Hello everyone! August 10th marked the 1-year anniversary of BOYZ WORLD WIDE WEST! Hard to believe a year has already passed!

In that time the game received 5 DOWNLOADS!!! 0 WANTED POSTERS IN THE #BOYZWWW TAGS!...  9 visits from other sites- look analytics aren't important. It's no secret that a lot of people didn't play WORLD WIDE WEST, but personally speaking it's still a game I really enjoy and am quite proud of. First project I did to have original sounds and an original song kinda. It has a neat premise and in my opinion has a lot of charm. And hopefully the few who checked it out felt that same way too!

I didn't get a ton of feedback for this game so I was kind of shooting in the dark with a lot of the updates, but hopefully the changes present in 2.0 are exciting and help make the game a little easier and more fun to play around with! Here's the patchnotes!!

BOYZ WORLD WIDE WEST 2.0 PATCH NOTES:

-You can now delete your save data by holding SHIFT on the MAIN MENU, if needs be. This will reset your BOY to default, set your WORLD WIDE WEST win total back to 0, and relock anything you've unlocked in ARCADE MODE! I did this for debug testing but figured someone might need it eventually!

-In BUILD-A-BOY, WANTED POSTER, and WORLD WIDE WEST CODE INPUT you now have the option to go BACK when holding CANCEL! It goes a little slowly, but now you're not forced to loop ALL the way back around to go back one option. However, when inputting your name you CAN'T go from A to Z by pressing back. I TRIED!! But RPG Maker would NOT allow it!

-Added 3 new TOD (TIME OF DAY) options for your BOY to use!! Now enjoy your BOY standing tall in the STORM, SANDSTORM, and FESTIVAL!!

-Added 5 new GUNS for your BOY to weild!! Your BOY can strike down bandits using the SNAKE, BIRD, CHAINSAW GUN, NYFU, AND THE MASAMUNE!! Please note that THE MASAMUNE clashes with some clothing options due to the way the game is made. Just the way it is. Better than having no sword option, right?

-Added 8 new WANTED POSTER CRIMES to accuse your BOY of! Enjoy seeing your BOY responsible for even more silly crimes!

-Added a whole new WANTED POSTER DECORATION option! Now you can add a funny little quirk to your WANTED POSTER just to make it a little more unique. There's 17 in total! The random COFFEE RING DECORATION has been removed and now the COFFEE RING can just be selected from this option.

-An effort was made to remove some things from ARCADE MODE and the combat part of WORLD WIDE WEST MODE in order to make them run better. From what I can tell it didn't help much, and during my testing, may have even made the game run worse in some areas somehow. Let me know what the general consensus is on performance updates.

-MIRAGE super boss was made easier to beat. The player now has 2 additional frames to attack. Yes, it made that much of a difference I'm not even kidding. As well, ending the fight against MIRAGE in a DRAW will let you retry from the MIRAGE fight, instead of booting you back to the ARCADE MODE start screen.

-Updated the CREDITS to add thanks to people whose scripts were used in this new update, as well as my current list of PATREON BACKERS! Thank you all so much for the support!

-Fixed a glitch in WORLD WIDE WEST MODE where you could still win after losing. Sorry.

-Added 3 DRINKS to the TAVERN MODE! This is just for fun, of course. You can now be served HOT CHOCOLATE, RADIENERGY, and THE SMALLEST SIP!

-Made the ECLIPSE TOD slightly lighter so the BOYZ' body didn't completely blend into it.

-Changed the CODE CHARACTERS on the WANTED POSTER and WORLD WIDE WEST CODE INPUT so that they're colored like the rainbow now. This should hopefully help differentiate them when they overlap. Similarly, the buttons you click to change the code are color changed to match which character they change so you can tell at a glance what you're doing easier. I'm unsure how this change may impact color blind players. So if this applies to you and makes the playing experience drasticlally different (good or bad), reach out and let me know!

-Added in a brand new game mode called "ENDLESS WEST"! This new mode allows you keep doing quick draw battles against randomly created BOYZ forever until you lose. Your high score is recorded and you can view it by selecting "SHOW ME MY WINS" in the TAVERN!

-Updated the look of option menus and text boxes so they look a little more BOYZ WORLD WIDE WEST and a little less RPG MAKER MV. Hope you like them!

-Changed the IN BROWSER version of the game to have less features and modes. Originally this way done to hopefully make the game run better, but honestly speaking there was simply NO WAY I could get the full thing running perfectly in browser, all the new content really amped up the number of files, and your zip can only have 1000 files to run in browser on itch.io, sorry. If this change bothers people, I'll try to update it again to have the full version playable IN BROWSER, for now though, you can play the DOWNLOADABLE version to experience the full WORLD WIDE WEST experience!

KNOWN ISSUES WITH THIS BUILD:

-Still couldn't fix the issue of the cursor sometimes not showing up when you reach the main menu. I tried but I really have no idea what causes it. The cursor IS THERE though. It's just invisible.

-This issue SEEMS to have been fixed. But upon losing in WORLD WIDE WEST MODE, leaving and reentering would make the intro not play. Again, the issue seems to be fixed but don't be shocked if it just... isn't. RPG MAKER is a magical program.

-If you lose in WORLD WIDE WEST MODE and restart, a brief flash of the ghost of your BOY will appear. I couldn't get this to not happen for whatever reason. Oh well. BOYZ WORLD WIDE WEST.EXE. Similarly, you see the ghost of the enemy BOY appear after you beat them in ENDLESS WEST. Spooky!

-I was gonna remake the music, but frankly I didn't think anything new I made was as charming as what was there originally. This can be interpreted as an issue depending on your taste inthe BOYZ WORLD WIDE WEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK.

-The IN BROWSER version will still have the TAVERN unlocked if you unlocked it before the update rolled around. This doesn't really change anything but hey, it's there if you want it!

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And that's that! New visuals, new modes, new silly little jokes. There's a lot new to experience in BOYZ WORLD WIDE WEST! So PLEASE, consider giving it a shot. And PLEASE if you do, screenshot your wanted posted and share it on social media with the tag #BOYZWWW, it would mean the world to me!

Now, where do we go from here? What's the future of BOYZ WORLD WIDE WEST? Honestly, the game didn't take off how I hoped it might, so I think it's safe to say that it's time to move on. I might do small minor touch ups past this point if anyone wants it, but I would not anticipate a 3.0 update any time soon. I've hit the limit pretty much on customization pieces I can add (what was added here was already a lot of work, believe me) and the concept itself is kinda small in general so there's not a TON I can do with this specific entry going forward.

I do have plans for more WORLD WIDE WEST games though! I know what I would like the sequel to be, and even though what I envision for it is out of my reach at the moment, I absolutely plan on finding a way to put it together eventually. So keep an eye out for more misadventures to enjoy with your BOY!

Thank you all so much for a year of rootin' tootin' shootin' in the WORLD WIDE WEST! Stay tuned on my social media for updates on my other games and projects, and have a wonderful day!!