One thing our Battle Punks development team is doing is listening to the fans, day after day, about what makes Battle Punks better. Rather than make a game for themselves, the devs are truly making this game for the fans, with the fans.

Each time there is a new feature or new content, the team goes to the fans for feedback and suggestions on how to make the game even better. But it doesn’t stop there. The suggestions are actually weighed into design and feature considerations.

I have worked on many teams with many games. The Battle Punks team and and the game itself is a collaborative labour of love between two teams, the developers and the players. As Community Director, I have the fun of relaying information and communication between these two groups. So far, the job has been both challenging and rewarding. But the real winners are the players, who get to play the game they WANT to play.  Keep up the great work, Bears and Punks!

Most of you know me through my daily posting for our Gravity Bear’s Fan Page weekly game, Where O Where Is Gravity Bear? I have to tell you, I love coming up with weekly ideas to hide GB. But it wasn’t until I started looking back did I realize that there was so much of me in the clues! You see every one of those creative little tidbits was somehow inspired by my life. Let’s take a look at a couple of past ones, shall we?

The Eiffel Tower: No brainer… I am French.
• Bear in a pool: Pretty easy, the bear well ya, Gravity Bear, and pool because it’s the winter and I miss laying out at the pool (my fav thing to do, btw).
• Baby’s Eye: I just had a lil bear cub. He actually turned 3 months yesterday! So I am pretty much obsessed with all things baby.
Tuna roll:  I <3 sushi.
• Praying Mantis Hive: Ya that was a weird one, I agree. My husband came up with that one. I think his exact words were “No one is EVER gonna get this one!” Ehm… let me remind you that Susan Fickett Keeney guessed it by the 3rd clue! Praying Mantis Hive

So next time you play WOWIGB, remember that you will not only see where GB is hiding, but also a tiny glimpse into my world as well!

~ VavaBear

When Aletheia and the Gravity Bear team asked me to run the Gravity Bear Facebook Fan Page I was pretty stoked, and a little nervous at the same time. You see, I have a background in video games, and yes I spend about 80% of my day on the world wide web. And, ummm… 75% of that time is spent on Facebook, but can I create a fan page about a video game that has not been released yet, and keep you fans patient yet have fun at the same time? The Gravity Bear team thought so!

The fan page actually took off pretty quickly. I started the “Where O Where Is Gravity Bear” weekly contest, and literally you guys jumped right in with your crazy guesses! I am still amazed that Andreas Brynervall guessed correctly on the second day! (It was the Eiffel Tower, but I mean c’mon, would you have figured it out so quickly?: WOWIGB pix clue #2). But every week I try to stump you fans with a super tough one, and every week someone surprises me and guesses it. The Gravity Bear fans are cool AND smart.

I think the best part of creating and administrating the GB fan page is that I can interact with all you that are as excited about the games that GB is working on, as the developers are creating them. I get to see both sides; you, the supporting fans, and the devoted GB team. And now that our debut game, Battle Punks, is finally announced and we opened the Alpha version to all of you to test, you should see the feedback we are getting!! I mean its unbelievable the amount of you that are playing our game and helping us out with a crucial part of our game… testing! So when we launch Battle Punks, you guys can honestly say that you had a hand in making the game what it is… AWESOME!

xoxo

~ VavaBear