Developer Diary: Thank You!

Thank you to the funders, fans, and fearless defenders of Tickputt for supporting our dream of making Food Battle: The Game.  It has been an incredible journey, and we are extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to share it with all of you.  

Sadly, all good things must come to an end. As of August 4th, 2017, we will be retiring Food Battle: The Game from the app store and discontinuing support for future gameplay.  

We appreciate your support, and value your continued enthusiasm for our projects!  Stay tuned for updates on the new and exciting things we’re working on by following us @SMOSH on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram - a LOT is happening!! :)

If you have any questions, concerns, or just want to share some memories with us about Food Battle: The Game, please feel free to email us at comments@smosh.com

-The SMOSH Team

ABOUT THE GAME

Food Battle: THE GAME is a 3D single-player action adventure game. Guide Anthony through multiple unique worlds where you can unlock and equip his favorite foods as weapons to help you battle Ian's hordes of evil donut minions. And you'll need every weapon in your arsenal if you hope to survive the pink frosted final boss! 

Developer Diary: October 16

Hey Everyone, here’s our latest update for this week. We’re really excited to show you the final concept art for the Donut Minions!

All our donut minions are making different faces. It’s really cool to imagine what order these expressions might happen in. Is the donut surprised when it first sees you or angry?

WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK: Let us know what you think in the Indiegogo comments section with #donutface

- Ian and Anthony

Developer Diary: October 8

Hey Everyone, here’s our latest update for this week. We’re really excited to show you the final concept art for Ian!

Many of you commented that the hair didn't look quite right so we worked tirelessly with the concept artists to give that cut just the right amount of bowl. We also gave him this manly five o'clock shadow.

Below you’ll find a progression of Ian’s character, where we ultimately tweaked #2 to the final designs you see above.

WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK:Let us know what you think of Ian’s final concept art in the Indiegogo comments with #ian

- Ian and Anthony

Developer Diary: September 30

Hey Everyone,

We wanted to share the initial concept art for the Baker, who will be the creator of  the donut minions! 

The final Baker concept is the last image (with the blue shirt). 

We asked the concept artists to give him an epic mustache and cover him in food stains so it looks like he’s just been making some mutant pastries.

WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK! Let us know what you think of the Baker in the Indiegogo comments section with #baker.

We’ve received a lot of great feedback on our update from last week! Keep the comments coming on what you think the Donut Minion attacks should be!  #moredonuts

- Ian and Anthony

DEVELOPER DIARY: SEPTEMBER 23

Hey Everyone!

Sorry a few weeks have gone by since the campaign ended!!! We've been working hard with our Smosh team to fulfill all the perks you have so generously funded. Starting today, we'll be making weekly developer diary updates (every Monday) so we can continue updating you guys on game progress and get more of your feedback. The game is planned to be released Summer 2014!

GAME UPDATES

Awesome Donut Minions Updates:

Bacon Maple Bat has a pair of bacon wings to swoop down from the sky! Hopefully someone’s thought to dry those wings or this could get greasy. Cinnamon Twist Snake looks super delicious, but don’t take a bite because he will bite back! Eclair Hound may look like a friendly puppy, but a simple “Sit! Stay!” is not gonna cut it. 

WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK: What kind of attacks do you think the new donut minions should have? Let us know in the Indiegogo comments section with #moredonuts.

We have more facial expressions for Maple Bar! He’s one of our favorite donut minions so we’re hoping you’re as excited as we are. He’s like a cool swamp monster in an old horror film with these faces below:

Stevie Update:

We have a color update to Stevie's character with some new facial expressions...like happy, sad, shocked, and...I don’t even know what that last one is, but it looks like a face that Stevie would make!

Stevie will also be wearing his signature jorts so you can see him in all his jort-wearing glory in Food Battle: The Game. Let’s just hope the animators never decide to make him bend over!

Thanks again for all of your support, comments and tweets! We'll be using all the funds raised to make this game as awesome as humanly possible! More updates to come next week…stay tuned…

Ian and Anthony

DEVELOPER DIARY: AUGUST 22

Last night during our live stream extravaganza we released some really awesome new concepts! Check out these drawings of Ian, and his pet donut hole! Tell us in the comments section what you think of Ian's donut using #iansdonut!

DEVELOPER DIARY: AUGUST 20

Hey guys! This will be our final developer diary before our campaign ends THIS FRIDAY, August 23rd, and we have a bunch of new things to share with you!

1) CHARACTERS

Food Battle: THE GAME will include Anthony, Ian, Ian's Pet Donut Hole (who is waiting to be named by one of you!), the Baker, Stevie, and Charlie the Drunk Guinea Pig, the winner of our very first survey!  Check out these cute sketches of Charlie + Anthony!

2) WEAPONS

Last week, we showed you concept art for the Churro, Celery Stick, Egg Roll and Red Hot Chili Pepper. Today, we have even more to show you! Tell us in the comments section what you think of the Taquito using #weapons!

DEVELOPER DIARY: AUGUST 12

Hey everyone! Thanks for all of your awesome feedback. With your help, we made some good revisions and decided on which donut boss to feature. Keep reading to learn more about Anthony's weapons and hear about the game story.

1) WEAPONS

The player's weapons will be crucial for defending the village against all of the evil donut minions! Check out this concept art for some of our weapons that are currently in development. They will be used to fight off enemies, plus solve puzzles throughout the game! Let us know what you think of these new weapons with the hashtag #weapons in the comments. Plus check out the "Survey" section (above) to put a vote in for this week's survey: What power should Anthony's churro have!

2) THE STORY

We've put a lot of effort into creating an epic story for Food Battle: THE GAME. It begins in a small village that once had a prosperous donut factory. The greedy baker tried splicing donut and human DNA to replace his workers with donut minions and it went HORRIBLY WRONG! The aggressive donut minions preferred fighting to working and the baker lost control. It was up to the villagers to destroy them while the baker shut down the factory and went into hiding. Everything was peaceful until donut minions suddenly appeared and started attacking! Help us fight them and defend the village! 

Here are our donut minions based on your feedback!

3) Boss Battle

We saw an overwhelming response for Version 1 of the Donut Boss. We have updated the art below! This will be used for our SIGNED concept art perk at the $100 tier!

P.S. Check out these awesome churro concepts we've had mocked up for our week 3 survey!

DEVELOPER DIARY: AUGUST 2

Hey everyone! We’re excited to show you concept art today! This is the first installment of our Developer Diary series that will give you guys a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Food Battle: THE GAME! 

1) CONCEPT ART PROCESS

We are collaborating with talented concept artists from Liquid Development, a studio that has worked on games such as Halo 4, Borderlands, Mass Effect 2 and Fable 2! Pretty awesome, right? CLICK HERE to see what other titles they have worked on...we’re sure you have played a few of them! The concept art process helps us nail down the spirit and art direction we want for the characters and environments. These sketches are not literal, in-game art yet so we’ll keep you posted when we get to that part of the game creation process!

We wanted to show you work-in-progress (not finished) concepts so we can get your feedback while we are still making creative decisions!

2) CHARACTER CONCEPTS

THE BOSS: Ian's Pink Frosted Sprinkled Donut Monster

Tell us which version of the Donut Monster you like BEST in the COMMENTS tab! Tag your feedback with the hashtag #LikeThisDonutBoss.

Version 1: His mouth and teeth are made from the frosting dripping from the donut hole. His donut shape is smoother and rounder than Version 2. His hands and legs are more dough-y and he has frosting on his fingers and arms.

Version 2: He has actual teeth and his eyes are more squinty. His arms and legs are more human.

Tell us what POWERS and/or WEAPONS you think the Donut Boss should have in the COMMENTS tab! Tag your feedback with the hashtag #DonutPower.

Sketch #1: The monster has a whip in this sketch. We're not sure we like the whip but we thought we could give him a different weapon to hold. What weapon do you think he should have?

Sketch #2: He looks like he’s ripped off a part of his donut-self to throw dough at the player.

Sketch 3: The donut monster is shooting something like donut jelly made of acid...or fire...or lasers! You can also see someone hiding. We’re not gonna tell you who it is...but you can probably guess. 

THE DONUT MINIONS: These little evil guys will be a common enemy you see in the game so we want to make sure we get them exactly right. Our favorite ones are A and D.

Let us know which are your favorite donut minions in the COMMENTS tab! Tag with the hashtag #badlittledonuts.

THE PLAYER: You'll be playing as me (Anthony)! Here are some very rough sketches capturing how the player might look when he moves. 

3) ENVIRONMENT CONCEPT

We’ve easily clocked in thousands of hours playing The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. Our concept artist knows it is one of our all-time favorite games and painted this level (below) which we are calling The Grasslands. We want it to be a big, brightly-colored, open environment that a player could imagine themselves exploring.

4) TO ALL YOU ANDROID USERS
We’ve seen all your comments and we hear you! We’re excited to announce we will be offering Food Battle: THE GAME on the Android platform as part of this campaign. Help us reach our goal to make this game for you! We’ve just posted a new Beta access perk for Android users only (look to your right)!

GIVING BACK: CHARITY FAQ

By contributing to Food Battle: THE GAME, you’ll ALSO help out a good cause! 10% of the total proceeds you contribute will be donated to three charities that we feel strongly about – Do Something, Child's Play and FEED USA.

How will this work?

You guys determine how much each organization receives from this charity pool based on the number of votes received. We want everyone to have a say in how much each charity gets so you don't need to participate in the campaign in order to vote. (Each charity will receive a percentage of the pool corresponding to the percentage of total votes received from our Smosh fans: for example, if Do Something receives 50% of the votes, Do Something will receive 50% of the pool, if Child's Play receives 30% of the votes, Child's Play will receive 30% of the pool, and if FEED USA receives 20% of the vote, FEED USA will receive 20% of the pool.) BETTER YET, we are guaranteeing a minimum donation of $1,500 to each charity!

CLICK HERE to vote. The poll will close on the last day of our campaign. Vote as many times as you would like!

What is each charity's mission?

Do Something encourages young people to create their own vision for making a difference in their community.  Specifically, we want to focus on bullying. Two out of three teens are verbally or physically harassed every year, and over half of teens have been bullied online.  For more information, please CLICK HERE

Child's Play seeks to improve the lives of children in hospitals around the world through the kindness and generosity of the video game industry and the power of play. As gamer's ourselves, this cause is super important to us.  For more information, please CLICK HERE. 

FEED USA is a new campaign to improve school food all across America.  Since our game is centered around food, we felt this one was especially relevant! 

THE PERKS EXPLAINED

Think of the "Select a Perk" section on your right as a temporary Smosh store offering insanely exclusive Smosh swag, autographed merch and rare opportunities to meet us in person. You can only get these perks during this 5 week campaign and it is our way of saying thanks for helping us to fund our game! Plus, how many times have you wanted your name in a rap song? If you fund the tier called "Smosh Rap", we are going to include your name in a rap music video going on our main Smosh channel later this year!

Here's what our limited edition FOOD BATTLE: THE GAME POSTERS look like (we're siging some at VidCon for Indiegogo funders!). You won't be able to get them anywhere else! You'll get this exclusive poster if you fund the $50 tier. Want one signed by us? Check out the $90 tier!

Here's what our SIGNED, GOLD-COLORED BOBBLEHEADS look like for those of you who fund the $125 tier! You can't get these anywhere else! You get one of these autographed and numbered bobbleheads along with a Food Battle: THE GAME poster, plus all perks from the $1, $10 and $25 reward tiers. 

Here are the awesome items included in our SWAG BAG at the $75 tier. Includes: Donut Monster tote, Food Battle: THE GAME t-shirt, Food Battle: THE GAME button pack and 2 logo bracelets. This swag is 100% EXCLUSIVE to this campaign and will not be available any where else so be sure to get it while you still can!! Includes all perks from $1, $10 and $25 reward tiers+poster. 

Check out our SMOSH RAP perk at the $65 tier!  Get YOUR name in a rap music video that will be released on our main Smosh channel Spring 2014, plus a free digital download of the rap, a Food Battle: THE GAME poster, and all perks from the $1, $10 and $25 reward tiers. If you haven't signed the release form we sent via email or via the updates section, we cannot legally mention your name. 

Check out our 15 SECOND RECORDING perk at the $300 tier! You will receive a personalized recording of US saying anything you want (within reason of course) sent to your email.  We will give shout outs to your dog, your BFF, your sister, even Ian's mom! We want to keep it positive so we will not record messages we think are hateful, inappropriate or promotional. Includes all perks from $1, $10 and $25 reward tiers+poster. 

FAQ (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS)

Will this be a free game?

Yes! We have been so pleased with the outpouring of support that we have decided to make the game free across all platforms. Since this is a game funded by you guys, it is super important to us that our entire Smosh community has the chance to play the finished product for FREE.

If I am an international funder, are there additional shipping costs?

Yes. If you are an international funder, you will find your additional shipping costs included at the bottom of each perk.  When you check out, be sure to manually add in this amount (Indiegogo does not do this for you!)

If I am a campaign funder, when will I receive my perks?

We are experiencing some delays in shipping out perks and will be updating the campaign page on a regular basis. We'll announce more information about our donut party, but expect that to happen sometime winter/spring 2014.

Who should I share my campaign link with?

Share the campaign with everyone you know! Remember, this is not just restricted to email, you can share on Twitter and Facebook too. Don’t be afraid of annoying friends and family...

What are in-app upgrades?

We want to give you a chance to vote on what these exclusive in-app upgrades will be! There will be a poll sent to you at the end of the campaign for you to weigh in.

Why do I no longer see my perk?

Don't worry! We are constantly taking down and replacing perks as they sell out.  If you no longer see your perk, YOU WILL STILL RECEIVE IT.  It just means we wanted to make room for even more awesome reward tiers!