Scrapped Content

This article is about content for Indie Pogo which didn't make it into the final game.

Fighters

Bart

Main article : Bart

While Bart appears as a trophy in the final game, his playable appearance remains scrapped.

Heart

Heart is a character owned by AHEARTFULOFGAMES and was originally going to be a playable fighter in Indie Pogo. He comes from the game Heart & Slash and was scrapped due to rights issues.

Heart's intended character box, on the KickStarter page

Heart's fighter icon

Rogue

Rogue is a character owned by Pixelscopic and was originally going to be a playable fighter in Indie Pogo. She comes from the game Delver's Drop and was scrapped due to being from an unfinished game.

Rogue's intended character box, on the KickStarter page

Rogue's fighter icon

Joylancer

Joylancer is a character owned by alpha six productions and was originally going to be a playable fighter in Indie Pogo. She comes from the game The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight and was scrapped due to being from an unfinished game.

Joylancer's intended character box, on the KickStarter page

Joylancer's fighter icon

Content Pitches

Pre-Release

A handful of pitches have been made to several different studios throughout the game's development.

Beginning in the game's pre-release period, several characters were illustrated as pitches. Those with a star present above their portraits were to be included in the final game, although some of these characters have yet to appear in any form.

Spelunker

Spelunky is a 2008 platformer developed by Derek Yu. A pitch for the game's protagonist, Spelunker, was made. It is unclear what its developer thought about the pitch, though it appears to have been unsuccessful.

Octane

Rocket League is a game by Psyonix, with gameplay that can be described as "soccer with cars". A pitch for the game's default car (known as Octane) was made, likely in response to a meme started by the YouTuber Alpharad in regards to the indie platform fighter, Rivals of Aether (which is represented in Indie Pogo).

Although Octane has been neither confirmed nor deconfirmed, it is unlikely it will make it into Indie Pogo at this point, due to Psyonix being bought by Epic Games.

Castle Crashers

Castle Crashers is a 2008 beat 'em up sidescroller by The Behemoth. A pitch for the game's knights was released, revealing that the playable representative from the game was going to be "Green Knight" brandishing what appears to be the game's "Thin Sword" (the knight's starting weapon).

It was revealed by Lowe Bros. that the characters' inclusion was neither supported nor dismissed by The Behemoth. This is possibly due to the game's character designs and music tracks being developed by several different people from the Newgrounds community, several of whom no longer have any web presence.

Nicalis Cameos

In collaboration with an artist under the alias Bit, several characters owned by Nicalis were displayed in an Indie Pogo aesthetic. Though met with great enthusiasm by fans, this pitch appears to have been unsuccessful.

Due to controversies surrounding Nicalis in late 2019, it is unlikely that any franchise owned directly by Nicalis will ever appear in the game.

Confirmed Pitches

Please remember that content pitches made by anyone outside of Lowe Bros. Studios is not advised, as it may deter certain studios.

Brad

The same artist from the Nicalis cameos unofficially created artwork of Brad, the protagonist of LISA: The Painful RPG in Indie Pogo's aesthetic, which was officially approved by the game's creator. Official confirmation by Austin Jorgensen can be found here.

Octodad

Main article : Octodad

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a physics-based adventure game developed by Young Horses. A pitch for the game's protagonist, Octodad, was released and was successful, with Octodad being added to the list of planned free DLC. The original pitch can be viewed here.

The Kid

The same artist from the Nicalis cameos and the Brad pitch, created artwork of The Kid, the protagonist of I Wanna Be The Guy in Indie Pogo's aesthetic, which like the Brad pitch, was successful. Official confirmation by Kayin can be found here.

Mechanics

Walking

Blockman Walking

Walking is a scrapped mechanic that allowed characters to walk. To access it, the player needed to hold the parkour trigger in the ground to stand, and, after that, use the left stick to move. The player could also jump out of walking. It was tested on Blockman, however it was replaced by parkour.

"First and foremost, because you have so much extra mobility, matches tend to last a lot longer, because no one's able to land hits on each other that well. With the ability to walk and run, the pacing of the matches just doesn't feel good anymore. Couple that with the fact that you now always have to hold the trigger in order to run, it kinda defeats the purpose of the autojumping and the game therefore loses its identity. Even more so, we found through play tests that your finger kinda gets tired from holding the trigger the whole time, which begs the question 'Well, should there just be a toggle?" ― Trevor, explaining why the walking mechanic was removed.

Despite all of this, the mechanic was reintroduced in Patch 2.1.0.0, in the new Augments mode. Currently, only Blockman, Bullet-Kin, and Velocispider can use it, though more characters are planned to be able to equip the augment at a later date.

Cauldron Breaking

Three sprites that have been in the sprite sheet since patch 2.0.0.0 show Diogenes's cauldron in what appears to be three different states of damage. Whether this was just battle damage or the cauldron could shatter is currently unknown.

Miscellaneous

Unused character select screen. Scrapped due to the scoreboard's size

Unused Stadium for the title screen.

Placeholder island for an "Extras" menu