#TheLegallyDistinct
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All right, final boss for #thelegallydistinct first campaign so bit of a spoiler.

Oh no, the evil king betray us in the end? Who could have predicted this?
April 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Releasing the third demo for The Legally distinct. It features the first 4 levels and a hidden boss. 5

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April 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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mostly finished work on the sound effects of level 1 for #thelegallydistinct I ended up forgetting a few, but this is a nice start id say
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Please only download my games on Gamejolt from now on and give your money to the creators who lost revenue from this. (not me)

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July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Struggled a bit to find ideas for platforming elements that would fit the level aesthetic, but i came up with these hands that move up and down.
March 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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I realised that having to jump and hit him while in the air was a bit too high skill for being the only way to do good damage to the first boss, so i added the ability to knock away his pants
April 22, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Took me a bit to figure out what the second phase of campaign 1 final boss would be (the vilain power being "get big" makes for a limited moveset) but i managed to work something out.

So here the full fight
April 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Welp, i just updated the demo so it now contains the 3rd level. (the train one) The thumbnail and title screen was updated accordingly.

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March 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I added some backup dancers to Minty Mike fight. I think they do a good job of keeping things engaging during the gaps in his moveset and synergise well with phase 2
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Update on the new boss for #thelegallydistinct

Went and closed-off the arena, replacing the lava pits with giant sawblades.

Much of the sprites and attacks are missing so fight still got lots of work to do.
March 29, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Okay, currently working on the second secret boss for the knight campaign.

hes the father of Dunmo Dufric, the campaign main antagonist and is locked up in the basement of the mansion.
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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One more Update on the new boss for #thelegallydistinct

This one adds a few more tweaks, such as better communicating that regular attacks only push the boss and dont damage it, but also incorporate phase 2 with the conveyer belt
March 30, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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little update on stage 6 of #thelegallydistinct

Decided to adapt the elevator section of pacman revenge 1-4 into this game.

Its interesting to see how i end up dealing with all the janks.The solutions may not always be elegant...but they are solutions.
April 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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I thought the level needed at least one more platforming based hazards so i made those hands that sink in the lava when stepped on

You can "crowdsurf" on them if you dont stop
April 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Started working on the level design for the suspended forest yesterday. This level focuses a lot more on platforming and properly introduce the rope/whip which allows you to grab onto the ceiling.
February 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Okay so here are some ennemies for the lava factory level of #thelegallydistinct

They are simple, but should fit into the level which will have a bigger focus on environnemental hazards like sawblades, flame geysers and conveyer belts.
March 31, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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Been pondering a bit over what id want from the secret bosses and i came up with a concept for the first that would be a combination of these two fights from revenge.
April 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Did a bit more work on my side project with some background elements for level 4.

I' m planning to add more animations for the giant dancing skeletons so they dont all do the same thing.
March 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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okay, managed to recover enough to do a tiny bit of work on #thelegallydistinct

Here my early prototype of the second fight with Dunmo Dufric. The main difference with the first encounter is that you have to use these grapple-missiles to chase after him.
April 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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yet another Update on the new boss for #thelegallydistinct

the sprites and attacks are now mostly done. Just need to do some tweaks and balancing.

Its currently easy to trick yourself into a loop of safe but innefectual attacks.
March 29, 2026 at 10:47 PM
April 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Another update for #thelegallydistinct

Ive been reworking the first boss a bit. I was getting a bit bored when fighting him since you kind of just spammed the one move. So this should be more dynamic.
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Welp, i think the next build for #thelegallydistinct is finally ready

It contains the entire first campaign, including 7 levels, and 10 bosses (2 secret ones)

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The Legally Distinct (early build) by Blackblooms
A demo of my silly side project. Contains the first 5 levels and 2 hidden bosses.
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April 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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And here some more progress. It feels a lot more dynamic and fair now since ive added the new arena and several options to deal with the energy balls (such as reflecting or destroying them)
April 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM