After NINE MONTHS OF WORK, the new and penultimate Just Pong update has arrived. This HUGE update brings sooooo many changes, but first, I would like to congratulate the Just Pong community, for having kept the game active little by little, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH I LOVE YOU.

Well after this emotional message let’s see the changes:

Changes:

• NEW: Auto-Update Launcher: From now on, the game is updated only every time you enter it, the game, before updating, will ask you if you want to update the game, if you access it, it will update.

• New mechanics:, new exclusive mechanics of each character, these new mechanics, you can discover them within the game.

• NEW MEGA EASTER EGG I added a new mega easter egg with “Gaster” the character from undertale…. :)

• GAMEPLAY: We’ve optimized the gameplay, now it’s more optimized and polished, we’ve fixed a LOT of bugs, but there may still be a few. We have added pixel art effects and sound effects for the ball. We have also added a series of in-game effects to improve the experience when playing, such as a camera shake or the use of blur among others.

• PAUSE OPTION: We have added an option to pause the game in game, this option has been highly requested and it has finally arrived.

• ** WE INTRODUCED THE XP**, the xp or experience points, will allow you to buy items or obtain more coins, the XP can be obtained by doing missions or playing games.

• MISSIONS!! We introduce the missions, these missions are reset every 3 days, thanks to these you can get XP, when you reach a certain amount of XP you can get medals that will give you an advantage when playing.

• Rework: We have reworked the character “Toxic” now it has a completely different texture, in addition to mechanics and so on.

• Now, each character has its own lore that can be seen in the game, in addition to having a screen that informs you of the mechanics of each character.

• CHALLENGE MODE, we have added a new game mode, challenge mode, in this game mode you can fight against a very very difficult CPU that, in addition to being infallible, can use powers against you, making gameplay VERY difficult.

• LORE: we have added a lot of lore

• Easter eggs: we have added several easter eggs :)

• NEW STORE, item store, in this new update the item store has been added, a new store where you can buy completely new objects introduced in this update. These items will allow you to perform various tasks, from saving money to earning a lot of money. It depends on the item you buy.

• NEW STORE, one of the items in the item store allows you to unlock another store that, through XP, will allow you to buy various things.

• New characters, two new characters have been added, ancient statue and sinner. Both can be unlocked by purchasing from the XP and COINS shops.

• **new power. **We have added a new power, the custom power, this power unlocks the hidden abilities of EACH CHARACTER, that is, if you equip this power, the power will vary depending on the character you choose. VERY COOL

• New Marks and More Pixel Art: We’ve added more pixel art and some exclamation marks to make gameplay easier and more polished.

• Options: The game options section has gone from having one page to having up to four pages of options to configure the game and facilitate gameplay. Among them, graphics options have been added, and FPS, among many others.

• **CONTROLLER: **now the game fully supports CONTROLLER, the game now has an option in which it will recognize XBOX or PS controller. (or any kind of command)

• Bugs: we have fixed many bugs, but it is very possible that there are still bugs, so if you find any, do not hesitate to report it to our itchio page.

• EXTERNAL LINKs: we have added external links that will direct you to our itchio, gamejolt, newgrounds (coming soon) and Youtube pages.

• MACHINES: We have added in a “secret” area an option to exchange coins for xp and xp for coins to make it easier to get both coins and XP.

• New animations

• New loading screen

• New loading bar

• New Music.

• Missing to update the credits page :(

ITEMS added:

-Arcade machine, an arcade machine that when you enter you can play various minigames that will allow you to earn many coins and xp.

-Magic Orb, this magical orb will allow you to move through the game menus very easily, speeding up the gameplay a bit.

-Antonio’s money box, this money box will allow you to store coins, this money box has an INFINITE capacity, therefore you can store as many coins as you want.

-Kamel Radio, this radio will add some fun sound effects to gameplay when playing.

-Green Card, with this card you can access a totally new area. Within this area you will find a nice robot that will allow you to access a store, this store is the previously named new XP store, which will allow you to buy items and skins for XP.

-End of items (I think)-

*New area:

In the new area of the game (available by buying the green card in the item shop), you will be able to access a portal and the xp shop, the xp shop has already been named before, but the portal is not. Thanks to the portal you will be able to access new areas on the recent Just Pong map, and in each area you will be able to access new content. Unfortunately for now only one area is available, but in the next update another new area will be available that will expand the lore of the game.

That’s it, that would be all, it seems little but there are many things, but many things. THANKS everyone for supporting the project, honestly I’m starting to get burnt out of this game and actually I’M GOING TO TAKE A LONG BREAK FROM THIS GAME so if this update is VERY LOVELY maybe create one last update but I don’t think I’ll do it, so I hope you liked JUST PONG, this doesn’t mean goodbye, because I’m thinking of trying to make a remaster of the old SIEGIUS game in gamemaker, but I don’t know, we’ll see how it turns out… Most of I’ll upload important games to itchio’s account “A videogames” but the little ones I make when I get bored I’ll put them here. I love you itchio community, see you soon.