Hellooooooo, children! Not a whole lot going in post apocalyptia these days. But I did make these sweet Crane Wars wallpapers for you. It’s got the logo in it and EVERYTHING.

Hope you’re liking Crane Wars! And now…some MUSIC!

Crane Wars is live! Go play it! Or enjoy this delightful free image (the image isn’t nearly as fun as the game, which is also free):

Crane Wars is our 8th web game, following (in order of development): I Hate Clowns, Splume, Raptor Safari, Jetpack Brontosaurus, Minotaur China Shop, Blush, and Paper Moon. Whew. That’s a lot of games! And we’re only halfway through 2009–expect another 3 games from us before the end of the year. The next game release is scheduled for September 1st, 2009: Time Donkey. I italicized it so you know it’s important.

After you play Crane Wars, be sure to check out the blog for videos and prototypes following its development. You can even play an early prototype!

Thanks to everyone on the team for their hard work, and particularly the Mechtley brothers for the early work on the concept and Alec Holowka for the fantastic music.

We’ll be hanging out watching the stats roll the rest of today. Let us know what you think, and we’ll see you guys on the leaderboards…

Thanks to the smarmy “this is just an X rip-off” meme in the indie world, I have been informed that Crane Wars is merely a Krane Simulator rip-off. And, by gods, I wish it were! Kran Simulator 2009 absolutely NAILS the pacing. Kran Simulator 2008? Move aside:

I would absolutely love to make a game with such devious pacing, because I know The Internet would still play it competitively. They would have to; that’s what they does.

Oho! Have another 8 weeks passed already? Great horned rocketmoose, where does the time go? Seriously, does anyone else feel completely blindsided by the fact that 2009 is already half over? Soon it will be 2010 and we won’t need roads because we’ll all have jetpacks, hoverboards, and flying cars. I’ll have a Pitbull. Nyah.

But! I digress. It is time for the official trailer for our latest game, Crane Wars!

Crane Wars Blurst Trailer from Flashbang Studios on Vimeo.

For the best viewing experience watch it directly on Vimeo.

And also, if you’re not following us on Twitter we tend to post a ton of exclusive-ish info there: Blurst Twitter account.

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Flashbang

The next Blurst game will be Crane Wars, a construction site battle between the Union and the Scabs.  We posted an early development video awhile ago, back when it was a prototype curated by Adam and Matt Mechtley.  Today the entire company is involved in its production as we move it from a prototype to a finished product.  It’s been keeping us busy–we’re getting it done sooner than you might think–so we haven’t had a ton of time to post much information to the blog.

Realizing this, we pulled out our trusty video-device and walked around to everyone’s desk so you can see what we’re working on.  Enjoy! For best viewing experience watch this in HD directly on Vimeo.

We’re on track to launch 6 new games in 2009 at Blurst! Blush was launched successfully after an 8-week development cycle, so we changed gears into developing new concepts and prototypes. The first of these prototypes is Crane Wars. Adam and Matt present the concept to the rest of the company:

Watch Video in HD @ Vimeo

It’s a long video, but it covers the concept nicely (and you get to see how we discuss things, if you’re curious). But why watch a video? You can also:

Play Crane Wars Prototype

We’ll be posting regular video updates of our prototypes as we work towards the launch of our next game. Want to get instant notification of new videos and other inside info? Follow us on twitter.com/blurst!