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Question 1:
Why don’t you include more details like age, and nationality, in the customer profiles and Flipdecks? |
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Answer 1:
Although we could add more info to Customer Profiles and Flipdecks, we try to avoid pinpointing an exact age and nationality for the customers. In our game Remnants of Skystone, we gave everyone birthdates, but it became very complicated as time progressed and we have since avoided giving specific ages to our characters. The closest we will get is saying that somebody is in high school, middle-aged, elderly, etc. We also don’t officially define customer’s nationalities because they live in a world where places like the United States, Sweden, Mexico, and other countries don’t exist. The most you will get is their hometown, so someone from Oniontown would probably be called an Oniontowner. |
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Question 2:
Does Papa’s Burgeria HD work on the iPad Mini? |
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Answer 2:
Yes, it will work just the same as it does on a full sized iPad. |
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Question 3:
Where did the name Papa Louie come from? |
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Answer 3:
The original name for Papa Louie: When Pizzas Attack was simply “Pizza Panic”. Where an adventurous pizza chef named Papa Lucci was on a mission to save his customers from cheesy Pizza Monsters. During development, another game called Pizza Panic came out and we had to think of a new name, so we renamed the game as “Papa Lucci: when Pizzas Attack.” However, seeing the name Papa Lucci written out had us worried that a good majority of people wouldn’t know how to pronounce Lucci (Loo-shee). So we decided to change his name to a more familiar-sounding name like Louie, and that’s when Papa Louie was created!
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If you have any other questions, click the “Ask a Question!” button at the bottom of the blog!
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Question 1:
Who are Georgito and Johnny loosely based off? |
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Answer 1:
Tony: We say loosely because they don’t really reflect the real people they were once based off of. Georgito and Johnny are loosely based off of two of my friends. George was always persistent about me making him a customer. Not only a customer but a wealthy customer. Finally I told him I would, but he would be really short and sporting a monocle. John would always playtest our games as soon as they were released, so I thought I’d make a customer for him. And no, he’s not a lumberjack. |
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Question 2:
Why are your games not on the Wii, Xbox, Playstation, 3DS, etc? |
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Answer 2:
We are just two guys working on games here at Flipline Studios. We try to keep a balance between releasing web games and porting our existing games to other devices. We have spent most of this year learning how to port to mobile phones and tablets. Coding games for those devices is similar to how we make webgames, and launching games on those devices is very straightforward. Currently, coding and launching a game for the home and handheld consoles like the Xbox 360 and Nintendo 3DS is much more complicated with many more barriers of entry. So although we will continue to make apps for phones and tablets, we are not quite ready to dive into the current console market. |
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Question 3:
What is the Loco Mystery Sauce recipe? |
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Answer 3:
Don’t tell Papa Louie we told you, but here is his secret recipe for his Loco Mystery Sauce…
Ingredients:
6 oz of Tastyville Tomato Paste
2 tsp of cayenne pepper
3 cups of water
2 tbsp of Pauly’s Chili Powder
2.5 tsp of salt
2 tsp of cornstarch
2 tsp of white vinegar
2 tbsp minced dried Purple Onions
3 tbsp of Purple Hot Peppers
1 Adult helper/supervisor
With the help of an adult, mix the tomato paste and water in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until it’s nice and smooth. Then stir in the chili powder, cayenne pepper, salt, cornstarch, vinegar and dried onions. Chop up the purple peppers into very fine pieces (if you can’t find Purple Hot Peppers, you can substitute 2 tbsp of canned jalapeno slices). Add the chopped peppers to the saucepan and heat the sauce to boiling stirring occasionally. Once boiling, stir for 3 minutes then remove from the heat. Let the sauce cool, and then put into a sealed container and refrigerate.
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If you have any other questions, click the “Ask a Question!” button at the bottom of the blog!
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Question 1:
Why do some customers change their appearances? |
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Answer 1:
In books, cartoons and video games, character evolution is bound to happen, and we totally embrace that idea here at Flipline Studios. It’s always interesting to look back on how characters change with time like early black-and-white Mickey Mouse cartoons or a pixelated “jumpman” who would soon become Super Mario. We feel the world of Papa Louie is alive and moving forward. The customers are like everyday people, trying out new hairstyles, getting new jobs, or dropping everything to pursue a lifelong dream. |
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Question 2:
Why doesn’t Papa Louie or his customers talk? |
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Answer 2:
The main reason why Papa Louie and his customers don’t talk is simply file size. Music and sound effects files are very large, while webgames need to be fairly small in file size. So when making a game for the web, we have to strategically choose just how much sound and music we can fit into the game before it gets too big. It would also be very complicated and potentially budget breaking to find quality voice actors for the 70+ customers we have. Plus now that we have gone so long without voice acting, we feel our fans already have imaginary voices for the customers, and if we tried to add voices now, it might be too jarring and weird. Much like how Link never speaks in Zelda games. But who knows, in the future files size might not be a factor, and voice acting might fit into a budget. |
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Question 3:
Is Sarge ever going to seek revenge on Papa Louie and/or his restaurants? |
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Answer 3:
Sarge has been out of action for a while! One of our early ideas for Papa’s Pizzeria was to have more elements of the “food world” like the onion enemies crossing over into the restaurant world, but in the end we decided to keep them separate, so he hasn’t made an appearance since the original Papa Louie game. Sarge does make a cameo as the mascot of the Oniontown Crushers baseball team in Papa’s Hot Doggeria though. A few years ago, we were actually planning to give Sarge his very own game where he would gather troops of onions to make his comeback. We had to stop working on the game when Remnants of Skystone filled up our schedule, but maybe someday he’ll make his triumphant return!
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If you have any other questions, click the “Ask a Question!” button at the bottom of the blog!
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