as someone who bought and finished all the previous games in the creeper world franchise, this looks like another masterpiece. who would have thought there'd be a 6th masterpiece? is that even possible?
Because he essentially just remade the same game all those times? The first game is hardly different from this one, in fact it's almost back to how the first game played, with of course the house hold name of the scenarios having massive upfront difficulty that just fizzles out very quickly.
This looks absolutely brilliant! After CW4's fantastic move to 3D, i never expected a move back to something more akin to CW2. Can't wait for it! Take your time and have fun making it!
It is kind of like taking inspiration from CW2 and Particle Fleet. Since this is in early development still I look forward to what all he comes up with for the finished product. :)
It's absolutely crazy how you just keep finding new ways to innovate and take advantage of the niche you've built for yourself. Absolutely stellar work as ever my friend, keep up the great work! I look forward to playing this as soon as it's released.
As someone who considers Creeper World 2 to be a unique masterpiece, let me just say thank you for going back to 2D vertical scrolling side-view action!
It's really cool seeing ships turn into particles/sand instead of just sliding over. Hope that makes it into final! Anyway looks like another fun game to fenagle with, your endeavors have been inspiring for us this past decade.
I'm assuming there's a story reason why they're doing that. And I wonder if that'll make some unique mechanics, like being able to move units through tunnels that would be otherwise too small to fit them.
I agree, the way that the ships transport themselves is pretty awesome to look at. It is pretty interesting how the particles make it look like the ship is still there but distorted in appearance while it moves. I imagine that the final version will have touched up textures to look even more awesome after the base of the game is more solid
Your projects always seem to be the drawn from the same simple formula, but every new release has a fresh twist on that formula the keeps it new and fun compared to what came before. Anticipated Creeper World 3 and 4 on their original releases, and will likely enjoy this one too. Keep up the amazing work.
Damn, looks pretty cool. I didn't expect to see a video on the next game so soon, but like you said it's pre-alpha. Love the style, and the return to the side-view that was in CW2, but improved in every way. It is interesting thinking about it, but I remember many years ago following the blog posts on the website before CW2 released, yet here I am watching this video. That felt like a life-time ago. I first played CW1 around the time I played Harvest Massive Encounter, if anyone remembers that. I hope the development goes well, I'll for sure keep this on my radar.
I'll admit, while the flat RTS-style map is what originally got me into CW, my favorite in the series is the top-down style of CW2. I love seeing a return to this :D
oh wow! I've loved every instance of Creeper World so far but I did have a soft spot for the departure of mechanics with 2. With the pixel renderer this looks awesome!
I am very excited for this newest installment. The ship idea from Particle Fleet combined with Creeper World sounds like it would be clunky but it looks like it works well in this MVP.
Hype is real! Your games has the most hours in my steam list. Thank you for your work. And big thank you for your fans and modders out there, who makes all custom maps.
a mix of cw2 and particle fleet with a touch of noita looks extremely cool so far (also the graphics and physics seem rather complicated for a pre-alpha that's supposedly only been engine optimisations so far, you sure this isn't going to release next week?)
@@Meehuuu I didn't think of that when I first saw the video, but now that you have mentioned it I agree, especially the way that the ship exploded when damaged towards the end. In addition to the pixel style art and floating landscape that ignores there is nothing to support it (although the dev seemed to indicate that the land would fall if its support structure is removed later on in development; or at least that is what I interpreted.
@@andrewjones9547 A pixel-physics based spellcasting game. Think of Liero but you can craft and customise weapons by combining different effects and modifiers.
Looks fascinating as usual... love the colors and general look of it, superficially. The mechanics do sound very promising, I'm very excited to hear more about it in the coming months
Hell yeah, CW2 was always my favorite! Loved the challenge, the 'up close and personal' combat, and how much role terrain modification played! Don't make the new one too easy, please :)
even for early alpha this has me excited, i can already imagine the creeper digging out terrain to cause some of those items to fall deeper into creeper controlled area (it looked like the items have physics at 4:35 the item on the right falls over) looking forward to seeing more about this in the future.
I enjoy that you are still making games based around creeper, I remember playing Creeper World on a flash site over a decade ago and it's cool that this universe is still being expanded upon
Creeper World never disappoints, every game has been great and this looks like it will continue the trend! Can't wait to start seeing more about this game as development continues! Let us know when we can throw money at you for it!!!
I'm so happy you're going back to 2D! I was super excited for 3D before CW4 came out, but once I played it it just didn't feel right. Hard to explain. But this, I'm getting excited all over again!
Looks awesome. I've been following Creeper World since the first game in like 2009. Always love seeing a new iteration come out. Definitely one of my comfort games, something I can play and chill to. I'm usually the kind of player who overdoes it, really farms up and crushes the creeper. I find it deeply satisfying and each game renews that feeling. Can't wait for this next version!
Noita Creeper! Cool. Can't wait for the immersive mobile version that makes creeper appear on objects in your house so you can fight it, coming next year!!
What an amazing Christmas present. So awesome to have you back with a new game. Looks a lot like Noita. Can't wait to play it and looking forward to more updates.
This might actually be my most favorite game reveal this year apart from the LotR dwarven survival game, thank you for working on this, it's exciting! I come back to your guys often for a few week periods every now and then, they're super therapeutic to play. XD
Man ive been waiting for some extra cash to try your newer games and you just keep adding more that i want to play! Love to see you still creating, it'd be cool to see different ships move in different ways like spitting up or taking alternate routes. Cant wait for this to come out! 💘
These ship designs feel like they would be perfectly primed for having a GUI in game for designing ships for use in maps(With costs, weight limits, etc). Or maybe something like every chassis has a number of hardpoints that you can fill with stuff to suit the task. Want a big ship(5 or so slots) to be a battle barge? 2 missiles, 3 lasers. Use it as a terraformer? 4 mining beams and maybe a laser for self defense. That kinda deal. Very exciting to see you at it once more!
God this franchise has just been my entire life XD Great work. As Always. Kind of reached a point where your stuff being really really good is just the norm haha
The CW games have been my go to game to pass time, relax, or something to passively enjoy while partaking virtual meetings while working from home. The main games and mechanics are fantastic, and the support and community help make it excel and continue to be long lasting. I’m super excited by this announcement. I really loved CW2 and this definitely evokes a lot of the same feels from that. Always happy to see what you have in store for us Virgil, and I’m super thrilled to have gotten a little early Christmas magic with this announcement!! 💙💙
@knucracker I've been following you since creeper world 2 in the flash days, I have been happy and proud to watch the evolution of the creep thus far. I'm happy to watch as it spreads into other genres 😀
When I was a kid, I used to play a falling sand\falling elements flash game all the time. This looks like a really fun exploration of that pixel physics concept in a game. Thanks for sharing
Oh Wow! I was not expecting to see this today. I'm super excited to see how this physics sandbox progresses in the coming development videos. Thank you for the early preview 👍
I'm loving this Pre-Alpha. Looking forward to the end result; however far into the future that is. Also, I think I saw a bug with the Creeper at 6:40. When the Lathe Ship blows up, it appears some Creeper to the right of it got thrusted into the land and just shunted straight up through it. Don't know if you noticed. I'm just trying to be helpful, if I can. ;-)
I absolutely love your games! Been playing CW for years now. Ships are cool, but I hope we will see some towers as well!!! Also, nice title for the video.
This looks so good and satifying! Reminds me a little bit back to Particle Fleet. Honestly the particle fleet sound track has lived rent free in my brain ever since it came out.
Looks good already! Hope the development and creation of it will be fun for you and go smoothly. Am looking forward to the final result sometime in the future.
This looks great! I love particle simulators like the old Powder Game and Noita. I hope this engine also includes lots of particle interactions that make things dynamic and interesting. I also like how ships move by sort of warping themselves particle-by-particle into a new position. Very clever and looks visually stunning!
as someone who bought and finished all the previous games in the creeper world franchise, this looks like another masterpiece. who would have thought there'd be a 6th masterpiece? is that even possible?
yes, it as it was written in stone in 1987
@@tapisbadatgames Praise be the founders!
Same, got like 500 hours in Particle. Kind of my relaxing go to game.
Knucklecracker is the only dev I happily blind-buy from. Very excited!
Because he essentially just remade the same game all those times? The first game is hardly different from this one, in fact it's almost back to how the first game played, with of course the house hold name of the scenarios having massive upfront difficulty that just fizzles out very quickly.
This looks absolutely brilliant!
After CW4's fantastic move to 3D, i never expected a move back to something more akin to CW2.
Can't wait for it!
Take your time and have fun making it!
It is kind of like taking inspiration from CW2 and Particle Fleet. Since this is in early development still I look forward to what all he comes up with for the finished product. :)
It's absolutely crazy how you just keep finding new ways to innovate and take advantage of the niche you've built for yourself. Absolutely stellar work as ever my friend, keep up the great work! I look forward to playing this as soon as it's released.
this feels like a bit of a spiritual successor to particle fleet with the ship movement and combat
cant wait to see how this pans out.
I'm gonne play that right now coz that is such a good one!
As someone who considers Creeper World 2 to be a unique masterpiece, let me just say thank you for going back to 2D vertical scrolling side-view action!
It's really cool seeing ships turn into particles/sand instead of just sliding over. Hope that makes it into final! Anyway looks like another fun game to fenagle with, your endeavors have been inspiring for us this past decade.
I'm assuming there's a story reason why they're doing that.
And I wonder if that'll make some unique mechanics, like being able to move units through tunnels that would be otherwise too small to fit them.
I agree, the way that the ships transport themselves is pretty awesome to look at. It is pretty interesting how the particles make it look like the ship is still there but distorted in appearance while it moves. I imagine that the final version will have touched up textures to look even more awesome after the base of the game is more solid
I love that every game you design has some wackiness to it that nobody else would come up with. This looks very cool!
Your projects always seem to be the drawn from the same simple formula, but every new release has a fresh twist on that formula the keeps it new and fun compared to what came before. Anticipated Creeper World 3 and 4 on their original releases, and will likely enjoy this one too. Keep up the amazing work.
Damn, looks pretty cool. I didn't expect to see a video on the next game so soon, but like you said it's pre-alpha. Love the style, and the return to the side-view that was in CW2, but improved in every way. It is interesting thinking about it, but I remember many years ago following the blog posts on the website before CW2 released, yet here I am watching this video. That felt like a life-time ago. I first played CW1 around the time I played Harvest Massive Encounter, if anyone remembers that. I hope the development goes well, I'll for sure keep this on my radar.
I'll admit, while the flat RTS-style map is what originally got me into CW, my favorite in the series is the top-down style of CW2. I love seeing a return to this :D
oh wow! I've loved every instance of Creeper World so far but I did have a soft spot for the departure of mechanics with 2. With the pixel renderer this looks awesome!
I am very excited for this newest installment. The ship idea from Particle Fleet combined with Creeper World sounds like it would be clunky but it looks like it works well in this MVP.
This looks absolutely amazing!
I've been playing Creeper World for many years, and I'm glad it's not stopping at Creeper World 4!
Powder Game but it's Creeper World? Hell yeah!
Hype is real!
Your games has the most hours in my steam list. Thank you for your work.
And big thank you for your fans and modders out there, who makes all custom maps.
Oh Yeah! I love Creeper World 2 and was was a little sad the concept seemed to die out. More than happy to play another KC 2d formula
a mix of cw2 and particle fleet with a touch of noita
looks extremely cool so far
(also the graphics and physics seem rather complicated for a pre-alpha that's supposedly only been engine optimisations so far, you sure this isn't going to release next week?)
Yeah, the noita connection rings loud for me. I hope there's latitude for many different types of terrain. Seems a fertile mod opportunity.
When I look at this and I know basically nothing of Creeper World, I see the very first Worms game.
@@Meehuuu I didn't think of that when I first saw the video, but now that you have mentioned it I agree, especially the way that the ship exploded when damaged towards the end. In addition to the pixel style art and floating landscape that ignores there is nothing to support it (although the dev seemed to indicate that the land would fall if its support structure is removed later on in development; or at least that is what I interpreted.
what's noita?
@@andrewjones9547 A pixel-physics based spellcasting game. Think of Liero but you can craft and customise weapons by combining different effects and modifiers.
Love these games, I'll definitely be picking this one up :)
Looks fascinating as usual... love the colors and general look of it, superficially. The mechanics do sound very promising, I'm very excited to hear more about it in the coming months
the terrain looks awesome, i love the style of that. But why the ships look like that lmao
@@microman502 They're probably placeholders to some degree right now, I'd wager.
HECK YES!!!! LOVE MORE CREEPERWORLD, and have a special love for CW2 so a side scroll with bonus sand world play is amazing!
This feels like combination of Creeper world 2 and Particle fleet with better physic engine combined with powder toy.
Can't wait for more updates.
Hell yeah, CW2 was always my favorite! Loved the challenge, the 'up close and personal' combat, and how much role terrain modification played!
Don't make the new one too easy, please :)
My favorite also. The 'up close and personal' combat, and also the story put it on top.
This gives me vibes of being a hybrid of Particle Fleet and CW2, this oughta be real interesting!
even for early alpha this has me excited, i can already imagine the creeper digging out terrain to cause some of those items to fall deeper into creeper controlled area (it looked like the items have physics at 4:35 the item on the right falls over) looking forward to seeing more about this in the future.
Love it! I love all of your games and particle fleet is among my favorite (211h so far!) So excited to see what's to come
It's beautiful! Brings us back to a Creeper world 2 style game.
I enjoy that you are still making games based around creeper, I remember playing Creeper World on a flash site over a decade ago and it's cool that this universe is still being expanded upon
Creeper World never disappoints, every game has been great and this looks like it will continue the trend! Can't wait to start seeing more about this game as development continues! Let us know when we can throw money at you for it!!!
Good word for "pre-alpha" is "tech demo". A demonstration of how the tech works. Alternative is "proof of concept".
I'm so happy you're going back to 2D! I was super excited for 3D before CW4 came out, but once I played it it just didn't feel right. Hard to explain. But this, I'm getting excited all over again!
loving the surge in popularity of falling sand sims this looks like a great use. love the turbulence and such inside the creeper, really neat
Looks awesome. I've been following Creeper World since the first game in like 2009. Always love seeing a new iteration come out. Definitely one of my comfort games, something I can play and chill to. I'm usually the kind of player who overdoes it, really farms up and crushes the creeper. I find it deeply satisfying and each game renews that feeling. Can't wait for this next version!
Creeper x Noita was not a crossover I was expecting to see, but it does work well together.
I'm so happy this franchise marches on. It's so inspiring
great news! the creeper world games are one of my go to relaxation games and looking forward to what you come up with for this new game!
Looking great :D
I LOVE the way, the ships move. Feels like the ships are just made out of a swarm of microbots.
Noita Creeper! Cool. Can't wait for the immersive mobile version that makes creeper appear on objects in your house so you can fight it, coming next year!!
this looks like will be a lovely mix of CW2 and Particle Fleet, can't wait to see how this develops!
It makes me SO happy when knucracker announces a new game. My absolute favorite games. Thank you for this!!!
I've played Creeper World flash games and I'm glad the series is alive and kicking!
What an amazing Christmas present.
So awesome to have you back with a new game. Looks a lot like Noita. Can't wait to play it and looking forward to more updates.
I love how much you can innovate on your ideas while still making me go "Yup, thats a KnuckleCracker game"
Love the music, art style, mechanics, ships and everything!
Nice work on an already solid IP
This might actually be my most favorite game reveal this year apart from the LotR dwarven survival game, thank you for working on this, it's exciting! I come back to your guys often for a few week periods every now and then, they're super therapeutic to play. XD
Knuckler Cracker just can't stop winning. I am absolutely psyched for more creeper world.
Love the sand physics! Keep up the good work V!
Been a fan since the browser days, so happy your still making creeper games
I absolutely love the way the ships move in this.
I am so excited! Learned about this during CW3 launch, beat it and went and bout the other ones. Love your work man!
Looks awesome! Loved Creeper World 2 the most, so I'm ecstatic seeing that mixed with some Particle Fleet and I'm sure many other unique ideas.
Wow. I had kind of assumed that the creeper world franchise didn’t have much room for innovation after CW4. Looking forward to getting this!
Man ive been waiting for some extra cash to try your newer games and you just keep adding more that i want to play! Love to see you still creating, it'd be cool to see different ships move in different ways like spitting up or taking alternate routes. Cant wait for this to come out! 💘
Omg I'm so excited! Loved CW4, and I love the 2d aesthetics of the new project, can't wait to hear more!
These ship designs feel like they would be perfectly primed for having a GUI in game for designing ships for use in maps(With costs, weight limits, etc).
Or maybe something like every chassis has a number of hardpoints that you can fill with stuff to suit the task. Want a big ship(5 or so slots) to be a battle barge? 2 missiles, 3 lasers. Use it as a terraformer? 4 mining beams and maybe a laser for self defense. That kinda deal.
Very exciting to see you at it once more!
Can I just say, the way you've animated those ships moving around looks really really cool
God this franchise has just been my entire life XD
Great work. As Always. Kind of reached a point where your stuff being really really good is just the norm haha
Holy Shit this is AMAZING!
you never fail to amaze with all the different imaginations of the creeper concept!
The CW games have been my go to game to pass time, relax, or something to passively enjoy while partaking virtual meetings while working from home.
The main games and mechanics are fantastic, and the support and community help make it excel and continue to be long lasting.
I’m super excited by this announcement. I really loved CW2 and this definitely evokes a lot of the same feels from that.
Always happy to see what you have in store for us Virgil, and I’m super thrilled to have gotten a little early Christmas magic with this announcement!! 💙💙
@knucracker I've been following you since creeper world 2 in the flash days, I have been happy and proud to watch the evolution of the creep thus far. I'm happy to watch as it spreads into other genres 😀
Oh this made my day seeing this! Looking forward to this
As usual, Im equally impressed by your ability to make great games and your ability to generate hype! Cant wait to see the next update!
When I was a kid, I used to play a falling sand\falling elements flash game all the time. This looks like a really fun exploration of that pixel physics concept in a game. Thanks for sharing
Oh Wow! I was not expecting to see this today. I'm super excited to see how this physics sandbox progresses in the coming development videos. Thank you for the early preview 👍
Oh my God this looks amazing already. I can't wait to play it!
Awesome! I love how you keep twisting the basic idea into something new.
CW3 may always be my favorite, but a mix of CW2 style with the old school "sand game" physics looks like a lot of fun.
I'm looking forward to following the evolution of the game, you always do great dev vlogs. Also I love the music you had going on already
Absolutely phenomenal, well done and thank you.
I absolutely loved creeper world 2's 2d style, so seeing it be turned into something like this is extremely cool
Woawoawoawoa! This looks so cool! I'm so excited! What a fantastic move for the series.
Bought and played all your games, starting from the first one in Flash. Loved them. Looking forward for this new one.
I'm loving this Pre-Alpha. Looking forward to the end result; however far into the future that is.
Also, I think I saw a bug with the Creeper at 6:40. When the Lathe Ship blows up, it appears some Creeper to the right of it got thrusted into the land and just shunted straight up through it.
Don't know if you noticed. I'm just trying to be helpful, if I can. ;-)
Oh damn! this looks sick! Whooooooo always love the games man keep em coming, much love
I absolutely love your games! Been playing CW for years now. Ships are cool, but I hope we will see some towers as well!!! Also, nice title for the video.
This looks so good and satifying! Reminds me a little bit back to Particle Fleet. Honestly the particle fleet sound track has lived rent free in my brain ever since it came out.
Oh wow! I couldn't be more excited for it. It's looking amazing. I'm specially endeared to falling sand physics, so it's a major plus for me!
Looks good already!
Hope the development and creation of it will be fun for you and go smoothly.
Am looking forward to the final result sometime in the future.
Creeper World meets Noita? Sing me in!!
You do good work. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress on this project.
This is insane my jaw dropped when I saw it!
I loved creeper world 2. I'm really happy to see a new play on it's style
Knuck, I gotta tell you, I am AMAZED how you take this simple base concept and come up with new concepts around it all the time. Keep on cracking!
The way Ships "flow warp" between positions is Incredible, and looks like it lets them be damaged in transit too
I like how the ships disassemble and reassemble when they move.
I absolutely love your games, I'll be purchasing this on release day! Keep it up
CW2 and PF are my favorite games in the series, so this footage has me a smidge excited
I love how the ships move, very unique!
6:45 OMG the ship parts turn into terain! Epic!
This looks great! I love particle simulators like the old Powder Game and Noita. I hope this engine also includes lots of particle interactions that make things dynamic and interesting.
I also like how ships move by sort of warping themselves particle-by-particle into a new position. Very clever and looks visually stunning!
Looks absolutely brilliant! Will definitely be following this. Huge fan of the other games!
Looks great! I'm excited to play this when it comes out.
I love everything about this. The vehicle instantiation is inventive and the gameplay looks very cathartic.
Hello. I just stumbled across this video. This looks fantastic! Thank you for your hard work on the project.
cool stuff, loved creeper world 3, can't wait to see how it turns out
I really like the small "extra" gun on the ship. Always adored small secondary guns on star ships etc.
this looks fantastic, great work!
Oh I'm loving this new old take on creeper! Can't wait to see the final game!
Ayy yooo, Creeper World 2 is back on the menu, and this time with some keygen music?!
Absolutely insane. Can't wait to buy it!
Three thumbs up! Great video. Thanks!