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By Flipline Matt, September 13, 2012 9:04 am

Time for more Q&A!

Question 1
How long does it take to make one of your games?

Answer 1
It really varies for each game, and depends on how many new things we’re adding and if it’s a brand-new title — though sequels can also take a long time! For one of Papa’s Gamerias, it generally takes anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks of working full-time on the game before it’s ready to release. Some elements of gameplay don’t take long since they stay pretty similar (like taking orders and handling tickets), but we spend a lot of time working on how to turn the food’s preparation into something fun to play. We also try to keep adding new elements to the series like mini-games, decorating, and custom workers, so each of these add some extra time for development.

When we develop brand-new games for a new series there is some extra work involved, so they may take around 3 or 4 months! The first Cactus McCoy game took over 3 months to develop, and even though we could use some code and level editors from our previous games, the game had a brand new way of fighting and exploring that took some time to fine-tune until it was ready. We thought the second Cactus McCoy game would go a lot faster since it was similar to the first game, but we added so many new elements that it took just as long as the first!

We’d love to release games quicker so everyone didn’t have to wait long for our next game, but there are only two of us here at Flipline, so we can only go so fast!

Question 2
Where are the Pizzeria and Taco Mia! located?

Answer 2
Our newer Gamerias always mention what town you’re in, but we didn’t really say where the earlier restaurants were located. For the record, Papa’s Pizzeria is located in the city of Tastyville, the Burgeria is located in the suburb of Burgerburgh, and Papa’s Taco Mia! is located in the nearby town of Tacodale.

Question 3
What happened to the apartment above the Pizzeria?

Answer 3
The apartments are still there, but you only see the Pizzeria storefront during the game’s intro. Many of Papa’s loyal customers like Wally and James still live in the apartments despite being captured by Sarge and his Pizza Monsters during “When Pizzas Attack” — the food is just too good to leave! Big Pauly also still has his headquarters for Pauly’s Pepper right next door.

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By Flipline_Tony, September 12, 2012 9:05 am

Hey everyone!

So this week we are showing off the battle phase of Jacksmith! After you have crafted all your weapons for the day, you and and team of warriors are ready to battle the enemies along the upcoming road. Your warriors will be in the forefront while your weapon wagon slowly rolls along in the back. As your team travels down the road, they will encounter various enemies. They will fight them on their own with the weapons you have made, but your work isn’t done yet.

As they fight, the enemies slowly drop various loot such as weapon parts, metal ores, and gems. It is your job to quickly gather all the spoils with the mouse before the warriors run off to the next enemy. As you progress in the game, you will also unlock various cannon balls and bombs that you will strategically launch during the battle to help fight the enemies, and take care of your team. As an added bonus, if you have crafted really good weapons using the most strategic parts, and properly used your cannon, you might make it to the treasure chest at the end of each day. The treasure chest holds a design scroll and the parts needed to make an Epic Weapon, but we’ll talk more about that later.