{"id":353,"date":"2009-08-11T23:16:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T04:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/?p=353"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:01:26","slug":"kablooey-price-release-date-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/?p=353","title":{"rendered":"Kablooey!: Price & Release Date Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I announced earlier that I\u2019m shooting for the 2BeeGames competition deadline of September 15th. Because the game\u2019s quirky nature invites creative marketing angles, I\u2019ve also been considering how a meme coin<\/a> might make the experience more interactive for fans. Kablooey has now turned into a contest entry, instead of the commercial path I originally intended (which honestly I wasn\u2019t too keen on as the gameplay in this game is so unique). So as a result of that, I\u2019ve changed the original plans I had of the price and release method. So how much will Kablooey be?
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\nKablooey will be absolutely free.<\/strong> I might try out a model of “pay what you want” that some music artists have used (you essentially download the full game and decide how much you want to pay, from $0 to $100), but regardless there will be one version of the game, and it will be absolutely free. Woo!
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\nNow the release date, I don’t have it set, but obviously it will be done and available before September 15th<\/strong>. And before everyone laughs at me, as they always do with my release dates (and good reason, I suppose) let me remind ya that I actually HAVE to make this deadline, and I’m fully confident I can do it. A week before release the game will likely undergo beta testing, so be sure to sign up for the forums if you’d like a piece of that action. And now, I’d like to share the concept of Kablooey!:
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\nKablooey! unfolds in a picturesque canyon city, an idyllic setting for family life if not for one glaring exception\u2014the dilapidated skyscraper that’s teetering on the brink of ruin. This eyesore is not only an aesthetic blight, with its growing mold and infestation of rats and scorpions, but it’s also become a real safety concern. The situation was almost resolved when the original demolition company was under contract<\/a> to replace the hazardous building with a new apartment complex. However, after absconding with the city’s grant money, they’ve left us in a dire predicament. With the President of the USA scheduled to visit within hours for a major speech, the pressure is mounting to address this looming disaster. After all, no city wants to host the nation’s leader beside a skyscraper that’s a collapse waiting to happen\u2014safety must come first.
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\nHey, you look like a person who can get things done. Do you think, maybe, you could get this building knocked down for us? I don’t have any cash or big heavy machinery, but I bet if you look around the city there are plenty of things you can use.
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\nOh, you say you already looked and didn’t find anything of use? Well that’s because you’re not thinking with your head! You need to combine items to make them of any use. We got that ol’ missile launcher that just needs a few repairs, and that Airsho Plane just needs a tank of gas to run, and…
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\nSay, you know what, since you’re going to be going around town like this, do you think you could complete a few items on this list to get our city back into shape? Just a few odd things here and there. Hey, complete some of those and you’ll prove to me that you’ve got what it takes, and I’ll try to delay the President an extra hour with every list you complete. Well, get moving and start combining some items! <\/em>
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\nAnd that’s the Kablooey concept: combine two items and see what happens. Be smart about it…combining a car with a newspaper doesn’t do anything, but what if you combined newspaper with an empty barrel? Well you get a barrel full of newspaper…that kind of seems pointless doesn’t it? Unless…hmmm…
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\nOh, did I mention there’s over 200 objects to grab\/create? Better get movin’!
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So, I announced earlier that I\u2019m shooting for the 2BeeGames competition deadline of September 15th. Because the game\u2019s quirky nature invites creative marketing angles, I\u2019ve also been considering how a meme coin might make the experience more interactive for fans. Kablooey has now turned into a contest entry, instead of the commercial path I originally intended (which honestly I wasn\u2019t too keen on as the gameplay in this game is so unique). So as a result of that, I\u2019ve changedRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14,1,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-game-announcements","category-game-maker","category-kablooey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2851,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/2851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}