We couldn’t decide between Pirates and Fish

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So we went with both. Meet the Scallywags, the third team chosen for Outwitters’ release, and scourge of the seven seas. My favorite touch, personally, is that their Runner apparently lost his butt in some kind of horrible accident. Or maybe that’s considered his legs? I’ll have to look up where seahorses’ poop comes out and get back to you.

Aquatic Team, Splash Damage… Get it?

The special character for this race is called a Bombshell. In our first pass for balancing, he’ll function as an alternative to your Sniper. Where Snipers deal massive damage to a single tile in range, Bombshell’s mortar will deal less damage to your target, but extra splash damage to the surrounding tiles. That makes him the only character in the game capable of damaging multiple enemies with a single strike.

Being a crabby character, we’re also going to try giving Bombshell a unique way of getting around. Out of the shell, he’s slightly faster than a Sniper but super-vulnerable to attack. In order to fire his mortar, he’ll have to take a turn to fortify. In his shell he benefits from an armor boost, but becomes completely immobile. He’ll have to re-emerge in order to relocate.

Quality Over Quantity

In order to release this game on time (and have more time for quality assurance), Alex and I have decided to pull our remaining, incomplete teams from the release version, to be worked on as updates down the line. That plant team you’ve been staring at on our banner the last few months: shelved for now. C’est la game design. The Adorables, Feedback, and Scallywags will be at your disposal on launch day, and then more teams and map themes and schemes and dreams will be added further downstream.

Categories: Outwitters

25 responses to “We couldn’t decide between Pirates and Fish”

  1. Solan says:

    Aww, too bad we won’t get other races.:'(
    However, the races you’re made so far are great. As always keep the good work up, hoping release soon!

  2. S The Fanny says:

    Hmm at this generation I would have thought of Vampire Bats in the sky that suck out blood of humans or Wizardy Frogs. LOL. But the the Scallywags are very cute, this will do :]

  3. shoe says:

    I approve!

  4. MRcheese911 says:

    I love this team!

  5. Joey Funtimes says:

    Is the medic from Switzerland? 🙂

  6. Avenged110 says:

    Lol this is awesome

  7. Quantum Apocalypse says:

    Wow, looks epic.

    I just hope it’s compatible with older devices, because I followedthe development of Death Rally iOS for a year, and when it came out, it didn’t wok on my jPod!!!

  8. Isaac says:

    Wow, didn’t see that coming. I thought we might get pirates, but pirate fish? Brilliant.

    And I totally agree with your launch plan. Three is enough to start off with. Though, I admit, I was kinda looking forward to the plant race. First update, perhaps?

    @QA I’d be surprised if it wasn’t. Mine is an iPod Touch 3rd Gen, so IT’D BETTER BLOODY WORK.

  9. Ira1017 says:

    awesome!!! but what will it cost and when will it come out?

  10. QuantumApocalypse says:

    @Isaac, Mine’s a Second Gen!! Apple ditched it. I hope this app work will work on my device.

  11. QuantumApocalypse says:

    I’m really looking forward to it.

  12. graham says:

    looks awesome!!!

  13. ZZZ says:

    I hope it’s run on my second gen. iPod! 🙂
    Amazing desing.

  14. QuantumApocalypse says:

    OMFG, just got an iPad and forgot to get a gift card!!!! I can’t afford the HD Tilt to Live!!!!!

    I need it to go on sale. Hint, hint. 🙂

  15. QuantumApocalypse says:

    Once again, hint hint. 🙂

    By the way, the lite version is nice and entertaining, though you might want to include a snippet of another mode. Perhaps gauntlet, but with a score cap, which then takes you to a “purchase” screen where the customer can unlock the other features.

  16. Diggitfireball says:

    This looks awesome!
    Is there going to be Outwitters merchendise soon? Because there could be something where each team member is a action figure or something!!

    Also when the Iphone trailer comes out for this game, you should make a majority of the trailer have real animations of the characters fighting and then show some gameplay.
    But it would be cool to see the trailer lean more towards cartoon animations about the game as if it was an opening to a show!

    Keep up the good work!

  17. QuantumApocalypse says:

    Any approximation of launch date?

  18. Adam says:

    We’re crunching together menus and levels and stuff right now, so “this year” is still the best we can do.

  19. Isaac says:

    Well, this year is looking pretty damn good then. And next year.

    Too… many… games…

  20. Chris says:

    Hey Adam,

    Game looks awesome! I’ve been playing Tilt to Live everyday on my commute to work and I can’t wait for the new game, it looks amazing. I’ve been trying to get in touch for a week or so. Is there an email I can reach you at?

  21. brayton says:

    quality over quantity but if you please for our sanity make the game big and great before you publish so we dont die from ios-post-addiction-death(ipad) like the month of torture waiting for viva la turrent.

    also dont u guys mind bout tilt to fly, if someone made one with a link to u u wont care?

  22. ofir says:

    what?
    the plants will be off at the start?
    but they looked the best (from the one picture we saw)

  23. lolcoptr says:

    if less teams means it comes out faster then im happy