Announcing Shifty!
Today we’re pleased to announce another title in joint production with YETi CGI- a wicked puzzle game called Shifty.
Players are given colored stones they need to shift around in order to group all matching colors together (adjacent, no diagonal). Your baby brother could do that, but throw in the fact that stones are limited to a handful of moves indicated above and the game gets a lot harder. Swap two stones, and the numbers for each go down by 1. Stones with 0 are un-movable and a show stopper.
Once you get all the colors grouped with matching colors (meaning all reds next to reds, and all blues next to blues) you win the level! Again, sounds simple, but as the game progresses it gets more and more challenging. Early boards will start out as 3×3 squares with two colors, and will eventually grow to a mind melting 6×6 and five colors.
The game will feature thirty levels and several unique backgrounds done by our own artist, KC. We are also planning on having a survival mode where the game generates random puzzles for you to solve. Beat each one in a matter of minutes to continue to the next and see how long you can last!
The game is looking great and although we enjoy the action and strategy genres, it’s a lot of fun getting back into the puzzle arena. Keep an eye out for this one in the late summer/early fall. 
Wow, that sounds interesting!
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Would be preferable to see some of the other games finished quicker than yet another side-project :/
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Can’t wait for this game. Sounds kinda like Bejeweled.
That, and this is Lisa’s first blog post!
how on earth are you guys producing 5 games at once!! that alone blew my mind, not to mention this game that, once out, will blow my mind again!
I think Jared can decide what the rules are, Goon. The off-topic chat on this blog is ridiculous. Anyways, sounds exciting, interested in seeing KCs background art.
So this would be the 5th game announced in the 2010 Universal Super Awesome Chain of Gaming Epicness
SW:MRC
BT3
RWD
RF
S
P2
and possibly MK2
Wow. Just wow. In my days, 7 games were never developed by a company AT THE SAME TIME.
To be fair, two of those games are joint productions.
This will be nice!!!!!!
ok! creating 4 games at the same time!? ST:MRC BT3 RF and RWD!!!.
There are no plans for a Microbe Kombat 2.
Hi Stephanie nice to see you again!
P.S. nice game can’t wait!
P.S.S wow so many games that I like I wonder what else is going to be announced.
So working together with YETi CGI, how many game programmers do you guys have available to
annoyput to work?Cause last time I checked, HI had I think 5 or 6 programmers.
WHAT!!!!!
No plans for a MKII?!?!
OUTRAGEOUS!
And Silence, I’m sure YetiCGI has a website somewhere.
wow… wow 5 game being made at the same time?… wow
…didn’t your developing staff consist of only about 4 ppl… why are you making 5 games at once
Did you guys forget to read about how Yeti is making some of these games with us? Because that would answer your questions of how we can make a lot of games at once.
Thanks, Suturos, I’m interested in seeing my backgrounds too. X3
Also, LOL, don’t get bossy about how we distribute staff to projects!
Keep in mind, some projects have been in development for a while now, we just haven’t announced them. So some are nearly completed. Case in point: BTTD 1.5.
Nuuh, another awesome game in development to keep track of!
I’m looking forward to see this game. It’s hard to make original games in that category of match-the-same-colored-things-game. I hope you guys will succeed!
yeticgi.com
YETi CGi are some of the most talented animators, modelers and programmers that I’ve met. Their lead programmer is so crazy talented knowing multiple programming languages and programs. Its just sick!
This doesn’t really seem interesting, butu as long as it doesn’t slow down the progress of BT3 or roaming fortress I’m happy :\
Wow so many games…
OHMYGAWD I just had the greatest Idea ever.
BUBBLEGATCHI! Buy and care for your own bubble tank. Watch it grow and get happier as you feed it, love it, and clean its litterbox. Then, when it is the size of a BFT Carrier, it’ll have babies (allies)!
But if it gets too sad or too unhealthy, it pops and dies. Then you’ll have to start the game again.
How about it? Huh? Huh???
WIN
Awesome idea goon, 1 vote for Bubblegatchi.
@Goon
that is not the greatest idea ever
Bubble tanks was!
Ya Goon,that doesn`t sound that fun. 1 vote yes 2 votes no
Yeah, but Bubblegatchi IS Bubble Tanks. At least, the theme is.
So…greatest idea ever.
Hey Goon! Nice idea, why don’t we make it so the bubble tank can fight other peoples bubblegatchi, the bigger it is, the stronger. Still you have my vote.
@goon, good idea but 2 things.
1. Can you change the name to something more epicer? Like bubble craft or bubble life.
2. That isn’t the best idea.
The invention of the video game was the best idea.
Okay okay, so Bubblegatchi isn’t the BEST idea (whereas Chuck Norris WAS the best idea, hands down). But it is still pretty good. I would rather buy/play that than the Nintendogs junk.
How about The Sims: Bubble Tanks Edition?
@goon, I played past Nintendo dogs, but the new ones suck muffins.
And to use sim’s logo, you need copyright data.
How about Bubble City?
How about Bubble Tanks 3?
awesome!8)
Sorry Goon, but it sounds kinda lame. Taking care of a bubble? Really?
Why not take care of something that actually makes sense? Like our very own pet or creature. Like a pet in that fight you, Silent Shadow, and Sadie had. Inferno, Chain, Snow, etc. Kinda like Pokemon. Cool pets, cool enemies, cool ways for them to grow. And they get better and better the more you play.
What do you guys think of that?
Typo-
“Like our very own pet or creature” = “Like YOUR very own pet or creature”. Sorry bout that.
Why is no one answering me?! It’s already been like 2 hours! Not a single person has posted since!
Bubbles are better because they don’t bite when you try to help them.
And they don’t defacate…..much.
And the only thing they eat is other bubbles.
And BTs don’t need clothing or any of that junk.
Besides, who DOESN’T want their own virtual pet bubble?!?!
Goon-
1. Your own pet aint gonna bite ya. That’s the job of the other pets.
2. Goon, you’re such a doofus. Why the heck would anyone care how much they poop? It’s not like HI’s going to spend their efforts making the pets poop all around the screen.
3. Pet bubbles, food bubbles, crap bubbles. I kno you’re attracted to bubbles, but seriously. HI has done enough stuff with bubbles. Let them change it up a bit.
4. The pets aren’t gonna have clothing or that other junk. Just cool body parts. Like a spike tail or a fire-breathing mouth.
5. Uhh… Me?
Lemme put it this way- if HI overuses the concept of the bubble, nobody’s going to wanna play it anymore since the idea is gonna get really old. Don’t you agree?
An update for #5 last time:
5. Uhh… Me? Everyone in the entire of the world?
Well SonicCloud, I know it seems boring, but imagine having your own pet bubble tank that you can train and feed it to make it bigger and stronger. Then you can have it fight other peoples bubble tank, its just a game for people who want a pet bubble tank.
@SonicCloud:
1: Pets can bite their owners. I have firsthand experience.
2: Because you need to clean up after the pet, and it won’t be fun if the poor animal won’t stop pooping. Bubble tanks rarely, if ever, defacate, which is good.
3: Bubbles are awesome. You clearly know nothing about the concept of WIN.
4: How about a Massive Cannon or a Death Field?
5: You alone is not enough. As you can see, other people like this idea.
No one in the history of EVAR has gotten bored with bubbles. Ever since the creation of water, bubbles have been a favorite pastime for everyone, young and old. The bubble will never wear away. It shall live on in all of us, regardless of any noobs’ criticism.
I’ll answer Parasite since he makes a whole truckload more of sense than Goon is making.
I’m not saying it’s boring. I’m saying that it’s a waste of the use of bubbles. You can have practically the same idea you just described to me but with a different kind of theme. For example, a pet CREATURE.
I kno that some people like bubble tanks a lot, but that isn’t EVERYONE. A majority of people like Storm Winds and other games by HI. We all kno Bubble Tanks is HI’s hit game, but that’s just one series of games. Don’t forget all of the other games. Focusing too much attention on bubbles is going to start some issues with other fans, thus pushing them away. If HI uses bubbles too much, people are going to get kinda tired of them. That’s pretty obvious, now isn’t it?
So just remember guys- Hero Interactive is NOT Bubble Interactive. Not everything has to be bubbles. Understand, Goon and Parasite?
Why is it that everyone I come into contact with suddenly gets aggressive towards me? Seriously, it gets annoying that I can’t even TALK to people without getting blasted for no god forsaken reason.
It ends now.
And I’m sticking with Bubblegatchi. Nothing will change my mind.
@goon, good idea for a game.
@sonic, one word: spore.
Spore is a cool game, its pretty cool that you can make your own creature and have it explore the world your in.
Kinda like a certain game we know….
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