CNN’s Larry Frum lists Escape Plan as one of the Top-Ten Best Games of 2012

It isn’t often that independent developers get to join in the company of such amazing big-studio franchises as Halo, Mass Effect or Far Cry – but Fun Bit’s break-out hit on the PSVita, Escape Plan, has been listed as one of the Top 10 Best Game experiences to enjoy in 2012.  The style and humor of Lil and Laarg captured Larry Frum’s heart, as he stated: “Escape Plan still gets played in my house months after its release — plus, seeing Lil on his coffee buzz is just laugh-out-loud funny.” 

Happy New Year Everyone!

Link to article: CNN

Good news! On April 10th, Escape Plan owners will receive Bakuki’s Lair, the first DLC Pack for Escape Plan, via download of Patch 1.01. This free DLC Pack adds 19 prequel puzzle rooms to the adventures of Lil and Laarg.

Our hapless heroes’ journey begins anew with Lil and Laarg trapped in a hazardous sausage factory, where they will become bratwurst if they don’t bail. You’ll need to swipe for your life through a handful of dastardly designed puzzles in this latest update.

Bakuki’s Lair is just one of the benefits of the upcoming patch. Escape Plan Patch 1.01 is a meaty new addition, with a host of tweaks and improvements based on player feedback. Patch 1.01 allows for more pin-point accuracy on tap blocks, as well as an adjustment to the game’s star rating system. We are also laying the foundation for a lot of exciting updates for Lil and Laarg in the future.

Finally, be sure to check out the five brand new Escape Plan avatars we’re releasing on the PlayStation Store with this week’s publish. For you lucky PS Plus subscribers, these avatars will be free for a limited time, so grab them quickly!

We’re happy that fans are responding well to Escape Plan and we look forward to updating you all with more Lil and Laarg adventures in the near future.

If you haven’t yet picked up Escape Plan, it’s available now on PSN for $14.99.

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Escape Plan quickly became the Top PSN Vita Download!

After attending Gamescom 2011, the team has returned to see an avalanche of positive reviews from our unveiling of Escape Plan.  CNN has named the title as one of the stand-out games of the show: CNN Gamescom 2011.   We are jazzed by all the positive responses and coverage we’ve received from press,  so we look forward to bringing you more news in the near future…

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Lil & Laarg

From the Producers of Fat Princess and the Development Team behind Fat Princess: Fat Roles comes a touching adventure.  Fun Bits Interactive is excited to announce “Escape Plan“, one of the upcoming titles for the PlayStation® Vita.

Escape Plan features two hapless characters, Lil and Laarg, who have been captured and need your influence, skill and brainpower to escape from a dark labyrinth of irreverent puzzles and traps. By interacting with the environment and influencing Lil and Laarg, only you can help them survive each deadly room before their captor and nemesis, Bakuki, recycles them and turns them into his minions… or sheep.

Using a high-contrast chiaroscuro style, Escape Plan takes advantage of the PlayStation Vita’s multitouch display, rear touch panel and gestural swipe interfaces. Swipe, squeeze, poke and slap these little guys to manipulate and interact with the diverse environments. Escape Plan gives players unique and memorable moments throughout the gameplay, whether it’s the triumphant thrill of victory or the hilarious agony of defeat.

Stay tuned for more info, screenshots and video coming soon!

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What do you think it is?

In just a few days, we will be announcing our next exciting new project, currently being developed here at Fun Bits Interactive.

We’re drinking lots of coffee, squashing bugs, brushing up on our German and then packing our bags to head to gamescom 2011; the world’s largest trade fair and event highlighting interactive games and entertainment.

Gamescom takes place in Cologne, Germany – and Fun Bits will be there to announce this whole new project to the world. We’re excited to finally talk about what we’ve been up to and we’re looking forward to sharing all the juicy details with fans next week. Until then…

Auf Wiedersehen,

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We would like to give a big fat welcome to Ben Fator, for recently joining Fun Bits Interactive.  Ben is a MoCap and animation lead who has recently finished up technical animation work on the upcoming movie, Tin Tin.  Ben’s talents extend from high-profile movies to blockbuster titles such as Splinter Cell: Double Agent.  We are very fortunate to have someone of his caliber of talent contribute to our next project, and we can’t wait to show you how he has brought our little characters to life!  Ben is also the grand pubah of all things V-Cube (more details on that to come soon).

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Cameron Joins the Fun Bits

Fun Bits Interactive is proud to announce our talented new Gameplay Programmer, Cameron Micka.  Cameron is a highly-talented individual who will be supporting our next top-secret project for Sony Computer Entertainment.

Cameron lives here in Washington and loves hiking in the great outdoors. Fortunately for us, it rains a lot and so he spends a lot more time programming and playing video games in the great indoors.

Cameron has recently shipped The Force Unleashed 2 and has also crafted a few of his very own iPhone games.  We look forward to sharing more details about what he is working on in the coming months,

Welcome Cameron!

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FBI is NOW HIRING!

Fun Bits is proud to announce that we are now hiring full-time and contract employees.

We are always on the look out for exceptional talent in all departments, here are just some of our current openings:

GAME ARTISTS & ANIMATORS

GAME/LEVEL DESIGNERS

GAMEPLAY PROGRAMMERS


If you feel that your skills would compliment a fun and experienced hard-working team, please send us your Resume and Samples to IWantToWork@funbits.com

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