A batter world

Hey, everyone!

Is it just us or is it a really exciting time in games right now? This is usually the slower part of the year, but great games have been coming out left and right! It’s been hard to keep up! 

All this excitement has us feeling, well, excited. So much so that we wanted to share something fun with you. As you may know by now, there’s going to be a world in Runner3 called Foodland. What you may not know, however, is that it’s going to be a pretty weird place. All the staples—milk, eggs, butter, etc.—will be there, but we’ve also challenged ourselves to branch out a bit and throw in a few curveballs for good measure. As part of this initiative, we've invented the BATTERBLASTER 2000: 

The BATTERBLASTER 2000 is an incredibly complex piece of machinery, capable of creating just about any kind of food you can think of. Hungry for balut? No problem. Hankering for some geoduck? Coming right up. I just hope the future of food is something along these lines, as opposed to us all being forced to eat flavorless nutrient pills. That is my worst nightmare in so many ways. 

Hopefully the BATTERBLASTER 2000 is enough to tide you over this week. In the off chance that it isn’t, though, let me assure you that next week’s update is going to be a real doozy.

Until then!

- Dant

And the winners are....

Hey, everyone! Our Foodland contest concluded on Sunday, and we’ve taken some time since then to look over all of the amazing submissions and pick out our favorites. As an aside, I also wanted to point out that some of the food items people suggested are actually already in Foodland! We must be doing something right…

Without further ado, here are the winners we’ve chosen: 

  • Bouncy jello - Chris Trenary (a few people suggested this, but Chris was the first!)
  • Hotdog cattails! - MikesJam
  • Tapioca, Coxinha and Brigadeiro! - Joemir Franco
  • Blue Cheese! - flyp_J
  • Mac & cheese in an ice cream cone with Sriracha! - Ganny (this name sounds familiar…) 

If you’re listed here, it means your suggestion is going to make its way into the game! You’re practically a game developer at this point.

Also, we mean it when we say that all of the submissions were amazing. We were absolutely blown away by how many we received, and the inventiveness (and silliness!) of all of them. If you participated, thank you! 

We plan on running a few more contests like this over the course of development, so stay tuned! 

- Dant

Help us create Foodland!

Hey, everyone! 

In lieu of sharing something new from the game in today’s blog post, we thought it might be fun to hand the keys over to you for a bit. As you may have seen, one of the worlds in Runner3 is going to be Foodland. We have a lot of ideas for the kinds of foods we hope to include, but we wanted to give our readers a chance to offer up some suggestions as well! 

This is going to be a pretty informal contest. If you have an idea for a food you’d like to see show up in Foodland, comment on this post and let us know! The only rules are: 

  • Please only submit three possible foods (That way, you'll be encouraged to think hard about the foods you'd like to submit!)
  • If possible, please keep your submissions to just one comment

It’s Tuesday (February 7), so let’s say you have until Sunday at midnight (PST). That should be enough time to think up something good! Oh, and we’ll be sure to share a post next week announcing the winners and the foods they suggested.

This probably goes without saying, but please don't be afraid to get weird with your suggestions. 

Let’s do this!

- Dant

Let's listen to some Runner3 tuneage

Today’s a big day, everyone. After months of posting vague announcements and assets from the game, we’ve decided it’s time to give you something a little more savory. Specifically, we're going to share some music with you. Runner3 is a rhythm-music platformer, after all, so I imagine some folks out there are interested in how it’s going to sound. 

I’m going to post a tune below, but I’d like to contextualize it a bit first. This is some of the music you'll be hearing in Foodland, which is going to be one of the worlds you'll be dashing through in Runner3. It’s a land chock-full of toothsome terrain, succulent surroundings, and flavorsome friends. Just feast your eyes on this concept art:

With that in your head, we think it's time to debut the first-ever song from Runner3. It may undergo a tweak or two prior to launch, but this should still give you a good feel for the overall vibe. Feast your ears on this melodious morsel: 

As noted before, the music of Runner3 will be composed by Matt Harwood, who we also worked with on Runner2 and the rest of the BIT.TRIP series! He's as much a staple of the BIT.TRIP world as CommanderVideo himself!

We’re extremely excited to be sharing this with you, so please let us know what you think in the comments!

- Dant

The Lords Are Back in Town

Hey everyone, 

It probably comes as no surprise that these first few months of development have been focused on laying the groundwork necessary to, you know, make the game. There’s still some work to be done in that regard, but we’ve also reached a point where we can begin to allocate more of our focus towards the very important task of making the art! Because of this, we’re hoping to share more and more art and assets from the game moving forward. To kick off that initiative, we want to show you the final boss of Spookyland. Feast your eyes: 

These owls are not what you’d call honorable. And to make matters worse, their nocturnal nature makes it so that all court activities must take place in the dead of night. I’m really trying to avoid making a Night Court joke here. 

I should probably also mention that these owls are currently in what you’d call a “t-pose”, meaning they won’t have their arms awkwardly raised like that when you encounter them in the game. Rather, they'll probably be doing something menacing like banging their gavel or hurling their wigs at you.

Let us know what you think of these f'owl beasts!

- Mike