"Stardrop Sprint" & "Stardrop Blaster" (lost delisted iOS mobile games; 2012-2017): Difference between revisions
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A year later on August 23, 2013 Stardrop Sprint would receive a sequel known as Stardrop Blaster which unlike its predecessor which was a auto-runner/platformer hybrid it was instead an endless shooter. Much like its predecessor however, Stardrop Blaster is also lost media <ref name="R4">[https://appadvice.com/app/stardrop-blaster/661959282] App Advice Stardrop Blaster page</ref>. Perhaps the most notable aspect about Stardrop Sprint and its sequel is titular character and their crossover appearances. In 2018 Trevor and Jaron Lowe (Along side a few others) would release a game called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Pogo Indie Pogo], an indie game crossover platform fighter where the main gimmick is that your character is always jumping. Since Indie Pogo was made by the same people behind the Stardrop duology the titular character was a playable character in the game<ref name="R5">[https://twitter.com/LoweBros/status/1017848936898363392] X.com LoweBros</ref>. In 2020 other indie developers known as McLeodGaming and Team Fray would reveal a game they’ve been working on known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraymakers Fraymakers]. Another indie game crossover platform fighter much like Indie Pogo although the gameplay is much more in line with games like Super Smash Bros. or Rivals of Aether. Shortly after Fraymakers’ announcement McLeodGaming would reveal on X that Stardrop (Being based on their appearance in Indie Pogo) was being added into Fraymakers as apart of the game’s assist mechanic. Although Fraymakers has been in early access since January 2023, Stardrop has yet to be added in and it’s currently unknown what Stardrop will do to aid the player in battle <ref name="R6">[https://twitter.com/McLeodGaming/status/1334230167997149187] X.com McLeodGaming</ref> | A year later on August 23, 2013 Stardrop Sprint would receive a sequel known as Stardrop Blaster which unlike its predecessor which was a auto-runner/platformer hybrid it was instead an endless shooter. Much like its predecessor however, Stardrop Blaster is also lost media <ref name="R4">[https://appadvice.com/app/stardrop-blaster/661959282] App Advice Stardrop Blaster page</ref>. Perhaps the most notable aspect about Stardrop Sprint and its sequel is titular character and their crossover appearances. In 2018 Trevor and Jaron Lowe (Along side a few others) would release a game called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Pogo Indie Pogo], an indie game crossover platform fighter where the main gimmick is that your character is always jumping. Since Indie Pogo was made by the same people behind the Stardrop duology the titular character was a playable character in the game<ref name="R5">[https://twitter.com/LoweBros/status/1017848936898363392] X.com LoweBros</ref>. In 2020 other indie developers known as McLeodGaming and Team Fray would reveal a game they’ve been working on known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraymakers Fraymakers]. Another indie game crossover platform fighter much like Indie Pogo although the gameplay is much more in line with games like Super Smash Bros. or Rivals of Aether. Shortly after Fraymakers’ announcement McLeodGaming would reveal on X that Stardrop (Being based on their appearance in Indie Pogo) was being added into Fraymakers as apart of the game’s assist mechanic. Although Fraymakers has been in early access since January 2023, Stardrop has yet to be added in and it’s currently unknown what Stardrop will do to aid the player in battle<ref name="R6">[https://twitter.com/McLeodGaming/status/1334230167997149187] X.com McLeodGaming</ref>. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 18:29, 27 January 2024
The app icon from presumably earlier versions of the game
Status: Lost
Stardrop Srpint was a video game released on IOS devices on July 27, 2012. It was developed Trevor and Jaron Lowe (With the latter of the two publishing it). It looks to be an auto-runner with platformer elements and the premise was about a sentient shooting star having to save Earth from a race of aliens known as the Xenorgs. [1]
Development
The game started development in the summer of 2011 where Trevor and Jaron bought a Mac Mini. Jaron learned how to program for IOS while Trevor designed the gameplay and made the concept art and sketched the concept for Stardrop Sprint within a week. Thanks to Trevor being a full-time lifeguard lieutenant with at the time Jaron also being a student at FIEA as well, all progress was mostly done on nights and weekends. They expected to complete the game by the end of the summer but it ended up taking an entire year to complete with the tail end of development being the finishing touches. [2]
Release and Disappearance
When Stardrop Sprint was released it was available for $0.99. Upon release the received very little attention but that doesn’t mean it was completely unnoticed. Stardrop Sprint was apart of a series of app reviews by Ryan Poolos on Kodeco [3] and while there was other examples of other websites featuring this game, most of it was left unarchived. Stardrop Sprint was frequently updated from 2012-2017 but one day it was suddenly delisted from the Apple App Store and thanks to the game’s obscurity not much was archived from it aside from screenshots from either the developers’ websites and social media posts or third-party websites.
Legacy
A year later on August 23, 2013 Stardrop Sprint would receive a sequel known as Stardrop Blaster which unlike its predecessor which was a auto-runner/platformer hybrid it was instead an endless shooter. Much like its predecessor however, Stardrop Blaster is also lost media [4]. Perhaps the most notable aspect about Stardrop Sprint and its sequel is titular character and their crossover appearances. In 2018 Trevor and Jaron Lowe (Along side a few others) would release a game called Indie Pogo, an indie game crossover platform fighter where the main gimmick is that your character is always jumping. Since Indie Pogo was made by the same people behind the Stardrop duology the titular character was a playable character in the game[5]. In 2020 other indie developers known as McLeodGaming and Team Fray would reveal a game they’ve been working on known as Fraymakers. Another indie game crossover platform fighter much like Indie Pogo although the gameplay is much more in line with games like Super Smash Bros. or Rivals of Aether. Shortly after Fraymakers’ announcement McLeodGaming would reveal on X that Stardrop (Being based on their appearance in Indie Pogo) was being added into Fraymakers as apart of the game’s assist mechanic. Although Fraymakers has been in early access since January 2023, Stardrop has yet to be added in and it’s currently unknown what Stardrop will do to aid the player in battle[6].