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Quinn’s Q&A: Skystone Origins, Back Ups, and Mrs. Romano!

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By , January 16, 2013 1:00 pm
Question 1:
Who is Little Edoardo’s wife, the mother of Bruna and Carlo?
Answer 1:
Little Edoardo’s wife was the late Giordana Romano. Unfortunately, she passed away 10 years ago of old age (she was 8 years older than Little Edoardo).
Question 2:
What gave you your idea of your first game, Remnants of Skystone?
Answer 2:
Remnants of Skystone was actually our fourth game (Papa Louie, Papa’s Pizzeria, and Rock Garden were released earlier).

After working on Papa Louie, we were throwing around ideas for a new platformer where different classes of characters had different platforming abilities, which would be used to navigate the same levels in different ways. We were also interested in making something with a larger interconnected map in Metroidvania style.

When Kongregate started funding large-scale games for its “Premium Games” program, we came back to this concept, and brainstormed on different ways characters could navigate a level. We eventually narrowed it down to ability sets of flying, climbing, and swinging, and figured out what types of combat would go best with with those movesets. Kongregate suggested pitching something with an edgier or grittier feel, so we imagined a sort of ruined world that these three types of characters were trying to reclaim. We started out with a Steampunk theme for our flying class of Aeronauts, and we strayed into tribal and mountain-climbing themes for the other classes to make them each unique and relate to their abilities. We’re big fans of the 16-bit Metroid and Castlevania platformers, so Skystone was very much inspired by those games.

Question 3:
Will be there a “save backup” function for the other Papa’s games?
Answer 3:
We have just updated Papa’s Freezeria and Papa’s Taco Mia with backups! Now all our Gamerias have “Save Backups” except Burgeria and Pizzeria, which unfortunately will not be getting the backup option because they’re made with earlier versions of Flash that won’t support it.

If you have any other questions, click the “Ask a Question!” button at the bottom of the blog!



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Sneak Peek: Papa’s Burgeria To Go: Build Station

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By , January 15, 2013 9:45 am

Hey Everyone,

We are making some major progress on Papa’s Burgeria To Go! For this sneak peek, we wanted to show off the new Build Station.

The biggest change that you will noticed is the topping location. One of the biggest problems with playing a Gameria on the small screen is that your fingers cover up most of the screen. So the traditional way to build a burger would be to drag and drop toppings. The only problem is that as you are dragging a topping, your finger is completely covering up the burger, so it’s very hard to line things up for that perfect score. In Papa’s Burgeria To Go, we moved all the toppings into the Bin Slider. To choose a topping, you simply slide the bins left and right until the topping you are looking for is over the burger. After carefully aligning the topping, you simply tap on the Drop button to release the topping from the bin. This ends up feeling very fluid, and allows you to build up your burger precisely without those pesky fingers getting in the way. There is also a Switch Button on the left side that allows you to switch between your unlocked toppings and the burger patties you just took off the grill. It might sound complicated, but the training will walk you through it without a hitch. Below is a breakdown of the buttons that appear in the Build Station.

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Flipdeck 58: Gander

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By , January 14, 2013 7:12 am
Name:
Gander
First Appearance:
Info:
Gander is an easy going goose from the Lowlands. Like many geese in the Plumpfeather Kingdom, he comes from an aristocratic family. However, being an entrepreneur at heart and a natural salesman, Gander forwent his family’s opulence in order to carve out his own path as a traveling merchant.

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