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'Bernie Needs Love' is a simple and lighthearted platformer in which the player must guide Bernie, a nice but anguished old man chased by death, towards his girlfriend, while avoiding the many hazards of a poorly maintained city and collecting blue 'love-enhancing' pills.
The first 5 stages are already available on Kongregate as a preview of what the full game will be. This web-based version will be updated frequently as new levels and features are added and bugs are fixed — so you can rely on being able to enjoy a lot of the game online for free.
For those who wish to own a copy of 'Bernie Needs Love', with all the content of the web version plus many extra levels, enemies and features, there will be a commercial multiplatform version — initially built for Windows, Android, and the Chrome Web Store. Other systems might be added further down the line, so let us know if your favorite platform is not included.
0 comments by Protektor on Jan 14th, 2013
Bernie Needs Love is, in essence, a simple and lighthearted platformer in which the player must guide Bernie, a nice but anguished old man chased by death, towards his girlfriend — while avoiding the many hazards of a poorly maintained yet beautiful city and collecting blue 'love-enhancing' pills to make it an extra-special night!
In a time of eye candy and accessibility over gameplay and personality, Bernie Needs Love truly stands out from the crowd with its charming retro graphics, lovingly composed chiptune music, and hardcore difficulty level — which are sure to satisfy players who grew up in the 8-bit era.
Enjoy Bernie Needs Love and many other great games on Desura.
Great looking game! I love it's idea and great style...
...gona purchase now!
Thanks for the kind comment and support, my friend! I hope you like it!
Bought your game on Indievania. Looks awesome! I'm happy to support such great developer with this great game. Keep on your great work and thanks for developing a such nice game.
Thanks a lot for the kind comment — tt means a lot to my team and I to know that you like our game!
Thank you very much for the support and have fun!
I had no idea of the different European keyboard layout, thanks for letting me know! I'm not sure if I'll be able to implement totally customizable key mappings, but I surely can add an option that allows European players to swap Y and Z.
If it weren't for you providing me this feedback, I would have remained ignorant about the issue — so, once more, thanks a lot! I'll do my best to implement the key swapping option before version 0.8. ;)
There are a lot of games which ignore the different layouts, so that I have to do a finger split when I play them. ^^
I've also finished your game. I'm waiting for new levels ... :D
Congratulations — I'm glad to hear that! I'll start working on the 8th level tonight, so there's a big chance of another update this weekend.
As for the different keyboard layouts, it just occurred to me that another simpler solution consists in simply giving the 'Y' key the same functions already assigned to 'Z' (and, in the case of the exit menu, vice-versa). I'll also make sure our next games take this in consideration, rest assured! No more finger acrobatics for our European friends, as far as we're concerned! ;)
Sounds good. ;)
The funny thing with this game is, that I know a person named Bernie and he has no girlfriend at the moment. So he also needs love.
I'm wondering how he will react if I show him this game. xD
Bernie is running to his girlfriend, collecting viagra pills on his way. xD
xD