Absurd Area

Devlog

• Hotfix 1.1.2 - Fixing A Single Tile Lol
  August 19, 2025 by CPEG

  The smallest update yet! - Fixed a single tile where a wall had been accidentally replaced with an impassible grey floor. This was almost impossible to notice, and could not change gameplay, but it wa... Continue reading
• Hotfix 1.1.1! More Player-Found Minor Issues!
  August 14, 2025 by CPEG

  A very minor update, but a player found some graphical and other minor issues that I had overlooked! Kudo! - Fixed a tiling issue in the Sankyo Castle tower; the wrong area was being map-copied when a... Continue reading
• Version 1.1! Softlock fix, improved chests, better gamepad!
  August 10, 2025 by CPEG#update, #bugfix, #softlock

  A slightly bigger update than usual, so I am calling it an update to 1.1! - Fixed a deadly softlock! Previously, your save file would be permanently ruined if you entered Frostburn's Summer Home witho... Continue reading
• Hotfix 5! The first player-discovered bug!
  August 04, 2025 by CPEG#bugfix

  For the first time, I found a bug by following a hot tip from a player! - Fixed an obscure bug where visiting a certain tile could accidentally trigger part of a convoluted puzzle to access a secret l... Continue reading
• Hotfix 4!
  August 03, 2025 by CPEG

  Found, and fixed, another very obscure bug that was in the original Loonyland 2! - Fixed a problem with a Gallery Goal achievement related to your equipment that would only trigger when a certain cate... Continue reading
• Hotfix 3 lmao
  August 02, 2025 by CPEG

  Just found another very rare and obscure bug! - When playing as the Order and visiting a very specific tile with a certain quest active, it spawned quest minions for the Onion Ring quest. You can extr... Continue reading
• Hotfix 2 ROFL
  August 02, 2025 by CPEG

  Another bugfix! - Fixed a rare bug where respawning in Tweestad could occasionally cause the Bunny town guards to appear and attack you. You can extract the new folder over your old one, or just look... Continue reading
• Hotfix 1 Lol
  August 02, 2025 by CPEG#bugfix

  - Fixed a bug in the entrance gates to two of the Five Hidden Trials. You can extract the 1_0_1 zip on top of your old install, or look through the folder and only copy the absurdarea.aaw file since i... Continue reading
• IT'S HERE
  August 01, 2025 by CPEG

  Please download and play IMMEDIATELY. This should work with keyboard or standard game controllers. If you encounter any problems please let me know ASAP! Happy Gaming!... Continue reading

  
• The Final Preview!
  July 26, 2025 by CPEG

  To get to the endgame, head back to Sankyo Castle. Toymonger will be outside, waiting to repair his Prototype Puppets to open the gates for you. Actually, you can come here much earlier! Toymonger wil... Continue reading

  
• Preview: Ending and eXIting the Underworld
  July 25, 2025 by CPEG

  In order to reach the Furnace to complete the Underworld questline, you will need to cross the Parched Pit. This is quite a large area, with a sprawling maze of lava pits and sinking platforms, but yo... Continue reading

  
• Preview: Volcanic HijinX
  July 24, 2025 by CPEG

  When entering the Underworld, your allies will follow to support you. This is similar to how it works in Loonyland 2... but I made it extra. Your friends will continue to send reinforcements, and I ma... Continue reading

  
• Preview: The Rumble and Be9ond
  July 23, 2025 by CPEG

  The Rumble quest is one of the more complicated things I built for Absurd Area, and it can take a lot of effort to actually complete. You might be unable to complete it when it first becomes available... Continue reading

  
• Preview: Faction Qu8sts
  July 22, 2025 by CPEG

  The faction quests in Absurd Area are mostly based on the original quests, but I made some of them more difficult and interesting. :) Remember the quest where you raid the Highway caravans? Well, in A... Continue reading

  
• Preview: Toy Fac7ory
  July 21, 2025 by CPEG

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  After you make your way into the Toy Factory's back entrance, you can hit the switch to open the front gate permanently. Now you can come and go as you please. The Toy Factory is simple - destroy all... Continue reading

  
• More PreVIew
  July 19, 2025 by CPEG

  For this update, I took a quick video so you can see a little of the gameplay and hear the shiny new music! This is your introduction to the areas to the north of Tweestad. You will need to explore th... Continue reading

  
• More PreView
  July 18, 2025 by CPEG

  The world will open up more when you are ready to head west from the Treacherous Taiga. Another town waits for you, but first you must cross the Rowdy River. The monsters here are a little tougher tha... Continue reading

  
• Four Preview
  July 16, 2025 by CPEG

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  There are a few sidequests you can tackle before you head on to the more advanced areas across the river. You can get the Shovel now, and then the Sharpening Stone. If the quests are too difficult, yo... Continue reading

  
• More Threeview
  July 14, 2025 by CPEG

  Before long, you will need to leave the starting region around Einsburg. But there are some optional areas to explore, if you want. I already mentioned the one that you Should Not Go Into this early... Continue reading

  
• More Preview
  July 10, 2025 by CPEG

  While exploring the Frigid Forest, you will run across Black Market Bob's shop, just as in the original game. The basic quest structure is the same - you will need to talk to Bob before you can contin... Continue reading

  
• Countdown To Release!
  July 08, 2025 by CPEG

  Absurd Area is nearly finished! The only things left are, possibly, to record my own commentary track, and do one last playthrough pass to make sure everything feels right. I'll be documenting my play... Continue reading

  
• Modifiers Reworked
  January 22, 2025 by CPEG

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  When I started Absurd Area, I was rather proud of my various efforts to completely workaround the severe limitations of the Loonyland 2 editor... I put in over a hundred specials into just the startin... Continue reading

  
• Custom Special Loot
  January 08, 2025 by CPEG#feature

  One of the reasons I'm most happy about having the source code is, I can completely get around Loonyland 2's limitations on giving loot to the player. In the original, you could put potions on the gro... Continue reading