Monday, December 28, 2009

Upcoming Update 3 Feature List

Update 3 features that we're working on:

1. New level set! The theme: Outer Space. The gameplay gimmick: Brutal Difficulty. Three levels of you dying, then one level of us expressing our condolences for your dying so much.

2. Best ghost run is saved, even if you have ghosts temporarily turned off!

3. Huge revamp to the challenge system, in which it becomes both back-and-forth and lives based. We think that the result will be so good that it will become the gold standard.

4. Lite update, so it will fully support OpenFeint and ghost races and so on.

5. Revamp to how the rope upgrades work. In short, the beginning rope will be much longer and the final rope will be about the same. This is to help with the learning curve for completely new players.

6. New DLC character, if the first DLC character was well-received.

7. New hats for all old and new characters.

8. OpenFeint 2.4!

9. Various new feature requests from the TouchArcade forum, blog comments, emails, and the app store reviewers.

10. More stuff that I'm probably forgetting right now.


We'll announce when the above is submitted. Enjoy Update 2 in the meantime.

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Update 2 Out!

Well, that came out really fast!

Get more information about the newest update on Hook Champ's iTunes Page.

All purchases of the new 99 cent DLC character will go towards us buying name-brand pizza rolls. Not the generic brands. If the 99 cent character is successful enough, we'll both make a second character and buy the more expensive Totino's brand of pizza rolls.

A short list of our plans for update 3 will be posted later tonight!

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Best App Ever 2009 Contest

The Best App Ever 2009 contest is almost over. Woops!

You can help Hook Champ's entry in the contest by clicking any/all of the shiny links below. Contest ends December 31st.

Nominate Hook Champ as Most Innovative Game!

Nominate Hook Champ as Best Retro Game!
Nominate Hook Champ as Best Use of a Social Gaming Platform!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Update 2 submitted!

Update 2 was submitted late last night. Prepare yourself!

We're going to take a short Hook Champ break to work on the prototype of our next game. After that, more Hook Champ updates are on the way. Now that we've added so many new features, we really want to accomplish three things in a future update:

1. Some more levels.
2. More OpenFeint polish.
3. More Hats.

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Friday, December 11, 2009

Update 2 Changelog Preview


Coming soon in Update 2:

- New costume system! Buy alternate looks in the shop. New winterized looks for Jake, Gunny, and Hookbot.

- New 99 cent DLC character: Hookbot! Features recharging rocketboots and wall smashing abilities.

- Ultra expensive, ultra fancy Megahooks! Each character gets their own Megahook, unique in appearance. 3,000 gold each!

- New Item, Jake only: A 5th rocketjump fuel tank, concealed safely in his hat.

- Challenge polishing and updates to the system.

- Quick Character Select on map screen.

- 24 new hats! 5 for Jake, 5 for Gunny, 14 for Hookbot.

- More features, yet to be announced!

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Amon26 links, plus update info tomorrow!

A list of what's going to be in update 2, including info on a new character, is going up tomorrow.

Until then, check out some things by Amon26, the musician for Hook Champ:

His store, featuring an art/game compilation CD of his.
A thread where you can download his two biggest games for free.
His music site.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Update 1 Out!

The new update is all the way live! Update it!

WHAT'S NEW IN THIS VERSION:

- New unlockable character with bigger guns (and almost as many hats)!
- New Challenge Levels, with the fastest Chaser ever!
- OpenFeint Leaderboards and Achievements!
**** The FIRST GAME EVER to feature OpenFeint Ghost Race Challenges! ****
- New hats! More hats than previously thought possible!
- New item for Jake to help out in lava-heavy levels.
- Restart Level option in Pause Menu!
- Numerous bug fixes (including that mute switch!), tweaks, improvements, and much much more!

If you don't have the game yet, you can fix that by clicking here.

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