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During the development of Pizza Tower (as early as June 18th 2018), lead developer McPig would hold various livestreams on Twitch, showcasing progress on the game. Unfortunately though, most of the full VODs are lost media, with less than 50 currently surviving online, and a vast majority of other streams only existing as Twitch clips and some Twitter/Discord highlights (and as a meme in one case).
Note that game audio is rarely, if ever heard in these streams due to McPig listening to music while working.
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2021
drawing kids party sprites (January 18, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream is almost entirely making the sprites for Peshino and the Toppin Monsters. Notable moments include:
1:18:32 - McPig drawing a completely different sprite for the Cheese Monster before changing his mind and deleting it.
1:46:45 - McPig drawing different designs for the Sausage Monster's face for 3 minutes. The sprite he made is an idle sprite that went unused in the final game.
2:00:13 - McPig drawing the Pineapple Toppin alerting the Monsters, a mechanic that was replaced by the Pineapple Monster in the final game. This is followed by McPig drawing several random monster designs, likely just for fun.
more backgroundi, macaroni (January 28, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeIn this stream McPig draws backgrounds for a jail, which was made for a city level that eventually became The Pig City, a background for Oh Shit!, and a little bit of another background for Oh Shit! before ending stream.
more backgroundi, macaroni (January 29, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream starts off immediately after the last one ends. In the stream, McPig draws the rest of the background for Oh Shit! started last stream and a background for Don't Make a Sound.
Testing out stuff + Hud elements (March 30, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeIn this stream, McPig plays through every level, refining a few room layouts as he goes along, as well as showcasing the new HUD.
- Both the score count and the TV are much closer to the center of the screen than they are in the April 3rd 2021 build.
- The HUD doesn't display the amount of bullets the player has.
- The TV is missing sprites for the combo.
papa john's mansion (May 5, 2021) (LOST)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream showcased the tiling for the April 2021 version of Mansion. The full VOD is currently lost, but this surviving clip shows the game looking very similar to April 2021, albeit with Mansion being mostly tiled, as seen in the files of later available builds.
- This is the last known footage where the destructible blocks retain their old designs, as they'd be replaced with their Rework designs later that month.
Redesigning medieval for new knight mechanics (WIP) (May 24, 2021) (LOST)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream was exactly what the title says. The full VOD is currently lost.
- Pizzascape appears like a mix between its April 2021 and Rework iterations.
- The score and TV were pushed up closer to the corners, much like it appeared in Rework.
- The Knight transformation's moveset is similar to how it is in the final game, but more "snappy".
- Hitting enemies and blocks at Mach 2 puts the player in the same state as when hitting a block while grabbing.
- Blocks have been redesigned to their Rework appearance, as mentioned above.
- Stupid Rats are also implemented now.
- Pillar John has his final sprites, replacing the design he's had since April 2018.
Farming level redesigning (June 10, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeIn this stream, McPig redesigns Fun Farm for Mort's new moveset, which is very similar to the final game's. This stream was on YouTube due to Twitch being down at the moment. Notable moments include:
6:53 - McPig plays a bit of Wasteyard, in which the fire transformation and ghost transformation are seen. The fire transformation is now the same as in the final game.
48:48 - McPig plays Fun Farm, showing off Mort's new moveset, though the sprites are unfinished. The potato enemies are using placeholder sprites and will move towards the player unless variable "move" is set to false.
53:32 - Concept art of Mort's new moveset appears on screen.
2:07:23 - McPig plays Wasteyard again, this time long enough to show that the ghost transformation can possess enemies as seen in the Rework build.
feed my singular eye (October 1, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeIn this stream, McPig draws up some decorative big Johns for the background of John Gutter's first room, shows off one of the first bits of post-Rework gameplay with a run-through of the level, and then he plays Cookie Clicker. Minor spoilers; Peppino's moveset hasn't changed much, although the Mach 4 build-up nerf from the Eggplant build has been implemented. The worst of both worlds.
8:20 - The level's exit door is now placed on its special podium. This first room is also the only room to utilize the pinkish checkered backdrop at this point in development; It would later be re-added to the other rooms that had it in previous builds, around the start of 2022.
8:23 - The regular breakable blocks have now been finalized with its purple bricks, while the metal block has been replaced with a metallic recolor of those purple bricks. These would be reverted back to their 2018 design right before the release of the Eggplant build.
9:14 - The secret eye is seen for perhaps the first time. Some of them need multiple triggers to be touched in order for them to appear, a feature that was present in the Rework Build, but lacked proper sprites and didn't function properly due to a programming error.
9:22 - Dead John Blocks take at least three hits to break when not in Mach 3. Right after, the finalized small cheese blocks can be seen, as can the big cheese block in the "Super Slump" room.
9:34 - Wallrunning is still absent.
10:53 - The finalized Pizza Time timer has been implemented, however the numerical countdown is absent, and an animated sprite of Peppino's arm wearing a wristwatch is visible to the left. These sprites were disabled in the Eggplant build, however they still remain in the data.win file.
10:59 - The Dead John Blocks respawn during Pizza Time.
Peppino might or might not have learned kung fu (November 12, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeIn this stream, McPig shows off some new moves for Peppino that replace his grab, which was reverted for the final game, and works on re-tiling Bloodsauce Dungeon with its new tileset. At the start, he also playtests the retiled Ancient Cheese that is the same as the Rework build but with the new tileset. Wall running has the same sprites as the final game and functions like it does in the Eggplant Build. Some enemies appear tinted yellow, indicating that they use their unused heat attacks by default and are harder to kill. Eyes are now used to bring to Peppino to secret rooms, but the rooms are still small.
2:00 - McPig plays through Ancient Cheese.
1:36:42 - McPig plays through Bloodsauce Dungeon.
American Peppermerican (November 18, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream has McPig playtesting the now fully retiled Bloodsauce Dungeon before working on retiling the old version of Oregano Desert. The ground tiles aside from the main ground were completely different.
1:16 - McPig plays through the newly retiled Bloodsauce Dungeon.
3:57 - McPig shows the new Oregano Desert main ground with the fully tiled first room.
2:05:38 - McPig plays Oregano Desert, with more rooms tiled.
2:08:39 - McPig shows a bit of Gnome Forest with the first room fully tiled, though the new tileset was made in-between April 2021 and Rework.
2:09:20 - McPig shows a bit of GOLF, looking the same as Rework.
2:10:47 - McPig shows a bit of the early Peppibot Factory, also seemingly the same as Rework.
2:11:25 - McPig shows some Space Pinball, also the same as Rework.
2:11:56 - McPig shows the early Crust Cove, originally known as Pineapple Beach, again the same as Rework.
American Peppermerican 2 (November 19, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream is continued from the previous one, where McPig continues retiling Oregano Desert. This includes him working on the cave tiles and completely redoing the Pizzamart tiles.
1:05 - McPig shows the updated Oregano Desert again for a quick recap.
1:34 - The Pizzacar is shown properly working in-game. It acts the same as the motorcycle in the Rework build except that the pizza character Phil is in it and you have to get him out to use it. Newer builds broke it so that you cannot kill him.
3:33 - McPig gives farewell to the old Pizzamart tiles and starts making the new tiles.
P for Peter (November 26, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream consists of McPig making the P rank sprites. He also showcases the then-new combo, marking the beginning of a new gameplay design philosophy to be used throughout the rest of development.
34:21 - McPig playtests John Gutter with the new combo.
36:40 - McPig playtests a bit of Pizzascape.
Peppino of La Mancha (December 3, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeIn this stream, McPig makes a joke sprite of John before spriting the Priests.
1:50:08 - McPig plays a version of Pizzascape's last room that seems to test the arenas, but a Forknight spawns behind a gate making it impossible.
1:51:09 - McPig tries to get a full combo on John Gutter for the rest of the stream.
Gimme some space (December 10, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream has McPig tiling Deep-Dish 9. The combo is also finalized now, paving the way for future gameplay. He also makes concept art for a potential American Pepperman game and shows the title screen art which had already been finished.
3:12 - McPig playtests the first and second rooms.
27:55 - McPig begins working on the new tileset for the first planet.
war is tilesets (December 16, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig works on tiling WAR. At this point, the level has heavily shaped up from Rework, getting its timer.
3:31 - McPig playtests WAR.
4:09:12 - McPig plays a bit of a modded Antonball Deluxe as Peppino.
4:15:47 - McPig decides to play Fight Knight for a bit.
tlestes (December 17, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubePicking up from where the last stream ended, McPig continues tiling WAR.
4:12 - McPig plays some Tabletop Simulator.
14:55 - McPig makes a joke face in the WAR tileset before deleting it.
3:55:46 - McPig playtests WAR with the in-game audio, revealing that the landmine sounds were added along with Thousand March.
4:00:14 - McPig playtests John Gutter with updated tiles for the new things added in November.
4:01:20 - The new Pizza Time theme has been implemented.
4:02:23 - When using Gerome, a slightly different version of The Death That I Deservioli was added, still being in the files of the Eggplant Patreon build. It has a cut ending section but otherwise is mostly the same as the final.
4:05:56 - McPig starts playing Samurai Gunn 2.
Tileman: The Secret of Dumbledore (December 21, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream has McPig working on tiling the Rework era version of Don't Make A Sound for the second and third floors.
39:10 - McPig shows the first rooms of the second and first floors with tiles.
2:34:12 - McPig shows the first room of the third floor with tiles.
Christmas Party for Kids! (December 23, 2021)#
Watch on YouTubeFor Christmas, McPig has dumped all of the Rework era Don't Make A Sound stuff and works on the new version.
1:22 - The first look at the new Don't Make A Sound is seen. The level has lots of placeholders all around.
3:01:31 - An updated playtest of Don't Make A Sound is done by McPig.
2022
Kids Party Level (January 5, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig works on tiling Don't Make A Sound, now being mostly the same as the Eggplant version but with lots of tweaks made in development. He also sprites the jumpscares and the flying patroller.
0:40 - McPig playtests Don't Make A Sound in its then-current state.
Neverending Party (January 6, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeContinued from the previous stream, McPig works on the secrets for Don't Make A Sound and continues tweaking the level in general. He sprites the Oktober Fest jumpscare as well.
2:46:43 - McPig playtests the slightly more finished Don't Make A Sound.
Adult Party (January 7, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig continues Don't Make A Sound, this time completely redoing the secret tiles while at it.
8:40 - Another Don't Make A Sound playtest.
2:42:02 - McPig starts experimenting with the secret tiles.
2:47:07 - McPig starts working on the new secret tileset.
Chateau tiling (January 12, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig works on making the new tiles and backgrounds for Pizzascare.
2:09 - McPig uses the Stupid Rat class sprited in December 2021 in a Doom II mod.
1:53:59 - A new loading bar was added before booting to the title screen.
1:54:11 - McPig playtests the entirety of Pizzascare at this point, still with the Hardoween era backgrounds.
2:19:10 - A slideshow of Stupid Rat-themed artwork is shown.
Lately nightely nightely nightely night (January 14, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeA continuation from last stream, some more Pizzascare tiling.
2:02:35 - A near-complete playtest of Pizzascare is seen.
5:07:39 - An experiment is made with the Pizzascare interior background, changing from blue to red. This gets reverted pretty quickly.
Cheesesteak Misadventure (January 23, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream has McPig work on tiling Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator.
1:29 - A full playtest of Freezerator is seen.
2:09 - At this point, the jetpacks use the Pepper Pizza sprite and send you into the firemouth jump state, likely as a placeholder.
4:02 - Fake Santa has a sprite now, but with only 1 frame. He is much smaller than the final.
4:51 - McPig accidentally softlocks himself, so he uses the noclip command.
6:09 - The super jetpack uses the firemouth jump state as well.
Stayin' Alive (February 24, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig plays multiple levels in this stream, to show progress made after a hiatus.
2:14 - The first level here is Refrigerator-Refrigerador-Freezerator continued from last stream. It is now mostly the same as Eggplant.
3:15 - The second level is the new version of Peppibot Factory, having very different tiles early on.
6:53 - The third level is Oh Shit! which is mostly the same as Eggplant aside from no tiles.
10:45 - The fourth level is The Pig City, which has a much smaller opening house and lots of layout changes here and there.
20:59 - McPig decides to replay those four levels to showcase them.
58:39 - McPig plays John Gutter to try getting a full combo. He never does.
Another crack at golf (Missing GMLive dearly) (February 28, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig works on finishing GOLF's level design.
1:29 - A playtest of GOLF in its then-current state is seen.
47:16 - McPig starts spriting the changed walking sprites for Greaseball.
Galfing (We got GMLive!) (March 1, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeA continuation of last stream.
0:43 - Another playtest of GOLF.
I'M GOLFIN' HERE! (March 1, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeAnother part of Another crack at golf.
12:30 - Yet another GOLF playtest.
You dont have the right to stream, O, you dont have the right, therefore, stream space level design (March 8, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeQuite the mouthful, was it? Anyways, this is a stream for overhauling Deep-Dish 9.
1:38 - The inevitable playtest of Deep-Dish 9.
3:35 - McPig showcases Fast Food Saloon which had been finished in terms of level design behind the scenes.
The forest level. (March 14, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeGnome Forest level design. Nuff said.
1:55 - An obligatory playtest. Notably, the gnome pizzas use a blue pizza box.
1:06:07 - More finished playtest.
Loving every tree (March 15, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeA continuation, more Gnome Forest, running out of things to say.
3:29 - McPig plays the fangame "Ruined in Wario".
11:34 - The usual playtests.
Son of beach (March 17, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig decides to remake Crust Cove in the new "plage" map.
50:10 - The first playtest of Crust Cove.
Do The Barnman (March 25, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeSome Fun Farm level designing.
3:03 - A playtest, notably including cut TV text.
2:28:37 - McPig plays a little Don't Make A Sound...
2:29:11 - ...and WAR...
2:35:52 - ...and more Don't Make A Sound...
2:44:38 - ...and Pizzascare...
2:50:04 - ...and Freezerator...
3:00:54 - ...and Peppibot Factory...
3:13:25 - ...and The Pig City...
3:21:35 - ...and GOLF...
3:28:04 - ...and Deep-Dish 9...
3:32:38 - ...and Gnome Forest...
3:38:50 - ...and Crust Cove...
3:43:58 - ...and, finally, Fast Food Saloon.
Back in snacktion (No longer sick) (April 6, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig works on overhauling Wasteyard. However, this would not be the last overhaul, as later that year a second overhaul was made.
1:11 - Some playtestin'.
4:17:36 - A full playtest.
Badlands (April 8, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeIn this stream, McPig remakes Oregano Desert in the new "badland" map.
35:30 - The first playtest of the new Oregano Desert.
1:32:09 - McPig lands in cow purgatory as a joke.
??? (April 20, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeIn this stream, McPig plays a semi-early version of the first public demo for Sugary Spire, an AU fangame of Pizza Tower that swaps the roles of The Noise and Peppino (now Pizzelle and Pizzano), as well as the other familiar cast, while also swapping out the pizza thematics with tooth-rotting sweets.
But this article isn't about that game, it's about Pizza Tower. Not much can be seen in this stream PT-wise, except for an unfinished Pizzascare secret being present in the background.
1:37 - This is also the last known stream to display usage of the purple opaque blocks. These would be replaced with the final pink translucent sprite at some point the week after.
Power Hour (May 15, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream has McPig working on updating the Gnome Forest level design and making more tiles for the secrets.
0:15 - A playtest. Notice how Gerome is no longer at the start of the level.
Big Man of Tile (May 19, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig works on tiling The Pig City.
Big Man of Tile part 2 (May 19, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeA continuation, more Pig City.
Big Pig of Tile (May 20, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeThe end of the "Big Man of Tile" trilogy. Breakdancing was also added.
2:02:32 - A full playtest.
3:15:36 - Oregano Desert's first new room was tiled.
3:34:55 - McPig decides to rework the Oregano Desert ground tiles.
Five miles of my sewer are plugged with crud and sludge! (September 19, 2022)#
Watch on YouTubeMcPig works on the tiles for Oh Shit!
42:30 - McPig makes a joke sprite on top of the Giant Cheese Slime sprite based on his short film dragonbouke.
3:18:38 - The title screen is now the same as the October 2022 playtest build.
3:19:10 - A playtest of the level in full.
3:25:54 - The pause menu is still the Eggplant/Rework version.
steamed (November 6, 2022) (PARTIALLY LOST)#
Watch on YouTubeThis stream has McPig working on the Steam cover art for the game as it is nearing completion at this point. The stream is partially lost because at the end the recorder's phone started overheating and they didn't keep Twitch running.