The match three market is so wide, but the bubble shooter market is not as wide so we delved into the design to find the sources of frustration and looked at how we could stop that.” These frustrations as Nacho called them, are blocks which would prevent a casual player from enjoying the game. “We analysed what was going on with Bubble Witch 2 and how we can make this more appealing to a wider audience. He started by discussing the wider mobile market. After playing a decent amount of the game, I delved in and asked Nacho what they had done to keep this third entry into the formula fresh. An impressive, four story office in the heart of the Spanish capital, King’s Barcelona studio have been responsible for Papa Pear Saga and the entire Bubble Witch series.Īfter a whistle stop tour of the studio, I had the chance to sit down with Nacho Pintos, who has been with King for the last four years and is a senior game designer of Bubble Witch 3 Saga and talk about the new game. You can also help the witch Stella rebuild and customize her house.To celebrate the studio’s latest release, King games invited us out to their Barcelona studio for the launch of Bubble Witch 3 Saga. “To break the curse and defeat the feline who always lands on his feet, players must keep their wits about them and shoot their way through the game to solve a variety of bubble puzzles.”īubble Witch 3 Saga features similar gameplay as its predecessors, but includes a new aiming tool that will make it easier to shoot bubbles.
“Players will need to help an older and wiser Stella overcome Wilbur, who is possessed by an evil spell and has captured the fairy queen,” King detailed in a press release sent to GamesBeat. Releasing a new entry could attract new players and bring back fans who downloaded the previous apps. Bubble Witch 2 Saga followed in 2014, and it’s currently the #370 ranked game in U.S.
It’s similar to the Bust-A-Move series for arcades and consoles in the mid-to-late ’90s, having players shoot bubbles from a launcher in order to match three colors and make other bubbles hanging from the ceiling fall.
The original Bubble Witch Saga was King’s first mobile game, releasing in 2012 after the Facebook version launched in 2011. That success resulted in Activision Blizzard buying the company for $5.9 billion in February 2016. King’s better-known puzzle series, Candy Crush Saga, helped turn it into one of the biggest developers in mobile.
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