Sake
OH
You Better Watch Out
You better not cry
You better not bawk
I’m telling you why
Chicken Claus is coming to town

Both AgentP93 and Catman earned their choice of a Steam key to one of our games, or a key for Alien Hominid Invasion when it releases this year! A big chicken bawk (and meow for Catman) to all who participated in our holiday event last year.

And if you haven’t checked out our Discord server yet, feel free to join here. We have cat pictures, channels for fan art and discussion about our games, CLEAN MEMES (who doesn’t love a clean meme?!), and more chaotic activities. See you there!

Alien Hominid Invasion Coming in 2023!

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Yes, you read that correctly! After spending the year diligently prepping for the invasion, the aliens plan to land on Earth in 2023. We are so excited to finally share our fifth game, Alien Hominid Invasion, with the world next year.

As the year comes to an end, our team is working hard to create exciting, memorable bosses that players can look forward to battling throughout the invasion. We can’t wait for you to test your skills!

But what about everything else we’ve added to the game this year? Here are some quick highlights:

Difficulty options – We added Permakeep and Permadeath options, adding another layer of difficulty for players! Also, difficulty level (Friendly, Normal, and INSANE!) can now be changed within each save file and player profile, so that everyone can have the perfect amount of challenge. Adjust this as you wish, so the game is not too hard, not too soft, but juuuuuust right.

New enemies and challenges – Along with checkpoint levels and shiny new (and sometimes spiky) hazards, we added new enemies like the Bounder, Inchworms, and Big Crabs to sprinkle a little variety into your invasion and keep the chaos rolling!

HUD redesign – The HUD has been completely overhauled since the beta, with the danger meter now visible on the bottom of the screen. Player details such as health and mutation level now follow the player and take up less space on the screen, leaving more room for extraterrestrial chaos!

Delightful interactions – The Mothership now knits you back to life after you fail a level. Cute, right? In true mom fashion, she’ll also send some passive-aggressive texts if you don’t upload your gathered intel fast enough. Best not to upset mom!

Aaaand that’s about it for our quick 2022 developer recap. We’re excited to see what 2023 (and the invasion!) has in store. Still searching for more intel? Check out our newly improved AHI website here, and stay tuned for our next dev stream coming early 2023!

New Intel From the Mothership – Alien Hominid Invasion Update

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Greetings earthlings! It’s been a while since we’ve sent an intel transmission down to Earth from the Mothership…

We’re here today to give you some secret deets straight from the aliens themselves! While we’re mostly working on creating epic boss battles to elevate your human gaming experience, we have a ton of smaller additions we’re ready to share with you.

Updates detailed in this post will include changes to enemy visuals, game difficulty, helper AI aliens, and weapon attacks. Now, what we’ve all been waiting for – juicy deets on the game updates!

1) Sweeper enemies are a lot more (visually) sweepery, and they can now swarm levels!

A swarm happens when a large amount of a single enemy type appears randomly in your level. Getting swarmed by Flybot Sweepers is a bit scary, as you’ll have to dodge (or jump over) a ton of green beams at once.

2) Shields from loot now show a rotating shield and provide lots of health!

Some alien heads have ‘shield’ modifiers on them, providing a much-needed buff to navigate the hazards that Alien Hominid Invasion brings. The shield only guards the part of the player it is facing, which makes dodging bullets more fun!

3) All aliens are now a bit squishier, making the game a tad more difficult.

*sad alien squish* Remember to dodge, jump, and dig your way around the enemy forces… and use your new fancy schmancy rotating shield to dodge bullets, of course!

4) Helper AI aliens will now stay on your shoulders and fire along with you!

Little AI aliens can spawn in to help you out; they come with their own weapons ready to crawl onto your shoulders and melt the enemy. You can also ride on their shoulders, only getting knocked off if you take damage from an enemy.

5) Danger level is now shown on the bottom of the invasion map and rises with every city block cleared.

This way, you can have a little more heads up as to what is waiting on the other side.

6) Last but certainly not least, some weapons have bigger, better, and STRONGER charge attacks!

We tweaked some of the charge shots and they look suuuuuuper cool and a lot more murdery. The Six Chambers gun (above) now has a ricochet charge shot that bounces off the edge of the screen!

The Sawed Off gun’s charge shot now has a bouncy shotgun shell.

The alien’s Photon gun now has a better charge shot that reaches farther and deals slightly more damage, but the projectile moves slower than before.

The Acid Shot gun now has a charge shot that has bouncing blobs of green goo!

That’s all for today’s development update! Looking for more intel? Have no fear — we actually have loads more updates to share with all of you humans, so be on the lookout for another dev stream coming early next year!

Do you have any thoughts you’d like to share about our upcoming game? If you have yet to join, be sure to check out our Discord server, where you can chat with our devs and other fans of The Behemoth’s games.

Until next time, earthlings!