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Blush, the new game from those Raptor Safari guys

SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Games and Technology
...which is to say, us, Flashbang :). it's sort of a physics-based underwater 5-minute RPG thing. You gain speed and tentacle segments for returning eggs, which you get for destroying critters. As you upgrade, you can more easily fight off the larger creatures. It feels somewhat like Hammerfall, if you've played that (which you should - it's fantastic!) Plus, crystalline attack sperm. Nuff said.


Edit: Direct link to Vimeo trailer:

http://vimeo.com/3427308



Annnnd, we're releasing sometime around 2pm PST. If you want, can hang around our UStream chat for up to the moment not-release followed by a single beautiful moment of release. Or something.

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For clarification, Matthew has posted about Raptor Safari and Minotaur China Shop and such here before, so this isn't some kind of douchey cold-post thing. He's just doing other stuff, so I'm posting. BOINGGGG!

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    We like your game so it's cool.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yeah that looks pretty awesome.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    You might still want to explain this to a mod, but I'd like to see this thread stick around. Will give this a shot when I get home!

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  • SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    darleysam wrote: »
    You might still want to explain this to a mod, but I'd like to see this thread stick around. Will give this a shot when I get home!
    You mean, PM a mod about this being my first post or whatever?

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  • A-PuckA-Puck Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    SteveSwinkFBS wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    You might still want to explain this to a mod, but I'd like to see this thread stick around. Will give this a shot when I get home!
    You mean, PM a mod about this being my first post or whatever?

    Well, ideally you should have PM'd a mod for permission to link whore.

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  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    This looks interesting. You...play a jellyfish? Kinda like Aquaria but with a focus on physics?

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  • SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Ah yeah, good point. I will do so now!

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  • SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Lanrutcon wrote: »
    This looks interesting. You...play a jellyfish? Kinda like Aquaria but with a focus on physics?
    Yeah, it's sort of a physics-based underwater 5-minute RPG thing. You gain speed and tentacle segments for returning eggs, which you get for destroying critters. As you upgrade, you can more easily fight off the larger creatures. It somewhat feels like Hammerfall, if you've played that (which you should - it's soooo good!)

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Why can't I play this yet.

    By which I mean, this game looks very interesting.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    It looks like the first phase of Spore made not boring.

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  • SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    LewieP wrote: »
    Why can't I play this yet.

    By which I mean, this game looks very interesting.

    We're busting ass to get it out in the next few hours!

    Well, I'm not. I'm posting in forums and emailing folks to let them know. But rest assured, there are SOME of us here at Flashbang who are actually working :).

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  • SceptreSceptre Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Well, I have no idea what's going on in the trailer, it's either a spore type amoeba game, or some sort of impregnation simulator.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    That trailer looks somewhat interesting, but when you make a thread about a game you're usually expected to provide some information about it around here.

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  • SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Peewi wrote: »
    That trailer looks somewhat interesting, but when you make a thread about a game you're usually expected to provide some information about it around here.

    What more information do you need?

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  • Fig-DFig-D SoCalRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Just throw a summary and some pictures in your original post, tell people what the game is like, get them interested.

    Posting the name and "hey click this link" is kinda looked down upon. Treat it like you would a column preview in a gaming magazine, but with more pictures. If the trailer is on youtube then go ahead and post the youtube link, it'll auto-embed the trailer in your post for all to see.

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  • METAzraeLMETAzraeL Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Ooh, I like this. In an hour, eh?

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    SteveSwinkFBS wrote:
    Heya!

    I posted about our upcoming game here:

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=84365

    ...when really, I should have dropped you a line about it first. Sorry! My line of thought was: people have posted here about our previous games, Raptor Safari, Minotaur China Shop, they would probably be interested in our latest game. Apologies if this is against the rules.

    Thanks for your time!

    -Steve
    I don't know why I was PM'd about this thread, but uh. Neat.

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  • SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Fig-D wrote: »
    Just throw a summary and some pictures in your original post, tell people what the game is like, get them interested.

    Posting the name and "hey click this link" is kinda looked down upon. Treat it like you would a column preview in a gaming magazine, but with more pictures. If the trailer is on youtube then go ahead and post the youtube link, it'll auto-embed the trailer in your post for all to see.


    Eh, well the game more or less speaks for itself, especially since it'll be online in just a few minutes here. You can make up your own mind, and the link is to the announcement with the trailer embedded. Point taken, though.

    I wonder, will it embed from Vimeo? Or only Youtube?

    Let me see...

    @PikaPuff: I had assumed you were some sort of moderator, based on having a stickied post - sorry for the confusion if this is not the case.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    SteveSwinkFBS wrote: »
    @PikaPuff: I had assumed you were some sort of moderator, based on having a stickied post - sorry for the confusion if this is not the case.
    All mods are clearly labeled. It also shows the mods at the very bottom of the thread list.

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  • SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Peewi wrote: »
    SteveSwinkFBS wrote: »
    @PikaPuff: I had assumed you were some sort of moderator, based on having a stickied post - sorry for the confusion if this is not the case.
    All mods are clearly labeled. It also shows the mods at the very bottom of the thread list.

    So it does - thanks!

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2009
    Yes yes yes talk about the game now ok.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yayyy! So any update on when this is out?

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  • SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The game is live, yay:

    http://blurst.com/blog/blush-game/

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    wooo third place

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I cannot seem to get the game to work

    I got it to load exactly once, and then it froze at 78%

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  • Darth NathanDarth Nathan Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Say, this is quite good. I really liked Raptor Safari, didn't really like any of the other stuff, but this has me hooked again. Good job guys.

    Also, I got number 41 on my first try. Seems kinda easy.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    That's quite nice! Rather satisfying to play.

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  • METAzraeLMETAzraeL Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I really love this, but I feel like the mood is kinda ruined by making it timed - I'd like to see this fleshed out to focus on exploration rather than high scores. It's damn good, though!

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Darth Nathan wrote: »
    Say, this is quite good. I really liked Raptor Safari, didn't really like any of the other stuff, but this has me hooked again. Good job guys.

    Also, I got number 41 on my first try. Seems kinda easy.

    What was your score? I got 120,000 or something and my rank was 123.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    METAzraeL wrote: »
    I really love this, but I feel like the mood is kinda ruined by making it timed - I'd like to see this fleshed out to focus on exploration rather than high scores. It's damn good, though!

    My initial impression too.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    LewieP wrote: »
    METAzraeL wrote: »
    I really love this, but I feel like the mood is kinda ruined by making it timed - I'd like to see this fleshed out to focus on exploration rather than high scores. It's damn good, though!

    My initial impression too.

    Yeah, I'll third this. I really like the feel, but I'm never a fan of time limits, always make things feel rushed and panicky.

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  • Darth NathanDarth Nathan Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Darth Nathan wrote: »
    Say, this is quite good. I really liked Raptor Safari, didn't really like any of the other stuff, but this has me hooked again. Good job guys.

    Also, I got number 41 on my first try. Seems kinda easy.

    What was your score? I got 120,000 or something and my rank was 123.

    I was signed in as a guest, so I can't check what my score was, but it may simply be that I played very soon after release and not many people had played yet.

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  • GraycoinGraycoin Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Never has spinning in circles been so fun. <3 Took a bit to realize the other wildlife only hurt you while fully yellow, rather than just flashing, though.

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  • MolotovCockatooMolotovCockatoo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Awesome. I think it needs a way to add time to the clock - certain eggs you collect maybe, or certain enemies you can kill that give you 5 more seconds or 10 more seconds or whatever. Minotaur China shop is still my favorite game though ;)

    Also am I just really bad or are achievements not working? I got one for playing on launch day but then nothing else. I think I'm just 'doing it wrong', as it were. Also I want to see a sea dragon, but again I'm really bad :( Tips?

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  • Tim JamesTim James Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Do you mind if I ask if the spinning mouse mechanics came directly from Hammerfall? I know indie developers don't usually throw fits over stuff like this so I'm just curious.

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  • 4rch3nemy4rch3nemy Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Motherfuck that bigass eel dragon thing. So mean.

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  • NerdtendoNerdtendo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Wow.. Amazing game. I agree with some of the other posters that some freedom for exploration would be really nice. Maybe allow multiple gametypes?

    Also, 17th!

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  • SteveSwinkFBSSteveSwinkFBS Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Tim James wrote: »
    Do you mind if I ask if the spinning mouse mechanics came directly from Hammerfall? I know indie developers don't usually throw fits over stuff like this so I'm just curious.
    Well, we'd be resorting to chicanery were we to deny our deep and passionate love of Hammerfall. That said, there wasn't any sort of explicit intent to emulate it. Design doc = physics squid with extendable tentacles, slaughters undersea creatures and harvests their eggs. It just so happens that one of the funnest things to do with a physics squid is to whip its tentacles around and hit things with them :).

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  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    METAzraeL wrote: »
    I really love this, but I feel like the mood is kinda ruined by making it timed - I'd like to see this fleshed out to focus on exploration rather than high scores. It's damn good, though!

    Same.

    Plus: add a raptor. Somehow.

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  • FremFrem Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The achievements on this are harder than on Minotaur China Shop.

    Spent my entire first game before realizing you were supposed to take eggs to the glowing orb.

    The world is actually a lot smaller than it seems, but you're zoomed in so far and there are so few references that it feels pretty big when you're out in the middle of nowhere. Without the time limit, exploring would be over quickly and the tension would be gone. It takes about two or three play sessions to completely traverse the map.

    Map video!

    "Ole" is a pretty funny achievement. I didn't realize the goal was even possible until I accidentally did it to a Seadragon.


    @FBS guys: Does this new 8 weeks-per-game thing mean it's going to be even longer before the website scoreboards are complete? I've spent enough time playing your silly games; it would be sort of nice to see my personal high scores/achievements and a global leaderboard for this stuff. :smile:

    (Is it bad I pretty much only play these things for the achievements? They're pointless, but the structure keeps the games from getting boring quite as fast as high scores.)

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