Hot Air Bloon

Developer(s)		Ninja Kiwi
Publisher(s)		Ninja Kiwi
Platform(s)		Adobe Flash

Release dates
Ninja Kiwi		Unknown
MochiGames		6 October 2008
Kongregate		18 November 2008
Newgrounds		19 November 2008

Language(s) supported
English

Hot Air Bloon is a Bloons spin-off game developed by Ninja Kiwi and released in 2008. The goal of the game is to control a monkey riding a blimp through an endless randomly-generated side-scrolling obstacle course while popping as many Bloons as possible to earn points.

A mobile version developed by Ninja Kiwi Europe (then known as Digital Goldfish) that features a story mode and more environments and hazards was released in 2010.

Gameplay

Hot Air Bloon is controlled with only the left mouse button. Pressing it causes the blimp to rise and releasing it allows the blimp to fall. The blimp is constantly moving forward and gradually speeds up over time. The player earns points by running into Bloons with the blimp to pop them. Each Bloon gives 1 point. The game ends if the blimp hits a tree, cloud, or bird, which can make a croaking sound. The monkey cannot hit Bloons or hazards. If the game over screen is reached, the player sets a high score. The high score can be beaten by playing again and getting an even better score. Clicking on the more games button in the main menu takes you to the ninjakiwi.com website.

Technical information

Engine	Adobe Flash (SWF version 9)
Resolution	640x480
Frame rate	40 fps
Size	218 KB

Unused Content

• There is an unused Lightning obstacle internally that would have been used by the clouds. There is a corresponding LIGHTNINGCHANCE parameter for it that is set to 0.

Release differences

MochiGames

The MochiGames release had a leaderboard where players could earn a bronze, silver, or gold medal by scoring 200, 300, or 400 points respectively. It was discontinued in 2014 following the closure of Mochi Media.

Kongregate

The Kongregate release uses Ruffle to emulate Flash games on browsers that no longer support Flash.

Newgrounds

The Newgrounds release uses the Newgrounds Player.

Descriptions

Ninja Kiwi

Play Ninja Kiwi's new Hot Air Bloon game! Pop as many bloons as you can without crashing. Try to beat your personal best or set a new high score.

MochiGames

Pop as many bloons as you can before you crash.

Instructions

Click to go up, release to fall. Watch out for the birds!

Kongregate

Pop as many bloons as you can without crashing. Try to beat your personal best or set a new high score.

Instructions

left^[sic] mouse click to rise up.

Newgrounds

We tried a cross-genre game here mixing bloons style with a copter/jetman type gameplay. Enjoy.^[sic]

Gallery

Thumbnails

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  Ninja Kiwi
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  MochiGames
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  Kongregate
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  Newgrounds

Screenshots

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  Title screen
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  How to play menu
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  Gameplay
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  Game over screen

External links

• Hot Air Bloon on Ninja Kiwi (archived)
• Hot Air Bloon on MochiGames (archived)
• Hot Air Bloon on Kongregate
• Hot Air Bloon on Newgrounds