Now here’s a poem inspired by SAS and more,
It’s actually based on a story I wrote weeks before!
My story starts with an Assault within a Theran base,
With no idea on the adventures he will later face.
T'was just another common night, until he soon found out
An enigmatic Golden Box was in his room, no doubt.
He wondered who would have possibly given him the crate,
He found no possibilities until the time was late.
The dawn before the next day, a strange Medic in his room,
She warned him about Thera reaching its impending doom.
They sprinted to the Dropship flying out for Boreas
Leaping buildings, using trickery to barely pass.
“Now that we are here, we should search out for a friend
That can help us figure out the Golden Box.” The woman said.
They did eventually find the building this friend was in,
But the Runners ran after them, with dark and toxic skin.
The two were well outnumbered, they thought that they would die,
Until they heard the shrill scream of a rocket flying by,
An gigantic explosion vibrating the icy ground,
The Runner chasing them all bombed to char-broiled fleshy mounds,
“That surely is my friend that I was taking just ago!”
They found out her friend was a Heavy, twenty, or below.
He was shown the Golden Box, and soon he volunteered to help,
With flying rooms and starship guns enough to make them yelp.
But when they reached their destination, things went really wrong,
They messed it up and landed hard into the grove headlong.
The three of them, terribly lost, they started to give up
Until the Medic heard a sound. “Do we go this way?” ‘Yup.”
They ran over to wherever the sound was coming from:
A golden temple. “That’s the one, “The Heavy soon confirmed.
“I hope there are no hidden paths.” But as soon as he did touch:
The walls collapsed, showing a pathway. “Secret entrance much?”
They delved into the tunnel, with surprisingly no traps,
No tripwires, no boulder tiles, no wide bottomless gaps.
They reached the end of the path, they couldn’t believe their eyes:
A room with stacks of gems and boxes, towering real high.
They started to marvel, until the Medic shrieked in pain,
A lean man, holding a blade, said, “Welcome to my domain.
I’ll watch in joy as my pet tears you to small, bloody bits.”
And soon enough, a savage roar came from within the pits.
A fearsome Devastator, barreling towards the three,
The Assault said, “There’s nobody to kill this thing…but me!”
He broke the gold seal of the box and found a shiny card
“I found the secret of this box, welcome to your graveyard!”
The pyramid shot out a beam, which sizzled neon green,
The zombie burst into a starburst none had ever seen.
The monster was destroyed, but the Assault was unaware
About the wicked man’s cold breathing creeping to his hair.
He would’ve died, but now his friends were also ready too.
The man was tackled out into the darkness, far from view.
The temple rumbled, and a low voice rang into his head,
“The Bloonsday Device’s power is yours until you’re dead.”
And with his newfound powers, he and his friends beelined
Towards the temple’s exit, leaving the villain behind.
His epic adventure was over, but he said, “I do think
That we do make a perfect team and we act well in sync.”
Where will the trio go to next? It’s still a mystery,
And that’s because this is the end of the story, you see.
Questions from the Comments:
Any updates for Fortress Destroyer?
Some bad news! There won't be any updates for Fortress Destroyer. Unfortunately the game didn't get enough plays. We will keep all feedback and suggestions in mind for any future games that build on that same idea but Fortress is done now.
Will you ever bring back the Global Events for SAS4?
It's possible but there aren't any planned. Let us know if you'd like to see them :)
What platforms will BSM2 and Tower Keepers be coming out on?
Just iOS and Android for now.
Thanks for stopping by!
Aaron
Aaron, tower keepers won't fill the hole inside of me, help, what do I do?
Looks like it's that time of the month again to play "Bet On Pusses". The tunas are going to be taken by some M.A.D. this time (again). http://imgur.com/a/hM3W8
Listen to ratman! Make it so we can get honor from friends.
Will you ever introduce monkey knowledge books to BMC for pineapples and spikes? Levels could include lower cost, more spikes/greater radius, more effective against ceramics/one spike in pile pops lead etc. Also, if you were to add a third city to BMC, what would you call it?
Hi Aaron, please remove the "friends with more than 1500 honor will not get honor rewards"-rule from BMC. It seems as there are very few people left trying to gain the higher honor-achievements. This small community regularly interacts but can not friend each other because of this rule. PS: A higher reward for a single MVM-attack-revenge-cycle would be appreciated as well.
lol, a "Realm of Riches", an enthusiastic gambler term or just a sarcastic recognition of where the new game is heading??
Don't hold it against us.
I personally really think ninja kiwi should try and build a game with "levels" or "maps" built by other players, sure the daily challenge feature in btd5 is good, but I think they should make a game that allows the player base to build what they want, sure in the short run it would take lots of work, but over time the player base would start to support themselves. Just an idea :)
Are you going to continue the Bloons Series? (except for BSM2 mobile)
The FD news really suck. But what do you expect for a game that gets no updates and that becomes very grindy? Such a game needs some nice updates from time to time to hold or expand its player base... But if you want some suggestions for future games, here are some: Don't include achievements that involve heavy grinding, playing the same stuff over and over again. There may be a handful of players who will do it, but many will get repelled by that (I've heard several times that this drove players away from FD) If there are some sequences which might show up often, do NOT build in lenghty scenes which cannot be skipped (e.g. the train drive or the HVM chats in Ice Station in SAS4, or the slow appearing animations for Kraken in FD). If there are some countdowns forcing you to wait (e.g. Meltdown mission start, or the mission ending countdowns after finishing a mission in SAS4 or FD, include some 'Skip' button to avoid stalling - it's just annoying to be stalled, same as with above mentioned artificial delays. It is ok if some achievements involve a bit of healthy competition - but don't get overboard with it! After considerable over one year, there have been only 66 opportunities to get a Diamond Championship Achievement in SAS4, and these even got reduced to ca. 50 by some plavers feeling compelled to win that several times. If you want to have a big player base on a game, including such achievements is.... not very kind, to say the least. I wanted to point out one or two more such annoyances which should be avoided in any good game, but these have currently eluded my mind.... maybe later.