Hey everyone! It’s Tarn for this week’s blog and what has been going on at Ninja Kiwi!
What’s been going on this week?
Another super productive week here at Ninja Kiwi. We’ve been working on some awesome content for BTD 6. There isn’t much I can say at this point other than it’s bound to leave you Shell Shocked! You can check out the teaser here.
Over on the other side, NK EU is hard at work on BATTD and Tower Keepers has also received a lot of attention this week.
As many of you have already figured out, Tower Keepers has been released on Steam! If you haven’t yet tried this amazing game be sure to get your hands on a copy for free!
The NK Forums received an upgraded this week and is now quicker an snappier than before. Apologies for the brief bug in posting messages - fixed now!
The weekend’s focus:
Here's the focus on each game for the weekend :D
- BTD6 -
Tier 3 Insta Monkey pack sale and Pile O' Monkey Money sale.
- Tower Keepers -
Hero battles rewards x2, double gem sale.
Ongoing Learned Scholar event and Grim Harvest campaign.
- BTD Battles -
BFB no bonus and BFB cards on Friday. MOAB club and MOAB cards on Saturday. BFB with no bonus and BFB cards club on Sunday.
Club sale and Ninja skins on sale.
- SAS4 web -
Apoc on Friday, VS on Saturday with black items as rewards on bounties and LMS on Sunday.
Sales on 3rd premium gun set: Handkanone, CM 505, HIKS S4000 and Epic Pack sale
- SAS4 Mobile -
LMS on Friday, VS with Black Box as reward on Saturday, Apoc on Sunday.
Sales on nantos, NV vet pack, epic pack and 2nd premium gun set: Donderbus, RIA 15SE and Torment.
- BMC web and mobile -
Daily monkey teams with knowledge packs as rewards on Sunday.
Wild Pack sale(ancient on mobile too).
- BTD5 -
Ongoing Totems event, Bloonvasion and Black pops counting for the leaderboards.
Bomb shooter skins on sale.
- BSM2 -
Double blops and boosters.
Questions from the comments:
I miss Aaron. Any plans to bring him back in a future update?
We all greatly miss Aaron and I’m sure he’s having the time of his life. All we can really do is wish him the safest of travels and let him know he’s always got a home here at Ninja Kiwi.
How many computers/tablets DOES Benjamin have at his disposal? Is there at least enough to supply every NK User?
All of them.
Can you please fix SAS4 unable to join any multi-player games since this last weekend. Wanted to write this in the forum instead but even that doesn't work. It says it's unable to redirect to the correct login URL.
The forums had some improvements being made to them so there may have been some slight interruptions here and there and we’re currently looking into the SAS 4 multiplayer issue.
Are you guys considering adding updates to Bloons Monkey City web?
There are no current plans to.
Has it been 666 days yet? Is Satan blessing us? Is Rohan Satan? Are you Satan?
Setting your device date and time won’t work for this one, unfortunately. You’ll have to come up with a more devious plan than that.
Come to think of it, I vaguely remember something about souls, trade and somehow ending up with a Banana Pancake.
Rohan is secretly Stan.
These were all amazing questions and answers lmao. For my question, where does the super monkey get so many darts from?
Super Monkey buys in bulk from the same store the Dart Monkey shops at. Turns out you get quite a discount for being a descendant of the True Sun God.
Is there a monkey inside the Bomb Shooter operating it? I figure if we find this out, we could also know how the tack shooter works.
If you really want to figure this mystery out, you should first take a look inside the Spike Factory.
1. Is Fortress Destroyer still an active project? 2. One of the reasons that Mochigames shut down was due to the thought that the company had "no meaningful position beyond flash." (I mean, people have been calling for the death of flash since long before and long after Mochigames, but that was quite a milestone.) Clearly this is not the case for NK, but I'm curious as to what the future of browser-based gaming holds for NK?
1: Fortress Destroyer is not currently an active project.
2: Browser based gaming is more in the hands of the browser companies than NK, so we’re playing the same waiting game that you are. In the meantime we’ll do our best to keep our games playable on PC but that might mean downloadables rather than browser.
Any plans to allow the tier 5 Aircraft Carrier to hold more monkeys?
No, should just be 2, one on each of the platforms up top.
Have a great weekend Ninjas and, as always, happy gaming!
-Tarn
*Credit to PTpirahna for the awesome Aaronling image!
Hey Tarn, thanks for getting SAS4 MP fixed, and sorry about gripping about the forum not working. I should have gave it some time and tried again later.
Where can I make suggestions for BTD6? Actually nevermind I'm putting it here. Can we get a premium upgrade that gives us a free farmer every game?
Are you guys planning on adding a default powers only arena for BTD Battle? It'd be good for competitive players.
In an earlier blog post (much earlier) it was stated that if both parts of NK ever met, it would cause a crack in reality. So, would it not be fun to try?
If the super monkey is a descendant of the true sun god, does that mean the dart monkey is too? After all, he can transform into a super/plasma monkey?
What happens to the towers that you sell in a game? Is CHIMPS called CHIMPS since is saves the monkeys from being sold? How does selling them make the player money? Why are instas not worth money? There are a lot of questions here.
Are there any plans to be able to disable specific monkey knowledge(ie mana shield) or upgrade paths for BTD6 daily/advanced challenges?
Fortress destroyer seemed to be a grinding game right from the start which scared many users off. Anyway, it had such a great potential! Though I didn't like the unity platform the game could have become quite popular had it gotten just any updates. How cool would a multiplayer mode have been? Who manages to take out the enemy forces faster? Or win the match differently and even faster by destroying the other players' ship. Decisions would have been required: Do you run a fast destroyer ship or something capable to actually destroy the other player's ship? Coop multiplayer - take out an enormous Blackwater boss vessel with 4 players, maybe supporting each other with healing functions or whatsoever. Speed records - who finds the best strategy to complete a mission in the least time? Damage records - who finds the best equipment to suffer the least damage during the mission? All these possibilities really let you dream! It would have been not only less grindy then, but actually been a game far more funny to play. I still remember the hint "lvl 40 is the current ship limit. "current" being the key word." Yeah, but nothing happened ever. No updates, less players, lesser priorities for updates, even lesser players... #slowdeath What a pity. As stated above, the game had great potential and considering the time that went into coding / designing it its's a shame to see it dying in something that feels like version 1.0.0.
Is Dart Monkey A lowest class peasant barely being able to afford a dart to throw, because he is the cheapest and if so then is the vengeful Temple the King, FORCING THE MONKEYS TO WORK FOR HIM/HER!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?
Has anyone at NK eaten a kiwi?