MEDIA – BLIMPS

Factsheet:

Release date:
01 January 2021

Platforms:

Apple App Store iOS (iPad)
Apple App Store MACOS (Desk/Laptop)
Google Play (Android Tablets)
Steam (PC)
Amazon App Store (Tablets)

Website:
blimpsgame.com

Retail Price:
USD $19.99
App Store Price:
USD $4.99

Description

BLIMPS is an open-world adventure RPG that puts you in the captain’s chair of your blimp cargo company. Armed with water, fire, ice cannons, and a couple of hanger Robots to help you on your way.

Can you learn to make it in this world of BLIMPS only to escape it? With a bit of perseverance, you might be the one to escape from this world of multiplying BLIMPS!

So take to the skies and safely deliver cargo or try to pirate cargo from another blimp if you dare.

This rogue-lite puzzle game involves flying around, exploring, crafting, hacking, harvesting, smuggling, and racing to be the first to find the Moon Crystal. Complete 77 tasks, and earn 11 passport stamps and 8 pilot wings.

GAME FEATURES:

BUILD A FORTUNE WITH A BLIMP CARGO COMPANY:

LOAD, EQUIP, AND REPAIR:
Load your BLIMP with cargo, upgrade, and repair it from damage.
EXPLORE AN OPEN WORLD FULL OF SECRETS, LABYRINTHS, TREASURES, AND MULTIPLYING BLIMPS: Fly around discovering all the ports, stores, mazes, missions, and secrets in the world of BLIMPS.
RACE AGAINST SPACE Y, NILE X, AND SIR SPACE TO FIND THE MOON CRYSTAL: Be the first to find the elusive Moon Crystal and win $1,000,000.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE STORY EVENTS: Encounter mini-story events with different choices and outcomes. The choice is yours.
ENCOUNTER RANDOM WEATHER EVENTS: How do you fly your Blimp when the weather gets rough?
EDUCATE AND TRAIN VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE: Find your expedition team and prepare them to help you escape.
DISCOVER THE LABYRINTHS: Fly a hot air balloon or navigate a mini earth drill through vast labyrinths full of obstacles, secrets, and treasures.
PIRATE BATTLES: Shoot enemy Blimps, “twin-stick shooter style,” flying worldwide or in close combat skirmishes for their loot.
MAKE ITEMS: Make items from floppy disks for your BLIMP and other stuff…
EARN A PROFIT: Safely deliver cargo with your BLIMP to trading stork ports. Smugglers beware. You may get busted at Eagle Eye Customs…
EXTRACTING ELEMENTS: Use your hanger’s lab to separate elements from saltwater.
MINING AND DRILLING: Visit mining operations and drilling rigs to inspect and purchase minerals.
BUILD SOLAR TOWNS: Build four solar towns to receive a rental income.
PNEUMATIC TUBE MAIL: Send and receive incoming pneumatic tube mail. Pay the bills, receive rental income, get paid, collect stamps, and recycle junk mail.
FLY AIMLESSLY AROUND: Harvest tons of water, fire, and ice!
77 TASKS, 11 PASSPORT STAMPS, AND 8 PILOT WINGS TO EARN:
BLIMPS features 77 tasks, 11 passport stamps, and 8 pilot wings that players can earn through dedicated gameplay.
DAFFODIL “MEDAL OF HONOR” STAMP: Retainers of this passport achievement stamp can expect to complete the game in about 2 hours if they know what they are doing and are awarded a lower score bonus. Ed says, “BLIMPS can be completed in about 13 minutes if you are a good hacker and know what to do, but you won’t get the Daffodil Medal of Honor ‘No cheat codes used’ Achievement stamp low score bonus.”

BLIMPS also features unique sound fx and an instrumental soundtrack performed by the band Ashtronaut.

BLIMPS can be played on a tablet/finger/pencil or keyboard/mouse device. In addition, it features partial gamepad controller support (if you want to fly around the world of BLIMPS “twin-stick shooter style.”)

Pay once to get the whole BLIMPS experience. No ads, F2P mechanics, in-app purchases, or in-game data collection. Instead, it is just an old-school stand-alone offline family-friendly video game. Rated E for “Everyone.”

“We hope you enjoy the game. Thanks for playing!”
-Corinne & Ed
(co-creators of BLIMPS)

History

BLIMPS was created by game designers Corinne Bohjanen and Edward J. Horey. During the two years they spent co-developing it, they taught themselves the necessary skills to produce the game’s music, art, programming, and design. The game was released on January 1, 2021.

They continue to update the game on all available platforms with regular bug fixes and content/feature updates. There have been three major post-release updates – the first added the Office, Towns, and the Pigeon Post Pneumatic Tubes. The second expanded the end game, reorganized the pop-up inventory menus, and increased the total tasks to 77. The third major update (in Feb. 2022) introduced partial gamepad controller functionality so players could fly their Blimps around the world “twin-stick shooter style.”

The latest regular 1.9.5 update (February 2023) added Doug’s Diggers drilling ports. Players can now navigate a mini earth drill through a vast underground labyrinth and use their element bombs to help collect the loot found in the new earth maze.