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The prequel story in comic book form BROK: First Hat is available!
March 29, 2026 by COWCAT
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#brok, #gator, #comic, #book, #action, #beatemup, #brawler
Hi, In case you missed the news: - BROK: First Hat is a comic book that tells the story of how Brok became detective. Available as standalone! https://cowcat.itch.io/brok-first-hat-comic-book - Also c... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.5.4.4
October 30, 2025 by COWCAT
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1.5.4.4 ----------------------- - Fixed: In mouse mode, player could move towards crates with height at the wrong position. - Fixed: Wrong characters positioning in Rupture ending. 1.5.4.3 -----------... Continue reading
Soundtrack updated with Brawl Bar tracks!
September 30, 2025 by COWCAT
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#ost, #soundtrack, #brawl, #bar
There are now 11 new tracks from "BROK: The Brawl Bar" added to the OST .zip! Enjoy!... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.5.3.7
August 26, 2025 by COWCAT
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1.5.3.7 ----------------------- - Fixed: Unlocking a lot of fanarts caused a memory leak, potentially causing the next room change to softlock. - Fanarts now automatically archive per year, according... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.5.2
August 09, 2025 by COWCAT
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1.5.0 - MAJOR UPDATE -------------------- This update brings all the improvements of the coming "The Brawl Bar" to the main game (in particular, action gameplay such as parry and many, many adjustment... Continue reading
Get ready to party with BROK: THE BRAWL BAR, August 13th!
July 21, 2025 by COWCAT
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#videogame, #ps4, #ps5, #xbox, #switch, #steam, #pc, #animals, #furry, #fight, #beatemup, #fighting, #boxing, #arena
Solo or with a friend in co-op, take on crazy challenges inspired by the Smash Bros series "Event matches", taken to the next level with addictive and creative mechanics. In this gritty-yet-humorous b... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.4.8 - Korean translation added & Spanish re-translation
January 30, 2025 by COWCAT
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#korean, #beatemup
1.4.8 --------- - Added Korean translation and Spanish re-translation. Thanks to Turvey and Marcos Del Sol Vives! (Rvs 20861) 1.4.7.7 --------- - 110 new fanarts. 1.4.7.6 --------- - Added VR characte... Continue reading
APK now available for Android!
August 31, 2024 by COWCAT
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#android, #furry, #vn, #beatemup, #playstore, #pointandclick, #adventure, #croc, #brok, #gator
BROK the InvestiGator is now available as a DRM free Android .apk file if you buy it on itch.io! Ideal for anyone who doesn't/can't use Google PlayStore! I can't set a different price though, so for n... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.4.7
February 17, 2024 by COWCAT
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1.4.7 -------- - Fixes potential crashes during co-op if fighting in the police department over the panels. - Fixes potential crash with accessibility during the sewers panel mini game. - Fixes autode... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.4.6
December 04, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.4.6 -------------------- - Fixed taking damage several times if we pause during specific moments (like getting hit by spikes) - Fixed double hurt voice during specific moments (like getting hit by s... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.4.5.1 Mac & Linux
November 18, 2023 by COWCAT
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I have also updated both Mac and Linux versions, which now include the co-op features. Enjoy!... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.4.5.1
November 17, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.4.5.1 -------------------- - Fixed unable to click on the player with the mouse (to get back on feet when thrown or special attack.) (Rvs 19230)... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.4.5
November 12, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.4.5 -------------------- - Fixed possible softlock if coop character pressed a button on the bunker ball game at the same time as main player while off. - Fixed throwing an item which would fall on... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.4.4
November 07, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.4.4 -------------------- - Fixed possible softlock if we would jump on the bunker button exactly when the countdown was over in chapter 4. - Fixed crash if companion character would get close to the... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.4.2/3
November 03, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.4.3 -------------------- - Fixed: Switching page on the artbook with L/R would cause a crash. - Fixed: Doing this also caused the pointer to not move the page around sometimes. - Fixed accessibility... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.4.0 - CO-OP AVAILABLE!
November 01, 2023 by COWCAT
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#multiplayer, #coop, #local, #beatemup, #pointandclick, #adventure, #furry, #co-op, #steam
Up to 4 players can now experience the adventure together! Player 1 can use either keyboard/mouse or a controller. Each co-op player requires the use of a controller. (any kind supported: Xbox, PS4, P... Continue reading
Physical Edition pre-order!
September 28, 2023 by COWCAT
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#merchandise, #physical
📣 PHYSICAL EDITION 📣 I'm proud to announce that 6 years of efforts will be packaged in console game boxes through Red Art Games! ⤵️ https://www.redartgames.com/search?controller=search&s=Bro... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.3.6.3
June 10, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.3.6.1, 1.3.6.2, 1.3.6.3 -------------------- - Menu cards to announce the Brok plush on Makeship. - Fixed some tutorials displayed incorrectly since 1.3.5... Continue reading
Limited Brok plushie available!
June 08, 2023 by COWCAT
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#plushie, #plush, #croc, #gator, #makeship
A plushie of Brok is now available to pre-order on the Makeship website. Only for 21 days! https://www.makeship.com/products/brok-the-investigator-plush... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.3.6
May 23, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.3.6 -------------------- - "Tramp" character outfit fixed. - Added new option for "full scale" (in addition to the default "keep aspect ratio") - This option also allows for choosing a background or... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.3.5
April 18, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.3.5 -------------------- - Fixed: Player gets stuck if performing a special attack while simultaneously falling into a pit. - Fixed: Player gets stuck if performing a special attack while eating som... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.3.4 - More accessibility fixes & new option for more languages!
April 06, 2023 by COWCAT
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This update aims at fixing a lot of accessibility issues reported, as well as introduce a new option: it is now possible to have text-to-speech spoken in more languages by using a plugin! More explana... Continue reading
Linux version now has accessibility!
March 15, 2023 by COWCAT
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I have just updated the Linux version to 1.3.2 like the Windows and Mac versions. Good news, it appears the GameMaker upgrade I did since last version fixed both the Xbox gamepad compatibility issues... Continue reading
Mac version now has (most) accessibility features
March 13, 2023 by COWCAT
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#accessibility, #a11y
The Mac version has been updated and has the accessibility features! Except one: positional audio unfortunately had to be disabled as it causes crashes, due to a bug in GameMaker. Until there's a fix... Continue reading
Demo updated with accessibility features
March 12, 2023 by COWCAT
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#demo, #a11y, #accessibility
I have updated the BROK Prologue to the latest code version, which in addition to many bug fixes, contains the accessibility features introduced this week! For more info, check this announcement: http... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.3.1
March 11, 2023 by COWCAT
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#accessibility, #a11y
1.3.1 -------------------- - Accessibility: added a "no screen shaking" option. - Accessibility: added an "automatically ask to skip fights" option. - Accessibility: you can now press the repeat butto... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.3.0: Accessibility - BROK is now fully playable by blind gamers!
March 09, 2023 by COWCAT
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#accessibility, #blind, #visual, #impaired, #disabled, #adventuregame, #pointandclick, #beatemup, #visualnovel
1.3.0 -------------------- ACCESSIBILITY UPDATE BROK is now the first full-fledged adventure game to be fully playable by blind or visually impaired players ! - Fully narrated via text-to-speech and a... Continue reading
BROK the InvestiGator now available on consoles
March 01, 2023 by COWCAT
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#consoles, #ps4, #ps5, #xbox, #switch, #furry, #adventure, #beatemup, #pointandclick, #visualnovel
BROK the InvestiGator is now available on all platforms including PC, PS4™, PS5™, Xbox and Nintendo Switch™. The accomplishment of 6 years of work! Time to make some noise, folks! Tell your frie... Continue reading
Demo is back
February 04, 2023 by COWCAT
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Just realized I had mistakenly removed the demo from the page. Sorry about that! I've restored it... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.2.7 & 1.2.8
January 19, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.2.8 -------------------- - The game now saves the extras unlocked when exiting the menu (instead of when clicking on each extra) - Fixed: Doing an uppercut right before a special attack would interr... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.2.6
January 01, 2023 by COWCAT
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1.2.6 -------------------- - Reduced memory use in the last scenes. - Russian localization fully proofread (thanks to onee1d1d) - Changed expression in HUD when dead to the hurt expression instead of... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.2.5
December 21, 2022 by COWCAT
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1.2.5 -------------------- - Fixed: Story progress issues if exiting the game while fighting bots at the start of Chapter 5. - Fixed: Rare bug that prevents progression in Virtual Arena when killing d... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.2.3 & 1.2.4
December 16, 2022 by COWCAT
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1.2.4 -------------------- - Fixed possible softlock if defeating the rats (first fight in Chapter 1) while on top of the building. - Fixed crash if falling from the highway at the start of Chapter 4... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.2.2
November 27, 2022 by COWCAT
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1.2.2 -------------------- - Fixed: Throwing items in the pit in Chapter 6 crashes the game. - Fixed: The crate in the bunker was sometimes not possible to jump over. - Fixed: Incorrect 2 brain points... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.2.1
November 25, 2022 by COWCAT
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1.2.1 -------------------- - All the Kickstarter characters (background viewers in VR arena) are now implemented! - Fixed minor bug: We can hit walls in places where it shouldn't happen (eg right outs... Continue reading
COMBAT UPDATE IS AVAILABLE! (1.2.0)
November 24, 2022 by COWCAT
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##beatemup, ##pointandclick, ##furry, ##rats, ##gator, ##fight, ##fighter
The major combat update which has been in the work for 2 months is finally available!!! It is 100% free and addresses the last major area of the game that got some criticism. Now this game is perfect,... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.1.2
October 30, 2022 by COWCAT
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1.1.2 -------------------- - Added possibility to define custom gamepad mappings internally (for now, no interface) - This fixes the issue with PS5 controller on Windows wired and not using Steam Xinp... Continue reading
Now available on Mac and Linux! (Update 1.1.1)
October 03, 2022 by COWCAT
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#mac, #linux, #ubuntu, #beatemup, #furry, #adventuregame, #pointandclick
BROK the InvestiGator is now available on Mac! Also a Linux version is available and exclusive to itch.io, for several reasons (see the "Linux version - Please read" part on the store page) Also -15%... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.1.0
September 23, 2022 by COWCAT
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1.1.0 -------------------- This update prepares for the coming ports (Mac, Linux & consoles) The middleware (GameMaker) has been upgraded to latest version. As such, the game is now a 64 bit executabl... Continue reading
UPDATE 1.0.12
September 13, 2022 by COWCAT
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1.0.12 -------------------- - Fixed the invoices are now removed from inventory after fighting those drones. - Fixed a certain character is now considered dead if Graff didn't meet them (also adds an... Continue reading
BROK the InvestiGator is now available on itch.io!
September 02, 2022 by COWCAT
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#beatemup, #adventure, #furry, #pointandclick, #visualnovel
As promised, my ambitious "Punch & Click" adventure is now available here! BROK has received critical acclaim on Steam ( 99% positive with more than 140 reviews, 4.5 / 5 on AdventureGamers.com review... Continue reading
It's BROKING time!
August 27, 2022 by COWCAT
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#brok, #adventuregame, #pointandclick, #beatemup, #visualnovel, #furry
BROK the InvestiGator is now OUT on Steam & GOG! https://store.steampowered.com/app/949480/BROK_the_InvestiGator/ The launch was amazing and it reached New & Trending!! I'll make a proper release anno... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.16 (August 18th 2022)
August 18, 2022 by COWCAT
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This should be the last update of the demo before the full launch on August 26th! (September 2nd on itch.io) - Fixed : Kins (rat) would sometimes not join the fight with the others, leading to having... Continue reading
BROK the InvestiGator is coming August 26th!
August 09, 2022 by COWCAT
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#launch, #beat'emup, #adventure, #pointandclick, #furry
Six long years of hard work coming to fruition... BROK the InvestiGator will release August 26th (it's a Friday!) on Steam and GOG for $19.99! Trailer: Twitter: https://twitter.com/COWCATGames/status/... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.15.7
June 11, 2022 by COWCAT
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PROLOGUE 1.15.7 (June 11th 2022) ------------------------------------------ - Fixed : Special attack (attacks would often miss because enemies were thrown after a few hits but they shouldn't)... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.15.6
June 02, 2022 by COWCAT
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PROLOGUE 1.15.6 (June 1st 2022) ------------------------------------------ - Fixed : Pausing the game during choices resulted in a lockup - Fixed : Wrong detection of the list of enemies remaining to... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.15.5
May 24, 2022 by COWCAT
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PROLOGUE 1.15.5 (May 24th, 2022) ------------------------------------------ - Fixed : Saving the lines of dialogue already seen (was broken since 1.15) - Fixed : Pressing ALT to guard with keyboard di... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.15 - MAJOR UPDATE - New enemies, dynamic fights
May 13, 2022 by COWCAT
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#beatemup, #brawler, #fight, #crocodile, #croc, #gator, #cat, #rat, #robot, #digital, #dragons
PROLOGUE 1.15 (May 11th 2022) ------------------------------------------ - BIG update! This includes all the improvements and changes performed over the last year. - Overall the adventure content is t... Continue reading
BROK the InvestiGator - New Trailer
December 02, 2021 by COWCAT
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#trailer, #brok, #croc, #gator, #cat, #rat, #mink, #bird, #mouse, #dingo, #adventure, #game, #beatemup, #fight, #battle, #videogame, #cyberpunk, #rpg
Here's a brand new trailer to celebrate the one year of the Prologue release & the original announcement! :)... Continue reading
Full version of BROK is now slated for 2022
September 26, 2021 by COWCAT
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Hello BROK players! Well, you've seen the title. It's time to get realistic, I won't be able to release BROK this winter. Not that the development didn't progress well, on the contrary! But evaluating... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.14
May 17, 2021 by COWCAT
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PROLOGUE 1.14 (May 18th 2021) ------------------------------------------ - Added better walk animations for Brok. - Fixed : Music sometimes didn't loop correctly during the interrogation. - Fixed : Cu... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.13 + Kickstarter 346% funded!
February 05, 2021 by COWCAT
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Hey, BROK fans! The Kickstarter is now over and wow... 41,588 € and 1060 backers! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cowcatgames/brok-the-investigator/posts/309... Now I'll be fully focused on the... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.12 + Fanart contest
January 27, 2021 by COWCAT
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#fanart, #contest, #giveaway, #furry, #croc, #gator, #brock, #fighting, #beatemup, #adventure, #pointandclick
Hello BROK fans! I have updated the BROK Prologue with the latest fanarts I've received and to fix the newest bugs reported. By the way, be sure to participate in our Kickstarter fanart contest! And d... Continue reading
KICKSTARTER LAUNCH & PROLOGUE 1.11 UPDATE
January 05, 2021 by COWCAT
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#kickstarter, #prologue, #croc, #gator, #furry, #launch, #attack, #special, #crowdfunding
Hey, BROK players! The Kickstarter is LIVE! Feel free to support the project and get some exclusive rewards! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cowcatgames/brok-the-investigator In addition, I have... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.10
December 18, 2020 by COWCAT
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#croc, #gator, #furry, #fighting, #beatemup, #pointandclick, #adventure, #story
PROLOGUE 1.10 -------------------- - Loadings improved : The assets cache was way too small. I increased it, which makes coming back to previous rooms MUCH faster (at the cost of a little more RAM usa... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.09
December 12, 2020 by COWCAT
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#croc, #gator, #furry, #beatemup, #adventure
PROLOGUE 1.09 -------------------- - Fixed bug : Entering the lake in front of Shay's garage with special effects disabled could cause a crash. - Fixed bug : Clicking very fast at the title screen the... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.07
December 07, 2020 by COWCAT
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#brok, #furry, #croc, #beatemup, #pointandclick, #adventuregame
PROLOGUE 1.07 -------------------- - Fixed bug : Ads for the world map weren't listed in the menu, leading to incorrect total. - Fixed potential bug : Events were not blocked in-between loading a save... Continue reading
PROLOGUE 1.06
December 06, 2020 by COWCAT
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PROLOGUE 1.06 -------------------- - Fixed bug : Save confirmation when overwriting a manual save was missing. - Fixed bug : Closing summary restarted the game but kept all variables, meaning starting... Continue reading
Thank you, new followers! Kickstarter coming soon!
December 06, 2020 by COWCAT
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#croc, #gator, #furry, #kickstarter, #beatemup, #adventure, #pc, #ps4, #ps5, #xbox, #switch
Hello everyone, I'm super pleased by the interest BROK is generating here :) Just wanted to let you know, a Kickstarter will be launched on January 5th! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cowcatgame... Continue reading
"BROK" PROLOGUE AVAILABLE!
December 03, 2020 by COWCAT
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Hi! After 4 years of work, I'm finally ready to unveil my new adventure game - "BROK the InvestiGator!" A free prologue is available RIGHT NOW! GRAB it, PLAY it, and POST a review on the store page! T... Continue reading