Cally’s Caves 3 Free Expansion “Melvin’s Prototype Factory” Coming Next Week!

After a busy couple of months, we’ve just submitted a huge new content update for Cally’s Caves 3, “Melvin’s Prototype Factory.”  The update should be out for iOS and Android next week.

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This is the biggest update we’ve ever done for a game, and will include a bunch of new features:
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Massive New Zone:
We’ve added a whole new 34-level zone, with all-new art, a fully functional map and lots of Checkpoints.

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New Weapons: 3 new weapons and their final forms can be found in the new Levels!  Try using the power of the Slimes for your own benefit with the Slimegun, trap enemies and prevent them from hurting you with the Web Shooters, or use the Bow and Arrow from Cally’s Caves 2 to pepper enemies with arrows.  All of the new weapons have 4 evolution tiers, and can be used throughout all of the other game modes.

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New Enemies: Melvin has been creating bosses in his prototype lab for years, and to destroy him, you’ll have to defeat them all!  5 new enemy classes with unique behaviors mix up the combat and test your skills.

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Beyond all of the new content, we will have a ton of bug fixes and optimizations including the following:

iOS

  • fixed issue where Final Bladegun isn’t being awarded for beating Survival Mode
  • fixed issue where Bera would sometimes transform into Cally in “Bera: the Long Way Home”

Android

  • greatly reduced frequency of video ads
  • fixed missing Sniper Rifle issue – find it in level 101
  • fixed rating message in pause menu
  • fixed several small resolution bugs
  • several new tracks on the soundtrack

We are also happy to announce that the expansion is totally free and is not an in-app purchase or anything like that.  We wanted to find a way to thank all the people that have downloaded and supported Cally’s Caves 3.  We will have at least one more free expansion out before Christmas, and an announcement of our next project shortly after.

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Dev Diary #20: How Much Does it Cost to Make a Game?

If you are involved in the #gamedev scene on Twitter, or online gaming communities, you’ve probably seen lots of numbers thrown around regarding the cost of making a game.  “30 grand is a drop in the bucket,” “games are so expensive to make” “we didn’t have enough money to stay on the top of the charts” are phrases that pop up all the time.  We are probably the cheapest game developers around, and now that we’ve released 3 games, we figured it would be a fun exercise to see what products we needed to ship a game and how much it has all cost so far.

*Please note that we didn’t factor PC costs into the Cally’s Caves 3 budget, since we all already owned PCs we had purchased previously for different purposes.

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Cost 1: Software

You’ll need some software to build a game with.  We used GameMaker: Studio, which cost $50 dollars (for the pro version) at the time of purchase.  You could also look into using Unity or Unreal, which are free but work on licensing deals.  In order to publish a GameMaker game on iOS or Android, we required the platform-specific modules for Gamemaker.  The iOS module cost $99 at the time of purchase (2013), and the Android module was $400 at the time of purchase (2015 – looks like the prices went up).

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Cally’s Caves 3 Featured in Vsauce3’s App All Knight #24!

We’ve been subs of the Vsauce3 Youtube channel for a while now, along with 2.5 million other people.  So you can imagine how crazy it was to see Cally’s Caves 3 featured in the most recent App All Knight video!  At 500,000 views and counting, it’s been amazing for us, but the best part was seeing a youtuber we watch all the time talk highly about Cally’s Caves 3.  Thanks Vsauce3!!!

Check it out below:

Cally’s Caves 3 Reviews and Discussion

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Hey everyone! It’s been over a month since Cally’s Caves 3 came out, so we thought we’d put together some links to articles and reviews of the game.  Here we go:

Cally’s Caves 3 Gets 5 Stars from Toucharcade

Cally’s Caves 3 Gets Silver Award from PocketGamer

Cally’s Caves 3 Gamezebo Review

Cally’s Caves 3 148apps review

Cally’s Caves 3 mentioned in Gameranx top 10 free iOS games of July video.

Galie video series about Cally’s Caves 3

Phonecats video about Cally’s Caves 3

Bera zone

We are just wrapping up work on the android port of Cally’s Caves 3, which should be out soon.  There is also an update coming out this week, which includes a whole new zone with new art, and it’s all about telling Bera’s Story!  We will have some more dev diaries breaking down how things went with Cally’s Caves 3 real soon…