Planet Blupi

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Planet Blupi is an isometric real time strategy game similar to Blupimania. It also happens that Planet Blupi borrows a few songs from that game. The full version of the game includes more levels, and also allows the player to create their own. Since 2017, the game can be downloaded for free from the official Blupi website. It is playable in English, French, German, and Italian (this is also the first Blupi game to be playable in Italian). Planet Blupi was also released in North America by Telegames.

The game's source code was released in 2017 for its 20th anniversary. The 2017 version of the game is mostly the same as the original version, but features a portable code and some bug fixes. In addition, the game is playable for the first time on Macintosh and Linux, and Polish, Turkish, Portuguese, and Hebrew languages have been added. The 2017 version of the game is even playable online with WebAssembly and JavaScript, however there are no cutscenes, the player cannot save progress, and the game is only playable in English. A high-quality version of the game with higher resolutions and much better image quality is also being planned.

Storyline[]

Blupi is living quietly on his island when a strange meteorite falls on an arid region.

It is only later that Blupi realizes that his crops are always being destroyed by huge spiders.

Despite Blupi's excellent physical condition, he now sneezes and has caught a curious disease.

What is going on?

Well, the strange meteorite is in fact a spaceship carrying a very special robot.

This robot builds factories which produce enemies.

Blupi must exploit all the natural resources to get rid of these intruders.^[1]

Gameplay[]

Like Blupimania, Planet Blupi is isometric and puts the player in charge of many Blupis. Doing work causes the Blupis to get tired, and eating will prevent them dying of exhaustion. Blupis can do different things like building, driving vehicles, carrying bombs, farming, chopping trees, etc. In Planet Blupi, there is a large single-player campaign. Planet Blupi is one of, if not the only Blupi game that has a story to it. The story is about a spaceship that comes to Blupi's home world, bringing a robot that begins building factories and enemies that try to destroy Blupi. In some missions there are forest fires. It is a mystery, why. In instructions to first mission it is mentioned, that spaceship crash is responsible for it, but it is also possible, that the master robot deliberately sets fire to the forest. Missions can have different objectives, ranging from "Each Blupi in his house" to "Destroy all enemies".

Controls[]

Mouse: Move cursor; Scroll map (if "Scroll speed with mouse" is enabled)
Left mouse button: Click on menu buttons/elements; Select Blupi(s) and/or Helper Robot(s); Interact with the environment
Right mouse button: Perform a context-sensitive action related to the right-clicked object in question without having to access the action menu
Arrow keys: Move the view camera
Space bar: Render all non-character objects transparent/opaque
Shift: While this key is held, allow the player to select multiple Blupis and/or Helper Robots
Pause: Pause the game
F1: Show mission briefing text while playing the current level
F5: Set the game's speed to normal
F6: Set the game's speed to double its normal speed
F9-F12: Return camera view to places bookmarked earlier by Ctrl+F9 - Ctrl+F12
Ctrl+F9 - Ctrl+F12: Bookmark up to four places (each corresponding to the respective function key) to be instantly revisited via keys F9-F12.
Home: Return camera view to the starting position

Characters[]

Levels[]

Training[]

Mission[]

Enemies[]

Trivia[]

If the player clicks on a Blupi many times in a row, he will sound angry, even if he has full stamina, instead of saying something like "Yes sir!" in a cheery tone. He will still do the work, however.
Certain structures (walls or protection towers) are impossible to build without sacrificing one of the player's Blupis.
Some versions of the game came without the cutscenes installed.
As of September 8, 2017, the game's source code was released under SDL2.
Unlike the other games in the series, Planet Blupi is no longer owned by Epsitec SA, but rather just one employee from the company.

External links[]

References[]

↑ Planet Blupi (Version 1.14.1) [Computer software]. (2019). Yverdon: EPSITEC SA.

[edit] Windows games
Planet Blupi • Speedy Blupi/Eggbert (I & II) • Blupi at Home • Fun with Blupi • Blupimania II

[1] Planet Blupi (Version 1.14.1) [Computer software]. (2019). Yverdon: EPSITEC SA.

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