The Outwitters release went swimmingly, and we’re at 388,000 free downloads so far. We were even Apple’s Editor’s Choice pick for the week, which was a nice surprise. No major meltdown problems technically, but still a LOT of bug reports to sift through. Unfortunately, there’s a lot you don’t catch when your beta only has like 30 devices in it. Although we did get one email thanking us for releasing a “bug-free game”, so apparently one copy of Outwitters was touched by an angel.
This week we’re sort of working at a stutter. Alex (our developer) has decided to flee the state of Alabama for greener pastures, so there’s the distraction of house hunting to be dealt with. Once that’s settled, he’s working on a major patch update for Outwitters to address some of the nastier bugs and crashes. The game limit will also be getting a big bump for some users (might we recommend the über pack?). If all goes according to plan, that update should hit in about a month.
In my stabler corner of the world, I’m animating and painting a fourth team for our first content update (coming to a device near you in many, many weeks). YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST: Their name starts with a V! And it ends with a T! And it contains five vowels.
Finally, in news that few people will care about, you may have noticed that our merch section has disappeared. We ordered some of the products and they were crap, and expensive. So in a fit of rage we ripped it from the navigation bar and broke it over our knee.
34 responses to “Back to Work”
The ‘Vacationist’?
The ‘Viticulturist’?
Vacationist 🙂
Cannot wait for the game increase, I was hoping something like that will be added. I will be purchasing the Ubers pack now. Hoping its at least 40!
Viticulturist… Way better than our idea. I’m starting over.
I guess it is the “plant” team that you trashed quite a long time ago… Vegetal-something?
Nice news btw.
lol at the merch section getting busted over knees of rage…
Great job on the game itself though, I’m really enjoying the asynch turn-based approach since I can play my turn whenever I have a few minutes. Looking forward to more content!
“Veggiekillerst”?
Bring on team number four! I love how Outwitters sits on the precipice between symmetric and asymmetric game play. The units are the same and the maps are mirrored, but the 7 wit units and the spawning of troops make the game a lot of fun.
Awesome. Does that mean the merch section will ever come back? Because I was looking to get a poster or two from there sometime soon.
I came on here to suggest upping the game limit for ubber purchasers! Saw that you are already planning it. Excellent.
Hi guys, love the game! Bought the full upgrade pack and am really enjoying it. There are lots of good players to go against, and the occasional bugs/crashes are minor when compared to the overall quality of this game. Cheers!
Fix it it is VERY SLOW
I love how you have a link to your blog on the app. It really keeps us updated. I’ve been getting pretty annoyed with these crashes, but at least I know you are aware of the problem and working on it. Keep up the good work! I love the game
I can’t wait to see the new pack!!!!!
Absolutely love the game! Can’t wait for the new pack, will there be new maps too? Starts with a V ends with a T…argh have no idea !!!
Can I save reeplay of my game somehow ?
I was in the gifted league in 2×2 but now in clever..is this due to anout of losses?
Great game love it lots. I think you need to release Team Fortress pack, that would be amazing!
Possibly the ventriloquist’s?
Outwitters is an amazing game!!! I love everything about it! I am now a One Man Left fan!
Hey great game, thanks xxxxxxxxxxxxxx cybergibbons isn’t gonna get his iPad back for a long time. So good of you to do the free download, not a hard decision to buy the uber pack xxxx wish there were more games like thisxxxxx
Love,
Nootashey xx
+1 for Ventriloquist. A group of puppets with a super unit that controls any of the puppets for an extra movement and attack for his move.
Actually more likely a movement or* attack.
what are you saing about a cripy creturs race (after the forest race)
runer: goust
soldier: evil scarecrow with pitchfork (every soldier have some kind of fork)
medic: skeleton with doctor clothes
sniper: dark wizerd eith cowl coverd face and glowing red eyes
heavy: massive zombie
special:open for idea
Duki- special can be a vampire that when his attack lands he heals himself.
By the way – the game is completely amazing!! Keep it up guys!
that can be a great Halloween update.
A couple of ideas please somebody input on how they sound
1) Make a notes section within the games. Sometimes when I have 20 games going on I mix up my strategies and how I want to play my specific opponenet. If you make a notes section thats only visible to you this can help with strategy.
2) Can you make it so I can choose who my unit as after I see the map we are playing on. For example, after clicking league game and It pairs me up can it show the map we would be playing at and then can I choose my team. For some smaller maps I would prefer to use a different team that more suits that map.
An idea for a Jungle Pack (later on):
Runner: Ant
Soldier: Monkey with a forked branch
Medic: Redback Spider with a plus mark on its back
Sniper: Tree with an eye in its branches
Special: Chameleon that can turn invisible/visible. Cannot attack on the same turn it changes invisible/visible, walks slower when invisible and flashes visible when it attacks.
Still not happy with the sniper, anyone got any ideas for replacements?
Suggestion:
How about a poll for what the user would like for the next update?
Or a suggestion page for future characters?
My 1st suggestion would be: ninjas!
😀
I forgot Heavy for my jungle pack;
Contemplating between a Gorilla and a Rhino.
While trying to guess the name of the team I thought of an excellent team that I might even draw up on my own.
Philosoraptors
A team of scholarly dinosaurs with coat tails, top hats, and an appetite for wits. After all they need all the wits they can get if they want to carry on a long conversation about string theory over a fine single malt scotch.
Undead evil team I thought runner spider soldier I like scarecrow with pitch fork medic zombie nurse sniper skeleton with bow heavy is golem and special a ghost which turns invisible for a round and can attack invisible and no one sees it even in replay and he’s got average health when is up date coming?
Jungle pack sniper idea: poison dart frog
Another idea for a special character-
Have a special character that can attack 2 or 3 spaces in a row, so if the enemy has 3 guys lined up, you can stand in fromt of them and attack all 3 with one shot.
Also philosoraptors is great!
My idea for a character pack:
Based on: Insects
Name: The Creepy Crawlers Pack
Runner: Ant (Uses front arms to attack)
Soldier: Cockroach (Attacks)
Medic: Ladybug (Has black plus signs instead of dots)
Sniper: Praying Mantis (Spits at enemy)
Heavy: Beatle (Attacks with horn-like features on head)
Special: Spider (Shoots web to prevent a single unit from moving for 1 turn)
Thank you, and please consider these ideas for Outwitters, JJ Whitehead
Another idea for the effect of the special unit in my “Creepy Crawlers” pack is: The spider can poison a unit, and the unit loses 1 health every turn unless healed by a medic. This would be a very useful special character. Thanks, JJ.