8 Player Party Game Madness!
Now available on OUYA as well!
Introducing BombSquad, an explosive arcade-style party game best enjoyed with several friends and a large couch.
Jump, punch, throw, and bomb your way to victory as you compete in a plethora of mini-games including Capture-the-Flag, King-of-the-Hill, Bomber-Hockey, and of course Epic-Slow-Motion-Elimination.
Up to 8 local players can get in on the action through BombSquad’s support of keyboards, PC gamepads, Wiimotes, PS3 controllers, and XBox 360 controllers. You can even use iOS and Android devices as wireless gamepads via BombSquad Remote, available for free on the iOS App Store, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore.
Harness your mastery of physics to barrage your opponents from afar with precision-thrown bombs, or simply charge in and toss your enemies off the nearest cliff; all’s fair in love and BombSquad.
Bombs away!
BombSquad Review & Commentary on Z13J’s Channel
Bombsquadinator’s Youtube Channel
BombSquad review on OneClickMac
For questions, comments, and bug reports, email support@froemling.net
Great game! Just wanted to say that you should keep it up! Epic Slow is crazy hahah!
Is it possible to play over network ? If not, it would be great to add it, at least over wifi
yep, it is over network! I just wish you could use other macs as controllers too!
I “EL – O – VE – E” *LOVE* this game! Thx for the good work.
Hey you guys should really make a Facebook page. This game is awesome hope you guys are planning to make updates in the near future!
You should make it playable over wiFi. My friend and I downloaded it thinking we could play together. Overall, great game!
This is Awesome, best game for mac in a long time, specially for partying with friends.
Hove would a team match work if it would be played over the internet? would love to get together with random people to throw some bombs after others.
And how about make support to play on more macs in a local game?
would love if Each team of 4 could use 1 mac and 3-4 controllers against another team with same set up (WiFi).
Love the game, keep it up. IT’S AWESOME!!!
Casper D. Schrankenmüller
Denmark
Brilliant game!
I have but one complaint – I haven’t got a mac and can’t find a windows version. Is one possible? Please?
I’m loving it, network multiplayer would be the icing on the cake / mushroom
Very nice game … we played with iPhone, iPad, Xbox and Wii Controller it worked without any problems
If you bring out an “Bomberman” game with the same technology, i would buy it immediately
best compliments from Austria
amazing game!!
you should def add more levels to the practice mode in addition to onslaught.
seeing new Bombsquad moves every time I play.
for example holding another player while he’s holding the flag
http://cl.ly/2H3U2h1d2H35083H3Z2U
looks quite funny…
I have played so many games on my Playstation 3 and Mac (COD, Battlefield, etc.), but honestly this game beats them all. It is packed with endless fun that anyone can play.
The way it allows iPhones and controllers to join makes it so addictive to play with a group of friends.
I play it at school and literally EVERYBODY loves playing it.
Eric, from all of us thank-you for making such an awesome/amazing game, and even continuing to update it constantly with more awesome stuff! We love the new TNT boxes and mines!!!
If anything, we would love to see a few new characters, as there are so many of us playing and we all have similar characters! (maybe a cool Robot?? Or a Star Wars Stormtrooper? Gorilla?
These are all ideas from my friends. Also, a few of my friends just bought the game on our macs, and we would love to see an intergration where we could connect our mac to someone elses as a controller. (maybe on both their screens?) that would be epic.
Thanks again from all of us, and lastly, we all <3 the cook! best character by far.
Great game, a lot of fun!
The game is beautiful.
The graphics are beautiful
is beautiful all the audio context
reminds me a lot, MasterBlaster. for computers amiga
I loved it ..
many nights playing
You did a great job .. continue
My advice:
-Multilingual interface. including Italian. thanks
-ability to put the players’ avatars. custom
-possibility to create the character. in a unique way.
-an editor for levels
thanks
Awesome game dude,
a little game at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmlb5Q4H5Tg
one of my best score on last stand..
addictive and beautiful game!
@Diq Haha that was awesome. Well done sir! I really wanna finish online play so I can watch some of you pros go at it
Haha, just happened to be recording when I recorded this awesome moment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0QvMyUqV14
I really love the game’s physics system, its realistically cartoonish, if that makes any sense.
Nice! that was all matrixy-looking
My guess as to what happened: there’s a hidden collision surface that covers the sides of that level to keep players from jumping up on the walls and turrets – you might have been skittering up the side of it. Hit F11 to switch to debug-mode graphics and you can see for yourself
Sorry for taking up more of your time, Eric, but I was scrolling through all of my libraries in Finder, and saw BombSquad’s. I opened it up, and saw the config (which I promptly changed all of my local times and scores to show off to my brother) and also saw a ‘mods’ folder and a ‘replays’ folder.
So, two questions: I’m assuming there will be mod support, so how should we go about modding BombSquad? And, When will replay support be added, and what features will be included?
Is there some way to make the iOS controls easier to use? In particular I mean running. Am I correct in thinking that the only way to run is to find a space on the phone where there aren’t any buttons and hold there? I bet it would be really easy to run if you set the Volume Down button to run. Great game!
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Just got the game, absolutely love it, got the latest update (I think it’s 1.2.3) , now it won’t run. I click open and it won’t open. This is an app for my mac. Any help?
A small handful of folks seem to be getting a crash with 1.2.3 related to a sound file not loading correctly; I think that might be what you’re seeing. I’ve got it fixed in 1.2.4 which should be released any day now once it gets through review at Apple. If you don’t feel like waiting, feel free to email me at support@froemling.net and I’ll send you a test copy. Sorry bout the bug!
-e
Please I want play on my PC. When it will be release for it ?
Thx
Great Game! Are you already working on a new update? If yes, could you tease something? new characters, stages?
Awesome game! One of the best Mac games I’ve seen in a long time. We need a controller for Android badly!
this game is AWESOME!!! i play it all the time when i have friends over. please make more characters and an every man for them self mode. you could do stuff like last man standing and whatnot. also good for and uneven number of ppl. great game!!!
whoops
forgot to end this italics
Has always been crash. Please be improved as soon as possible.
My computer is RMBP.
There’s currently an issue with Retina macbook pros where the game will crash when you run on the highest res (1920×1200). If you lower your res it should work.. I’m getting a RMBP shortly and will get a fix out as soon as I can track down the problem..
Awsome game.
Would be awsome if you added android support because well, heaps of people have android too you know… not just iphones or ipods…
Or would be even cooler if you ported this game to android so u can play it on your phone. that would be cool.
I’m having trouble running this game on my macbook pro with retina display. I keep getting the error: “BombSquad quit unexpectedly”. Any fixes?
There’s currently an issue with Retina macbook pros where the game will crash if you launch it while at the highest resolution setting (1920×1200). If you lower your res in display preferenes it should work.. I’m getting a RMBP shortly and will get a fix out as soon as I can track down the problem..
Sorry ’bout that…
Hi Eric, great game!!
May I ask what game engine you used? The ragdoll physics effects are so cool..
Thanks!
I wrote the game engine myself, which is probably not the most efficient way to make a game these days but it was a good learning experience
This game is the best 5 dollars i have ever spent on any app period, I hope there is another update! Please bring something big!!
Enjoyed this game on my friend’s Mac! This game is so funny that we played it for 5 hours! Also want to ask if there would be a Windows or Linux version of this game? I would like to buy one.
Glad you like it!
I’ve got the game running all over the place (iOS, Linux, Windows) so I do hope to release for those platforms at some point once I can get them polished up and whatnot. My first priority at the moment is adding networked play though…
Can’t wait for linux release!
Can you pleeeeeease make more maps and/or characters and/or game modes
I’m hoping to! My plan is to add free-for-all game types in there sometime in the next few updates along with hopefully some unlockable characters and/or maps.. I need more hours in the day
BEST FUCKING GAME EVER!!!!
Please make more levels/characters/game styles.
You are a hero among incompetent cheeefs
Can I have version with player limits removed? I wanted to play with friends, but one of us had to sit back and watch other 4 playing ;( There was no other way we could play together but fighting against each other which we didn’t want to.
Thanks
The player limits are just so I don’t have to ‘officially’ support more than that, but you can disable them. To do so, press ~ to bring up the console, and then type:
bs.config['Team Game Max Players'] = 99
bs.config['Challenge Game Max Players'] = 99
bsbase.writeConfig()
It should just say ‘None’ if you typed everything correctly.
that is awesome, should go somewhere on wiki
thanks!
Yeah I should put together a wiki site for the game one of these days, especially since I’ll be opening it up to more customization and stuff soon..
Is there any way to get newest update on older os/x? I replaced older bombsquad version i bought with newer version from friend’s comp, but it would require newer OS/X version upon launching. I opened up Info.plist and changed version, but i still get force close before app even starts working.
I have Snow Leopard, 10.6.
email me at support@froemling.net and I’ll hook ya up..
(the newest versions require at least 10.7 but I can get you the latest one that runs on snow leopard)
Is Steam store in your plans? I’d greenlight it in a heartbeat and so would other players too.
Yeah my hope is to try and go through steam for a mac/windows/linux version after the iOS version comes out..
THE BEST!
This is absolutely the BEST game on Mac App Store!
Please release a PS3 version so that I can play it with my families!
And please add Internet multiplayer version!
Does bomb squad connect to controllers through Bluetooth?
It should work on any controller that supports Macs, whether bluetooth or not. PS3 controllers both use bluetooth and they work with it. Let me know if you come across something that doesn’t work.
Also please add it to PS3!
Sorry about repeat.
Does bomb squad use Bluetooth to connect to controllers? Also please add it to PS3!
Hey, looks great. We’re about to dl the game, but we just have two macs… Is there a release (even beta) that we could play locally over network? Thanks!
I think for every different character, they should all have their unique feature. For example, Ninja should run faster than others and muscle man can grab better and faster than others
How about team tournament with computer components.
Hey I am having trouble with the game. It used to work perfectly on my macbook pro but now when I open it it quits unexpectedly. I could send you the report if that helps.
Please Help. I WANNA PLAY
Ick!
Yeah could you send me the crash report? Did this just start happening on 1.3.4? Email me at support@froemling.net with that and any other info that might be helpful. I’ll try to get to the bottom of it asap.
-eric
Hi, congratulations for this fabulous game.
I Contact you to ask for information on use Wiimotes.
The game has recognized the controller but it only work with buttons 1 and 2.
The nunchuck don’ t work.
How do I use the other 2 buttons? Or the nunchuck’s buttons?
Thanks!
Hi Pedro,
Is this a Nintendo-made Wiimote? (I’m not sure if 3rd party wiimotes work)
The newer Wiimotes (the ones that say ‘Wii motion plus INSIDE’ on the bottom) don’t work with accessories like nunchucks but all the buttons should work.
If you take the battery cover off, there should be a sticker with the model number on it… it should be something like ‘RVL-003′ or ‘RVL-036′.. can you let me know what yours says there? That might help figure out what the problem could be.
I’ve RVL-CNT-01 http://www.123macmini.com/news/images/newsstory570_1.jpg
The buttons 1, 2 work, the buttons A, B don’t work and nunchuk don’t work.
Ok it looks like those are the newer type of wiimote so sadly the nunchuk won’t work with it right now. If the software I’m using to talk to wiimotes is ever updated to support them I’ll add it to the game. But you should at least be able to use the wiimote by itself. Here’s the button mapping: (A doesn’t do anything but B should run if you hold it down)
b: run
+: pickup
-: jump
1: punch
2: bomb
home: start
You are great! We are going to start playing in 8 Players!
KABOOOOM!!!
Hey, I noticed there wasn’t a wiki article about your game so I went ahead and added one, please contribute/correct anything that you believe is wrong! http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BombSquad_(Video_Game)
PS. This game is awesome!
Have you thought about modding/allowing users to create levels? Could generate a fantastic little community!
Awesome; thanks!
And yeah I’m currently working on adding the ability to add custom levels/characters/mini-games, so I’m hopeful that something fun will come out of that
Great, sounds awesome! I can’t wait to be able to contribute content to the game!
I saw that the game modes and maps are currently written/supported with little (Python?) scripts and I think that would be a great way to expand the game.
I believe you’re currently focussed on networked play at the moment (is there any eta), but was wondering if you’d looked into using another mac as a controller (similar to the mobile apps), or even as a “controller hub”.
One problem we experienced yesterday when we tried to play with upwards of 8 people was that quite a few were used to playing with an Xbox controller but we couldn’t host more than 4 controllers on a single mac (or more than two keyboards).
It would be great if we could have a second mac to plug controllers/keyboards into that could then connect to the mac running bombsquad as a set of external controllers to make it easier to play with large numbers.
The “controller hub” mac, wouldn’t need to display anything on the screen as it could just send the buttons pressed across to the host.
Let me know what you think!
Network play is coming along slowly.. it’s a pretty huge overhaul so I still don’t have an ETA for it.
The controller-hub is an interesting idea. It would actually be possible now using the same network protocol as BombSquad-Remote. (just coming from another computer instead of a mobile device). I’m pretty swamped on the game itself at the moment but I’ll keep it in mind. (or if you know any developers who’d wanna give it a whirl I’d be happy to share the iOS/android BombSquad-Remote source code)
I’ve sent an email to your support@ address