Hello! It’s been a while since I’ve updated this page, so to celebrate National Ice Cream Day this year I decided to give it a refresh. I’ve patched and updated a lot of the code in this game, ironing out every bug I could find and implementing some of the systems I was unable to during the original jam timeframe. I'm hoping this refresh will get me a little more acquainted with GB Studio 4 so I can update the project file for Gas Station Story and give it a lot of sweet upgrades.

Also, Pierrot á la Mode is now on Steam (for Windows and MacOS)! I’m using a custom variation of BubbleWrap, a lovely Electron wrapper made by Timbo Johnson and Mooonbits. No Linux support as of right now, but if you are a Linux user I’d imagine you have a Game Boy emulator you’d rather use anyways. This wrapper is what I’m planning to use for Gas Station Story when it releases later this year. I’ve mostly returned to this project as a way to learn how SteamPipe works and to test out the wrapper — but in doing so I figured the game could use a fresh coat of facepaint!

The new build of the game includes a revitalized Clown Mode that functions as I originally envisioned, as well as numerous bugfixes and a new ending variation if you achieve a perfect score -- this new ending will give you a bit of a hint towards what's coming in Gas Station Story. I’ve also officially removed DMG support, with an added warning message if you attempt to run the game on unsupported hardware (it technically functions but there are a lot of weird graphical errors and performance issues that make it really difficult to play). 

I’m going to leave the original version up on the web-player for archival purposes, but the Steam version and the V1.1 ROM will be available for $1.99 to help me with some of the development costs for Gas Station Story. Some day I'll likely return to this project again to show you what happens to the Dairy Clown crew after that new special ending, but that's a story for another time ;) Thanks so much for playing! 

Changelog (V1.1 - GB)

Global:

- DMG support removed

- Performance enhancements

- Color swapping slowed down (background palettes change between 4 colors in 3 seconds)

- Added “Perfect Score” ending variation


Toppings:

- Topping Boxes now look like boxes

- Topping Selector code rewritten to be more stable

- Added Select Button function (to reset topping selector location)

- Conveyor belt variable speeds fixed (starts running when you can top the ice-cream, stops when checking orders, goes faster during Clown Mode)

- Clown Mode now reverses toppings when activated

Order Sheet:

- Changed “Order XX” to “#XX”

- Removed dashes and numbers

- Changed “Great Work!” to “Yes!”

- Numerous text glitches fixed