For the Viking level I think having some sort of animal hide on the floor would add a really nice touch. Also maybe adding Viking shields could be cool

About the monk level: there's no monk temple without waterfalls, this level feels kinda empty. About the viking level: make it dark, using that material for fog, but using a dark color, make the ilumination looks like it's really being iluminated with only fireblight, would be cool to put some viking horns on the crowd too

For the beach level, you could make a surfer boss that wears swim trunks and sunglasses.

I think you can give the audience some props Like similar to what the bosses wear Since you’re fighting in the bosses “base” For example some might wear the Viking helmets or something

The infinite level (without limitations) could be a fun "face yourself" where you fight with a copy of your character and improve upon yourself as the last boss. Also, for the tropical level, it could be a Maui boss of some kind like Moana.

the infinity level makes me think of some kind of boss that teleports around when you can't see it and comes out of the shadows to strike, and then the player has to react in time in order to hit them or block the attack

For the beach levels I feel like having the ropes be replaced with volleyball nets would be cool

Give the blobs different types of hats like a cowboy hat, party hat and a the little drinking hat thing I also think they should have little signs says stuff like GO! Or YOU CAN DO IT! And a thumbs up sign thing. : ) Edit: I hope you use this.

WOOO YEAH BABY THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT

You've unironically perfected the art of "working within limitations" and "doing more with less". The levels look nice and I love the moving bobbles as well as the instructor. Some ideas: in WWE it's common for fans to bring some signs with funny slogans or images on them. Maybe the bobbles can do that too? If you struggle with clothing next time in Blender, there's a sculpt brush that's called "inflate". Very useful to "push" clothing away from the base mesh in any given location. This can prevent intersections between the clothing and the model underneath.

The backgrounds truly brought the game alive. Maybe in practice mode, the grid-like background could remain.

I think I'm a little bit late, but: -First, I like how the game is getting better and better! -I love how do you use and show us Milanote ! It is kinda cool when we see people actualy using the stuff their promote. I wanna use this software right now! -The beach level, I think would be cool if it is related to Thailand in a way. In your references there is a photo of some Muay Thay fighters, so I think it fits in the game. Or, if you add some Marimbas in the background, this will totally move us to the Caribbean ! Peace!

use sculpt mode in blender to fix the issues with holes. that's what I always do, just a very soft brush slightly moving the vertices forward until there isn't a hole

You should make finishers for the bosses so it can be satisfiying when you finally beat a hard boss

For the beach level, you could make the boss a surfer dude, with long sandy kinda hair and surf shorts, even adding a surfboard rack in the background could be an “easy” touch to make it feel more situational and make sense. He could have an extra move, like the monk levitates and Viking dashes, he could summon a surfboard temporarily and surf his way over to you in a straight line, and if you get hit you get flipped upside down for a second or two, maybe with stars over you head or something, and another really cool feature could be waves. Hear me out on this: every 20-30 seconds or so (maybe a random amount between that) a large wave sweeps across the arena, pushing you back, unless you block, making you essentially stand still. This could be an added challenge to the level, having a break from full on combat the entire time, almost like a change up in the fight, one person winning but then getting crashed by a wave while the other person takes the lead, something like this could be kinda hard to make but very unique for your game. One last thing to add in the background would be a simple animated volleyball game. Just two blobs jumping to hit a ball over a net is probably similiarily difficult to animating the excited blobs in the audience, and since you aced the audience so well, I think this wouldn’t be too hard. For anyone who actually read all of this, Thankyou for making me typing all of this at 4 am worth it!

make the boss for the beach one a lifeguard, and for the infinite one just make it a man in a cloak so you don’t know who he is or what he looks like. it makes the level more mysterious.

The infinity map could be used to an "endless mode", where appears all the enemy's that you defeated, one at the time (maybe a mode to unlock when you finish the campaign)

For the Viking level you could add those Viking shields as well as maybe hanging a couple lanterns, Viking helmets and stuff to the poles. Great video btw.

Words cannot describe how satisfying it was to see you change the ropes to ropes in the viking level

I would love to see the Viking boss fight take place on a Viking ship and the whole arena rocking side to side due to the rough tides!

I think a good way to do the training room would to add a way to switch opponents and have multiple things to hit not just a dummy. You could also have an opening in the ring so you can leave

I have an idea for a bonus level. It's called "These Hands" you have to avoid or block the two big hands and you if you win you get a cookie or something

This is SOOOO COOOOL seeing how much you have improved from the beginning is really inspiring. Your ideas are super creative, the levels, character design and their attacks, the glasses animation, also the attention to details (the sand particles for example) is outstanding. Pls don't give up ponty, you inspire us

Cool video! I love how you’re able to come up with such ingenious workaround to make the level the way you want to, without spending an insane amount of time on it

You actually make it look so simple... awesome work as usual!

YESS FINALLY, IVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS

I know this is a lot but If you could have the beach level be a challenge where you every 10 matches you win locally you fight some beach themed boss there and if you win, you unlock his cosmetics and the stage that would be really cool in my opinion.

For the beach level, I think a Hawaiian or pacific islander guy (think of Maui from Moana) would be pretty cool!

Production quality is amazing as usual, you haven't lost touch at all

Wow the game advanced so much 😃 seeing the coach, I had like s cool idea. idk how cool it is, but maybe after you beat all the levels or something like that, you could challenge the Veteran. Like as a secret boss, obviously he would have to pretty tough. you know, because he's a veteran 😂

The new levels look awesome!!

For the beach level just give your guy some beach texture on his pants and maybe a cooler/beachball gloves as a weapon and give him some sandals. :) Maybe some kind of crab or squid on his head. And his special attack could be squirting sun screen on the ground where you can slip or something. Or he throws a beach ball at you, also pretty funny. Just some simple ideas! good luck :D

For the Viking hub the wooden planks do look good, maybe more of a octagonal design inside of it, could look cool and of course having the fire be more inside a fire place, but I guess you already did that after the video.

For the beach level, you could make a boss that resembles a wind streamer. The wind streamer would flow with the boxing physics and look thematically pleasing in a slightly breezy tropical setting.

You are a master at creating a lot with very little! The eye glasses thing is genius

I can't wait for your game to come out take your time I think you're doing a great job

Yayy!!! I love these vids! Maybe you can add an astronaut boss and use and rearrange the parts of the monk level, bc it already looked like outer space.

The infinite level looks very interesting, wouild be even cooler if some random lghts ina distance would move around that are very faint.

A Angry tourist. He got water spilt on him so he challenged you to a fight. Can yell at you, which pushes you back, and can trip you, causing you to fall. (Maybe even hit you with a beach chair?!)

for the beach level, a Caribbean themed boss, with dreads and he exhales smoke before his special move

The beach level could have some sort of crab boss, which could have a move similar to the bear hug except it grabs you for just a moment and deals a lot of damage. And for the infinity level, I can only come up with either some sort of agent with a gun or illuminati.

On the beach level you could: 1. Make the hole ground have sand textures 2. Add the sea nearby 3. Add ambient noises

For the mystery level, maybe an all-blacked-out boss in a suit (kinda like Agent Smith from the Matrix) would be cool, and another level idea would be a pool level where the player could kinda swim around and fight. Overall though, I think this is going to be a great game! Can't wait to play it!

It would be awesome if you included a little more of the blueprint side in the dev logs, like how you solve different problems and what exactly cause them in the first place. Nonetheless another amazing dev log!

12:17 i love this!! its so original and fits well with the faceless characters.

This is Amazing! Had lots of fun watching it. I would suggest changing the monk levels ring as well, something more calm and a little more simple other than red. Also you could use metal in Viking level. Other than these it seems pretty cool! Good job. Can’t wait for future devlogs.

Wow you really took the crowd to another level during this video. Great work! The game is so polished

A boss idea for the palm trees beach level is a smug surfer who thinks that they are the best. Maybe even have no rope and water surrounding the arena which is potentially on an island

I literally missed you so much Ponty! I kept checking if you were streaming on Twitch! So great to see you back! Hope you and miss Viv are doing great and ziggy too! ❤️

It'll be so cool if you made the game like Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

Your references are crazy good and I like the amount of content you added. The game looks great with these map additions!!

You've come so far and this video is a masterpiece in game design and productivity. The video is focused entirely on the creative process and it's super focused and inspiring. Every scene feels important and I didn't skip a second of it. I love how you showcase that even a mediocre idea when executed well can have an awesome result and that quick solutions can be unbeatable sometimes. Bringing your visions to life within seconds is awesome and I can't wait to play the final game, it looks incredible!

OK listen, awesome work so far!!! I think you must work a little bit more on the arenas like you could add some viking swords or shields or helmets on the walls or on the rings corners. On the sumo one you should put some Chinese-Japanese stuff in there like lanterns or something. The monk one really feels empty so I think you should add some water steams running from the rocks if you can or some other vegetation other than rocks. Oh and you could add some little monk houses in the cliffs with spectators. And finally you should definetly add variety on the rings based on the level. Love to see what comes next!!!!

15:40 The boss in the infinity level could look similar to the Fighting Wire Frames from Super Smash Bros. add an glitch-effect when the boss takes damage and dissolve-effect when killed. (OnKill: Freeze-Animation + delayed dissolve-effect after 2 seconds)

Bruv this is just looking amazing. Your style, decisions, workarounds (like the mist) are just a big inspiration. Keep on pushing you are making insane progress.

Absolutely love the dev logs. Your making great progress!

I think for the beach level it could be interesting to fight a Samoan who fights with hula dancing like moves

Amazing video!

maybe for the beach a very fit surf dude would be fun. He could in theory have a surf plank as weapon, to make him special.

Love the simplicity of the crowd. Super elegant solution!

This actually looks amazing you deserve 3 million subs + I also think on the sumo level you should make the boxing arena on the floor and the outer area more like a pyramid or temple area as it looks ancient and awesome Then The training level should maybe just have fences for the rim and you are not raised up for the boxing ring Finally the beach level could be a tropical character with a Haywain look with a palm skirt and coconuts for a covering with a flower in their hair, sorry for the long comment but I think this could really help some empty spaces in the game but it is GREAT Also on the viking level maybe add food tables in the background shields or banners to have a more viking effect

For the monk level add a few plants and trees, also make the ring look like a Tibetan temple or something Edit: TURN THE SPECTATORS INTO LAMAS!

I have an idea, each boss would have their own view of what happens after death and you would have a second phase of each bossfight where you have that infinite plain themed around their beliefs, when the player would die it would just be a black screen

For the beach level the boss could be a beachgoer that throws beachballs at you and rides a mini wave on a surfboard to charge at you like viking. The beachgoer is probably wearing swimming trunks and wears sunglasses

Maybe in the beach level the boss there would be a guy in a shark suit. And he goes underground, and a shark fin can be visible and he tries to catch the player. Also make the beach level more sandy, so the boss going underground kinda makes sense. Add an ocean at the side of the beach map. Thats all

Been a while since I last saw you..

Bro this is basically my dream game that I was planning on making. Thank god I found this, looks dope as hell!

A bear pelt would go great in the middle of the viking ring

Okay my man, the game you're making looks like a lot of fun! I'll give you some ideas I'd like to see in the game. 1 - I think it would be cool if you put some viking hats on the bloobs, like one or two different hats and some hatless bloobs. 2 - At the beach level, I think it would be cool for the boss to be a surfer, and obviously, sand on the ground, and you put the sea in the background in a way that the player can see and some bloobs playing with a ball in the water. 3- At some level the theme may be Egyptian, where the chief is the pharaoh. 4 - And, I know you talked about this, but please make an online multiplayer mode. 5- When there is an online multiplayer mode I think it would not be necessary to make exclusive maps for multiplayer, that is, use the maps of the levels. Okay, now some questions: Will the game be free to play? I really wanted to play this game. So I really like what you're doing, please keep at your own pace because I know it's hard :)

Maybe for the infinite level it should be the seasoned veteran in his glory days. And in the beach level, you should go against a beach volleyball player; and one of their attacks is where they throw a ball in the air and spike it at you. Just my idea, anyways do as you wish with this information. BTW nice videos I love seeing your progression it gives me more motivation to code!

I think a Hawaiian Surfer Boss is a super cool choice for the beach level. Flower Necklace, tattoos, sunglasses. A bit cliche, but a fun idea for sure

The audience beans are very charming, the Fresnel shader really did the trick! The planks are the right call for the viking level. Maybe the audience seats could be replaced with long wooden benches.

I think for an infinite level, a TRON-style design is better. neon everywhere, everything is bright and so on. I think you should try it and see what it looks like

A couple of early level ideas A backyard A dark alley with dumpsters A warehouse with crates A drained-out pool

crab boxer from early devlogs in the beach would be *chefs kiss* perfect

Great job, you solved the problem in a very easy and creative way lol

For the beach level I think it would be cool if you fight a buff pirate and you can kinda change the map so it can look like you on a small island with a boxing ring hope that helps :)

For the Viking level perhaps adding water surrounding it and rain to make it feel like a storm on a Viking ship would be cool.

The game is looking great! For the beach you should lay sand across the whole thing, even the crowd and have no special floor for the ring, to give it a beach tournament vibe. Maybe for the boss it could be an angry surfer who hits you with his board, or an angry fisherman who can throw little fish and starfish at you. 🐟

I worried about the lack of texture for my game and you reminded mega scan to me . You're a life saver

I have a cool idea for a boss and arena. A farmer boss out in a pen in a farm. The farmer could be wearing denim overalls and a plaid flannel with a straw hat, and the arena could be outside in a pen in a farm with the audience just being the farmer’s wife and kids watching and recording the match, the farmer’s abilities could be calling in some farm animals on you or throwing hay bales at you. It may be a lil silly but I thought it could be some wholesome little fun in the fighting game.

As a fellow Viking, being from Norway I approve 100 out of 10 for the Viking level. It looks amazing. Just like the rest of the game. I can’t wait to play it.

13:05 the way i usually do fire is to just have a plane with a texture of a video of fire on it. works good enough for most situaitons.

Awesome!

For the viking level add a wooden dragon head on top of the wooden posts

For the beach you should definitely do a surfer. He can reveal a board to do a ranged smack with, jump onto his board for a clone if the viking charge but bigger because a wave flies up to give him the charge, maybe the camera flashes get a lot brighter in this level to hide his movements and make it harder to predict him

Keep going man! This is so cool to see, you're doing great!

ur a legend! this looks splendid!

You should add a beach bum that says ALRIGHT in a beach bum voice to the beach level. You should also add were you can bounce off ropes then hit your opponent with a special attack whenever you build up via punching; And you should also add a introduction with announcers whilst you and your opponent showboat/taunt to the crowd with a bell.

I really like how you try to use something, it doesn't work, and instead of googling and trying more, you implement your feature :)

i love these types of map building and making and world building videos!

Once again ponty, an incredible vid with incredible progress😊

I feel like it would be funny if in the tutorial the old coach guy said something like “alright, lets test what you’ve learned. Show me what you got…” and then you go into a practice fight against the coach but as soon as you land your first hit he screams in pain and he just brings in a practice dummy I thought that would be pretty funny but you really dont have to put it in😂

I'm watching this series since the beginning and I can only say that your work is awesome and also very inspiring for me as an (much less talented) indie game developer too. Congrats, hope to see it finished.

At the viking level I think adding helmet with horns would be a nice touch

I have an idea for the infinity part, The fighters are in a city with tall building and the people (beans) are circling around them and even capturing photos and videos, when you move somewhere the beans will move away so it will feel like an infinity place, not like what you showed us because the pace is dark and quite lonely and player will probably never play again.

These new levels are looking great! One idea I had for the beach level is making a l̶i̶f̶e̶g̶u̶a̶r̶d̶ deathguard boss. Keep it up, Ponty!

The game is looking great. Can't wait to play!!!

For the Beach level, a guy wearing an infaltable inner tube and bumping beach balls/coconuts could be a fun boss!

for the Monk's stage you could add some moss and small shrubs, maybe even a spritual looking tree to make it more interesting and for the beach one you could take out a side of the audience and replace it with the ocean