Wonka/blueberry homage in an app

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biff977
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Wonka/blueberry homage in an app

Okay, let me preface this by saying it is not the most amazing representation so don't expect a whole lot.  Also, don't ask why I was playing this app in the first place (I was really, really, REALLY bored, okay?)

Anyway, there's a free app called "The Sweet Shop"...seriously not what I expected...there are a whole series of accessories labeled "Wonky" (saves on copyright infringement I guess).  You can see the influence easily (you make candy in kettles; according to its description the Wonky Kettle is "Made from scrapped parts from an old candy factory").

One candy you can make, Blueberry Burst, is unlocked at level 6; it says, "You are what you eat! Especially if what you eat is this gum.  Hope violet is a good color on you!"  BTW, these candies use blueberries as one ingredient (big, surprise there).  The description for blueberries is, "I don't know what kind of colorblind dolt named them, but these delicious berries are very clearly violet".

The effects of the Blueberry Burst on customers is probably anticlimatic to our standards, but amusing nonetheless.  If a customer eats one, regardless of what they were wearing before their body swells up into a round blue ball, complete with buttons on the front, after which they bounce up and down like a ball a couple of times. 

Unfortunately they don't stayed blueberried for long, and their face doesn't change color (like I said, anticlimatic by our standards).  Considering it takes 8 hours of real time just to make a batch of Blueberry Burst, I would've expected more bang for the buck.

Okay, I've wasted enough of your time.

biff977
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Oh and I'm not sure why, but it seems a lot more guy customers get turned into blueberries than girl customers.  No clue about that one.

blowup_boy
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Uploaded a screen shot from my game http://bodyinflation.org/node/28006

It's a nice touch, nothing crazy but still. Can't help put make all my candy blueberry and watch all my customers swell. >:)

Hisssssssssssss.. ...uh oh!!

biff977
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Yeah, I try to make all my candies Blueberry Burst (they take way too long to make...they ought to at least make the animation effect more elaborate for the time required).  Trying to make a Wonka-esque factory feels very time consuming.

Ratbiker
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i clicked your link but it says access denied. :(

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Ratbiker
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triple post? must have glitched or something..

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Ratbiker
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double post.

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