Enjoy an all-new RPG experience that mixes modern design with retro style, in this sequel to the fan-favourite 8-Bit Adventures: The Forgotten Journey Remastered Edition!
Featuring:
Beautiful, Vibrant 8-Bit graphics that bring the world to life!
Awesome NES-like Music with retro charm!
Classic RPG Gameplay enhanced by Modern Design (say goodbye to grinding!)
All New Battle System with 7 Unique Playable Characters!
An Engaging, Character-focused Story with Great Pacing & Meaningful Moments!
Explore Two Very Different Worlds - In the Computer World, Anything Goes!
A Villain with a Twist - the Glitch!
Discover Captivating Characters, and People with Personality!
Save Anywhere - Play for as long as you want, whenever you want to!
I am thrilled to announce that 8-Bit Adventures 2 launches October 16th on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One! 🥳
I know it's been a long wait since the console versions were first announced in 2021, so I apologise for the delay. I had always hoped for a simultaneous release on PC and console, but it didn't end up being possible.
On the flipside, though, I've been able to spend a lot of time improving and optimising the game, based on feedback from players on Steam and GOG. So thank you all very much for your support! And now with our latest update (patch notes below), we're able to share the improvements we've made through console development with PC players too.
A HUGE thanks to Ratalaika Games for their work porting the game to consoles, as well as xor_mgambrell_0, ZServ & chaucer for helping me to optimise the game! 🙏
If you love story-driven games, turn-based combat, and the Golden Age of JRPGs, please check out 8-Bit Adventures 2 on your platform of choice and consider supporting our work 😊 ~Josh
Please note, this is just a summary of changes. My personal notes are 23 pages, so listing out everything in explicit detail would be going overboard haha. There were also updates in February, March, and June of 2024, so please check Steam & GOG for a full rundown of the year's changes and features.
Improved the speed and flow of text timings in the Prologue, Pheopolis Castle, Driftwood, Charlie Flashback, Raft Sequence, Bruneus, Forest Mimic sequence, and several one off lines throughout the game. This also means that players with the Fast text speed on will run into less interruptions. The first hour of the game in particular saw the most adjustments, as well as some dialogue alterations, as I wanted to create a smoother experience in the opening.
Optimised numerous environments, improving performance on lower end PCs. This was a massive effort across the whole game, particularly on the World Map.
Optimised the performance of movement in Airship battles, making them run significantly smoother on lower end PCs.
Optimised the enemy chase behaviour to perform significantly better on lower end PCs.
Made the scene in Driftwood where Charlie comments to Thief about the Weapon Saleswoman winking at him unable to be missed. Just because I think it's a charming little moment that people playing with Fast text wouldn't previously have seen.
Enlarged the cinematic scene where the Airship reaches the Floating Continent. I don't know why I letterboxed it so heavily before, but I think this looks nicer.
Rebalanced the Gold Toss ability from last update, as it was extremely powerful. I initially thought about it as a bit of a joke, but with console players experiencing the game for the first time and Free DLC coming up, I wanted to make some adjustments so that it fit better into the game. Bosses now take 50% damage from it, it has an MP cost of 30, and it uses an eighth of your gold instead of a quarter. It's still incredibly powerful by the end of the game when you're overflowing with Gold, though - I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't too powerful earlier in the game.
Fixed a bug where Thief would get stuck with her eyes shut (and unable to animate) in the scene where you meet the Computer.
Lowered the volume on the water background sound effect when the water begins running in the Sewers.
Fixed a bug where the "What a Croc!" enemy used an incorrect behaviour in the battle where it's paired up with two Antlions. I also made "What a Croc!" immune to counterattacks, as that could break its behaviour.
I realised that before his name's introduced, the Bandit Bro named Zeke was called "Pink-haired Bandit"...even though he's clearly got purple hair 😅 So he's now called "Purple-haired Bandit" for clarity.
Fixed an issue in the Ship Graveyard and Frozen Wood where some snow is a different shade of white than the snow around it. It was only visible on certain displays, but looked very rough.
Fixed a visual bug where some of the fog on the 4th Burial Grounds map was rendering under the player (it should've been appearing over the player).
Fixed a visual bug in combat to do with the way that windows are loaded - particularly on lower end PCs.
Fixed a bug where, when the menu appears just after leaving the Nexus, I failed to remove the Escape Amulet and World Map items from the player's inventory. If the player used these items while in the menu during a cutscene, the game would break.
The boss of the Ice Cavern is meant to have the special Boss-specific death animation, but only had a normal death animation instead, which felt underwhelming. So this has been fixed.
Fixed a bug in the Estriatus Ruins, where if you do the whole dungeon in one run, the Escape Amulet never activates (it's meant to activate after you clear out the vines).
Fixed a bug on the Foundry's infinite staircase, where you could trick the camera into following the player if you simply doubled back to the entrance after walking up the first set of stairs.
Adjusted the sound effects when you attempt to fly to the Floating Continent, to make them more comfortable on the ears.
Fixed a bug where you could open Treasure Chests and plant Golden Saplings while in the Airship - the latter of which would actually crash the game.
Fixed a bug on the Floating Continent where you could walk up waterfalls which passed under bridges.
Improved the performance of the battle which takes place towards the end of the game in the Nexus, by handling the spawning of monsters more efficiently.
Had to redo the cutscenes in the large cavern near the start of the Final Dungeon, in order to better optimise the game for lower end PCs. Also fixed a bug here where the wrong character was briefly visible during the party switch over.
Fixed a late game scene in Thief's bedroom where the mirror didn't accurately reflect her position.
Fixed a bug where, if you mash through the text in the opening scene of the City of Sounds, Charlie will move incredibly slowly.
Fixed a bug where, after seeing him leave with his army in a cutscene, the Samurai character would retain his collision after disappearing. This would block the most obvious path to the exit in the Burial Grounds.
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I can not wait till this game comes out. Tales Across Time and 8-bit adventure were both so great! I have been following you on steam since I played them earlier this year! Good luck friend, keep up the great work!
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I'm flattered that you follow me on Steam, and so glad you've enjoyed my past works. I think I've really come a long way with 8-Bit Adventures 2 (I finally feel like I know what I'm doing haha), so I hope you'll enjoy it even more! I'll do my best; thanks so much for taking the time to write - I sincerely appreciate it. Maybe I'll see you around the Steam community when the game comes out! =D
For being an 8-bit game the artwork is beautiful and detailed. Which is surprising considering it is 8-bit. I can see a lot of work put into this game and it looks well thought out. Also looking at the reviews of your other games show positive story build up. The trailer looks good. I am looking forward to this game!
Hi Thread! Just in case you missed it, I wanted to let you know that 8-Bit Adventures 2 is finally out now on Steam and GOG! Sorry for the long wait =D
Thank you very much - I'm so glad to hear you like the look of the game! Depending on how you approach it, an 8-bit aesthetic can be quite versatile (the NES colour palette is actually really vibrant), and our artist has done his best to create something special. I genuinely respect that you went out and researched my past works! I've tried very hard to go above and beyond what I've done before, and that very much includes the story and characters, so I'm hoping everyone will really enjoy it =)
Anyway, I sincerely appreciate the kind words and can't wait for you to play 8-Bit Adventures 2! Thanks again Thread =D
Nice characters!
Thanks LunarShuriken! All credit for the designs goes to our wonderful artist Jerram Fahey =D
I can not wait till this game comes out. Tales Across Time and 8-bit adventure were both so great! I have been following you on steam since I played them earlier this year! Good luck friend, keep up the great work!
Hi there! Just in case you missed it, 8-Bit Adventures 2 is finally out now =D
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I'm flattered that you follow me on Steam, and so glad you've enjoyed my past works. I think I've really come a long way with 8-Bit Adventures 2 (I finally feel like I know what I'm doing haha), so I hope you'll enjoy it even more! I'll do my best; thanks so much for taking the time to write - I sincerely appreciate it. Maybe I'll see you around the Steam community when the game comes out! =D
just wanna say i admire your artwork
Thank you very much for the kind words ceriux! I'll pass that along to the artist - I'm sure he'll very much appreciate it =D
For being an 8-bit game the artwork is beautiful and detailed. Which is surprising considering it is 8-bit. I can see a lot of work put into this game and it looks well thought out. Also looking at the reviews of your other games show positive story build up. The trailer looks good. I am looking forward to this game!
Hi Thread! Just in case you missed it, I wanted to let you know that 8-Bit Adventures 2 is finally out now on Steam and GOG! Sorry for the long wait =D
Thank you very much - I'm so glad to hear you like the look of the game! Depending on how you approach it, an 8-bit aesthetic can be quite versatile (the NES colour palette is actually really vibrant), and our artist has done his best to create something special. I genuinely respect that you went out and researched my past works! I've tried very hard to go above and beyond what I've done before, and that very much includes the story and characters, so I'm hoping everyone will really enjoy it =)
Anyway, I sincerely appreciate the kind words and can't wait for you to play 8-Bit Adventures 2! Thanks again Thread =D