Update to Linear Strategy Game

Small Wonders have just made their fascinatingly odd and original, linear strategy game for the iPhone and iPod touch even better and even cheaper. With Open Fient leaderboard and achievement integration, as well as an improved AI and harder difficulty levels, Small Wonders has added some of the most requested features to Battle of Puppets.

Touting a vibrant artistic style, Battle of Puppets combines beautiful graphics, the hallowed art of puppetry, and ruthless combat! Its players are cast as silent puppeteers, who must strategically control their hordes of marionette minions as they battle across the show stage. The goal is to perform their act on Broadway, but first, they must travel across the country, defeating opposing puppets along the way!

Juan Diego Gallego, CEO of Small Wonders, says, "our team is extremely pleased that the community has responded to the look and feel of Battle of Puppets so well, and we're dedicated to making BOP an even more fun and beautiful game for them!" Small Wonders' commitment to iteration has been evident so far. An all new tutorial system was implemented just one week after launch, and now the latest update adds some of the most requested features less than 3 weeks later.


Players select and perform their opera in a series of 22 American theatres, all with their own custom backdrops of famous landmarks. Each competition then lets the puppeteer strategically build units, upgrade their castle and outposts, and even cast spells using written gestures to destroy the opposing forces and win the affection of the crowd. Now with global leaderboards, players can compete for the top scores in each theatre, as well as their overall game score.

Each of the 5 operas vary significantly in terms of relative strengths and weaknesses, unit types, building speeds, and most interestingly, how they are affected by changing weather conditions. Given the smarter AI and harder difficulty settings, choosing the best route across the country based on weather patterns is just one of the compelling strategic decisions players must make in Battle of Puppets!

There are also 6 professions, an extra race, and new secret achievements to unlock as the campaigns progress! Professions let players perform magic to sway the course of battle on stage, and are activated by executing unique gestures. Learn to repair your troops, mind control the enemy, boo the opposition, and more! Also, use the unlockable race to take on the hard mode campaign and accumulate those achievement points! Battle of Puppets offers all New Features:

Open Feint Integration:
* Global leaderboards for each of the 22 cities and overall scores
* 25 fun and challenging achievements (some to unlock)
* Compare scores with freinds as well as the whole community


Difficulty:
* Increased the difficulty across all modes

Better AI:
* It manages resources and magic best than ever

Supported Languages:
* Revised all translations
* Added an all new German version

To celebrate the update, Battle of Puppets is now available for $.99 for a limited time! "We want everyone to enjoy BOP, particularly given all the new features we've added, and hopefully a half off price will inspire many new puppeteers" says Juan Diego. With details like "killed" units being pulled off screen by their strings, to gestures that inspire the troops with cheers from the crowd, the game-play is intuitive to pick up, the strategy is complex and it's all a pleasure to behold!

Pricing and Availability:
For a limited time, Battle of Puppets 1.2 is only $0.99 (USD) and available exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.


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