I’ve been secretly making a game for 3 years… now I can finally share!

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0:00 Intro
0:44 What is Petal Runner?
3:45 Graphics & Game Feel
5:16 Development Details
7:54 Release Date?
9:08 CRT Time (Game Trailer)
10:14 VID OVER

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Nano Park Studios

iam8bit

Nuri Durr

Studio Yotta

BJG title sequence theme music by Failpositive:

Background music is from the Petal Runner OST

[EndoEnnard]

You can’t have a game with a motorcycle without the Akira Slide! This is looking so good

[thatguystar]

My bro really managed to keep an ENTIRE VIDEO GAME secret for 3 whole years and nobody suspected a darn thing, hats off to you, Brandon!

[ActionHankBeard]

Brandon, as you already know I'm a big fan of your work and the channel. The 8bit and 16bit eras are my favorite in all of gaming, so it was a lot of fun translating these characters based on your sprite art. Props to you and Danny. Everything has come together amazingly and I'm honored to have been a part of the project. Thanks again!

[HectoGamez]

Omg I never would have guessed when they were like “it might be from a YouTuber you recognize” that it actually would be someone I’ve seen, already wishlisted! I’m so excited to see your work on a full game’s scale!

[wjr]

Honestly, I would have been upset if you WERENT making a game.

[ARDIZsq]

As if it wasn't already obvious enough from your videos, the love you put into your pixel art is fully on display here. The amount of personality in everything and the fluidity and detail of some of these animations is just insane. I also think the level of detail in the environments are perfect. Textured areas like paths and trees have the right amount of detail, while other parts are effective in how simply they're rendered. This game not only looks amazing visually, but also really fun to play, even just running around or driving that motorcycle.

SUPER excited to see where this all goes in the future. Congrats man, you deserve it.

[saultoons]

So excited for this, it feels like my childhood! Excellent work so far, can't wait to see more

[gewmmi]

I've been gravitating towards indie games lately as opposed to AAA stuff, and Petal Runner is a great example as to why: there is so much polish clearly visible through just the trailer. Every scene and location so far is so full of life; it really feels like one of those fake game mockups on this channel were made into a whole game. I'm really excited to learn more about these characters and their world whenever this releases!!

[michelcosta]

I did not watched the summer fest but remembering looking at this game after checking the steam page and saying 'cool art, let me add to the wishlist'. And now I know why lul

[mikeymakesmaps]

Brandon looks exactly like I pictured him haha

so awesome dude! congratulations so much! i can't wait!

[PixelOverloadChannel]

Holy cow this is such a crazy surprise! There is no one better on this earth to make the art for a retro indie game. So inspired by this and can't wait to play! (I might have to buy myself a CRT TV just to play Petal Runner)

[BHDBdingo]

This is amazing! Love all of the little details and the color palette. It looks like we will just be playing one of your videos! I love it!

[ZTimeGamingYT]

This game looks so cool! The pixel art locations and objects are amazingly stylized and the character design is really cool as well! The hand-drawn animation of the trailer looks so sick too! Awesome job!

[angrypotato_fz]

Wow, amazing, congratulations!
I really love how smooth and detailed the animations are! I noticed that the bike turn movements were very fluid even before you mentioned it. Also the character putting the helmet on and off! And sweet portrait/mouth animations - felt much more alive than most such animations I've seen in games!
I hope it's a succesful project!

[djlclopez]

Long time viewer here, and I've always thought, "He is such a talented pixel artist - he should make games!" And now here it is! How amazing! I'd love to play it! Congratulations!

[SnowmansApartment]

Wow, the game looks amazing. Really loving your designs!:)

I have been thinking about a game for years now. I am learning game development and making a lot of small games at the moment and hope to start my dream game later this year!:)

[scripscrim]

HOLY MOLY!!! this is like a dream come true for me, ive always wanted to see your art in a game! i am unimaginably happy abt this. hyped out rn. love u man

[Supr]

I just wanted to open this comment with: wow, this game looks amazing!! The pixel art is so well done, especially with such a small palette. It's really impressive.

The one thing that made me curious, though: why a thin white font on pink for the dialogue box? White text on a bright color like pink is already pretty difficult to read, and that's made more problematic by a thin font. I would definitely advise on different colors for the dialogue box to increase contrast and make it more readable.

That's my only gripe, though. The rest of this game looks absolutely amazing and tbh the only reason I brought up the text box is because it was a little jarring in contrast to how good the game looks. Good luck going forwards with the project!!

[admie]

This is absolutely the most beautiful pixel art work I have ever seen.

[Drewsnatcher]

This is absolutely amazing!! I always wondered if you would make a game someday, and this really feels like a culmination of your channel and style.