ToppsTown: Bazooka Blow

While I'm not trying to turn this into a ToppsTown blog, the site is really fun to blog about. There are so many behind-the-scenes stories that I want to tell you about, and as close as I am to the project there's still so much that's a surprise to me. I guess that speaks to how much combined effort goes into a virtual world.

Today I logged on and noticed that Bazooka Blow is the featured game. Huzzah! While I enjoy all of our games, this simple twitch game makes my day. (Besides entering ToppsTown codes, it's also probably the easiest to rack of a few quick points.) In case you haven't played it, I'm posting a few screen grabs.

Charlie did an awesome job with this guy's expressions. (Oops! I originally said it was Evan, who also does amazing work, but this game was in Charlie's court. Oooops!) That's what makes such a basic game really stand out: the style behind it.

We also developed the music for the game-- you can thank Mark for the goofy, classic arcade-type music that loops throughout the game.

And I think there's a great finishing touch on the bee and the claw, both which fly in randomly to pop your Bazooka bubble. TIP: If you haven't noticed yet, they don't automatically pop the bubble. Sometimes if you wait just for one super-tense second, they might... might... fly back out of frame, leaving your bubble intact. As far as I can tell, the claw is more likely to vamoose than the bee (whom I repeatedly curse to high heaven).

Question to anyone still reading: are you interesting in hearing back-stories on other Topps Town games?