After Birth

its been 3 weeks since the release of rebirth and the game has been blown through by the hungry rabid isaac obsessed masses.

at this point most of the hardcore fans have 100%“d the game, and a high % of you watched this and are working on it yourselves. now that you have experienced rebirth and know what it has to offer, i want your input on what you would all like to see in the expansion.

once the holidays end, the nicalis gang will be jumping back into the abyss and digging into the very large design doc i have ready for em. i have big plans for this expansion, i hope to add a very huge chunk of gameplay in the form of a new game mode that will almost double the amount of things you can do, im very proud of this new design.

aside from this new game mode the expansion will feature a ton more enemies, bosses, new areas, endings and a new playable character as well as a slew of new unique items to play with… but here is where you come in.

the biggest change for me when it comes to how im designing the expansion is this time im asking the vast and creative isaac community for ideas.

this week ill be asking for item ideas, i will be cherry picking the top 10 items from this list and implementing them into the expansion.. so be sure to make them good.

a few guide lines —-

1. Only suggest item effects, im not at all looking for item names/themes/visuals but only effects.

example:

-a store item that rerolls the store and has a recharge of 3.

-a tear effect that turns your tears into…

-a trinket that makes a fart sound whenever you shoot

2. Do not suggest redundant items.

example:

- an item that rerolls all items in the room with a recharge of 1

- an item like X but better.

3. do not suggest overly complex items.

example:

- an item that teleports you to the boss room but gives you one heart double damage and shows the map, but gives you 2 min to beat the boss before you die.

Where do i post my item ideas?

Reddit, more specifically this post HERE

up vote items you love, down vote items that dont match the guidelines i mention above.. and DONT EMAIL ME YOUR IDEAS!

have fun designing! im very happy with all the new items in rebirth and what new options they give you when they combo. i have a lot of cool new items designed and am excited to see what out of the box ideas some of you might come up with that i never thought of.

btw- this wednesday at 8pm pst i will be live with Northern Lion along side Matthias ( and possibly tyrone?). we will be talking rebirth, what you might expect in the expansion and maybe even go over a few items you guys designed that i like.

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from here on out ill be doing posts about the expansion, each week ill be asking for more community feedback so be sure to tune in (almost every) monday!