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[TheLifemakers]

Here is an introduction to our first game, Batonic.

This is a game of agility, reaction, and physical intuition.

The idea is simple: poise a circus baton on the tip of your finger as various creatures fall from the sky trying to strike you out of balance—and score points as those creatures disappear from your magical touch. Just like in life, you have to be constantly alert and quick to right the tilt—but the very threats that bombard you may at times help you stay afloat.

The game is divided into days (levels) of increasing difficulty, each day featuring a different set of conditions—winds, gravity, types and behaviors of the creatures. Surviving all 10 days (even though you are given 9 spare batons in case you lose the first one) is no mean accomplishment!



Release for Android: Summer 2016
Release for iOS and desktop: Fall 2016

And here is our very first teaser with one level of the game:

[TheLifemakers]

We added an opening screen at the very beginning of the game. Testing showed that the universe of the game is sufficiently weird to need some kind of introduction!

[TheLifemakers]

Development update: gameplay tweaks

Based on testers’ feedback, we tweaked gameplay parameters to make it both more challenging and less frustrating at the same time. We adjusted the length and girth (therefore, mass and inertia) of the baton to make it feel more controllable and engaging — though not necessarily easier to handle!

Granted, Batonic is not a kind of game that you can finish on your first try. It is a casual type of game with little rules or story to learn, but it gets really difficult as you progress, and you really need to master and practice the motor skills of controlling the baton in the game's physics. In the end, it's so rewarding to feel completely in control of the capricious thing — easily deflecting or avoiding whatever befalls you!

[TheLifemakers]

We've released a trailer of Batonic: fast, frenzied, fun-filled arcade!

This is a game of quick reaction, agility, and physical intuition: you need to be constantly alert and quick to right the tilt. With a simple premise but challenging, addictive, adrenaline-filled gameplay, Batonic tests your agility and precision, your ability to adapt and to make quick decisions in situations of uncertainty.

Winds and gravity change, creatures bounce, stick, explode, your own baton sometimes behaves like a wild horse... luckily, playing Batonic is a learnable skill — the more you play it, the better you get at it. And sometimes, the very threats that bombard you can help you stay afloat!

[TheLifemakers]

Batonic is up on Google Play!

Months of hard work developing, designing, and testing are over. Brace for months of even harder work promoting it, supporting real-world Batonic players, and frantically releasing updates!

Please get the game on your phone or tablet, play it, and leave your rating/review on the Google Play page! We would hugely appreciate if you also let us know directly by a PM or email

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lifemakers.balancethis.

[TheLifemakers]

Version 3 of Batonic is now on! What's new:

- By popular demand, we completely redesigned the complexity of all Batonic levels, so as to make the game more accessible and engaging for players of all ages and skills. No more of the boring, too-easy-too-long levels — but also no more so-difficult-as-to-be-almost-impassable monstrosities! (Well... maybe except the final Day 10!) Overall, the game of Batonic is much more dynamic and fun in this version.

- A number of visual tweaks make the Batonic creatures even more funny and weird!

- Several bug fixes.

[TheLifemakers]

We made it to the 4th version!

After a long hiatus we released a new version of Batonic: A Game of Balance. It really improves the user experience:

- Table of records
- Replaying from any unlocked level
- Remembers and restores your last Day
- Bug fixes and improvements across the board

[jesserahm]

Seems like an interesting game

[TheLifemakers]

Thanks! We will be happy if you give it a try