Hey ghost grabbers! Thank you for your patience with this update. My wife and I recently had a baby so all my time lately has been spent looking after him. But now I'm back with a big update for Ghost Grab 3000!

Early access is available now, exclusively to $5+ Patreon supporters. Please consider chipping in a bit each month if you'd like to help development.

Otherwise, please add the game to your wishlist and await the full release with bated breath.

New Shield special move and super-charged Dash:

New menu system (how exciting!):

Full change list:

• Added the Shield move: press B (controller) or C (keyboard) to create a shield that pushes nearby ghosts away.
• 'Dashing' now pushes ghosts away and stuns them, makes you temporarily invincible and destroys bullets. It consumes more energy over time too.
• Power-ups now spawn whenever you reach the next level. Currently you can get:
  • Speed boost
  • Shield radius boost
  • Replenish 1 health
• Coins can now be collected from destroyed ghosts (these will eventually be used to buy new robot parts).
• Started implementing a Stage Select screen (only 1 stage exists right now, but these will be unlocked through progression).
• Rearranged controls.
• Added Pause Menu with control help.
• When you reach a new level the ghost spawn rate now only reduces, instead of completely resetting.
• Implemented full title screen menu system with many options working and some placeholders.
• Implemented Steamworks for Steam version (leaderboards currently implemented, achievements to come).

What's left to do:

• More enemy types
• 2 more stages of difficulty which can be unlocked
• Robot parts that can be purchased with coins
• Finish implementing Options menu
• Language localisation
• Steam Achievements
• Optimisation & bug fixing
• Maybe some little story bits?

Thank you for checking it out! Friendly reminder that you can play Ghost Grab 3000 right now by becoming a $5 supporter on Patreon.

Also, please add it to your Steam Wishlist! I'm trying to build up numbers on Steam to help visibility.

Thanks! See you next time!

Matt

(Psst... if you're wondering what happened to version 0.8, it was a Steam-only update as I implemented leaderboards.)