Planet Blupi
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| Planet Blupi | |
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| Developer | Epistec |
| Publishers | Epistec, Telegames |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 1997 |
| Genre | Strategy |
| Mode | Single-player |
Planet Blupi is a 1998 real-time strategy video game developed and published by Epistec and published in the United States by Telegames for Microsoft Windows. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews, with critics finding the game simplistic and childish, but that it was an appropraite introduction to the strategy genre for younger or first-time players.
After a spaceship disguised as a meteorite lands on the planet of the Blupi, strange events occur as an evil robot takes over the entire planet with his machines. The game is a real-time strategy game set over 30 missions.[1][2] Players use point and click controls to issue commands to the Blupi to gather resources such as wood, stone, and ore, construct buildings using those resources, and build weapons and vehicles to fight the robots.[2] The game features additional mission objectives, including to secure camps, rescue captured Blupis, and protect from hazards including forest fires.[3] Planet Blupi contains a level editor allowing players to craft their own maps and mission objectives.[2]
Development
Planet Blupi was created by Swiss development studio Epistec System SA, a company founded in 1978 to sell the Smaky (Smart Keyboard). It is part of a series conceived by Daniel Roux and developed by Epistec that included the 1993 title Blupi Explorer and 1994 Blupimania.[4][5] The game was distributed in the United States by Telegames.[1] In 2016, Epistec colleague Mathieu Schroeter created a reimplementation of the game on the Blupi website.[4]