Overview

Flavor Monsters is an aerial shooter game for iOS and Android mobile platforms. It sports six levels, each with their own feel, up to 45 different enemy monsters, five unique weapons and five power items.

Flavor Monsters offers a hybrid of tower defense and shooting, tasking players with defending a region of the United States from three waves of monsters. Players can take advantage of in-app purchases to expand or improve their arsenal with new weapons, tools and abilities. The action is fairly standard fare for a touch-controlled title, and it offers few if any hints at a public health message. It's not until players delve into Flavor Monsters' "Field Manual" that they become aware of the game's smoking-prevention strategy.

The game has a full store system, achievements, Flurry integration and Facebook sharing. This full featured game runs on a wide variety of mobile devices, including the iPhone 3Gs, iPad 1 and iPod Touch 4th gen.

The game was created in partnership with the Truth campaign and was a companion app to a U.S Tour to raise awareness of the side effects of tobacco.

Details

Released on: iPad, iPhone, & Android
Developed by Sabertooth Interactive
Development Time: 2 months
45 unique monsters

Responsibilities

Led the QA testing for all phases of development and production
Assisted in creation of gameplay mechanics; Coin Reward System, Aerial Shooting System, Saving and Loading
Assisted in creation of UI elements; Main Menu, Store, Map (animations, progression)