Name the Tazer Challenge Finalists! Vote for YOUR Favorite Name! Hey everyone! Thanks to all your awesome suggestions for the Name the Taser Challenge, we had a fun time sorting through all of them! We wanted Lumpy to have the honor of this task, but he’s nowhere to be found. He skipped breakfast too, so something is amiss as Lumpy loves to eat. Hmmm. But I did notice the lights dimming in the office again…Lumpy could be in Ben’s lab… But then again, that’s one place I couldn’t search today because Ben’s fortified the security system after my previous break-ins. Well, where there’s the will, there’s a way…you’ll never stop me BEN! Mwahahahaha! In any event, behold – here are the final 5 candidates (in no particular order)! Lumpy’s Nitelight Tesla’s Touch Joy Buzzer Watts Up, Doc! Electri-Fryer Please vote for your favorite name at the poll on the sidebar of our blog! The polls will close at midnight on Wednesday, September 2nd so make sure to vote (and vote often?!)! Remember, the fate of the tazer’s name rests in your mouse click!!!
Hey DG, sorry, we had...erm...technical difficulties with the poll and we had to reset it. I think Lumpy was messing with the poll for some reason... Or hopefully, you voted after I reset the darn thing...
Seems like Joy Buzzer is in the lead right now in our naming poll! Lumpy is hoping the name means that it won't hurt as much. Tesla's Touch is just a tad behind.
Poll update! Tesla's Touch is trailing Joy Buzzer by one vote! Voting continues until midnight tonite at our blog, so if your favorite name isn't represented, be sure to vote! Once again, the selections are as follows: Lumpys Nitelight Teslas Touch Joy Buzzer Watts Up, Doc! Electri-Fryer Happy voting!
Name the Tazer Challenge Winner! Were pleased to announce the winning entry for the Name the Tazer Challenge! After a thrilling, nail-biting battle between Joy Buzzer and Tesla's Touch, a winner emerged! The tazer will be called Joy Buzzer! You can check it out in Episode 2 of QuitIt! A big thank you goes out to Devilishly Good, who submitted the winning entry. Wed also like to thank the other members of Touch Arcade who gave us suggestions! We really appreciate your audience participation. Lumpy wants to send out a special message to everyone too. When asked about the signs meaning, Lumpys Agent said, Its obvious one of your interns cant spell. Id like to assure everyone that my client is looking forward to Episode 2 and all the adoring pokes his fans will give him. This includes pokes with the Joy Buzzer. This interview is over.
Hahaha, I have the Lumpster now afraid of the tazer. You can check out the tazer in the store! You'll notice we increased the number of pokes per Poker. We're not sure about the pricing yet ... we're adjusting the number of pokes and pricing of everything now.
wow, yeah, those are definitely some bigger allotments for poker numbers...will the Lumpster be more generous in providing coinage? ...tho that devil's hand...its gotta be good for 666 pokes...i'm just sayin' Lol, Joy Buzzer, pretty durn funny...tho I was hoping people would like Lumpy's Nitelight
Hmmm ... you thinking he needs to give out more coin? We could do ... jackpots or just standard $1? So you know, we plan on introducing the concept of multipliers later on. If you do certain things right, you can get 2x, 3x of what you win from Lumpy. Thoughts on more money now and adding the multipliers later? Oh yah, I forgot, there are a few ways to win money now too. The mini games and another way. You can figure that one out on your own ! As far as your evilness .... you talking sumtin like this? We could do it ... but will you later say something like "it's not lasting long enuf!"!? It was set to 1400 this week. I'm actually a little surprised the Hermanator didn't think of 666! I was sort of wanting Tesla's Touch. Oh well. I should have just rigged the thing like a certain other person we know. Hmm, then again ... I could always "accidentally" have the name changed on release !
Lumpy was a little confused today. He thought that Labor Day meant that everyone was supposed to work extra hard. So he came into our offices to find only some of the EP2 production people around. Being the trooper, he stuck around ... but maybe he shouldn't have. Since we brought out the tazer. Happy Labor Day to everyone! Here's a screenshot of the holiday that is in the game ... but since we're still finishing up production for EP2, everyone won't be able to see it unless they change their calendars or until next year...
Some of you may already know that we've named the title to EP2 Shock and Oww. We also have the icon for the app. Check it! The Hermanator raised the question as to whether or not Apple would not like the icon, since we're rated 9+. Any thoughts or comments about this? We also have a poll on our blog for this, if you want to leave your thoughts there too! Thanks!
love the idea of jackpots and multipliers...the more random reward you provide, the more addicting your app will be if you use a variable-ratio schedule of reward Bwa ha ha ha! I like it ! lol, super sneaky, heh heh heh Hmmm, hard to say on the icon...love the "Shock and Oww"...how about keeping everything the same but the lightning bolts are what is zapping the lumpster? ...the only thing I think they might have an issue with is the battery being attached to lumpy
I am thinking about getting this game but I have a few questions (for the developers and others) 1.(developer) What do you in this "game"? 2.(anyone) Does it get boring quickly? 3.(developer) Will there be big updates submitted monthly or small updates bi-weekly? Thanks!
We'll schedule it in for one of our future updates. Think the scheme may be he'll start to cough up special currency that, when you collect enough (they'll bounce around screen and you will have to catch them), you'll get multipliers. I'll come clean. The original one we had was originally close to that. Except Lumpy wasn't in the quasi-electrocuted state. But today I did one of my "what if you had a battery and..." Maybe not one of my better ideas. Although we did get this one classic quote on battery versus just the lightning: Lumpy would love it if you purchased his game! To answer your questions... This "game" is really more of an entertainment app where you have quirky ways to relieve stress and have a good chuckle. Life can be too serious some times ... you don't have to be! It is meant to be a bit of a sandbox for you to tease or please Lumpy in. EP2 is introducing two mini games and a few other features such as gifts you can interact with as well as the starting point to making Lumpy happy. We have future plans which include more mini games, more things you can do with/to Lumpy, new characters (like his brother), and new locations. We've been taking in a lot of feedback from people and reviews and will also will use player feedback to help shape the game ... errr ... app ... more. As far as updates. Our plan is to try and hit a new one every 2-3 weeks. Pretty much once we submit to Apple, we plan on going right back into production for the next episode. The goal being that we can submit the next version after approval. We do want to maintain the quality of assets we have in the app as well. This is one of the biggest challenges, because the art generation takes the most time. We also want to get player feedback on the types of updates they want. If you want ones with more content, it may require an extra week. But we'll let you guys help decide. This one has taken a bit of time, but hopefully when people see all the new features they will understand why it took longer to get this one out. Lumpy says this is really just the tip of the iceberg! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!
Update is coming along well. We're gonna give the build out to a few Beta Testers hopefully tomorrow. We put a lot of new things to do this round, but will be starting part of EP3 production next week! The guy that does the VO for Lumpy actually had back surgery over the weekend ! So we're waiting on his stuff as well . I'm thinking we should be submitting soon! I'll also be posting more features, images, etc. so you guys can see the craziness we've been up to! Oh, a few other possibilities for colors on the icons...
