Acceleration of SUGURI 2 Fan Art Contest Gallery

01/05/201801/05/2018 / Fruitbat Factory / 2 Comments

You can view all the contest entries for the Acceleration of SUGURI 2 fan art contest here. The original entries can be found in the Acceleration of SUGURI 2 Steam community artwork section, and Twitter with the hashtag #aos2contest.

The winner of the contest was fuka.mizno with this exquisite artwork!

2nd place:

Innocentia

3rd place:

hiyo_08

4th place:

cool11

5th place:

tudanum

6th place:

Shinso

7th place:

esukI̳̲̻̫͔͑ͅ

8th place:

BlankCthulhu

9th place:

gattaiken[JP]

10th place:

Zakuromu

Below you can see all the other contest entries, in no particular order. Please enjoy!

dav

Which one is your favorite?

Orange Juice Fan Art Contest Winners Chosen!

09/09/2015 / Ozhan Sen / 1 Comment

#1 “Wedding Bride” by TsukinoRS

After a long and hard judging process, TsukinoRS’s wedding bride version of Suguri was chosen as the winner of the second Orange Juice fan art contest!
They will be receiving a unique 200% Mixed Juice! T-shirt on top of a free copy of the game.

Since we were overwhelmed by the sheer number of great entries (well over a hundred in total), we decided to extend the other rewards from top 5 to top 20.
The following users have won themselves a copy of 200% Mixed Juice!:
(click on the thumbnail to view full picture)

NOTE: All winners, please add echomateria [Fruitbat Factory] to your Steam Friends list to receive your rewards. We will contact you with your reward shortly after. If you haven’t heard from us by 30.9.2015, please reach us at support@fruitbatfactory.com.

#2 “Transition” by El’ Nath

#3 “The Vorpal Seagull” by Solmyr2000

#4 “Obligatory Hotspring “Episode”” by Kulas

#5 “Sora’s Extraordinary Specs” by Anonymous_Neko

#6 “200% Mixed Friends” by puppyprince

#7 “Inter-Continental Ballistic Marc” by Geoff

#8 “Instensifying Poppo!” by QPoyio

#9 “100% Orange Juice 5” by LendoKhar

#10 “LittleCustard” by Kelsuis

#11 “suguri~” by curenanako

#12 “Kai and Poppo BFF” by Zero Eiyuu

#13 “The winning hand” by Octopus Prime

#14 “Orange Chibi” by WUR

#15 “There’s Bound To Be Pudding There” by [明] Isara (No Game, More Life)

#16 “The Popponator” by Sir Stiffy

#17 “Give em’ back, Marie Popo!!” by NightSkull

#18 “The lost sheep” by Pa!

#19 “Pudding Thief (no color)” by Frostshark

#20 “Suguri Pic for Contest” by Yinsashi

In addition, as promised, we’ve run all the rest of the entries through our trusty RNG machine, and the following lucky five will receive a copy of 200% Mixed Juice! as well:

“Do you like bullying other people?” by Blues

“Innocent” by Truly Drowsy

“Kai’s Ace in the Hole” by S.

“Random Orange Juice Characters” by Puru

“100% suntan (Contest Entry)” by kmyc89

The full list of the fan art can be seen in the Steam artwork gallery. Again, big cheers to all participants!

100% Orange Juice Fan Art Contest Winners Announced!

06/09/201406/09/2014 / Jakke Elonen / Leave a comment

The fan art contest gathered a total of 63 amazing entries, and the jury had a very hard time choosing the cream of the crop. Because the top was so evenly matched, in the end we decided to expand our promised rewards.

In a tie for first place we have these two artworks (click for full size):

100% Orange Juice Idols by Kulastarol

That Little Thief by Echo

A QP Shooting – Dangerous!! Limited edition t-shirt goes out to the winners, together with a 4-pack of 100% Orange Juice and a copy of QP Shooting – Dangerous!!

And in shared second place we have these two entries:

Playing Fernet by Silicoid Ambassador

My Neighbor Poppo by WUR

A 4-pack of 100% Orange Juice will go out to the winners, together with a copy of QP Shooting – Dangerous!!

And lastly, because we were so thoroughly impressed by the art entries, instead of a single third place entry, everyone who entered a valid entry to the contest will be receiving a copy of QP Shooting – Dangerous!! once it is released!

A full gallery of all the fan art submissions can be seen here as well as in the Artwork section on Steam! What’s your favorite?

For the purpose of handing out the rewards, we would ask all participants (with an image in the gallery above) to add echoMateria[Fruitbat Factory] to their friend list on Steam and message him to get sorted.

Human Tanks on Steam & Contest

10/01/201411/01/2014 / Jakke Elonen / 1 Comment

Human Tanks have now entered their new hangar on Steam, and are happily enjoying barley tea together.

There’s a -10% release discount on War of the Human Tanks, as well as two new packages available on Steam.

Sound of the Human Tanks DLC, priced $9.99 contains all of Sound of the Human Tanks I,II and III, for 90 tracks of funky game music from War of the Human Tanks and Human Tanks: Alter.

A further Imperial Edition comes priced at $16.99, and contains the game as well as the music collection.

The game is fully armed with new Steam features, including:

61 Achievements
Steam Cloud
Stats and Leaderboards
Steam Trading Cards

To celebrate the release, we are announcing a map design contest for War of the Human Tanks.

The goal of the contest is to design a new bonus map for War of the Human Tanks. The design can be as detailed as you want it to be, as long as it adheres to the physical limitations of the game (maximum map size is 17*17 octagons, which can be passable or non-passable), graphical or a written concept, and designed for any difficulty level – up to you! We’ll choose the design we find most interesting and add that map as an extra bonus map to the Steam release of the game (to be found under ‘Free Battle’).

Contest rules:

One submission per person
The design can be submitted in any form we’ll be able to read
Fruitbat Factory retains the right to modify the winning design as they see fit
Submissions are accepted until 10.2.2014
Entries to be submitted to support@fruitbatfactory.com

The winner will receive a unique War of the Human Tanks t-shirt, an Imperial Edition of the game on Steam, and the eternal fame of contributing to the war effort.

#94 Spirits

21/10/2013 / Jakke Elonen / 1 Comment

It’s here!

99 Spirits has finally broken the elusive roof on Steam Greenlight and listed in the top 100 game entries.

Currently ranked #94, the Puzzle RPG 99 Spirits has been rising strongly over the past weeks, and we look forward to climbing even higher.

In related news, Rice Digital is running a great promotion where you can help us on Greenlight and get free games in the process! Check it out at http://www.ricedigital.co.uk/free-games-from-fruitbat-factory/

Many thanks to the good folks at Rice Digital!

Our other two Greenlight entries are climbing nicely as well, War of the Human Tanks is currently 90% of the way to top 100, so not far behind, and the new contestant 100% Orange Juice is already 51% of the way up.

It’s truly a joy to look at these numbers, and they’re all thanks to everyone’s continuous support.

4th in “Best Indie Strategy of 2012”

07/01/201322/01/2013 / Jakke Elonen / 2 Comments

This morning we woke up to an unexpected nomination.

The good folks at indiegames.com have put together their ranking of Best Indie Strategy Games of 2012. You can find it here.

We found War of the Human Tanks in the 4th place.

“War of the Human Tanks would definitely head our top named games list of 2012, but, alas, we have prepared no such thing for you dear readers. We will though suggest you give this strategy/visual novel hybrid a go and see what you can do with its cast of armored humanoid weapons and simple yet deep RTS mechanics. The game includes over 30 maps of tactical challenges and even allows players to use resources earned from combat to purchase new abilities and upgrades between battles in what can only be described as its strategy mode.”

This definitely makes for a nice start for the new year, as we begin to gear up for the work ahead. Big thanks @ the Indie Games weblog.

What was your favorite indie strategy of 2012?

2012 Reflections

26/12/2012 / Jakke Elonen / Leave a comment

With the year 2012 drawing to a close, we’re looking back at the year that has passed and evaluating what we have accomplished.

Fruitbat Factory came to be in early 2012. The missive we set to ourselves when we started was to bring unique and interesting Japanese games to English-speaking audiences worldwide.

Our first localization – strategy game War of the Human Tanks developed by Yakiniku Banzai, was announced in May and released September 14th 2012. It was met with a by and large positive reception, though it’s obviously not a game for everyone. War of the Human Tanks is still struggling on fiercely in Steam Greenlight.

Our second localization, the Puzzle RPG 99 Spirits by TORaIKI was announced in October, shortly after the game’s release in Japan in August. Just last week we wrote about winning the Eclectic Indie Dev Grant competition with it. 99 Spirits is planned for an early 2013 release.

Following the release of War of the Human Tanks, we have taken advantage of two bundles – Bundle in a Box and IndieFort (which right now is still running) to spread awareness of our work. It’s been great to see new people commenting on the game and taking an interest.

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Now let’s review some stats (everyone loves stats, right?):

War of the Human Tanks and its soundtrack, Sound of the Human Tanks;

available from 8 digital distributors,
over 7600 copies distributed,
made it to top10 sellers on Green Man Gaming, and rank 6 on GamersGate,
29,255 unique visitors on Desura,
21,316 unique visitors on Steam Greenlight.C

And our company Fruitbat Factory;

40,089 video views on YouTube,
25,548 unique visitors visiting our homepages 34,560 times,
5,611 visitors on this blog.

It’s hard to say how they compare, but those are some nice numbers overall. We hope things will only get better from here.

Fruitbat Factory’s Halloween Week Begins

29/10/201229/10/2012 / Jakke Elonen / Leave a comment

The Guess the Game Contest is now over, big thanks to all who participated.

The winners will be notified via e-mail this week, and even if you didn’t win you should keep an eye on your e-mail as we decided to throw in a free copy of Sound of the Human Tanks I OST from GamersGate to reward the efforts of all who ventured a guess.

As we look forward to announcing the game this week, we’re having a big sale on GamersGate, Desura and Indievania: you can purchase all versions of War of the Human Tanks at a 25% discount from them for the duration of this week.

We hope a lot of people will take advantage of this offer – and don’t forget to vote for War of the Human Tanks on Steam Greenlight, where the battle never ceases.

Lastly and most importantly, stay tuned for a major announcement as we’re going to be announcing our next title very shortly. Can’t wait to let this one out of the bag!

A Contest of Fruitbats: Final Week

22/10/201222/10/2012 / Ozhan Sen / Leave a comment

Today we enter the last week of our Guess the Game Contest.

For those who missed it previously, we are giving away free copies of our next game to those who can guess which game it is going to be.

We already posted the final clue on the contest page, check it out.

If you put all the clues together, the answer shouldn’t be impossibly difficult. We know you can do it, so lets get the final week’s contest entries rolling!

Remember, even if you voted previously you can make a new guess each week, so make sure to take this last chance too!

We haven’t forgotten the fans of War of the Human Tanks either. The final part of our “Let’s Play” guide series is going up tonight. Have fun reading the adventure on Chapter 5: ‘Spats Is Not the Only One with a Horrible Name’.

A Contest of Fruitbats: Week Two

15/10/201222/10/2012 / Jakke Elonen / Leave a comment

We’re happy to see people participating and trying to guess what our next game is going to be.

It must’ve been hard with just that one measly hint to go by, eh?

Well, this week we figured we’d give a few hints at once. But you won’t find them here.

We’ll be posting new hints on our social media today (hint: check http://fruitbatfactory.com). Hopefully they’ll make the task a little easier for the brave contestants!

Remember, you can make a new guess each week to improve your chances to win the fabulous reward of a free copy of the game in question, so check the contest page and let your imagination fly wild!

Check the contest page for hints, rules and to enter the race.

Thanks also to everyone who took advantage of our discount week to obtain a copy of War of the Human Tanks as well!