Hot Air Bloon (iOS)

Developer(s)		Digital Goldfish
Publisher(s)		Ninja Kiwi
Platform(s)		iOS
Latest update		1.2

Release dates
App Store		3 November 2010

Language(s) supported
English

Hot Air Bloon (also called Hot Air Bloon iOS to distinguish it from the original and emphasize its exclusivity on iOS), officially referred as Hot Air Bloon Mobile and Hot Air Bloon for iPhone and iPod Touch, is an iOS game in the Bloons franchise. It is based on the original Flash version of Hot Air Bloon, but remade in a new engine with redone graphics and additional content. This version contains the endless mode from the original game, but also includes a brand new story mode.

Hot Air Bloon was never updated for 64-bit compatibility, rendering the game unplayable on modern iOS devices. Because of this, at an unknown point in time after September 2018, the game was delisted, and Ninja Kiwi's reason for the delisting was the aforementioned compatibility issue. The game would be lost media outside of a few short videos, until the game was rediscovered on January 2023.

Gameplay

Hot Air Bloon is an autorunner where the player controls a monkey on a blimp that automatically moves right. The blimp will automatically fall down, so the player must make sure the blimp does not crash by holding the power button that will lift the blimp up until released, at which point the blimp will fall back down. The player must manage the height of the blimp by holding down the power button and releasing when appropriate. When the blimp comes in contact with a bloon, they will earn a point. The more points the player has, the faster the blimp will move. There are obstacles in the way that will immediately kill the monkey when the blimp makes contact with them, and obstacles can either be static or moving obstacles. All levels, including the story mode levels, have obstacles and hazards randomly generated each time, so with the exception of the first 5 bosses, levels cannot be memorized as a whole.

Classic

Classic mode is an endless gamemode with the objective of popping as many bloons as possible for the highest score the player can achieve. The endless mode starts with stationary obstacles before later spawning crows that travel in a straight line. There is a leaderboard function that keeps track of the player's top scores, and they can compare their scores with other players through Game Center.

Story mode

Story mode is a brand new gamemode involving 7 stages, comprised of 3 normal levels and 1 boss level each. Each level requires the player reach the end of a level or defeat a boss, which with one exception, is not determined by the amount of bloons popped. The player starts with 3 lives, with each death losing a life and restarting the level. Popping a varying amount of bloons depending on what stage the player is on will add a life. Lose all lives and the player is sent back to the first level of their current stage.

All four levels within a stage occur in the same biome, with each level containing obstacles and sometimes gimmicks unique to said biome. Gimmicks include limited fuel that is used everytime the player holds down the power button, with the power button no longer working altogether once fuel is fully depleted, or an oxygen bar that must be replenished by popping Oxygen bloons, with the player dying if the oxygen bar runs out. Bosses instead will typically make the player no longer move forward with one exception, and must either be killed by the player by shooting darts at them, surviving long enough, solving a game of Simon Says, or reaching them.

Plot

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When starting and completing Story Mode the player is shown up to 6 panels containing scenes of the story. After completing each level's boss stage except for level 7, the player is shown a panel depicting the Monkey headed towards the next area.

The protagonist, an unnamed Monkey, recently celebrated with Monkey Princess. While the Monkey and Monkey Princess were having a picnic, Monkey Princess becomes captured by Monkey Baron, who rides off on a blimp. The Monkey rides on the strings of his own blimp and navigates through multiple terrains and fights off multiple types of enemies in boss battles. Eventually, the Dart Monkey rescues Monkey Princess, and abandons Monkey Baron in the forest, as it is revealed that the Monkey Baron is the brother of the Monkey.

Bloons

All bloons when popped will add 1 point for the player's score. Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow bloons are featured as default bloons that are functionally identical. Besides the four standard bloons, there are five bloons with unique effects: Insect Repellent Bloon, Oxygen Bloon, Ice Bloon, Bomb Bloon, and Fuel Bloon.

Sprite	Name	Levels featured	Function
	Red, Blue, Green, Yellow Bloons	All levels	Simply provides points
	Insect Repellent Bloon	3-3	Lets the player survive longer by making the insects move further away
	Oxygen Bloon	4-2	Lets the player survive longer by partially replenishing the oxygen meter
	Ice Bloon	5-2	Lets the player survive longer by partially replenishing the coolant meter
	Bomb Bloon	6-2 7-B	Instantly kills the player on contact
	Fuel Bloon	7-B	Speeds up the player for the entirety of the stage

Gallery

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