If you haven’t been playing Super Meat Boy for the past week, you’ve been missing out.  Not just missing out on a great game, and it is a truly great game, but also on some ridiculously catchy music.  Fans, myself included, have been not so patiently waiting for the soundtrack’s release, and now it is finally here for your aural pleasure.  Well, technically it’s not here, but rather on composer DannyB’s bandcamp page.

For the small sum of $3.99 (or more if you’re feeling generous) you can download all 33 tracks, adding up to over 90 minutes of meaty music.  The soundtrack spans musical styles ranging from electronic rock, orchestrated pieces, and even a vocal track or two when you include the five remix tracks from artists George Dziov, Inverse Phase, Mattias Häggström Gerdt (anosou), C418 and Josh Whelchel.  Also note that in late November there is going to be a physical special edition of the soundtrack available with extra tracks, including some that didn’t make it into the final game.  I’m not nearly that patient though, and have the soundtrack even playing right now as I write about it.

Go on, download the Super Meat Boy soundtrack now at MeatBoyMusic.com

You may have noticed a new trend here at DIY HQ over the past few months. While we continue to provide you guys with tons of news, reviews, previews and interviews concerning the indie video game industry, since July we’ve steadily been increasing the amount of indie game guides as well.

Well, I’m here to let you guys know that our guides thus far have been a resounding success. Apparently, despite the recent boom in indie games, there has yet to be an equal amount of of tertiary support for said games in the form of guides. As such we’re looking to write more of them in order to put together a nice little database of helpful guides in the future.

The reason why I’m writing this now is because we want to know what games you’d specifically like us to track down and write a guide for. While we can’t cover them all, we also can’t predict necessarily what games are going to require a guide or not. So, if there is a game coming up or one that got recently released that’s stumping you pretty bad, let us know. Our own Mike Rose is fantastic at putting these things together.

In the mean time, feel free to check out our various walkthroughs/guides:

Limbo
Recettear
Minecraft
Super Meat Boy
Game Dev Story

Game Dev Story is one of the most addictive iPhone games available at the moment – just check out our review to understand why. There’s so much depth to the game that sometimes it’s hard to know exactly what to do next.

Hence, we’ve put together this handy guide, answering all the most important questions and proving hints and a good walkthrough for how to get the most out of the game.

Looking for an answer that isn’t provided here? Simply leave your question in the comment section below, and we’ll be happy to help you out!

Which game genres and types work well together?

When it comes to creating your game, combining genres and types is usually a case of using your common sense. Initially, it’s best to use combinations that are obvious choices – for example, any type of RPG will always work well with the Fantasy type, while the Card Game genre works beautifully with the Dungeon type.

Once you’ve got a bit of money under your belt, you can then begin to experiment with more ‘out there’ combinations. Even if the combinations you pick don’t work so well, it’s still worth trying, as every time a genre or type hits level 2, you’ll receive 2 extra points to increase the stats of future games. Hence, leveling up as many different genres and types as possible is a great idea.

How often should contract work be chosen?

Contract work is useful in that it gives you development points, which can be used to level up your employees and boost the stats of your current game. When you first start the game, it’s a good idea to do one bit of contract work between each game project. Make sure to always choose work that is definitely going to be possible – anything with a time limit of less than 10 weeks, and you probably won’t get it done.

Once you get fully rolling, you may never need to do contract work, as your devs may well earn enough development points through build the games. At this point, it’s up to you if you want to do contract work or not – it does a good job of breaking up the main flow of the game, and keeping the addiction a little fresher.

However, there is one tactical aspect to taking on contract work. The best time to release a game is just before Christmas (around month 11/12), and games usually take around four months to develop – although this changes depending on how good your team is. Hence if it’s May, you may well want to take on a few contract jobs to let time pass a little, then start development in August so that your game will be ready at the peak of Christmas shopping.

When should I hire more/new staff?

When you first begin, it’s best to choose whichever are the best staff available to you. Make sure you fill every seat in your offices, as the more staff you have, the better your games will be.

Once you have the option of looking in more classy places for staff, do so immediately – well, as long as you have the cash. Getting rid of staff with poor stats feels harsh, but you’ll be able to find candidates with stats that are 5 or 6 times higher than your current lot, so it’s really not worth keeping them on – leveling them up that high will cost far more than it’s worth.

Check for new staff in between every game project, and by the tenth year, you should have a full team of workers with triple-figure stats. Make sure you take on a good range of skills – at the very least, have one sound engineer, one designer, one writer and two coders. Remember, however, that the better the staff, the higher their salaries will be, and wages disappear at the end of March, so making sure you have enough money to pay them all at that point is essential!

What’s the deal with hackers?

When searching for workers, you may come across hackers. These guys have ridiculously good stats, yet when you take them on, they turn out to be not so great. Basically, they’re massively talented, but don’t have any direction or focus. Take on every hacker you find, then use the Career Change Manual (bought from the salesman) to give them a proper job. Their stats will drop slightly at the point, but it’s still very much worth it.

What should I buy from the salesman?

Every year, a salesman will come to visit, bearing rather expensive wares. Initially you most likely won’t be able to afford the stuff he has to offer, but when you’ve got enough cash together, make sure you start to grab his boosts. You’ll want to buy the Fun, Creativity, Graphics and Sound Boosts, as these allow you to add extra points to your current game.

Once you’ve bought these four, do not bother with anything else other than the Career Change Manual. Buy three of these every time the salesman comes calling, as they are incredibly useful – especially if you want a hardware engineer (see later in the guide).

What console should I choose for my latest game?

This is where a decent knowledge of real-life gaming platforms from the last 20 years comes into play. Every console available in Game Dev Story is based on a real console, albeit with a slightly different name and design. Not only that, but the success or failure of each console is based loosely around how well its real-life counterpart did too.

With this in mind, it’s relatively simple to work out which platforms to develop for and which to stay well away from. Early in the game, developing for the Intendro consoles – such as the Game Kid and the Super IES – is definitely a good idea. Watch the Share percentages, and keep developing for a console until its share has fallen considerably lower than the rest, as purchasing licenses for the later consoles can cost a fair amount.

When Sonny enters the market, it’s a good idea to jump on the PlayStatus, as that keeps going for a good several years. By the time it has run its course, you’ll most likely have collected together the funds and the tools to create your own console. Make sure you put the maximum amount of money and effort into creating your own hardware, but also make sure you have a substantial amount of cash spare too, as console development takes a very long time.

Once your console is complete, make sure from that point on that you only develop for your own console – this way, the share will stay high and you’ll make the maximum amount of cash.

How do I get a hardware engineer for making my own consoles?

Perhaps the biggest secret in Game Dev Story, bagging a hardware engineer is simple – if expensive – stuff. The idea is to level up one of your staff to the max in every type of role. This can be done with a combination of development points and Career Change Manuals (from the salesman). Level your chosen character up to level 5 in whatever role they’re in, then use the Career Change Manual to swap their job to something they aren’t already level 5 in.

Level them up to level 5 in this role, then repeat until they are level 5 in every available role. Now use the Career Change Manual on them once more, and the Hardware Engineer role will now be available for selection. Choose this, and you’ll then be able to develop your own console.

How do I make sequels, and how often should I do so?

Sequels can only be developed if the original game made it into the Hall of Fame. Any game that manages to get a cumulative review score of 35 or over enters into the Hall of Fame, and you’ll then be able to make a sequel to it.

Sequels are very useful in that they start with plenty of points available straight away, meaning that the finished product will most likely be very highly rated and make you lots of money. There are two issues with sequels – firstly, if you make too make sequels to a row, your fans will grow tired of your antics and start to diminish. The way to combat this is to wedge a brand new game in between each sequel, to keep your games fresh.

The other issue with sequels is that you’re forced to use the genre and type of the original game, hence you won’t be able to try out new genres and earn yourself extra points for bumping future games up. It’s best to develop a sequel as every third game you make when you’re doing OK for cash, and when you’re absolutely rolling in it and there’s no money problems whatsoever, you may not even want to make sequels at all.

Who should I choose to write/design/create sound effects for my current game?

This is where having a good range of workers on your team pays off. Writers are always the best people to have script your game for you, while designers are best at graphics and sound engineers are best at sound and music. However, you should never use the same person twice in a row for two games – if you used a person in the last project, it will say ‘Prev’ just next to their name.

Having two of each type of worker, then, is a very good idea – although the likes of Producers and Directors will usually do a pretty decent job too. There’s always the temptation to use an outside source and pay a ridiculous amount for someone with very high stats, but most of the time it’s not worth it at all – choosing these guys can be very risky, as sometimes they’ll do a terrible job, then charge a ridiculous amount.

Just keep your workforce varied, and you should never need to outsource your projects.

Which advertising should I use, and how often should I use it?

Advertising affects both your company, and your current game. Using advertising during development is the best time to implement it, as it adds to both the hype of your game, and the fame of your company.

It’s only ever useful to choose the most expensive advertising going, as the less expensive options won’t add much to your fan count. However, when you first begin, it’s best to use whichever is ideal to your current budget – just make sure you use advertising at least one during each game’s development.

Once you’ve got plenty of money, use advertising lots of times during development, until the Hype rating for the game is close to 100. It can be expensive, but it’s definitely worth it, as your games will sell incredibly well.

When my staff ask to help, should I say yes?

During contract work, alway say no – the whole point of contract work is to earn development points, so using development points to speed up the process is pointless!

For game development, however, it all depends, as failure can result in lots of bugs to tidy up. Early on in the game, your devs will most likely not be skilled enough to pull this off with a success, so it’s best to say no to them. However, later on they’ll be able to do it with 80% success rate pretty much every time – at this point, you should always say yes, as these boosts can be extremely useful.

Hilariously, once you have the boosts from the salesman, you might as well say yes to your workers anyway, as the extra bugs can actually be useful! Each bug cleaned up will earn you one development point, hence if you have lots of bugs to clean up, this may give you the opportunity to use the various boosts you have bought and make the game ever better.

How do I get the Game of the Year award?

Achieving the Game of the Year award can be tricky, but if you focus on one project in particular – usually a sequel – it’s definitely doable. To be in with the chance your game needs to get at least 37/40 points in reviews – i.e. one 10, and the rest 9s.

Make sure all your staff are fully prepared and are not tired, then make a sequel to a very popular game. Give each job to the staff with the highest stats, then use each of the boosts you’ve bought from the salesman to send the stats through the roof. You should gather at least 300 points for Fun, then at least 100 for each of the others – possibly even 150 if you can manage it. Make sure to Hype up your game with advertising too

Forget about what’s indie, Dejobaan Games, the minds behind the classic freefall title Aaaaa!, want to know what’s an indie gamer.

They’ve thrown up their first annual “Who’s an Indie Gamer?” poll through their Indie Superstar endeavor to try and track down exactly what it means to be indie from a player perspective.

So go do them a favor and take part in their poll in order to help get some stats on the indie community.

How do you make one of the most addicting platformers ever created even more so?  How about by adding some Minecraft to it? It was always part of Team Meat’s plan to have exclusive content in each version of Super Meat Boy, but they have been very hush hush as to what exactly that content would be.  And apparently, that may be in part because it’s coming together very serendipitously at the last minute.  Just yesterday through a Twitter exchange Team Meat and Minecraft‘s Markus Persson sealed the deal, with details as to how Mr. Minecraft will play being fleshed out away from Twitter’s prying eyes.

I think it’s pretty safe to say that digging through levels would thoroughly break Super Meat Boy‘s finely tuned balance, but who knows?  There are so many things to do in Minecraft that a Meat Boy character could have any number of unique attributes.  In any case, I can’t wait to see what else Super Meat Boy has in store when it hits Steam next month.

This week on Best of DIYGamer we continue wrapping-up our IndieCade coverage, but we’re not done yet folks. We’re still rummaging through our notebooks, the event provided a ton for us to talk about with so many creative games to play and fascinating people to talk to.

Also if you haven’t heard, we’re adding mods to our coverage blanket, so expect to find the really good ones here.

IndieCade Coverage

Innovation Award-Winner ‘Continuity’ Sequel Coming to iOS
‘Limbo’ Devs Playdead at Work on Next IP
Develop Games or Own a Netbook? Might Want to Check out AppUp
Hands-On: Documentary Games Award Winner ‘The Cat and the Coup’
‘Lux Delux’ Devs Sillysoft Unleash IndieCade Finalist ‘Castle Vox’
Hands-On: ‘TRAUMA’ Astounds in its Design
Astronomical Simplicity At Its Best… Faraway [Preview]

Spotlight Games/Mods

Oxeye Games Reveals Cobalt and First Trailer
Panda Rage: A Zoological Piece on What Happens When You Piss Off a Panda
Battlefield 2142 Tofu Zombies Mod Released
Serious Sam 3 Still in the Works, New Enemies Induce “Heart Attacks”, “Boners”
It’s Like Minecraft, but not Minecraft… Cubelands
Polynomial: An Algebraic Take on Shooters and Music

Interviews

The Backbone of the Indie Industry: ModDB/IndieDB’s Dave Traeger and Scott Reismanis
Evan Balster Answers an Infinite Amount of Questions about Infinite Blank

Reviews

Ice Hockey Plus Blocks Equals… Blockey
Clean Sweep… Mama & Son – Clean House
We’re Digging This… Diamond Dan

Free Stuff

VVVV: Notch’s 4K Take on Cavanagh’s Hit [Browser]
‘Subrats’ Free on App Store
Final Angry Birds Version Lands on Android and is 100% Free
Weekend Browser Pick: Nanopath

News

Amnesia Sales “Better than expected”, Frictional Turns Focus to Next Project
Shank Joins ‘Spank on PC Oct. 26
Recettear an “Unqualified Success”
Minecraft Races Past 400,000 Sales

[Super Meat Boy is a ridiculously difficult platformer and we couldn't have finished this guide without the help of the community. Thanks to all involved!]

Welcome to the Super Meat Boy Bandage, Warp Zone, Hidden Character and Achievement Guide. Below you’ll find a simple listing of which levels throughout the game contain Bandages and which ones contain Warp Zones. At the very bottom you’ll see how to unlock the Hidden Characters and the Steam and Xbox 360 Achievements. And if you haven’t already, make sure you read our review on the game itself.

Some of the items are difficult to spot at first, but we assure you they are indeed in the levels listed. We’ve died well over 10,000 times between the contributors trying to get this information to you.

There are a total of 101 Bandages, 20 Warp Zones and 25 Unlockable Characters (8 are exclusive to Xbox 360, 8 are exclusive to PC, and 1 is exclusive to Steam).

Chapter 1: The Forest

Light World
1-4: Nutshell – Bandage
1-5: Holy Mountain – Warp Zone (Sky Pup)
Warp Zone: Sky Pup 1-1 – Bandage
Warp Zone: Sky Pup 1-2 – Bandage
1-7: Diverge – Bandage
1-9: Safety Third – Bandage
1-11: Fired – Bandage
1-12: Revolve – Warp Zone (The Commander)
1-13: Tommy’s Cabin – Bandage
1-18: Altamont – Bandage
1-19: Intermission – Warp Zone (Hand Held Hack)
Warp Zone: Hand Held Hack 1-2 – Bandage
Warp Zone: Hand Held Hack 1-3 – Bandage
1-20: The Test – Bandage

Total Light Bandages: 11
Total Light Warp Zones: 3

Dark World
1-3X: BZZZZZ – Bandage
1-5X: Creamsoda – Bandage
1-10X: Walls – Bandage
1-13X: Tommy’s Condo – Warp Zone (Space Boy)
Warp Zone: Space Boy – Bandage
Warp Zone: Space Boy – Bandage
1-14X: Mystery Spot – Bandage
1-15X: Kick Machine – Bandage
1-17X: The Clock – Bandage
1-19X: The Queener – Bandage

Total Dark Bandages: 9
Total Dark Warp Zones: 1

Chapter 1 Bandages: 20
Chapter 1 Warp Zones: 4

Chapter 2: The Hospital

Light World
2-2: One Down – Bandage
2-5: Big Empty – Bandage
2-8: The Sabbath – Warp Zone (The Bootlicker)
2-10: Johnny’s Cage – Bandage
2-12: Above – Warp Zone (Castle Crushers)
Warp Zone: Castle Crushers 1-1 – Bandage
Warp Zone: Castle Crushers 1-2 – Bandage
2-13: Ulcer Pop – Bandage
2-15: Gallbladder – Warp Zone (The Blood Shed)
Warp Zone: The Blood Shed 1-1 – Bandage
Warp Zone: The Blood Shed 1-3 – Bandage
2-16: SYNJ – Bandage
2-18: Destructoid – Bandage
2-20: Day Breaker – Bandage

Total Light Bandages: 11
Total Light Warp Zones: 3

Dark World
2-4X: Blown – Bandage
2-5X: Agent Orange – Warp Zone (1977)
Warp Zone: 1977 1-1 – Bandage
Warp Zone: 1977 1-3 – Bandage
2-6X: Cher Noble – Bandage
2-7X: The Moon – Bandage
2-10X: The Kracken – Bandage
2-12X: Grey Matter – Bandage
2-15X: Insurance? – Bandage
2-16X: P.S.Y. – Bandage

Total Dark Bandages: 9
Total Dark Warp Zones: 1

Chapter 2 Bandages: 20
Chapter 2 Warp Zones: 4

Chapter 3: The Salt Factory

Light World

3-1: Pit Stop – Bandage
3-2: The Salt Lick – Bandage
3-4: Transmissions – Bandage
3-5: Uptown – Warp Zone (Cartridge Dump)
Warp Zone: Cartridge Dump 1-1: Bandage
Warp Zone: Cartridge Dump 1-3: Bandage
3-7: Mind the Gap – Warp Zone (Tunnel Vision)
Warp Zone: Tunnel Vision 1-1 – Bandage
Warp Zone: Tunnel Vision 1-3 – Bandage
3-10: Breakdown – Bandage
3-11: Box Tripper – Bandage
3-16: Mono – Warp Zone (Ogmo)
3-18: The Grundle – Bandage
3-20: White Noise – Bandage

Total Light World Bandages: 11
Total Light World Warp Zones: 3

Dark World

3-3X: The Red Room – Bandage
3-5X: Wasp – Bandage
3-6X: Not You Again – Bandage
3-7X: Pluck – Bandage
3-8X: Salt Crown – Warp Zone (Kontra)
Warp Zone: Kontra 1-2 – Bandage
Warp Zone: Kontra 1-3 – Bandage
3-14X: Salmon – Bandage
3-16X: The Chaser – Bandage
3-19X: El Topo – Bandage

Total Dark World Bandages: 9
Total Dark World Warp Zones: 1

Total Chapter 3 Bandages: 20
Total Chapter 3 Warp Zones: 4

Chapter 4: Hell

Light World

4-2: Brindle – Bandage
4-6: Leviathan – Bandage
4-8: – Warp Zone (Brimstone) – Thanks to xXCanadian JrXx and ecamirG for this one.
Warp Zone: Brimstone 1-2 – Bandage
Warp Zone: Brimstone 1-3 – Bandage
4-9: Deceiver – Bandage
4-13: Lazy – Bandage
4-14: Adversary – Warp Zone (The Key Master)
Warp Zone: The Key Master 1-2: Bandage
Warp Zone: The Key Master 1-3: Bandage
4-16: Bow – Bandage
4-17: Lost Highway – Bandage
4-18: Boris – Warp Zone (The Fly Guy)
4-20: Babylon – Bandage

Total Light World Bandages: 11
Total Light World Warp Zones: 3

Dark World

4-3X: Char – Bandage
4-4X: Altered – Bandage
4-7X: Thistle – Warp Zone (MMMMMM)
Warp Zone: MMMMMM 1-2 – Bandage
Warp Zone: MMMMMM 1-3 – Bandage
4-8X: Billy Boy – Bandage
4-10X: Gallow – Bandage
4-14X: Old Scratch – Bandage
4-18X: Sag Chamber – Bandage
4-19X: Long Goodbye – Bandage (Please note there are actually 2 Bandages in the level, one above, one below, but the game will only count 1)

Total Dark World Bandages: 9
Total Dark World Warp Zones: 1

Total Chapter 4 Bandages: 20
Total Chapter 4 Warp Zones: 4

Chapter 5: Rapture

Light World
5-1: The Witness – Warp Zone (The Skyscraper)
Warp Zone: The Skyscraper 1-2 – Bandage
Warp Zone: The Skyscraper 1-3 – Bandage
5-3: Ripe Decay – Bandage
5-5: Panic Switch – Bandage – Thanks to Fluktuation for this one.
5-7: The Fallen – Warp Zone (The Guy!)
5-9: Abomination – Bandage
5-12: 10 Horns – Bandage & Warp Zone (Sunshine Island) Thanks to ApplsauceAvnger for this one.
Warp Zone: Sunshine Island 1-1 – Bandage
Warp Zone: Sunshine Island 1-3 – Bandage
5-16: Rotgut – Bandage
5-18: Gate of Ludd – Bandage
5-20: Judgement – Bandage

Total Light World Bandages: 11
Total Light World Warp Zones: 3

Dark World
5-4X: Alabaster – Bandage
5-5X: Nix – Bandage
5-8X: Downer – Bandage
5-10X: Pulp Factory – Bandage
5-11X: Blight – Bandage
5-17X: Millennium – Bandage
5-18X: Stain – Bandage – Thanks to Carbo for this final addition.
5-20X: Quietus – Warp Zone (Meat is Death)
Warp Zone: Meat is Death 1-1 – Bandage
Warp Zone: Meat is Death 1-2 – Bandage

Total Dark World Bandages: 9
Total Dark World Warp Zones: 1

Total Chapter 5 Bandages: 20
Total Chapter 5 Warp Zones: 4

Chapter 7: The Cotton Alley

Dark World
7-12X: Pink – Bandage – Thanks to Seiken Enhasa for the find.

Unlockable and Hidden Characters (and Chapters)

Gish (Gish) – 10 Bandages – Xbox 360
Head Crab (Half-Life) – 10 Bandages – Steam Exclusive
Goo Ball (World of Goo) – 10 Bandages – PC
Teh Internets Chapter – 20 Bandages
Alien Hominid (Alien Hominid) – 30 Bandages – Xbox 360
Robot (Machinarium) – 30 Bandages – PC
8Bit Meat Boy – 40 Bandages
Tim (Braid) – 50 Bandages – Xbox 360
Naiji (Aquaria) – 50 Bandages – PC
4Bit Meat Boy – 60 Bandages
Spelunky (Spelunky) – 70 Bandages – Xbox 360
RunMan (RunMan Race Around the World) – 70 Bandages – PC
4Color Meat Boy – 80 Bandages
Pink Knight (Castle Crashers) – 90 Bandages – Xbox 360
Captain Veridian (VVVVVV) – 90 Bandages – PC
The Ninja (N+) – 100 Bandages – Xbox 360
Mr. Minecraft (Minecraft) – 100 Bandages – PC
Bandage Girl – Playable once you beat the main game, but only in The Cotton Alley world.
Meat Ninja – Unlocked once you 100% the game.

Commander Video (BIT.TRIP RUNNER) – Warp Zone 1-12
Jill (Mighty Jill-Off) – Warp Zone 2-8
Ogmo (Jumper) – Warp Zone 3-16
Flywrench (Flywrench) – Warp Zone 4-18
The Kid (I Want to be the Guy) – Warp Zone 5-7

Xbox 360 Achievements

Nostalgia – 15g – “You found a warp zone! Now pay me for the door repair!” – This is an extremely easy achievement to get, just jump into the first warp you see in Level 1-5.

Living in the Past – 20g – “You conquered 5 warp zones! you’re so old school…” – Just keep unlocking the Warp Zones listed above and you’ll nab these easy points.

The Commander – 10g – “You unlocked Commander Video! Double rainbow all da way!” – All you need to do is unlock the warp zone in Level 1-12 and finish the three Commander Video levels.

Sticky Fingers – 5g – “You unlocked Gish by collecting 10 bandages! Go you!” – Once you get your first 10 bandages, you’ll get this achievement. It’s easy in Chapter 1.

The End – 65g – “You beat the game!… but that’s not the end, is it?” – Just run the the 6 Chapters in the Light World and you’ll get this achievement after beating Dr. Fetus. You only need to beat 17 of each Chapter to unlock the boss level if you’re looking to save time.

Tin Boy – 5g – “You just beat 10 levels without getting killed! Meat Boy loves you for that!” – This is easy to get in Chapter 1 and can be combined with:

Iron Boy – 10g – “You completed a full chapter without dying! Good for you!” – Just play through the 20 Light Levels of Chapter 1 without dying. It’s not that bad. You can’t even die in the first 5.

Business Time – 10g – “You unlocked Tim by collecting 50 bandages! He’s weird…” – Once you get up to 50 bandages, you’ll unlock Tim from Braid who can reverse time (and get extra bandages). Just look at the guide above for bandage locations.

The Real End – 20g – “You completed the Dark World… you are awesome.” – After beating the Light World, you need to unlock and beat enough Dark World levels to get to Chapter 6 and fight the Dark Dr. Fetus. It’s not easy, but that’s how you get this.

I’m a Golden God – 20g – “You got 100% on Super Meat Boy, start bragging!” – Check your statistics in the main menu. You’ll need to collect 100 bandages, get every warp zone and beat every level on par time to get this super-achievement.

Suffragette (Secret Achievement) – 10g – “You’ve beaten the Cotten Alley all by yourself!” – Just beat the Light World of The Cotton Alley and you’ll unlock this achievement. But remember, The Cotton Alley is no joke.

The Kid (Secret Achievement) – 10g – “You unlocked The Kid!” – All you need to do is beat Warp Zone 5-7. That’s it. Just beat that. It’s possible though. I just got it.

Steam Achievements

Wood Boy – Complete the Forest without dying.

Needle Boy -Complete the Hospital without dying.

Salt Boy – Complete the Salt Factory without dying.

Brimstone Boy – Complete Hell without dying.

Maggot Boy – Complete the Rapture without dying.

Dead Boy – Complete The End without dying.

Nostalgia – Unlock a single retro warp zone.

Living In the Past – Complete 5 retro warp zones.

Old School – Complete 10 retro warp zones.

Retro Rampage – Complete all retro warp zones.

The End – Beat the light world.

The Real End – Beat the dark world.

Golden God – 100% the game.

I Have Crabs! – Unlock the Head Crab (10 bandages).

Metal Head – Unlock the Machinarium Robot (30 bandages).

I Smell something Fishy… – Unlock Naija (50 bandages).

MS PAINT RULZ! – Unlock RunMan (70 bandages).

Vx6 – Unlock Captain Viridian (90 bandages).

Accidental Arsonist – Unlock Mr. Minecraft (100 bandages).

The Commander – Unlock Commander Video.

The Bootlicker – Unlock Jill.

The Jump Man – Unlock Ogmo.

The Fly Guy – Unlock Flywrench.

The Kid – Unlock the Kid.

There are an Six Achievements for beating the secret -1 through -6 levels. When I copy and paste each one, it breaks the guide…so you’ll have to take my word for it!

Lots of questions are answered in the comments. If there are any further changes in the PC version you find, let us know! This is a living and breathing guide and we just want to make sure everyone has the answers they need.

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For those who can’t get enough arcade action and funky pixel art, Vlambeer has you covered with their upcoming indie action game Super Crate Box.  The game comes out Oct 22 (this Friday!) and challenges you to get a high score while collecting crates and blasting aliens.  But there’s a catch, you only actually score points for collecting the crates.  The aliens then present a menacing, though optional, distraction.  Each crate also changes your equipped weapon, with some weapons significantly more useful than others, so you’ll need to constantly adjust how you play to your weapon at hand.

Vlambeer is also conducting a contest to win one of three very limited edition Collector’s Editions of Super Crate Box. All you need to do is take an interesting picture of yourself with a papercraft crate and you could win the Collector’s Edition that includes:

• Super Crate Box Crate.
• Super Crate Box Boxed edition.
• Super Crate Box OST CD.
• Super Crate Box Plushie.
• Super Crate Box Papercraft Character.
• Super Crate Box Limited Edition Poster.
• Vlambeer lighter.

For more details on the contest, check here.

Super Crate Box from Vlambeer on Vimeo.

So we’ve been discussing this for a while, but, aside from a few wayward posts, we hadn’t really endorsed coverage of mods (or game modifications). Up until this point we’ve attempted to strictly cover indie, independent, and student developed games. However, given that making mods is just as much in the DIY namesake as creating an indie game we feel we have no other choice but to expand our coverage.

So yeah, here’s how it will work:

If you or your team is creating a mod based on ANY game (indie, mainstream, or otherwise) let us know about it. We’d love to see what you’re working on to let our readers know about it. Also, if you are enjoying a specific mod, feel free to tell us.

We can’t promise that we’ll go out there and report on every mod ever released — that would be impossible at this point — as our main focus will remain with indie games, but if something gets brought to our attention we’ll most definitely make the time for it.

With that said, welcome to a new era in DIYGamer.com content.

For over a year now Oxeye Games has been hard at work on a game known only as “Project B.”  And though the game is still likely a year away from release, Oxeye is pulling back the curtain to unveil Project B as their new game Cobalt.  And between the guns, explosions, slow motion, somersaults, and wall-running acrobatics, it looks like the twisted love child of Super Meat Boy and Weapon of Choice.  Quite a departure from Oxeye’s previous games like Harvest: Massive Encounter.  And with eye-catching 2D visuals and music composed by anosou (Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Kaleidoscope) Cobalt should have style to spare.

Unfortunately, as I said earlier, Oxeye expects Cobalt to still be at least a year away from release.  But now that the game has been revealed, Oxeye plans on being more public about Cobalt‘s future developements, so expect to hear more in the coming months about this indie action title.  In the mean time, enjoy Cobalt‘s first action trailer.

Cobalt – Action Teaser 2010