BTA: How Our Game-Making Process Works
Over the course of the last few months we’ve been getting lots of similar questions regarding the same topic: Bubble Tanks Arenas. You’ve all been wondering about when the game is coming out and why it hasn’t been released yet. In addition to this, you’ve been wondering why other games have come out and BTA is still being kept under wraps.
We’ve had many hypotheses including: “You’re liars.” “You’re lazy.” And the ever popular, “You’ve forgotten all about your fans.” Well we’re here to address these issues and hypotheses!
First of all, please believe me when I say that the people here at Hero Interactive have in NO way forgotten about you or taken you for granted. We have an amazing base of very loyal fans and we appreciate every single visit that you make to our website and every single time you play one of our games.
Now, I’d like to explain how our game-making process works. Here it goes! Are you paying attention?! Okay.
Here at Hero Interactive we currently have four game developers. At any given time only TWO can work on a game at time whether that game be Vector Boom, Microbe Kombat, or BTA. This means that we have TWO extra people to work on other games at the same time! Only two people can work on a game at a time because we have lots of files. If, say, four people were all working on one game at a time and saving the files to different places and in different ways, the consistency gets all messed up and then we have to spend extra hours straightening it all out. So we try to limit workers (and confusion) to two.
Creating games is what we do for a living. We work full time (40 hours per week ALL year) making games and we have to continue putting products out so that we can have all those important things like food, clothes, and places to live (remember, those things all cost a LOT of money). So why not have those extra two people create some new games - games like Vector Boom and Pirate Defense As we’ve said MANY times before, these side projects do not in any way subtract time and/or manpower from BTA as those other two people were never working on the game to begin with.
Another important thing to note: Not all games have the same time frame. This was addressed not too long ago with a Biweekly Poll. Most of the people who voted on this site guessed that an average Flash game from HI takes around 2,000 hours to create. And yet, these are the same people who seemingly expected BTA to come out the day we announced it. In reality, the average game for HI takes us around 300 hours or about 1.5 months to create. However! BTA is in no way average. It, as well as its predecessor, BT2, takes FAR longer than 300 hours. It has taken us a long time thus far and will take us a lot more time to complete.
And unfortunately for some who thought this was the case, we did NOT start production on BTA the day we announced it. It’s production rate started out slow for a little while before work really commenced on it. So even though we announced it a long time ago, we haven’t been working on it for quite that long.
Hopefully this post explains things a little better for you. Here’s an image (forgive the crudeness of it) that illustrates my point here:
In conclusion, please continue to be patient. We’re working on the game and we promise it’ll be worth the wait.
By the way, just because Vector Boom and three other games are shown on the diagram does NOT mean that we’ll create three more games and then BTA will be done. This is a rough drawing to show how our two extra people can create games together or on their own to maximize productivity (and money for food). HOWEVER! We are going to be creating some new games for your enjoyment! Keep checking out the blog to find out more about them!
remember not to focus on the speed but on the game.
dont rush so that the game Looks like crap
i think you should just finish BTA and then make new games everyone is dieing to play it
You have many fans yes, and the loyal ones will play the other ones you have created as of yet while we wait for BTA (SW TLC has been very fun going through again)
Oh okay, sorry for all those assumptions. And again, keep up all the good work. You guys rock soooo much!
Dear Josh, please RE-READ this post.
Oh, and also everyone please keep this post on subject mostly at all times to conserve space. Please.
Josh…..just wow heres a tip READ the post ALL the way through……
Um piemastr Steph just said that.
well, whatever this explains A LOT of why its taking a some time: only two can work at the same game
Though everyone is dieing to play it, and I constantly come to the site to check on production of BTA (despite the email newsletters), I think you guys should take your time on it. I will make games of my own on occasion, and though they don’t have the diversity in gameplay of the games here, I can still tell that a game you rush on, will turn out to be kinda crappy. Take your time, I’m sure it’ll be great!
oh! this explains alot. sorry for nagging you
lol i see whay its taking long time(2 people working on one game it soud be 4 or 6 people)
Why not create a game whit more people why just 2 people??
i think BTA will not come out
However, you have not given an estimated time frame. Any rough guesses? Or at this point is it safer to not say and avoid an angry mob? I could understand that. By the way, what do you use to make games (what programming language)?
lionm12, To answer your question, please RE-READ this post. Haha! I’m just going to start saying that to everyone now. And Sam, all the games are created in Flash. I’m not sure about the language. Maybe Jared should answer that.
Alright, so why can’t we put more than 2 people on a game project at a time? That’s a good question, and maybe one that warrants another blog post.
It’s something an author termed “The Mythical Man Month”:
Say I wanted to build a garage by myself, and I know it takes a month for me to build it. Well, let’s say that’s too long, so I get my friend to help me, then it should only take half the time and only take 15 days to build right?
What if we got 4 people to build the garage, then it would only take 1 week to build it!
What if I had 10,000 people helping me to build the garage? Then it would only take me 4 minutes to build the garage, right?!
Wrong. You and I probably know it’d be longer than 4 minutes to build the garage, even with 10,000 people on the job. The problem is that people start getting in each other’s way. Also, maybe some parts of the job have to wait for other parts to get done.
It’s the same way with Flash games. First of all, only 1 person can work in the main file at a time. Whenever we work on copies of a file, it takes a long time to import just the parts we need and combine everything into 1 file. The other problem is that some parts have to wait for others to get completed first before we can start on them. Finally, if we had multiple people on a project, we tend to get in each other’s way. If someone’s coding part of the game and then another person changes it without understanding what it is, they could create bugs in the game.
In short, 2 person teams are just better for us. That way, we can develop as many games as possible in the shortest time frame.
I knew that.
While I’m sure most people would appreciate a rough estimate, it’s not really important. You’ll finish when you finish, and everyone will most likely love the game. Of course, we’ll all start whining about when you’ll make BT4 as soon as BT3 is finished. Such is the nature of leechers and fans.
Take your time and do your job to your satisfaction. Everything will fall into place.
well, seems to me, the way we did things in school are more efective than this…
we had three groups of two people, and gave one asignment to each group, and then at the end we combined all the elements and by doing that we got the work done in half the time, but with the same quality…
say you give one group the task of designing weapons and enemies and that stuff and the other group gets to work on for example the arenas your in.
all groups work individually so as not to get confused by the other team, and at the end, put all theyr work together in one big game.
i could be misunderstanding, and what im saying is impossible, if that is the case i apologize.
well, i just read jareds post, so you can all pretty much just skip my previous message, wich was written before jareds post was up…
Well Said Jared, I’d make the a blog post so people would stop complaining. Im just happy theres another one in the future, time is just a state of mind
why dont you just release a early beta of it? ya no like WIP game that can be played but not fully?
Having different people work on different aspects of the game is dangerous, too, because there’s no way to tell that the quality will be the same or that all of the art will have the same feel. We only have four people anyway, so putting them all on one project actually WASTES time as far as other projects go. This is the way it’s gotta be. We’ve had the company for years and we know what works best for us.
Neir you really shouldn’t always make assumptions, not everything is the same.
That really explains a lot, thank you guys for making this post. I believe it cleared up a lot of questions, if not at least my own.
Things to do now that summer has started:
Wait for BTA
Play Vector Boom
Wait for BTA
Have a summer romance
Wait for BTA
Buy Prototype
Wait for BTA
Play Prototype
Wait for BTA
I think people were just getting angry that a new blog hadn’t come in for like a month.
Thanks for the explanation I was getting a little frustrated that it seemed like BTA was the void of your thoughts for that time period between blogs.
And bloggers, if I may ask of you, in addition to Lionm12 and Josh, please don’t post messages on a blog you haven’t read thoroughly or merely just skimmed.
It must be tough having only 4 designers, slow on the number of game releases (as in number of games being worked on) How long has HI been running? And if so, how many designers have you gained from these start
My apologies if these questions are off topic.
gained as in (started with)-(are present with)
I hope its out by the time I get back from Colorado.
i like the game progress,and explanations but i still would like more, like a weekly blog update, or e-mail? and what program are you using for the main code? Please give a weekly update!(i hope its done b4 summer is over!
All of our games are written in ActionScript using Adobe Flash -> http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/
I recommend getting Web Premium as it’s better bang for your buck -> http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/web/
We also use Photoshop from time to time as well as other various programs for everything from code, to art, to audio production. And then of course, we have our website to maintain.
Hey guys, on armorgames.com there is hedgehog launch 2 out so now you don’t have to be bored.
PS: I finished in 7 days, I really don’t know how it might just be really easy or I’m really good.
PPS: When the music that is like a guy talking over a communicator thing and its all spacey does it sound like he is saying “please gimme your teddy…….. You hear some snazzy…..I like them taters……. Do you want it?…… I’d like to know how far you can take it?” I think…
There really wasn’t anything of interest to update on. I mean, I could have posted saying, “We worked on the coding this week!” or “Tada! A button!” I mean, we’re making more progress than that but the stuff we’re doing right now isn’t too interesting.
Hedgehog launch 2 was disappointing, :(.
im confused by the diagram and josh u got owned by steph:) lol
hmm yeah! i like the idea of Flaminfish of a summer romance!
(shame its a little too away for me
What part of the diagram is confusing you?
yea, i cant see how it can be very confusing, heres the way i see it:
they have 4 people working overall, 2 of them are in BTA, they had 2 on vector boom, when that finished, they put 1 in game x and another 1 in game y, and when both game x and y is done, those two will colaborate in game z.
its not really that hard…
Also all you hungry BTA fans, BTA is looking amazing so far! Jared is doing amazing work on it, and so far it is coming along fantastic!
I didnt really get the story line
to hedgehog launch 2
Yeah, it was okay. I still play because I’m really bored.
I LOVE HI!!! I AM LOOKING THE MAIN PAGE HOPING TO SEE THE NEXT THING:
Bubble Tanks: Arenas
[IMAGE HERE] JUST RELEASED!
I CANT WAIT TO SEE THOSE WORDS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK HI!!!! I am making games too, but not with flash, and I know its crap to hurry up, but the emotion of creating something is too MUCH FOR ME!!
so yea POPTARS!
i dont have fate now of BTA release{i lost fate }i just cant belivet that it take more the one and a haff a year to create {and i know that 2 people can create a game at once }but its funny that HI’s staf of creating game is 4 people
but no matter i will get my new computer that takes {Grid,NFS undercover,Halo 3,Mirror’s Edge,Farcry 2,CoD World ar War,and the most favorite is Burmout Paradise expamsions}so i will have alot of fun so i dont care of BTA so byby{but i will still visit the website until my trip to another city}
ok good for you lionm12, dont really see the point of those two posts, but ok, good for you…
i think the reason why BTA is taking so long is because its a big game, and there are a lot of customizable parts in it, and that takes a long time to make… am i right?
sure your right but i am not that kind of person ho waits all the time thats because i am kid and thats whay i cant wait and i get anry when sometimes somebody say its gonna be then and it aint then that makes me so anry . I dont know what to say i am so bord cus i my father told me the new compouter woud be here in 2 days and it wasent that makes me angry so i hope you understand me
always_there are you here ??????????????????????????????????
Um, Lionm12, they never really stated an expected release date. I don’t see how you can be angry for something being late if it wasn’t “due” in the first place. And it hasn’t taken “more the one and a haff a year to create”.
Also you need some serious help with your grammar. Capitalization would be a good start. You might want to look into getting Firefox if you don’t already since it also has a built in spell-checker.
Oh well. Have fun with your new computer. Try to not get as upset about every tiny thing like this though. It’s not healthy.
(@ Lionm12)
There ain’t n such thing as “ain’t.
(On topic)
Keep up the good work HI! I can’t wait for BTA, but could release it over the summer? I don’t my 7th grade grades to go down.
Oh kids today. Nobody ever teaches you to be patient! Well we won’t fail you! This is a good lesson for you.
well it is not too suprizeing that only 2 ppl are working on bta eaven in consol games when the creadits come down you see one head programer and only like 3 names in the sub programer list so in all only 4 ppl codded the game
lol some of you are very rude and i dont wanna name them{no one understands me } and Steph how big is BTA gonna be ?? bigger then Sonny 2 ??
I don’t know how big it’s going to be. That’s all up to you and the other players.
I dont know why i get upset on every litttle thing maybe cus my parents always fight about something{i dont get much happynes} and i have an older brother hes 15 year old }sry i dident see that i was talikng in (……) i dont nkow even to write good in english istink at every thing but i am good at hacking
@Fish, actually they have almost been working on it for half a year. They announced it in November so they probably started it somewhere in January so technically they have.
@lol, okay first thing is just like Steph has already said please keep the site family oriented and no swearing. Secondly not everyone has said that and most of those people who did are just exited and afterwards apologized.
O.K.
Now a serious post.
I dont know if you guys have thought of this Steph and Jared, and the rest of HI, but it seems to be a good idea to me.
check it out.
Anyhow, to be on topic, i dont know if BTA will be very big, but to make sure that it is, you could make it one of the so called “Endless Games” wich basically means that the game doesnt end(duh?). In some games they call it survival mode. Or atleast put in a section that is endless, that kinda breaks of from the “main story mode”, if theres going to be one. You could put your tank in a big bubble, maybe twice or three times the size of a normal bubble and enemies would come from every direction and there would be increasing numbers of increasingly more powerful enemies, until at the end there will be an endless wave of the most powerful enemies, and they just continue coming constantly until you die. You know, like any other Survival game. And you get points for each killed enemy. Of course the amount of points per kill varries with what enemy it is. And you could have a score multipliers for the dificulty level. Say for example the easiest enemy is 2 points per kill on easy mode, and the hardest is, i dont know, maybe 100, it would be something like this:
Weakest enemy = (WE)
Strongest Enemy = (SE)
Points = P.
very easy: 0.5X:
(WE): 1 P. (SE): 50 P.
Easy: 1X:
(WE): 2 P. (SE): 100 P.
Medium: 2X:
(WE): 4 P. (SE): 200 P.
Hard: 3X:
(WE): 6 P. (SE): 300 P.
and finally,
Extreme or Insane or Suicidal: 5X:
(WE): 10 P. (SE): 500 P.
This is of course just an estimate, and an idea, i dont expect you to use it, but i would apreciate it if you would atleast consider it.
And im not sure about the name on the last dificulty level, but the overall look, would be something like that.
and you could maybe have a few pre-made tanks to choose from, as well as a few of the players customized tanks.
Anybody think this sounds good?
I hope all the people at HI and all theyr fans and followers apreciate my input in this case.
atleast show a pic of BTA so we can see what it looks lick and stuff
am i the only person online here?
Nope,i am here as well…Your violence has summoned me..And now….Give me all your cookies or……….OR…………………well i didnt plan this part…darnit,i am a fat retard when i dont eat cookies…
shmaybe……shmaybe not
What part of BTA are you working on right now?
For anyone who said (quoted from Josh) That they should just finish BTA before making more games, rembmeber, they can only have 2 people on one game, and the other 2 still have to be making money.They can’t just put all four on one game, it would be a huge mess. I know this from experience. I have not made games, but had the confusion of trying to find an application in my hard drive.
want to know what would realy suck? is if they finished it and then had a power outage and lost all the game data.
(don’t blame me if it happens. i didn’t send a russian assassin!)
Yes What part?Could you please say how much % of it have you done??? (30% 40% 50% 75%)
ahh such impaitience… you know what they have -30% of the game done and for each comment that people are complaining about how long bta it takeing or that want to know how far along it is they lose another 1% of there progress so stop complaining your just slowing them down…
anyway with that said
who is working on what games in HI
(just out of curriosity)
cuse i know that any one who works in HI will mostlikely know the answer to that question
(this will help ppl ask the right questions to the right ppl for the right game)
oh the the new game that was announced pixle or something like that are 2 ppl working on that or just 1 (as the diagram shows)
anyway i asked alot of questions and said alot soo ill just break my keybord to quiet myself down
well, i too wonder who is working on what games, it would help quite a bit…
also, i see my post remains un-answered… anyone wanna answer it?
So because of the concentration and time, we can expect BTA to be awesomely good? Also, I doubt screenshots and videos would work because usually (or at least I do), the videos and pictures would look drastically different from the finished product. I mean, I used preset sprites until the last moments of designing, and I’m sure artistry would be coming at the same pace as programming.
Yes I will, umm well I’m going to have to say I don’t know….
What part?Could you please say how much % of it have you done??? (30% 40% 50% 75%)and if you dont know or just dont want to say…it’s ok
:)=: ), 8)=8 )
8B
well, noone has still said anything about my big post a while back, so i guess nobody thinks its a good idea to do something like that then…
well, good to know.
and lord98… what are you doing?
I liked it but I was talking about something else before….
always_there i think that would be a good idea
ps thats a big post!!!
is armor games having unlimited access again?
I’m really bored
how about find something better to do than chat in a blog post >.>
Nice, I cannot wait untill it comes out =D
IM SAYING (typing actualy) HOW TO MAKE SOME OF THE SMILEY FACES.
P.S. Is PIXEL an “avarage flash game”?
How do you define “average”? Probably not.
SHOW A PIC OF BTA NNOOWW pleas i want to play it soooooooooooooooooooooooo bad!!!
Here you go:
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Dear HI,
Please continue putting out awesome games until the day the government shuts you down for being too awesome. Don’t rush to satisfy the fans, just make the games as good as possible, then release them. Despite what they say, the fans will not like a game that was released early and is now very crappy. I anxiously await the release of BTA!!!
i agree with boby at the very very very top
take your time with making this game so it will be even more worth the wait.
make a beta and give us more screenshots to see your progress better. or just make a big fat progress bar to calm down the masses. thats what i use for my projects (in the music business) it keeps them from going insane not knowing how progress is going. imagine downloading something big. and all it says about it is “its pretty big” and thats similar to what you are doing.
or, you could do no such thing, and just let people wait, wich is what would be preferable, just take what time you need, and dont rush anything.
@ bursturbubble: if they were to do that, it might take precious time away from the creating of the game, thus making it take even longer.
so because of that, i say, you just make the game, and dont bother listening to all the complaints that you get here…
by the way, to shorten my very long post from before: will the be a survival mode in BTA? or is your progress not far enough along to tell yet?
and finnaly, keep up your Devine and Godlike work, and you will remain the greatest site ever for all eternity! and so on…
ok, go for it
a game that takes around 300 hours or about 1.5 months to create.(for HI)
yeah, you know how u put the diagram and said “this doesnt mean we will create 3 more games and bta will be done”. that was kinda pointless cuz people will still be like “ok, you finished 3 other games, now, where the heck is bta?!?!?!?”. btw good job on pirite defence and vector boom.
@Lord98, didn’t you read the statement at the top of the page. It clearly stated, “In reality, the average game for HI takes us around 300 hours or about 1.5 months to create. However! BTA is in no way average. It, as well as its predecessor, BT2, takes FAR longer than 300 hours. It has taken us a long time thus far and will take us a lot more time to complete”
Along with that post I would like to say, is pixel going to take about that long or will it be a little longer?
yea, none of the BT games are anything even close to average, they are some of the most complex flash games created, and they will take time, BTA will take even longer due to all the things that the player can customize, and that takes time.
so give them the time they need, and let them do theyr thing, theyr better at it than we are. its theyr job. all this complaining can only slow them down…
Man, I so can’t wait for BTA…
I can only imagine the mechanics of the Epic Win BTA is going to be. I also wonder how the ship and enemy creation systems are going to work…
Well, the game will be finished when it’s done. Sadly, we have to wait. But all that waiting WILL pay off.
hey everyone im doing a survey for so if you could help me out id apretiate it, all you have to do is answer this question,
“What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?”
if your ansering this question please say, my favorite flavor of ice cream is (insert icecream flavor hear)
this blog isnt increasing in size nearly as fast as the previous one
all well
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anyway….
um…
im just posting this so that next time i come to this blog ill know where to begin reading all the random stuff ppl put here
….so… yah…. i cant think of anything else to say so….
oh i know
if in bta you make your own tank will bubbles pop off of your tank when it is hit like it did in the other ones if so (wich is likely) how will you deturmin what bubbles will pop off in what order
blablablablablablablabla importantimpotantimportant i thingk i thingk i thingk i thingk yak yak yak yak yak …. GET REAL PEAPLE HO THINGK BIG LONG POSTED COMENTS ARE COOL
RIBELOW TIMAY !!!!!!
sniff… sniff… you ignored my question. . . .
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all well
lol… if you were refering to me ignoring yuor question, then to bad, cause i dotn know the answer:/
My favorite flavor of ice cream is…
Chocolate
Oh, by the way, Always_There, in America the word “flavor” is spelled without the “u”.
Normally I wouldn’t condone using the blog for this purpose but since ice cream is one of my favorite foods…My favorite flavor of ice cream is Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough or Cake Batter from Coldstone Creamery.
mmmmm
Coldstone is awesome. Too bad they always have huge lines.
… and huge prices
Agreed. It’s just for, like, SPECIAL occasions.
unless your RICH… but im not so… yah special occasions
wow… i cant believe we started a new topic regarding ice cream…
maybe you should make a thread about ice cream…
ICE CREAM WILL RULE THE WORLD HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHHAHAH
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what was this blog about again
hahaha… people here are obsessed with ice cream… not wierd tho, it is very good… the taste, the consistency, the… just everything i guess…
my favorite flavor of ice cream is coffee or chocolate
my favorite flavor of ice cream is………
‘drumroll’
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FROZEN ORANGE JUICE
P.S. Ice Cream will rule the Arctic!!!!!!!
want a beta? Well, here it goes:
(0)-
rules:
1. press Alt F4 to fire
2. press A, S, W, or D to move
Cheats:
1.press Ctrl Alt Delete then press Enter twice to win
Disclaimer:
Hero Interactive and Ov3rkill13 are in no way responsible for any frozen, locked, crashed, or in any way damaged computers resulting from sheer stupidity urging people to play the BTA beta (that was developed by Ov3rkill13) and using the cheat. Unfortunately, if you DID use the cheat and your computer is messed up, you probably can’t read this disclaimer. However, it is here, and so you cannot sue.
P.S. All packages of Planter’s Peanuts say on the can/wrapper/jar “May contain nuts”
P.S.S. Ain’t is in fact a word, as it was added to the Webster’s Dictionary some time ago. If you don’t believe me, go to dictionary.com and type “ain’t”
P.S.S.S. The cake is a lie. That is all.
GASP!!! There have been five posts since one of allways_there’s last post! Somebody call 911! Stay with us, buddy!
On a final note, if you simply can not wait for BTA, buy Halowars (or Supreme Commander if you do not have an xbox 360). Nobody will see you until a month after BTA is released.
Just kidding, the cake is NOT a lie. The answer to life, the universe, and everything, is, however, forty-two. God bless America and the whole spinning rock orbiting that big ball of burning gas. Unless you don’t believe in God. Then I’m sorry.
how many steps are there in making games like bta?
my favorit flavor is amoson choclket.
all this rotation around the sun is making me dizy
well, that made absulutely no sence at all…
and i am here to tell you that the cake is a a lie! i made it up to confuse my enemies! and it worked! i won the war, and now i rule the world with an iron fist! and in my iron fist i hold an !EGG!, and im going to throw it at you if you disobey me! so follow my orders, or get an !EGG! thrown at you!
this is ofcourse all just going on inside my head, none if it is real, but the next part however is:
B.T.W.
the reason why there were so mant posts before i said anything: i was in a coma, for about 45 minutes even. was really a lor of fun, you should all try it.
here is one of the many possible ways of getting yourself into a come, by allways_there:
step 1:
go grab a hammer. or a hammer like object. if you do not posses a hammer, or a hammer like object, go loan one from a friend, or go buy one at the nearest hammer/hammer-like-objects”r”us. they can be conveniantly located in over 1200 locations world wide. go to theyr home page to find your closest store.
step 2:
!W!hack yourself on the top of the head with the hammer or hammerlike object. if you cant hit the right spot in the first try, keep trying, if you still cant hit after maybe 12-15 attemps, get a friend to do it for you.
note:
make sure to hit very very hard, to make sure it doesnt just hurt.
a good way to find out if your hitting hard enough:
go outside, and find a peace of granit, smash it over and over until it breaks, use about twice (2X) the force it took to break it, when you !W!hack yourself in the head.
step 3:
let yourself drift of into a comfortable coma.
Disclaimer:
Hero interactive and allways_there are not liable for any injuries or death that may occur due to hammer !W!hacking to the head.
P.S.
if you accualy do this, you should do two things.
1: call a doctor, hospital or some sort of medical personel.
2: find the nearest psych ward, and move there, cause your obviously crazy.
goodbye, and have a good… coma… ok…
Okay once again, PLEASE don’t make violent comments. Even in reference to yourself.
Once again? Are you inmplying it happened before? I may be new to these posts, but I’m not THAT new. I’ve been coming here since ‘08, and I don’t recall any self-violent comments.
@allways_there, the cake is NOT a lie!!! I saw it myself. Glad0s was just hiding it. Surf YouTube enough, and you will know this and everything. The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42, live long and prosper, and ☼£§ƒ¬.
P.S. have you noticed that since I released that potentially computer crashing beta, there has been a drastic drop in the amount of comments appearing on this site? Or is it just me?
People like us should be banned from blogs.
Off topic: yay! My first smiley!!! I’ll name him Lenny. Run from George, Lenny! RUN!!!
Of Mice and Men reference*
yep the cake was not a lie if you finnished the game portal you would see it right befor the creadits… now then…. i dont think anyone will read this or eaven post a new comment in this blog so realy im just talking to myself anyway im gonna go look at the new blog for bta now so… bye
this changes everything… the cake is real? the meaning of all is 42? how? i mean… it all makes so much sence now, everything just suddenly made sence…
sorryabout the violence comment in the hammer whacking thing.
First off I would like to commend HI for taking the time to write this post for the people who, unlike me, don’t understand that all good things take time (and must come to an end, haha). If HI hadn’t created such a stellar original and 1st sequel than this thread wouldn’t be around.
Second I want to say something to AtomicSong about his posts:
On June 16th you write:
AtomicSong on June 16th, 2009
Oh, and also everyone please keep this post on subject mostly at all times to conserve space. Please.
Then on June 17th you say:
AtomicSong on June 17th, 2009
Hey guys, on armorgames.com there is hedgehog launch 2 out so now you don’t have to be bored.
PS: I finished in 7 days, I really don’t know how it might just be really easy or I’m really good.
PPS: When the music that is like a guy talking over a communicator thing and its all spacey does it sound like he is saying “please gimme your teddy…….. You hear some snazzy…..I like them taters……. Do you want it?…… I’d like to know how far you can take it?” I think…
If you want everybody else to stay on topic than you should lead by example.
can u create and edit ur tank w/ points??
AtomicSong just got owned.
Um I’m not here to offend anyone but with all the new games coming out won’t some of the BTA fans leave the game when it’s released
This sucks.
Ov3rkill13 you should write P.S. then P.P.S then P.P.P.S not P.S.S. becouse P.P.S. would be after after script(after P.S.) and P.S.S. would be after script script(ummm…It just doesnt make sense!!!)
hey stephanie what the third game you know the game Z
vector boom,pirate defence,pixel,THGFOL:TG
i took sum vidio game trivia but i might not b right
well, a lot of wasted space here with posts of topic…
so why should i be any difrent?
also, basiso, i think i speak for everyone when i say: what?
@Giftediq: Okay two things
1: You really should work on yourself before worrying about other peoples mistakes.
2: As always_there has already said, nobody listened to me so why should I be different.
@DeadlyMollusk and Giftediq: It’s not as if you didn’t make off topic comments ever so I wouldn’t be talking. Also you didn’t notice that I said MOSTLY at all times be on topic so now I just owned you.
Lord98, I already said that awhile ago but you may have not seen it or you could of just been giving him a friendly reminder. If thats the case I apologize.
Ouch.
:).
Oh, also Giftediq ( I love finding mistakes of people who get on my nerves) technically I didn’t write “AtomicSong on June 16, 2009″ HI put that
in so people know who said it and when.
Also for those of you who didn’t understand basiso, he was talking about what was the game on the picture way above labled Z.
well, then its not the best question ever, it seems to me like they will not finish game z before y and x…
Yeah well I just was clearing it up for some people.
aha… ok… good for you then…
AtomicSong I was just reminding ov3rkill about that
Yea….Thats what I figured.
when your done with bta make btw bubble tanks world a mix of bta bt2.
ok then… so, lets talk more about ice cream, shall we? like what is your favourite brand? we only got 2 in norway, and theres no major difrence between them, so i have no preference to one over the other.
also, ice cream roxx(with 2 x’s)
I just tried a new kind of ice cream called Haggen-Daas. Very dense and very good.
Okay then….But as I said before please stay on topic “most” of the time. I probably should work on that too….
I think our problem is that we ran out of Bubble Tank related things to talk about awhile ago.
Not really……At least for me it’s not….
ive got a sugestion for this website: change the BLOG to SUBJECT CHAT.you can chat through the blog(the massege comes instantly).huh??what do you think
The only problem is that no one is ever really on at the same time.
Yeah they are….Me and always_there have been on at the same time at least 3 times together.
Great minds think alike.
………………
ok then… sounds good, so, all we gotta do now, is wait for the to open the new post-chat-thread-thingie, and we’re good tog o
when your done with bta make btw bubble tanks world a mix of bta bt2 it could be mmo.
i dont know, seems like it could be very complicated, and it would take forever to make, but im sure you could work on it:/
is it just me, or are yuor archives celebrating 2 years? june 2007-june 2009.
congrats HI!
Yeah. I agree with always. Hero Interactive don’t really make that advanced games ( I’m not saying that because you aren’t good at you’re job) they really are experienced in flash game making, not big mmo’s. Well at least as far as I know.
Did Steph or Jared hear my idea?ive got a sugestion for this website: change the BLOG to SUBJECT CHAT.you can chat through the blog(the massege comes instantly)and is there forever.
We read/hear all the comments on this site. However, we don’t always respond to each and every one of them. Especially when we don’t want to say, “No.” Haha! We appreciate all of your ideas but we simply can’t implement (sp?) them all.
i hope that bta comes out on my b-day 8/6!!!!!!!
well, it might, but i kinda doubt it, if it was that lose to finish, HI would have said something by now, atleast i think so…
Hey, isnt the anniversary of BT2 Coming up?
I cant wait until the screen shots of the editor are posted!
too bad…
hey wait a minute…there is a chat thingy on www.kongregate.com
I can’t wait!
RAAWWWRRR :3
You know that the longer it takes to make the higher the expectations will get right?…. So if it sucks…then..
Um, okay.
yeeeah… anyways, how is the game coming along? im guessing it should eb about 50% done or so by now?
They have to be getting pretty far along. They said they almost have screenshots.
Yeah, I agree.
Hey heres an idea for more helpers focusing on 1 game.Hire file organizers silly.Do people ever T H I N K??Sheesh…
Hope you use my idea.Thanks!
how many time we wait again ???
i can’t wait
Everybody is saying to hurry up, but DON’T!! Rushing can only lead to screw-ups. Take your time!! (even thought I really want to play…) No, I can wait! (no i can’t….) STOP IT!!!!!
……………….
*knocks self out*
Just out of curiosity since i havent been on this site for ages i was just wondering how long this game has been worked on? I want to know how much i have missed XD
You said:
Steph on June 19th, 2009
I don’t know how big it’s going to be. That’s all up to you and the other players.
Can I take this to mean that this game is going to be multiplayer?
By the way I loved Bubble Tanks 2 and am eagerly anticipating BTA (obviously if I am going to take the time to read the majority of the mindless comments on this blog.)
I think you are all doing a wonderful job and am anxiously awaiting your reply. If this game had a chance of being multiplayer… My life would be complete.
what??????????
Bob, no. What I meant was that how big the game is depends on you guys, as in, how well the game does depends on how many people play it. As before, this game is NOT multiplayer. Sorry, guys.
It is sort of mutiplayer
meaning you can create arenas and tanks hero and npc and share those to the web
can you make a DEMO but it dont have all the awsome stuff frome the full vershon and it will give every one a hint of the game
Hey, it’s not a problem. People can hold their horses. I respect you guys, especially since you are willing to hold back and ignore impatient people to come out with a very nice product. Don’t rush BTA, when you come out with something amazing everyone will forget how long they had to wait.
Good Luck! Best of Wishes! Cheers! etc.
They are lazy
hey i know a good idea but it might take longer to put in but how about multiplayer since on all the other bt (bubble tank)games you start getting lonely since you dont have much of a challenge after you beat the game so i think it will be better if you put in multiplayer
Kyuubi shut up.
John, Alot of people already asked for multiplayer Bubble Tanks, and now you’re saying that you just thought of that good idea. I dont think making it multiplayer would be good because you would die very easily and constantly restart, not getting anywhere past the first upgrade. And besides, if you want BTA to come out before 2020, you should keep it simple.
How long did you take to make BTA2?
everybody complaining only makes it worse for you everybody who reads it and the the herointeractive staff members.
complaining actually effects the mind in a bigger way than you think your mind begins to think about the complaint and think of more reasons to be angry.
this is why you are affected by these complaints so progress is slowed, (complaint) slower, (complaints) then stoped.
um are yo saying tha bta will take 105 days?
what they mean is that if you put 2 people to make a puzzle it would be easy but if they dont like each other it would take longer. Multiply that about 50 times.It would be hard. so if you put 4 people on a job to make a game onen person might mess up.The other people might have to fix it or the other people might have to wait for him or her to fix it.So be quiet and have patince!!!P.S. bubble tanks is my favorite game.
I r sorry if i contributed to the rudeness, even though i only left a comment. Keep up the good work please! you rock!
Maybe, but I can’t take anymore! PLEASE, and I hope you’re getting this, SEND OUT A BETA VERSION ALREADY!!!!
OK i will be patient, maybe i can wait 1 more year
xD xD >__
i just don’t have paticence anymore only if there was a beta version
I think Bubble tanks arena’s is going to take something like 5 years to complete
are you going to be done somewhere in november because its bin over 2 months now!!!
ps. (’_')
umm u reaally actually gonna release bta? or is this just crap?
I want b t a now
@not_steph
yes, well, some people want world peace now. some people want something to eat now. some people want somewhere to sleep now. some people want running water now. the list of people and what they want goes on and on and on…
so, for the sake of the HI team’s sanity, WAIT JUST A LITTLE LONGER.
couldnt you all the four people work on a game at the same time but tell eachother where they save it or make a file just for the games stuff? sorry idk how game makeing works just wondering
well all (exept bta) of those games are finished
and some more games are comeing soon (or unlike bta
verrry long as in years nerly 3 to be eggzact)
so theres your proof
lol
I thought the average is 2000 horus, because BTA already took about 9000 hours and is still in progress
bta come out soon?
you must remember, the more time they take on it the better it will probably be. although i wish it was out, i want the guys at hero interactive to take as long as they need to till they think its good enough to be released.
when this bloody game does come out, it better not be absolute utter crap, because we have waited too long, and have gotten our hopes up waaaay too high, for this game to come out and be ****.
****** peices of **** with a ****** bucket and a ***** in a castle far far away where no-one can hear you scream i will **** your *** with a big *****-***** until the battery goes flat, or it runs out of petrol, depending on what type of ***** the ***** ***** uses when it ***** you with a ***** and a ***** along with a PIGEON.
bubble tanks is a great game,but need time to make another of this,i will be patient waiting by the tanks arena,and if make others game i will can see when 1 or 2 people will work on this
great work on these games,continue with 5 stars games
i have been hearing alot about paying for the game
is this true?
Luigi:
From what I’ve heard, old bean, BTA will always be a free game.
sigh whats taking so long you have been working on it for almost a year oh wait down here on the bottom it says Comments for this post will be closed on 31 March 2010. does that mean we have to wait till march till you release it?
I understand that it is hard to make that game, but it was 8 months when you start with BTA and you still didn’t upload any prototypes, small editors, or somethink else. I’ve saw BTA editor video on You tube, it looks like it is allready done (without tanks test). Upload this can be good before you will upload real BTA.
Ps.: If there is too much glitches to upload, write about it please.
I think you guys should not be fighting over a stupid game. (no affence creaters i love your game)
why do you guys talk about something else or right
qestions or something???please right back.
Ps:a good game to play is fancy pants world.
I like it to.
I think the diagram should be updated. You know, FAR more than 3 games have been released before BTA, and it’d only be right to see to it that the diagram be changed, because people(such as me) will eventually(or already have) come across this blog and the diagram with it.
HA! I remember when I sported that charming British accent. Wonder what happened…
…So far, it’s been 17 months(and counting) since BTA’s announcement, possibly 12 months since actual BTA development, and about a month since BTA’s FULL-THROTTLE development. So I think we’ll be seeing this game real soon…
@theo: That sounds… horribly unpleasant. *slowly backs away, and starts off in a sprint towards another blog*
I would like to see a way to play the beta (old) version, I mean like realease the beta version and then keep working, you could open a blog to post comments about glitchs and you might be able to have a little faster devolopment.
bta seemed like a good game on thy video and i understand if its released in 2812 (which is 83
years from now) because it is such an awesome game