Bottleneck’d

Bottleneck’d is an homage to the classic Rush Hour board and puzzle game, redone in glorious art style on the iPhone and iPod touch.  Created with completely original graphics and a new original score unique for this genre of puzzle game, Bottleneck’d is truly a breath of fresh air.

We are certainly aware of Blocked in the App Store and the massive success it has garnered.  However, we feel that we can bring something brand new to the table and gain even more buyers with our much more unique features.

There is one prized feature I haven’t discussed, however, and that is our LEVEL EDITOR!  One of the first games on the iPhone to include a level editor, Bottleneck’d lets users create their own challenging game boards and upload them to our servers!  Name the levels whatever you want, add in a note or hint about how it is to be played, and then compete to see if anyone can beat your score.  Controls are laid out in an intuitive way so no instructions are required (although they are there if you really need them).

We know you’ve had fun with Blocked, but now it is time to step up to sophistication and advanced level design.  There are thousands of level possibilities, and it is up to the user to create them.  In fact, creating levels can often be more challenging than solving them!

The  power of the level editor simply can’t be underestimated.  With users building their own levels on a daily basis, and with instant uploads and downloads, others can have new levels virtually instantly!  Imagine never having to update the application just to get new levels, but rather just for feature and performance upgrades!  And there is no need to choose one or a few levels at a time because all levels are downloaded, so if you have an iPod touch with an internet connection for only a few minutes, that is enough to download all the content and play offline!

A top score list will also provide users with a way of knowing what the lowest par and highest scores are for each level.  We have also sorted levels by difficulty, and provided a base set of levels for those without immediate internet access.

Of course, everything comes at a price.  We have dedicated a lot of hard work and put sweaty (yuck!) man-hours into Bottleneck’d, and quite frankly, we think that the entire application as a whole is rather unique.  We’ve put our heart and soul into the program, and even hired an audio engineer to develop a very orchestral and epic-sounding score not often seen in simple puzzle games.

Bottleneck’d is priced at $5.99 but in true Movile tradition, for our first few days, to spark some interest and get the level base really going, we are dropping over half off the price and selling Bottleneck’d at just $1.99! In all honesty, $1.99 is far below what we think Bottleneck’d is worth, but if the whole point is level creation and having a massive level base, then getting those levels out there and created by users like you might take some sacrificing to begin.  And we’re here to serve the people!

We are very excited about this project and think that we have a real winner here!  Only time will tell, but we hope you can all get to making some super challenging and very addictive Bottleneck’d level boards now!!

Until our next big announcement (coming soon!), I bid you adieu.