In-game event13 Apr 2026Small Content Update + SUPER DEBT Kickstarter Fully Funded!In case you didn't know I've been running a Kickstarter to fund my current project, SUPER DEBT, for the past week or so. And WOW! With a big and very generous donation we've reached the fundraising goal overnight! Now i feel silly for worrying... Thanks so much everyone who made pledges and shared the campaign with others. I've got plenty of cool ideas for stretch goals! so stay tuned for those…
Hello my Garbanzers! Garbanzer is the name for people who enjoy Garbanzo Quest by the way, I came up with it just now. Anyways, I'm here to let y'all know I've been working on a new game called SUPER DEBT! Where Garbanzo Quest is very cute and friendly, This game is... quite the opposite haha. I love learning new things, which includes exploring new themes and moods. SUPER DEBT! is a bullet-hel…
Howdy! Oh, how long it has been since the last round of bug fixes... I've been pretty busy with my next game Super Debt, but I've finally found some time to fix and test various bug fixes for Garbanzo Quest. Namely a much needed performance improvement for the Steam Deck. For whatever reason, this didn't show up on my Steam Deck, but it would for others. The problem was that by default MonoGame…
Hi! Small fixes here. Those who support me on Patreon will have their names in the credits, post launch I've been bundling updates to the supporter list with regular bug fixes. The problem was that there's so many supporters now that it was overflowing the credits textbox on the title screen (what a wonderful problem to have!) Anyways, that's fixed now. (This seems like a good excuse to plug th…
Howdy! There's been some interest from volunteers to help translate the game, so I've gone ahead and updated the translation documentation bundled with the game. Hopefully that will make the translation process easier! I've also changed the Frankie's attack text to "woof" instead of "bark" since there's a badge with the same name. How did I not notice that earlier? I also updated the sprite wor…
Hi! Super small bug fixes here. - Fixed a typo in one the special level clear monologues. - Fixed a bug where if you had your respawn set to the beginning of the level and you died after defeating the boss, the boss would no longer show up. Thanks everyone for reporting bugs so that I may fix them! -Zachary
Wow another bug fix! This patch fixes an issue where upon upgrading to new versions of the game, in very specific circumstances, the incorrect savedata version would be used. Last week I released v1.2.3 of the demo, but the full game during that week was still v.1.2.2 because I was spending extra time to make sure I didn't break anything, haha So for that week if you played the demo (v.1.2.3) a…
Very small bug fix here. Looks like I broke Achievements for the new Windows 64-Bit build. That should be fixed now! Also I added a new failsafe if Achievements ever break again, the game will now try to give you all the Achievements you should have every time you boot the game. Please let me know if anything else is broken, thanks! -Zachary
Hi! Today I bring you some quality of life changes and some misc. bug fixes. I also wrote out some of my near future plans for the game. CHANGES - You can now bind buttons in the Input Options menu to individual badges - More buttons are allowed to be unbound (Badge Ability, Quick-Swap, Moonwalk, all new Badge buttons) - Made level clear icon a little more clear as to whether or not you found e…
Howdy! I had a random idea on how to make the Demo more representative of the full game. After you beat the first boss of World 1 you'll now gain access to a special area just for the Demo. This special area shows off levels later in the game, so you can gain a better understanding of what the game has to offer. World 1 is really easy and simple, which makes sense because I'm trying to give les…
Garbanzo Quest runs great on the Steam Deck! In testing the game for full release I've done many 100% playthroughs on the Steam Deck and I can confidently say that it runs great without any special configuration! I've even added button prompts specifically for the deck! In addition to my own testing, I've heard from other Steam Deck users that they've experienced no problems with the game. I no…
Hi! just some bug fixes here. Modders will be happy to know that I removed the forced crash when you had more than one file of the same name. It'll now just show a warning in the loading screen. Having assets that share the same name might create unpredictable results, but nothing game breaking, probably. SMALL CHANGES · mini chase mutations now push each other way BUG FIXES · fix wrong player…
Hi! Just some bug fixes and small changes here. Namely I moved the Custom folder into the cloud storage folder. Existing stuff should automatically get moved there. But if you're into modding/level editing you should be aware of the new location. Looks something like this on Windows: NEW: C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\zachisagardner\garbanzoquest\Storage\Custom\ OLD: C:\Users\{username}\A…
Hello again! Here come's another round of changes and bug fixes. Modding tools got some improvements, you can now add your own characters! The level editor got a lot of love too. It should be less cluttered, less buggy, and generally easier to work with. Pretty soon I will be looking into setting up the Steam Workshop (or some alternative). The documentation for these things is also a bit lacki…
Hi again! Some bugs got reported right as I was releasing the last larger update. So here ya go! BUG FIXES · fix overworld wrong warp LEVEL EDITOR · doors work better by default · polished up a lot of the unused enemies
Hi everyone! I'm excited to share with you the first patch after the full release of Garbanzo Quest! The response for the game has been so awesome! It's funny I thought that things would slow down at least little bit once the game was out, but nope! I've been pretty much just as busy as the weeks leading up to release 😅. There were plenty of little bugs cropping up here and there, but thankful…
Garbanzo Quest is my pride and joy and I'm so excited to share it with you all today after 3 years of full-time solo development! I hope you have as much fun playing it as I did creating it. Making this game has definitely been one of the hardest things I've ever done. But even now, my only hope is that I get to make more games after this one! I'd also like to thank all the people who helped ma…
After 3+ YEARS of hard work it's finally happening! Garbanzo Quest v1.0 will be releasing on September 4th and exiting Early Access! The game has come a long way and I'm really excited to release it to the public. I'm truly confident that I've done everything I can to make a really cool and new experience. The game as it is now is pretty much done, I could probably release it today and it would…
Just a little fix here! In 0.7.5 I introduced a crash that would occur when you harvest a plant in the farm area. A simple typo crashed the whole game, wow! Thanks to everyone providing feedback and bug reports, it helps a lot!
I'm pretty close to getting into work on 1.0, but not before I add some speedrunning quality of life features! These changes aren't just for hardcore speedrunners, I think people who want to do subsequent playthroughs will appreciate these as well. I think the dialogue adds a lot of character to the game, but if you're a speedrunner playing through the same segments over and over I get it if yo…
Okay, okay, I had an idea on how to improve the presentation of the Enable/Disable Tweaks menu thing and I just had to publish it. I was eager to get 0.7.3 out because of the important bug fixes, but I wasn't 100% sure if I liked how I did the "Tough Guy Mode." It's a little different now, but I think it's much better. See below for more details. CHANGES - Extras Menu is now only visible on the…
Howdy! Once again here are some more bug fixes and some other small changes. The most notable being able to disable the Tweaks and Extras menus. See below for more info. CHANGES - The Tweaks and Extras menu options can now be hidden, and you'll be asked if you want that when starting a new game. Existing save files can turn it off/on under the File Settings menu on the Title Screen. - Chapter E…
Hi! More bug fixes here. Also some fun little things I was able to squeeze in this morning. Somebody recommended I add a "Sound Check" room, and I thought that would be a fun addition! Somebody also wanted a menu option for changing the window scale multiplier, pretty simple stuff. Thanks everyone for your feedback and suggestions! You're helping Garbanzo Quest be the best game it can be! CHANG…
It's still the weekend for me, but there was a pretty bad bug that I felt was really important to fix. I've also bundled some other smaller fixes and changes. Thanks everyone for playing and reporting things! Please let me know anything about your experience through the in game reporting form, or by emailing me at [email protected]! BUG FIXES - Fixed a bug where, during the final boss, th…
Wow! It's been a while since the last update huh? I have been working very hard on GARBANZO QUEST every day and I believe this update is a HUGE leap in quality, I'm very excited to have it released! This update is essentially a reboot on everything that was done so far. EVERYTHING has been updated at least a little bit. There's lots of new content and overhauls to existing systems. An important…
GARBANZO QUEST version 0.7 is VERY close to being released! Before I unleash this HUGE update upon the world it would be of so much help if I could get some additional testing done! It's been a year in the making, it's pretty much a whole new game. Builds for Windows, Linux/Steam Deck, and Mac are available as a beta branch. See below for instructions on how to access the beta branch. How to ac…
Wow it's been quite some time since my last update! Sorry about that! I am working very hard every day to make Garbanzo Quest the best video game it can be! Being a one man show, it's hard enough making the game, let alone being active online... The last version release of Garbanzo Quest was in January, so this version has almost been a year in the making! SO much has changed, too much to give…
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