Preview: Volcanic HijinX

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 made a system to "lead" your allies along the path, much like I did for the Rumble.

But instead of just telling you... Why don't I just show off another video?

The quests in the volcano are very similar to the Loonyland 2 underworld quests, but I want to show off the areas I built. I think I made them all a lot of fun and unique in their own way.

First, you will have to take a Sounding Crystal to the mystical barrier in the Crystal Caves.

As a random and unique touch, I added those green crystals, which are very fragile but grow back suddenly and quickly.

The Crystal Caves also feature a brand-new enemy I added to the game! The Nice Titans are enemy healers, which will chase enemies around and smash an area attack that heals them, erases your projectiles, and restores status, like an area-effect version of your Restoration spell.

After you complete that quest, you will be asked to hunt down Gourdzilla in the Loathsome Lawn. The original LL2 map was mostly one big spiral; I made mine more of a maze that you can get lost in. It's not terribly complicated, but you will have to pay attention and find your way through it. And there are a couple surprises waiting for you!

The area has a lot of various plant enemies, including the Burning Bush that used to be a unique miniboss enemy.

This area also has some Power Plant enemies mixed in, and Gourdzilla will slowly create more of them! These bigger and badder versions of the Yellow Rose used to be an arena-only enemy, but I had to throw them in.

Next, you will need to purge the Bodzhas from the Fungal Forest.

The Fungal Forest is divided into two sections, an upper and a lower area.

The monsters here will include another brand new enemy! The Firewall will destroy you with a powerful fireball, and will also randomly erase projectiles around it just like your Heat Shield spell.

After clearing the forest, Shrumford will rejuvenate and give you the final piece just like in LL2.

In the next devlog, I'll show off the rest of the Underworld.