I’m not going to lie, we were pretty anxious about Tilt to Live 2. 2013 was on track to be our slowest year yet, and Tilt to Live felt like it might be old news. Did people still exist that knew what a Tilt to Live was, or had all our fans died of old age in the two year interim?
Launch day, you showed up to support us in a big way. We cracked the top 10 in games on the App Store for the first time ever, and reached #15 in top overall. The past few days of sales have been the best we’ve ever seen, which is obviously a fantastic shot in the arm for our company. We cannot thank you enough.
We’re going to take a few weeks off to restore our sanity, then jump into filling that “New Gametype” section with something tasty.
We’ve been working hard all year, and Tilt to Live 2: Redonkulous is finally available on the App Store! It’s a universal app, so if you have at least an iPad 2, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch (5th gen), or newer, just click the icon to grab a copy. If you’re on the fence, you should check out the trailer and see if it looks like your cup o’ tea.
We’ve also made the soundtrack available for streaming or purchase on Bandcamp, for those of you that like really strange swing music.
A hearty thank you goes out to anyone that bought anything we’ve put out over the past 3 years. It’s your support that allows us to keep these amazing jobs we stumbled upon, and we look forward to crafting even more redonkulous experiences for your future enjoyment.
We thought we’d give you like, an entire day’s heads up that our new game is coming out. It’s a universal app that requires at least an iPad 2, iPhone 4s, or iPod touch (5th gen), and will be launching for $2.99 USD. See you on the leaderboards Thursday!
The following codes can be redeemed right here for free copies of the Tilt to Live 2 Soundtrack. Act fast!
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We’re still getting our ducks in a row for a Tilt to Live 2 release date, but we have collected all the excellent new music by REdVOLT Audio‘s Mike Reagan (Outwitters, Pudding Monsters, Angry Birds Star Wars) into a soundtrack for you to stream or purchase. Proceeds are split between the Feed the Composer Initiative and the Help Tilt to Live 2 Break Even Fund. My favorite track, personally, is Undercover Arrow.
Our fixes are slowly turning from game changing to nit-picky. The Code Red theme, our last bit of music, was delivered this week, and the soundtrack is being cut together as I type this. All things considered, we’re still really optimistic that we can land a release date sometime this month. Don’t forget you can sign up for an email reminder the day Tilt to Live 2 hits the App Store, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
In case you haven’t heard, you can sign up for an email reminder when the game hits the App Store!
The dot bombs from my sketches made it into the game, after all! When you see a circular warning, clear out fast. Flying through their target-shaped weakpoints will dismantle these guys into a friendly, dot-dispatching nuke explosion.
You probably saw this weapon featured in our games section, or in our first icon pass. It actually follows along with your arrow’s momentum, so a few good flicks starts it spinning around you, wiping whole crowds of dots off the map.
It’s our first official screenshot! Note the fancy new dot renderer, which makes them blend and squish together like liquid. Up top, you’ll also notice a new dot value display. Each dot you eliminate ticks this up, growing your score exponentially over time. There’s a new combo system that helps grow your dot value even faster, which we’ll show off later on.
Our goal is to have Tilt to Live 2 submitted to Apple by the end of the month. Stay tuned to see if we succeed!
You may recall this older post, where I was sketching ideas for a shield weapon for Tilt to Live 2. I mentioned we were taking it in another direction, which wound up being the “cheap dot costume that makes everyone ignore you, even though you are still killing them” direction. We call it the Brilliant Disguise.
Things are really starting to come together.