Antonblast

December 3, 2024

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Nintendo Switch PC (Microsoft Windows)

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According to design director JB Long, the penultimate level Devilled Gardens has two different methods of acquiring Spoiler:Paul due to an oversight. The intended method requires the player to reach the top of the tower where the boombox is, then backtrack to the area where the Spoiler:Mirror spawns in, as signified by the laughter that plays upon reaching the top. However, once the Spoiler:Mirror spawns in, it stays there; because of this, if the player skips the boombox and replays the section normally, they can encounter the Spoiler:Mirror without needing to backtrack. Although the oversight had been found in testing, Long chose to keep it in, because he "wanted this Spoiler:Paul to be very obtuse and basically either route offers up the same "wait what why" feeling lol."

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Pinned YouTube comment from JB Long:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXWIuOAE0jc?lc=UgwEpedR-i3xqUIxtqR4AaABAg

Archived comment below:

"Okay so here's the deep Developer Lore for you.

The way you got Paul is actually an oversight!

You're meant to get him by getting to the top of the tower and then BACKTRACKING to the Mirror, who you can actually hear spawn when you reach the top. When you get up there, you hear him laugh as he spawns in. The reason you triggered it by "skipping the boombox" is because the mirror, once spawned, stays spawned, and skipping the boombox lets you enter that room from the bottom again "normally" rather than have to backtrack. The "intended" route is that you're meant to climb to the top, NOT go to the boombox, and go back down. That's why the Flame Rings respawn at different rates, as you noticed, so you can drop down to go backwards through all the doors.

We found the oversight method in testing but I left it in because I wanted this Paul to be very obtuse and basically either route offers up the same "wait what why" feeling lol."

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While it has not been confirmed by the developers, Satan's depiction in Antonblast as a fat, flamboyant character with an operatic voice and large buttocks has been theorized by some fans to have been inspired by the Red Guy, a portrayal of the same Biblical demon in the 1997 Cartoon Network series Cow & Chicken. Supporting this, Satan refers to Anton in the game's opening cutscene as a "Red Guy", which was Anton's original name prior to the development of Antonball. When informed of these similarities on YouTube, the Red Guy's original voice actor Charlie Adler gave two responses in the form of a flustered emoji and a thumbs-up emoji.

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Antonblast opening cutscene and boss fights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSE6y1Ys01k

Developer interview:
https://gamemaker.io/en/blog/antonball-deluxe-interview

Thumbs-up emoji:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkAm8l-PDzo&;lc=UgxAp1CSPXILzkm6Ry14AaABAg

Flustered emoji:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkAm8l-PDzo&;lc=UgzhhjH4LRqIJ4TaLw94AaABAg

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Within the game's data is an incomplete cutscene depicting Anton interrupting Satan's game of Pachinko; the sequence is fully animated and voice acted, but lacks sound effects. The sign on top of the Pachinko machine, "PaFREAKO," indicates that the cutscene was likely intended to precede the Freako Dragon fight.

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The opening lines to the song "Idle Hands (The Mysterious Glasshouse)" feature the lyric "Check it out, I'm in the house like carpet." This is a reference to the same opening line of the song "Burning Men's Soul" from the soundtrack to "Persona: Trinity Soul", an anime based on the Persona series.

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Antonblast - Idle Hands (The Mysterious Glasshouse):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcRklVxcsOU

Persona: Trinity Soul - Burning Men's Soul:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6plVf2T6AOo
https://genius.com/Taku-iwasaki-burning-mens-soul-lyrics

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The alternate palettes "Warrior Land" and "SS Syrup" are both references to the Wario Land series, the primary inspiration for Antonblast. Their descriptions also allude to this, with the former stating "We owe it all to him" (referencing Wario, the titular protagonist of the series), and the latter stating "A wardrobe fit for a Captain" (a reference to Captain Syrup, the main antagonist of the first two Wario Land games).

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subdirectory_arrow_right Antonball Deluxe (Game)

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According to creator Tony Grayson, possibly in a joking manner, the Anton characters are all multicoloured as a result of a nuclear war that left only Japan and their home country of the Backburner Peninsula, and are not meant to be any real-world enthicity. Grayson jokingly compared the skin colors of the Anton characters to The Groovenians, a 2002 Cartoon Network pilot that was not picked up for a series.

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subdirectory_arrow_right Antonball Deluxe (Game)

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The music track "Super Gangston!" in Antonball Deluxe is a highly distorted early version of "Dynamite Man" from Antonblast, which had not been officially revealed at the time of the game's launch.

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Antonblast Deluxe - Super Gangston!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0teJ5aMkXNY

Antonblast - Dynamite Man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM9GWa8r37M

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The choice to give each room in Antonblast its own individual name was inspired by Commodore 64 single-screen platformers, particularly the bootleg game Snoopy by Radarsoft BV.

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subdirectory_arrow_right Antonball Deluxe (Game)

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Anton was originally supposed to be an alcoholic in Antonball Deluxe, but the publisher forced the developers to remove that element, and he would drink sodas and floats instead. Anton would be made a drunkard in Antonblast, and the plot of the new game would revolve around rescuing his collection of "spirits".

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Brendan O'Brien, the original voice of Crash Bandicoot from the character's inception until 2001, was in talks to do voice work for Antonblast, but unfortunately passed away in March 2023 before he could record any lines.

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In a trailer for the game and the design and description of the Spray Can costume "Anton's Daughter", it is jokingly implied that Anton is the father of Amy Rose from the Sonic The Hedgehog series. This is a reference to a fan art trend following the reveal of Sonic Origins, where fans would portray Anton as a friend or family member to Amy after her spinning hammer attacks shared a resemblance to Anton's hammer attacks.

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"Anton's Daughter" costume:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcd2XQW378#t=717s

Life with Anton trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Tp59wD1LI

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The "A9@:$))2;$,!,7nJjjj171;" skin parodies various clichés in the "cursed video game" subgenre of creepypastas, online ghost stories shared around online forums and imageboards. In addition to its garbled name, which mimics the appearance of corrupted text, the color palette features garishly bright and mismatched colors as if it is glitched, while the skin's description is a lengthy, all-caps warning claiming that the player has invoked a curse against themself. Notably, the warning goes on for so long that it is cut off by Annie's sprite, and the full text can only be read by hacking the game.

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YouTube video showcasing every unlockable skin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOcd2XQW378#t=1215s

The Cutting Room Floor article:
https://tcrf.net/Antonblast#Unused_or_Obscured_Text

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Freako Dragon's boss fight ends with Anton/Annie grabbing him by the horns and forcing him to crash into a sports arena in the middle of Brazil (which is depicted in-game as an isolated landmass). This references an internet meme where individuals are sent to the country against their will, parodying the perceived widespread tendency of Brazilian social media users to request that celebrities visit them.

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Gameplay footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66N-5YEQPLM#t=6064s

KnowYourMeme pages for the "Come to Brazil" and "You're Going to Brazil" memes:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/come-to-brazil
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youre-going-to-brazil

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Dynamite Demo Boiler City:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySKo0RKgmYI

One Blast Demo Boiler City:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26quTQv1zBM

Antonblast meme parody:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv-Kdt0zExA

KnowYourMeme article:
https://www.knowyourmeme.com/memes/this-was-all-because-of-ed-edd-and-eddy

Additional angles of the incident:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biB3KnuJDao

News report about the incident:
https://www.wmar2news.com/news/crime-checker/baltimore-county-crime/suspects-in-stabbing-shooting-at-the-the-avenue-in-white-marsh-still-sought

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Jewel Ghoul's boss fight opens with him striking a pose where he holds one hand in front of his chest and points the other at the viewer while leaning back. This plus his outfit – a bright, colorful zoot suit – references a shot of Daffy Duck from the 1946 Looney Tunes short "Book Revue". Meanwhile, the smaller versions of himself used as flunkies appear to be modeled on another zoot suit worn by Tom in the 1944 Tom and Jerry short "The Zoot Cat". The juxtaposition of these references appears to nod to an internet meme which portrays these renditions of Daffy and Tom as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters, owed to their bright outfits and stylized poses unintentionally paralleling JoJo author Hirohiko Araki's distinctive art style.

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Gameplay footage of the Jewel Ghoul fight (starts at 23:23):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66N-5YEQPLM#t=1403s

Reddit post directly comparing the opening shot and Daffy's pose:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ANTONBLAST/comments/1h8so62/huh/

KnowYourMeme page for the Zoot Suit Daffy & Tom memes:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zoot-suit-daffy-duck-literally-me

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In response to fans of Antonblast and Pizza Tower attempting to start an arbitrary rivalry between the two games, Antonblast creator Tony Grayson tweeted "Why not both?" with an illustration of Anton and Peppino deep kissing.

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