Hi everyone, how you guys doing?
What started for us as an idea almost 3 years ago is now about to invade your lives. On Tuesday, 24 November Gravity Crash for PlayStation3 will launch on not only the North American PlayStation Store but also on the European PlayStation Store, two days ahead of the normal store update on Thursday.
When we started working with Sony on this project towards the end of last year we knew little of how encompassing or indeed how much we’d achieve, and I have to say we are incredibly proud of what we’ve created these past 12 months.
The game is being launched as Trial & Key type. When you download the Trial edition you will get access to 4 of the levels of the full games 35 single player planets and 12 multiplayer maps. You will also get full access to the editor, where you will be able to create your own levels straight away, however only when you buy the game will you be able to Publish them to the PlayStation Network for anyone and everyone to enjoy.
Actually, I’d like to geek out for a moment. All of us at Just Add Water are complete geeks, so one of the little things we included in the Trial edition, which as far as we are aware no one else has done before: on our Sell screen (All demos/trials have these) we have a dynamic “Published Levels” line that tells you how many custom made levels have been published to the PlayStation Network. Personally I can’t wait to watch that number getting bigger and bigger over the coming months!
Which brings me to the subject of price …
£6.29 / €7.99 / $9.99 US of your earth money, will buy you …
- 35 Single player levels, including hidden and boss levels.
- 12 Multiplayer levels.
- 3 Multiplayer modes.
- Different player ships.
- Special weapons.
- Weapon power-ups.
- 20 devious Trophies.
- Leaderboards.
- Over 200 editor items.
Talking of the editor, just to reiterate what I said in the previous blog update, EVERY level in the game has been built with the editor you get in the game. To give an example of the editor here’s a little development diary from us along with a bit of editor action!
And finally, during December we will be releasing a few extras via the PlayStation Store, like wallpapers and themes. So all I’ve got left to say is thanks for your support since the game was announced, and we hope you enjoy it when it’s released on Tuesday, and we can’t wait to see what you guys can create with the Editor!
Slainte










(Average: 4.71 out of 5)
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:06 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Had my eye on this for a while. Looks good and a nice price too.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:10 pm by almighty-slayer
Brilliant looking game and a great price. THANKYOU
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:12 pm by Amherst_Wind_4
A fair price for the UK and Europe!!! You guys are legends, day one buy.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:24 pm by R1MJAW
Awesome, tuesday can’t come fast enough.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:25 pm by seany1
excellent . ill save that 7 quid in ps wallet for this game looks awesome . great work
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:26 pm by makingdamage
I have seen some other footages of the game as well and it looks like a really funny game!
So, this one I will definitely pick up. It´s been a lack of interesting games on the store lately.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:30 pm by seany1
@makingdamage . agree with u store games have bn lacking recently bt critter crunch is a little hidden gem of a game
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:37 pm by Raine7
Pretty good game, correct money conversion (1$ isn’t 1€ you know…), great trial to check before buying.
I need no more reasons for “a must have” game
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:37 pm by Phynix84
WOW! Why was I not aware of this game?! looks awesome and simple to play and create downloading now!
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:38 pm by zonaw
Interesting retroish game, with build in level editor and the price is good.
Sold.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:44 pm by Carl-G
I love retro games ;P Looks cool
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:45 pm by gerarpafe
Congratulations Stewart, I love this game, can’t wait for it!
I think a dynamic theme about it would be AWESOME.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:59 pm by aygie
Looks good, well done guys!
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 5:59 pm by loxapac
Any news for the PSP version ?
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 6:01 pm by lcmnick
Is that…is that a Samsung television?! Sony would be mortified
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 6:09 pm by Arlanthir
Thank you very much for the fair price for Europe
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 6:17 pm by Mutt
Sold!!
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 6:27 pm by SiRobertson
The game looks fun, and the level editor is a nice touch, but stood next to Shooter it looks a bit weak to me. I’ll see how the demo grabs me though.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 6:37 pm by betahoven
Oh
Em
Gee
at those screenshots.
I’m going to be all over this puppy the minute it hits the store.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 7:27 pm by nofi
Lots more screens and info over on TSA too guys – http://bit.ly/5Me74n – Gravity Crash is a BRILLIANT game, worth every single penny.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 7:36 pm by sentry-23
really looking fwd to this
Any chance of hearing your famous (well, at least to old ST/Amiga freaks) composer on here, or maybe give some more info on the brillaint soundtrack?
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 7:37 pm by HEADSTAR
in Denmark Aqva singing back to thé 80ties back to soap back to rikki and cherry coke
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 7:37 pm by SwiftRyu
Looks incredible. Great visual design, lots of content and the promise of an endless supply of user generated content. Will this feature Custom Soundtracks? Playing a game with this sort of visual style with music from Shatter overlaid on top would sound great.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 7:48 pm by bap10
Looks great.Really nice price to, roll on tuesday.
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 8:10 pm by whoismilan
I’ll looks great, I’ll give the trial a go for sure!
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 8:14 pm by pb-live
Been waiting for this for ages, I loved Thrust and all these other similar games and this looks like a fantastic return to that but with amazing graphics and cool level editor.
Tuesday I’ll be hovering over the buy button, oh yes!
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 11:07 pm by almighty-slayer
Love the counter for the amount of levels published
I shall look forward to seeing lots of cool levels
UGC is awesome
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Posted on 20 November, 2009 at 11:58 pm by GTR34mh
What are the odds of 2 games in the space of a week that take into account conversion rates :O.
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 12:01 am by serendipiddy
Can’t wait for the psp version
Love the aesthetic. Love simple mechanics. I’m a sucker for retro games. Bring on the gravity crash!
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 1:46 am by Bonyman
Looks great, decent price and awesome that you can create and publish levels.
I’ll be picking it up.
However i was unable to watch the video on my ps3 browser. Where the video should be there was “This application is not supported”…….I’ve always been able to watch the vids on the blog so this seems strange :O
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 3:39 am by Labreya
So it’s Thrust…..
in HD…..
Fair enough.
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 4:41 am by Psyvariar
Retro vectors look nice, hopefully rendered in FullHD 1080p so those lines can look nice and sharp on a big display.
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 4:45 am by Psyvariar
Ah, now just read your previous blog link where you confirmed it is indeed 1080p/60fps – nice to see. I will be buying this for neo-retro fun.
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 7:09 am by CloudStorm87
Am the only person who thinks this game looks a lot like PixelJunk Shooter, with some exceptions like this has a proper retro look?
Well anyway, I’m excited for PJ Shooter so in this case it’s a good thing this game reminds me of it. I think I’ll pick it up.
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 7:13 am by CloudStorm87
Btw, the level creation stuff looks very cool, which is something PJ Shooter won’t have AFAIK. It seems PS3 is really pushing the play.create.share concept.
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 9:17 am by NotASnark
Looks more like X-Pilot (which also had multiplayer and a level editor) than Thrust. Either way, both were good games and this looks like a definite purchase.
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 9:59 am by Wyrmchaser
First day purchase, no question about it!
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 10:34 am by Fiks1one
Looks like a really cool game!
Probably buying once
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 10:36 am by Lacri
Retro feel but modern presentation. Im getting it, looks very cool.
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 12:23 pm by Negduke
Looks like a good purchase and as mentioned very nice price.
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 3:58 pm by almighty-slayer
Bought a £20 PSN card today especially
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Posted on 21 November, 2009 at 9:01 pm by TheSabreman
Great work, like many others I will buy on the day of release.
I look forward to many more games from Just Add Water.
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Posted on 22 November, 2009 at 7:44 am by akumatomPL
looks fun…1st day buy
retro games are great
now i’m waiting for Alien Breed and maybe someday Contra(form NES)on PS3:)
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Posted on 22 November, 2009 at 3:12 pm by jakster123x
yeah, i’ve had my eye on this game for a while, btw gave someone PLEASE pass onto Sony that the recent 3.1 update has restricted me from watching vids on this website, PS.BLog and more
thanks
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Posted on 22 November, 2009 at 3:29 pm by billsmugs
Looks great, I’ll definately be checking it out on Tuesday.
Just out of interest, why exactly is it being released on Tuesday, rather than Thursday, did you get to decide that or was it Sony?
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Posted on 22 November, 2009 at 8:34 pm by Mok_ojin
A fair price. Nice looking game to. Well I better add some funds ready for tuesday
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Posted on 23 November, 2009 at 7:09 am by Psyvariar
Someone mentioned the similarities to PixelJunk Shooter… I think PixelJunk Shooter has the added main element of featuring liquids like water and lava. But what makes things really weird and confusing is that the developer company of Gravity Crash is called “Just Add Water”
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Posted on 23 November, 2009 at 9:39 am by Apnomis
“Which brings me to the subject of price … £6.29 / €7.99 / $9.99 US of your earth money”
Note to all publishers of PSN content – THIS is how you convert $’s to €’s and €’s to £’s! Well done Just Add Water for not ripping off people in SCEE land!
I’ve not heard much about this game before but it looks like it could be fun, I’ll definitely be checking out the trial and, if it’s any good, I’ll happily pay £6.29 for it…
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Posted on 23 November, 2009 at 10:51 am by Capeview
Looks like a really coool game and to come with an Editor as well, will probably pick this one up. I don’t buy many games on the PSN because they are usually unexciting or just plain over priced for what they are, but this one is Retro and looks like a lot of fun.
More of this at this price is a much better way to make the PSN work.
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Posted on 23 November, 2009 at 10:53 am by jbni
I second Apnomis’s comment at #48.
Fair and equal pricing folks….that’s all we ask.
You’ll notice how the comments on this board are positive as a result of it too.
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