BattleBlock Theater

Meet Dan’s (man’s?) best friend

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FeaturePost_WinstonIn BattleBlock Theater, it’s a dog eat dog world with hallways full of conniving cats. Sometimes it feels good knowing that you have a pal to go through those stages together, especially when you get a newly featured cooperative playlist in Furbottom’s Features!
 
This week, play with a friend (or befriend an enemy for the time being) to play through a new featured playlist. To reward your teamwork, you’ll be given Dan’s best friend–Winston!
 
Here are the playlists you’ll find in Furbottom’s Features:
 
XBLA Co-Op Feature:
MegaBlock coop by QuirkyTurky
Difficulty Rating: Easy

 
Steam Co-Op Feature:
Co-Op Chapter by nanobot
Difficulty Rating: Easy

 

Of course, if you really don’t play well with others then you can play through the Solo Feature to unlock this canine friend. (If you’ve already finished the Solo Feature then you’ll just need to go in and play a couple levels again to get the unlock). But it’s all up to you now how you want to get your paws on this prisoner!

 
Winston

Difficulty Rating: Easy

Our definition: A walk in the laser and buzzsaw filled park. Playlists of this difficulty will be a smooth experience full of interesting ideas more so than relentless challenge. These will generally be easier than the original Story mode campaign.

 

The return of Hooshmand & New Arena Features

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FeaturePost_HOOSHMAND It’s time to wise up, BattleBlock Theater players. That’s right. You heard me. It’s return of Hooshmand, The Wise!
 
If you haven’t already received this feline friend, then it’s best to load up BattleBlock Theater today and head towards an online area to unlock the prisoner. You won’t want to miss this rare chance!
 
And while you’re in BattleBlock Theater anyway, you should check out the awesome Arena Feature we just updated. These two playlists were honorable mentions in our recent Arena Playlist Creation Contest:
 
XBLA Arena Feature:
CaptureTheDuck by LevelDesignGuy
 
Steam Arena Feature:
Gold & Glory by Mini-Suite for Duke
 
Click on the links above to read more about the playlist and see pictures to preview the levels. Happy playing!

 

A Quick Word on our Latest Steam Feature

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Hi guys, Aaron here!
 
Every once in a blue moon, I find that my desire to share a playlist with neat ideas wins out over my concerns about accessibility. It would appear that this week’s Solo Feature on Steam was one of those times. Acknowledging that, let me put two things out there before I continue:
 
1. The tail end of this playlist is HARD. Like, really hard. This is definitely something that should have been communicated in my forum post and on the blog; sorry about that! In the future, we are going to make sure the difficulty rating is posted front and center.
 
Also! Don’t forget that completing the Coop Feature will also unlock the same prisoner. As an added bonus, if you already happened to complete the current Coop Feature, new prisoners will unlock earlier in the playlist! We also make a habit of revisiting prisoners regularly, so even if you didn’t get a chance to unlock someone this time around, it doesn’t mean the chance is gone forever.
 
2. There is NEVER a reason to attack a level designer for the contents of their playlist. Remember that it is The Behemoth that chooses to feature a playlist, so please keep your feedback kind and constructive.
 
Everyone should have the freedom to make whatever they like without having to worry about how it will play to a wider audience. Heck, we’re the ones saying, “hey, this might be something you like”, so if you disagree with that statement, this is one of those rare times where you actually SHOULD shoot the messenger. I mean, well, metaphorically speaking.
 
Now with THAT out of the way, I wanted to take this opportunity to provide a bit of insight into the different factors I personally considered when selecting this particular Steam Feature and why we ultimately feel that this week’s playlist made the cut. For a general guideline for playlist creation, check out Furbottom’s Tips.

 

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