FLYCRAFT — FACT SHEET
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Title:            FlyCraft (store title: "FlyCraft: Build crazy flying machines")
Tagline:          Have you ever dreamed of flying?
Developer:        Sentry Brain (Harry Kalogirou and Thanasis Lightbridge)
Publisher:        Sentry Brain — https://sentrybrain.com
Website:          https://flycraftgame.com
Contact / press:  contact@flycraftgame.com
Platforms:        iPhone, iPad, Android
Price:            Free to play, one optional premium unlock (all gadgets, more gadget slots, no ads)
App Store:        https://apps.apple.com/app/flycraft-build-crazy-flying-machines/id1203025903
Google Play:      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.nlogn.flycraft
Trailer:          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKosOcaDAD0

Release dates
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2012-11-01   Original release (BlackBerry)
2017-03      iOS and Android

Description
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FlyCraft is a 2D physics build-and-launch game. Herbie is a ladybug too lazy and chubby to fly with
his own wings, so players build flying machines for him. On a drawing board you bolt parts together --
wood planks, steel beams, cardboard boxes, wheels -- strap Herbie in and hit GO. The craft rolls down
The Leaf Ramp; mid-flight you fire rockets, pop soda cans, spin up propellers and turbines and trim
the wings and tail. The score is the flight distance. Crashes are the punchline: distance milestones
unlock new gadgets, so you build better and fly farther. The game is at its funniest when a player
builds something that looks questionable, watches the physics reveal an unexpected flaw, and returns
to the drawing board.

Features
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- 14 gadgets, unlocked by distance: wood plank, steel beam, cardboard box, bike wheel, tractor wheel,
  soda can, The Rocket, wing, propeller, bike horn, plane wheels, plane tail, Rocket X, turbine
- Replays of every flight, recorded and shareable
- Global "Max distance" leaderboard
- 13 achievements, including "Felix" (altitude of 1,000 -- a nod to Felix Baumgartner) and
  "Fly 1,000,000" (total distance)
- Hangar with 3x3 saved-craft slots

History
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- Created by independent developer Harry Kalogirou with Thanasis Lightbridge.
- Herbie was conceived in a one-day brainstorm at the start of October 2012.
- Built in 30 days as an entry for the Ludum Dare October Challenge 2012 ("Finish a game, take it to
  market, and earn $1."), on Harry's own custom game engine rather than commercial software.
- Released 1 November 2012; quickly became the #1 Top Paid Game on BlackBerry, ahead of Angry Birds at
  the time.
- Won "Best New Game" in CrackBerry's 2012 Readers' Choice Awards; featured by BlackBerry executives in
  their keynote at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in Amsterdam.
- Ported to iOS and Android in March 2017.

Awards
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"Best New Game" -- CrackBerry Readers' Choice Awards 2012

Press assets (this kit)
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flycraft-logo.png        Logo: wordmark on the cloud with Herbie (transparent PNG)
flycraft-icon-1024.png   App icon, 1024x1024
flycraft-keyart.png      Key art, 950x506 (transparent PNG)
screenshots/             Eight screenshots, 2048x1536 PNG (game logical size 1024x768, rendered at 2x)
  01-menu.png              Main menu: FLYCRAFT title, Herbie, Play button, settings/leaderboard/achievements
  02-drawing-board.png     Construction screen: the default craft on the board, parts shelf, weight readout, GO
  03-flight.png            Mid-flight over the forest, rocket burning, 4.1cm on the HUD
  04-crash-results.png     Results popup: TRY AGAIN! / You flew for: 6.6cm / HIGH SCORE!, wrecked craft behind
  05-hangar.png            Hangar ("Drawing Board"): a saved craft on a taped note and the empty "+" slot
  06-tutorial-card.png     Hand-drawn tutorial card over the construction screen
  07-flight-tumble.png     Craft tumbling mid-air, 10.6cm on the HUD
  08-soda-can-launch.png   The default craft on the Leaf Ramp, soda can puffing, gadget button on the HUD

Copyright
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(c) 2012-2026 Sentry Brain. A game by Thanasis Lightbridge and Harry Kalogirou.