Bike Baron coming to MAC on November 29th!

After secretly working on MAC version of Bike Baron for last few months, we can finally announce it! It will be available from Apple App Store on November 29th. As for our iOS version of the game we plan to update the mac version with new levels and stuff.

We can't wait for you to try it out and we are looking forward to hearing your feedback!

Uber Cute Gebetto Plushies

This week we received the first prototype plushies of Gebetto:

Now we're thinking about ordering a bigger batch of Bike Baron themed plushies. So the question is how many of you would be willing to get one of these?

The smaller is about the size of an iPhone. The bigger one is pretty much the same height as an iPad. The material is very fluffy, just like a real Gebetto!

The cost would be around 10-20 dollars but that is subject to change because we're not yet sure about all the expenses.

Making of picture of the photo shoot:

Extra levels discounted to $0.99!

To celebrate one million sales of Bike Baron around the world we decided to put the Santa Pack on sale for $0.99! Santa Pack includes two new characters and will unlock 10 extra levels in the game. There will be also more levels coming in future updates for all Santa Pack owners.

You can purchase Santa Pack from the characters selection screen, just select one of the Santa Pack characters and tap the Buy button.

We are also working on next free update that will bring more levels for everyone.

Bike Baron Update 8!

Update 8 takes you to the younger days of Bike Baron! Introducing Young Ace and even better support for the new iPad.

- Completely new FREE playable character: Young Ace
- 3 new FREE levels added to the game!
- 10 new IAP levels added to the Santa Pack!
- Amount of level themes almost doubled!
- Brand new character selection screen!

- Can you find all Golden Gebetto collectibles which have been scattered around the levels?

- New insane game mode for Extreme Players: It has no checkpoints! Get ready to conquer the leaderboards!

- Moose has been added to the level editor
- Hidden easter egg feature
- Better level editor performance
- High-resolution splash screen for the retina iPad
- Brand new icon featuring the Young Ace

MILLIONS of Bike Barons worldwide!

Press Release:

Bike Baron, the motorcycle daredevil, made a huge entrance to the iOS market back in October 2011. Now, after 5 months and 7 updates, Bike Baron is celebrating the landmark of 2,000,000 downloads. In addition, players have spent a total of 50,000 hours to build and share over 100,000 custom levels for the game!

"Bike Baron shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. In fact, our recent level design contest resulted in us hiring the winner to build even more awesome levels for the game. New playable characters are on their way and the game was just updated to take full advantage of the new iPad. Our next and biggest update will introduce Bike Baron in his prime about 50 years ago, when he was known as the Young Ace!" says Jussi Niemelä, office manager of Mountain Sheep, Inc.

Bike Baron is available on the App Store for $0.99 for both iPhone and iPad. Featuring music by the Angry Birds, Dead Nation and Trine composer AriTunes, Bike Baron promises you a ride you will never forget.

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Bike Baron is featured by Apple once again!

Bike Baron is featured in "New & Noteworthy" and "Great Apps for the New iPad" categories in US! Thanks Apple and thanks to all our fans for the support!

Sneak peek of next update!

We are working hard on next update to bring even more awesomeness into the game for you!

It will be fun to go back in time, to the days of a younger Baron :)

Any wishes how the cat should look when you play as Young Baron? If it's the same orange Gebetto that would be pretty funny too because then it's like 50 years old furball :)

Leave your ideas in the comments!

Update 6 is here!

Update 6 is here and the sheep is at your disposal in the level editor!

Winning levels of the level creation contest have been added to the game!

1st place winner is Vouhake with level called "Don't Stop"
2nd place winner is aahoo- with "the Verdict"
3rd place winner is Cheddar Moon with "The High Road"

- Sheep is in the level editor and it makes a sound!
- App size has been optimized below 20MB so it's almost twice as small!
- Bug fixes

Update is out! Fixing problems.

Greetings!

The new update is out. This game version 1.6 adds one more level and was quickly submitted after we learned that some people were having problems installing the previous update that was launched a week before.

If you are still having problems installing, I recommend restarting your device and then trying again. It has come to my knowledge that most of the time a restart fixes these kind of problems. If you still have a problem you can send me a detailed description explaining how the problem occurs, what's your iOS version, your device, etc.

Mail can be posted at our website HERE

Have fun playing!

EDIT: Instead of updating the App with your device, try downloading the newest update on PC or Mac and then sync iPhone/iPad/iPod to iTunes. This should work if you still have problems updating the newest version.

Problems with the update

Hello everyone!

As some of you have already noticed, there seems to be a problem to get the newest update working for some people. We are aware about this issue and are investigating further. There is nothing wrong with the update itself, but the update process is not working properly in some countries. Sadly there is no waterproof solution for this since it is something that is out of our hands. We received some reports saying that it started working after a while for others, while for others it still remains broken.

We submitted a new update this morning to get around this issue. The new update contains 1 new level and the main purpose for the update is to replace the current update instead of adding lots of content.

We apologize for the inconvenience! Sit tight, help is on the way! :)

Level Creation Contest Results!

Greetings Barons!

The moment you all have been waiting for is now, the announcement of winners in our Level Creation Contest. The overall quality of the levels was very high and it was great to see all those creative Baron twisting rollercoasters! We had tons of fun!

Choosing the winner was tricky, but in the end what made the difference between the top 3 and the rest of the levels was the amount of polish when dynamic objects, bombs and ice were used.

So, without a further ado, here goes:

1st prize - iPad 2 and level featured in the game! 

Forum user Vouhake / GC Vouhake 

with level BHHD "Don't Stop" 

2nd prize - Level featured in the game! 

Forum user aall / GC aahoo- 

with level BMUY "the Verdict" 

3rd prize - Level featured in the game! 

Forum user Baby Karat / GC Cheddar Moon 

with level AV5P "The High Road"

Congratulations to all the winners!!!

Runner-ups:

Also, a special mention goes to Roflmaolab for making the sick hard flip in level BCZK - Somersault Technique! This was something we had never seen before! Special mention for using Ice as a trigger for dynamic objects goes to aall /aahoo- in level BMUY - The Verdict! Really smooth and polished job!

AYEP Contraptionized by Linden
BHVS Gladiator by BikeBaronForever a.k.a. bikebaronrules
ASFD Vertigotrout by Jamestrout
BIUK Flipin Flip Flip by marcmyia
A9JP Shane Ice by Sneedly a.k.a. TheTunaBomber
A6XS Ice Breaker by z10th a.k.a. z3al0t


Thanks everyone who participated in this Grand Adventure!

Best Regards,
Bike Baron