- More EBF5 Mods! - 6 March 2026
Hey everyone, it's been some time! While I've been busy working on a new game, the community has been modding EBF5 and creating all sorts of new content. Puri is working on a mod called Director's Cut that adds dozens of enemies from other EBF games, makes tweaks to the mechanics, adds new dialogue, skills and equips. But they're also adding their own graphics and animations, so in addition to remixing existing EBF content, there's completely new content appearing too - including new bosses and small dungeons to find them in. I'm especially excited about this, because Flash art is pretty niche, and there's not many people left with the skills to make it from scratch. (even more so in my style) Here's a gallery of some images from the mod: The golem in that first screenshot isn't finished, so it's not in the mod yet. But here's a video of a completely new boss, animated from scratch, tha…
- Find Matt's Cats launches on March 16th - 23 February 2026
Hey everyone! It's been in development for 3 years, but "Find Matt's Cats" finally launches on March 16th! A few people have tested the full version of the game, and it's going to take around 50 hours to 100% complete everything, while a more casual play-through may take around half of that. You may have noticed that the name of the game has changed. It turns out that "Hidden Cats" was recently trademarked, so I had 48 hours to quickly change the name everywhere right before Next Fest started. I guess the trend of "Hidden Cats" games is over now. This game doesn't really compete with them though - it's a much bigger $20 game - but having to change the name was still very annoying at this late time! I'm hoping the launch is smooth and successful, because I want to add even more content to the game soon. I've still got leftover ideas. Anyway, I hope you guys add the game to your wishlist,…
- Matt's Hidden Cats launching soon + More EBF Content?! - 19 January 2026
Hey everyone! I was hoping to finish Matt's Hidden Cats in 2025, but I missed that deadline by a little bit. The game will launch this March! Please go add it to your wishlist! Here's the new trailer, which shows off some gameplay and EBF lore: I'll also be dropping a demo on Steam soon - I'm currently polishing off the translations. The game supports 18 languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Spanish (LatAm), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (BR), German, French, Italian, Polish, Czech, Lithuanian, Finnish, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Turkish. In other news, I've been drawing some EBF-style assets for practice lately... I'm not planning to use these for anything in particular yet, but you never know... If you want to stay updated, make sure to follow me on Newgrounds, BlueSky, or Discord.
- Epic Battle Fantasy Video Series - 13 April 2025
Hey guys - I'm still working on my new game Matt's Hidden Cats, and hope to finish it some time this year. I've also been working on YouTube videos to promote the game and expand the lore of the Epic Battle Fantasy characters. The EBF characters all feature in Matt's Hidden Cats, and I'm writing a new story that should appeal both to new players and existing fans of EBF. You can watch the videos I've made so far in this playlist here. And you can add Matt's Hidden Cats to your wishlist here. It's worth following me on YouTube - I usually don't post often unless I have some game related stuff to share. I'm sorry that my YouTube stuff is only in English - but the game will be in at least the 12 languages that EBF5 supports, and maybe more.
- Steam Key Giveaway - 26 January 2025
Hey guys, since Twitter and Facebook suck, I'm trying to scam people into following me on Newgrounds instead. I will be giving away Steam keys for Epic Battle Fantasy 5, one of the best RPGs of all time, to a random 10% of people who start following me on Newgrounds. So if 1,000 people follow me, I'll give out 100 keys, and so on. Please share this news with your friends! If you already own the game, you'll have a spare key to give to a cool person! For those of you who don't know, Newgrounds is a website for sharing animations and browser games - it used to be the coolest website on the internet 20 years ago, and it could be again! It's where I started my career, and it's NOT owned by some huge corporation! I'll be posting news and art about my upcoming games there, as well as demos eventually. Keys will be given out in a few days, and I'll keep this going for as long as new people kee…
- EBF5 Mods and Hidden Cats & Dogs - 5 November 2023
Hey guys, my new game Hidden Cats & Dogs is coming along nicely - it's even got a Steam store page already, and it would be super cool if you guys added it to your wishlists, as this helps boost it in the Steam store. The game is around a year away from release, so there's a lot of work left to do, but I'll try to have a demo out in the next few months. As it's Autumn, I've been working on spooky-themed levels recently. Hidden Cats & Dogs features... Thousands of items to find, and 20+ hours of gameplay. 3 difficulty modes, with different goals in each, allowing for multiple playthroughs. Spot-the-difference challenges, and other secret game modes. Diverse areas including ancient Egypt, volcanic islands, European forests and castles, arctic tundra, fantasy jungles, and many more. Occasional dark humour. (which can be disabled for a family-friendly experience) 100% DRM-free, so you can m…
- EBF Collection Fan-Art Competition! - 7 May 2023
Hey guys. It’s been nearly a year since EBF Collection launched on Steam, and we're celebrating with a fanart contest! To participate in the contest, you can create new fanart of my old games, specifically any of the eight featured in the EBF Collection. These are: Mecha Dress Up Game, Brawl Royale, The Kitten Game, Epic Battle Fantasy 1 and 2, Bullet Heaven, Adventure Story, and Cat Cafe. Make sure to post your final submission in the #contest channel on the EBF Discord Server alongside the contest tag, the name of the art piece, your name/nickname, and a link to your art page. The contest tag is "Collection-Contest-Entry", so just include that in the comment with your submission, so we can find it more easily. The deadline is Tuesday May 30th at 10PM BST. You can make as many entries as you’d like, but all art must be new, still images (no animations please), your own work, and PG-13…
- Mods, Ports, and Hidden Cats. - 28 February 2023
Hey guys, I recently created some new item icons for modders to use in Epic Battle Fantasy 5. If you want to learn more about mods and try some out, check out the EBF Discord. EBF5 can be modded using decompiling tools, and a patcher can be used to modify your EBF5 installation. Currently the largest mod being worked on is called Tough Love, and it has new status effects, equips, player skills, and more intelligent and powerful enemies. At some point I will make it a beta branch of the game on Steam, to make it easier to install. But until then, you can try it out yourself using the resources on the EBF Discord. The community there is still quite active, and we also do fanart competitions with prizes a few times a year. In more EBF5 news, the iOS and Android ports of EBF5 are both complete - they don't offer any new content over the PC version of the game, but if you have any friends wh…
- New Game and Price Updates - 11 November 2022
Hey guys, I've got two pieces of news for ya'll. First of all, I'm working on a new game - it's a hidden-object game codenamed "Hidden Cats". It's still early in development, but I'm having a lot of fun working on it. And I think you'll enjoy it if you're into relaxing games with cute art. It's loosely tied into the Epic Battle Fantasy universe too. The second news is that I’ve been thinking of increasing the prices of my games in line with inflation… Since Epic Battle Fantasy 4 and Bullet Heaven 2 came out on Steam in 2014 and 2015, the US Dollar and British Pound have dropped in value by around 25% due to inflation. Epic Battle Fantasy 5 came out in 2018, and there the difference is around 20%. Since these games are still getting customer support and occasional updates, I think it’s fair to raise the prices from $12 to $15, and from $20 to $25. Most of you already own the games, so th…
- EBF Collection Launches May 30th! - 16 May 2022
Hey guys, the Epic Battle Fantasy Collection will launch at the end of this month - on Monday, May 30th! Please wishlist the game to get a notification, and boost it in the Steam algorithm! The EBF Collection will cost $8 and include EBF1, EBF2, Bullet Heaven, Adventure Story, Brawl Royale, Mecha Dress Up, The Kitten Game, Cat Cafe, and a bunch of prototype games and artwork, and 150 Steam achievements! All of the games have been updated with quality-of-life features, such as volume controls, new difficulty options, and other cool stuff. Adventure Story has a bunch of new levels, Bullet Heaven has new playable characters, and Epic Battle Fantasy 2 has new unlockable upgrades! On top of all that, the 65-track soundtrack is included as a free DLC download!
- Epic Battle Fantasy Collection - Coming Soon! - 19 April 2022
Hey guys, the Steam store page for the Epic Battle Fantasy Collection is up – you should wishlist the game so you’ll be notified when it launches! I still need to make a trailer, fix some minor bugs, and set up the soundtrack DLC (which will be free). There’s not very much work left to do, but it’s very boring stuff, so I’m taking my time with it. The EBF Collection will cost $8 and include EBF1, EBF2, Bullet Heaven, Adventure Story, Brawl Royale, Mecha Dress Up, The Kitten Game, Cat Cafe, and a bunch of prototype games and artwork, and 150 Steam achievements! Plus all of the games have been updated with quality-of-life features, such as volume controls, new difficulty options, and other cool stuff.
- Christmas Key Giveaway 2021 - 17 December 2021
Hey guys, as is the tradition, I’m giving out 20 Steam Keys for Epic Battle Fantasy 5 this Christmas. I assume that many people following this news already own the game, but it could also make a good present for a friend of yours. For a chance to win, leave a comment on my website about what you’ll be doing this Christmas, and make sure to fill in the email field, which will only be used for sending you a key if you win. Here's the link: http://kupogames.com/2021/12/17/christmas-key-giveaway-2021/ I’ll be giving out the keys on the 23rd of December, so you have until then to enter. If you would rather receive keys for Epic Battle Fantasy 4 or Bullet Heaven 2 instead of EBF5, please let me know in your comment.
- Tough Love Mod Progress - 16 August 2021
Hey guys. About a year ago I made an announcement about an EBF5 mod, and since then people have been asking me if it's finished yet. Well, the mod isn't finished, but it has grown in scope since then, so there's a lot more content than originally planned. The mod is being made by EBF fan Feit-Neo (also known as LightningLaser), with some new icons being made by me. It features many new status effects, new enemy behaviour, 4 new weapons for each character, some new skills, new weather conditions, and more. Here's a preview of some of the weapons... And here's a list of the new status effects. Many of these are exclusively used by enemies as they would be overpowered if the player had access to them... but maybe some rare summons and weapons could trigger them... It’s not finished yet, but you can try out the mod using the patch files found in the #ebf-mod-archive channel on the EBF Disco…
- EBF5 Mods and Ports - 10 July 2020
Hey guys, Epic Battle Fantasy fan LightningLaser is working on a game mod that makes EBF5 more challenging. So far he's improved enemy AI and given them more varied attacks, added some new status effects, made some of the enemy skills usable by the players, and is adding weapons from previous EBF games to EBF5. Here's a video showing off some of the changes. (it's a bit out of date now) I've been helping out a bit by making some new icons, since he's just a programmer. When the mod is complete, it will be available to you guys through the Steam Beta branches feature, and should be compatible with existing saved games. We're not in a hurry to release it though, so it may still take some time. At the moment, EBF5 is only being modded through the use of decompilers, which is not ideal. Eventually I plan to release the entire source code to make the process a bit easier. But there's not man…
- Soundtrack changes and Bug Fixes - 3 March 2020
Hey guys, I've created a new beta branch of EBF5 - this is mostly to fix some very small bugs and typos. The only substantial changes are that NoLegs can now use Art Attack, and bosses have some resistance to HP debuffs from Scorch. This version will soon be live for everyone. You can opt-in early by going to Steam client -> EBF5 properties -> betas tab -> v2.1, the main menu should say "version 2.1.2" if done correctly. In related news, I’ve made some changes to the Epic Battle Fantasy soundtracks. Soundtracks used to be DLC, but now they are their own type of content, with the main difference being that they no longer require the base game to be owned. If you already own them, you may need to go to the soundtrack’s Steam store page and download them again. With that in mind, I’ve increased the price of the EBF5 soundtrack from $5 to $10, and the BH2 soundtrack from Free to $10. The EB…
- Huge Version 2 update is live! - 15 February 2020
EBF5 V2 is now live for everyone on Steam, and the base price of the game will go up whenever Valve approves it. So it’s your last chance to buy it for $15! The game should update automatically whenever you restart Steam, and once that's done it should say v2.1.1 on the main menu. Here’s a spoiler-free summary of what’s new: • 52 “new” foes, with a large portion of them being bosses or mini bosses. • 31 new achievements. • 16 new Flair equips, 12 new skills and 2 new limit breaks. • 50 new monster cards – a new item type. • A new biome, 3 new dungeons, and many secret areas. • Significant balancing and quality of life changes. • A “Cheats and Challenges” menu that lets you customize the difficulty to a massive degree. • A “Custom Quest” menu that lets you start a new game with major changes – such as playing with only one character, a new set of equip stats, different foes in each battl…
- EBF5 v2 launching soon! - 6 February 2020
Hey guys, the big EBF5 version 2 update is going to go live for everyone on Steam on Saturday the 15th. I’m announcing this early because the price of EBF5 is going to go from $15 to $20, so consider this your last chance to buy it at the old price! The current opt-in version, which I just updated, is pretty much finished (v2.0.0, no BETA label on the main menu), but I might still make some minor balancing tweaks before the final launch. Either way, it’s time to get it shipped! And if you don’t want to wait, you might as well play it now. (to opt-in, go to the game’s properties in the Steam client, and select v2.0 in the betas tab) Here’s a spoiler-free summary of what’s new: • 52 “new” foes, with a large portion of them being bosses or mini bosses. • 31 new achievements. • 16 new Flair equips, 12 new skills and 2 new limit breaks. • 50 new monster cards – a new item type. • A new biome…
- Version 2.0.6 is up - 19 December 2019
If you're opted into the beta, this should be an automatic update the next time you start Steam. If you want to check out the beta, you can opt in by going to Steam Client -> Epic Battle Fanasty 5 -> Properties -> Betas -> Version 2.0 Russian, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese languages are almost finished now, but the other languages are still a work in progress. If you haven't heard about the massive Version 2.0 update, here's an earlier post that explains some of the new content. Finally, here's a list of the bugs that have been (hopefully) fixed in 2.0.6.
- EBF5 v2.0 Beta is live! - 30 November 2019
Hi Folks, The EBF5v2.0 Steam Beta is now live! For a spoiler free summary of all the new content and features you can check out this earlier announcement. You are more than welcome to stream and make videos of the v2.0 content, but please do not spoil anything in the titles, thumbnails or video descriptions until the beta is over! Here's how to take part in the beta: From your Steam library, right click on Epic Battle Fantasy 5, select Properties, go to the Betas tab, and from the drop down menu select v2.0. You may need to update and/or restart Steam first. Once the update is downloaded and you start the game you’ll want to make sure you’re on the right version by checking that the main menu says “Deluxe version 2.0.3 BETA BUILD”. Your old saves should be compatible with the update, but you should make sure to have backups in case there are any problems. At this time the update is in E…
- Epic Battle Fantasy 5 "version 2" Beta - coming soon! - 13 November 2019
Hey guys, a big update to EBF5 is coming at the end of this month! You'll have the option to opt-into the beta of EBF5 "version 2". The beta should be quite stable (but maybe a bit unbalanced), and it will be English-only, with other languages coming later. If you want to wait for the 100% finished version, that'll probably be ready in January. Here's a spoiler-free summary of what's new: • 52 "new" foes, with a large portion of them being bosses or mini bosses. • 31 new achievements. • 16 new Flair equips, 12 new skills and 2 new limit breaks. • 50 new monster cards - a new item type. • A new biome, 3 new dungeons, and many secret areas. • Significant balancing and quality of life changes. • A "Cheats and Challenges" menu that lets you customize the difficulty to a massive degree. • A "Custom Quest" menu that lets you start a new game with major changes - such as playing with only one…
