Bad Piggies (game)

''This article is about the game. For other uses, see Bad Piggies (Disambiguation)''

Bad Piggies is an Angry Birds spinoff game from Rovio that was released on September 27th, 2012. The game's premise is that the player is on the pigs' side instead of the birds, and would have to build vehicles to get to the eggs. The game's style is similar to Amazing Alex, Rovio's previous game, maneuvering around courses. It is currently available for iOS, Nook, Android, Kindle Fire, Mac, and PC, with Windows 8 and Windows Phone to follow in the future. The game is free on Google Play, is $2.99 for iPad (HD) and $0.99 for iPhone.

The game has been stated to follow the imagination of a single Pig with freckles, under the name Ross, whose hobbies are constructing both land and air-based vehicles, transporting him, an egg, and the king. Toons.TV has been added to the game during the Halloween update. Features in the game include Hidden Loot Crates, Custom Parts to customize vehicles, Skulls that you can find throughout the game, and most recently, the Cake Race, where you could race with other players in real time.

Promotion
 '"Something PIG is coming" On August 27, 2012, the Bad Piggies made their own Facebook and Twitter accounts and started teasing the readers that they have plans to soon reveal something. On August 30th, Rovio posted a video on their YouTube featuring Red on a featureless white background, with pigs falling on top of him and the supertitle "Something PIG is coming" appearing on screen. After eight days of secrecy, on September 4th, Rovio unveiled it: a new game in which they are the stars. On September 17th, Yahoo! Games has revealed the game play for Bad Piggies. The main point is that you build vehicles (cars, planes, etc.) out of various materials (wood, metal, etc.) then ride them and try to collect things such as stars. The following day, the TV show X-Play made a preview of the game showing more of the game. On September 27th, the game was released on iOS, Android, and Macintosh, with PC releasing later the same day.

Ground Hog Day
This episode has 45 levels.

The plot revolves around Ross, Mechanic Pig, and King Pig finding pieces of a map which could lead them to the eggs.

Rise and Swine
This episode has 45 levels.

The plot revolves around Ross, Mechanic Pig, and an unidentified Minion Pig finding cake for King Pig.

When Pigs Fly
This episode has 45 levels.

The plot revolves around Ross, Mechanic Pig, and King Pig finding pieces of a plan to retrieve the eggs, after the eggs have been moved, rendering the original map invalid.

Flight in the Night
This episode has 45 levels.

The plot revolves around Ross finally stealing an egg from the sleeping birds, much to Mechanic Pig and King Pig's delight.

Tusk 'til Dawn
This episode has 30 levels.

The plot revolves around Ross enjoying the Halloween season and introduces the non-playable character Major Lazer.

The Road to El Porkado
This episode has 45 levels.

The plot revolves around Ross finding a legendary golden statue hidden in the city of El Porkado. It is based on the myth of the legendary city of El Dorado, a city of gold supposedly hidden in South America.

Sandbox
This episode is split into 10 parts.

It does not have a plot. instead, you need to collect 20 star boxes to proceed to the next part.

Field of Dreams
This is just one sandbox level.

The largest sandbox level, not having a plot, it needs to be bought using real life money and can also be used as a testing ground for custom vehicles. It has 40 star-boxes. It is also as big as two sandbox levels and is extremely tall. Collecting more star-boxes collects more parts too.

Little Pig Adventure
This is just one sandbox level.

The second largest sandbox level, not having a plot, it does not need to be bought using real life money and can also be used as a testing ground for custom vehicles. It has 40 star-boxes. You can make up to three vehicles at the same time but only one can be used to collect starboxes. Collecting more star-boxes collects more parts too.

Find the Skulls
This is a sandbox which can be unlocked by finding 10 skulls

Find the Statues
This is a sandbox which can be unlocked by finding 10 statues, which are hidden in the episode The Road to El Porkado.

Road Hogs
This episode has 8 levels. It involves competition with an opponent.

It does not have a plot. Instead, the levels have leaderboards in which you compete to get first prize.

Cake Race
This is a separate gamemode involving competition with an opponent.

It happens in real-time. You also collect loot crates for winning.

Gameplay
For every level (except the Sandbox and Field of Dreams levels) The player is tasked with creating a vehicle that will bring Ross to the goal. However, the player is given a limited amount of resources, in the form of parts, for the player to do so; The parts can do many things that could affect the vehicle's performance such as: Soda bottles and firework rockets as boosters, fans and rotors to provide propulsion and even TNT crates etc. These parts are to be assembled in a form of 'build grid' and the player cannot start without putting the Ross inside the vehicle, after which the Player may start the attempt.

Physics apply to the vehicle (weight, force, and aerodynamics) which the player may compensate or use to benefit the chances of getting to the goal, whilst operating the various parts to get to it. For example, lighter parts like wood will have a lightweight construction meaning faster speed, more aerodynamics and able to achieve in less time. However due to the weakness in strength, the material itself will be vulnerable to damage. Likewise, heavier parts will have a sturdier construction, heavier in weight resulting in less prone to damage, less aerodynamics, more grip and better holding into the surface. However, this resulted in a slower speed due to impacted weight of the material.

The level is graded in stars, much like the other Angry Birds games but, instead of grading the player's performance, they are gained by achieving secondary objectives like: Star Boxes, completing a level without using a part, possibly trying not to break the vehicle, or getting to the objective under par time (2 par times in the Road Hogs levels). The player is rewarded the stars once the goal has been reached.

Sometimes, the player may come across the Birds, whom are initially sleeping. The player can sneak by without using engines, crashing, or boosters otherwise the birds may wake up, mount their slingshot and attack the player, they also use their abilities to help try and stop Ross from reaching the goal.

Resources
There are the resources in Bad Piggies:

Snout Coins
Main article: Coins

Snout Coins are the resources to buy in-game stuffs like: They can be earned by doing these:
 * Unlocking Sandboxes, especially the Little Pig Adventure sandbox.
 * Power-ups (Super Glue, Magnet, etc.)
 * Wooden Loot Crates
 * Rush the time to open a crate (Cake Race)
 * Buying the remaining nuts
 * Playing levels and earning stars (1 coin each star).
 * Watching a video (give 50 coins and double the player's coin rewards throughout the game for 30 minutes)
 * by feeding King Pig in Dessert Mode
 * In-game purchases

XP
XP (Experience Points) is a feature in Bad Piggies that can be used to earn rewards (Wheel of Fortune) when the player level up. They can be earned by Playing levels and earning stars (20 XP each star), Winning Cake Race mode (100 XP), in Dessert Mode (2 XP each King Pig burps for coins, nuts, or power-ups), using new custom parts (depending on type of common (1-star), rare (2-star), or epic (3-star) parts), craft new custom parts, and getting hidden loot crates (the rarer the crates, the bigger XP earned.)

Nuts
Nuts are the in-game resources that can be used to craft new custom parts.

They can be earned by King Pig in Dessert Mode or in the Hidden Loot Crates.

Secret items / Secret Custom Parts
Secret items, or secret custom parts, can be found throughout the game. There are 3 known secret items.

There probably might be a hidden 2-star item but none have been seen yet.
 * 1) A 3-star Pineapple. This is quite hard to get and is located in The Road to El Porkado 6-12. Tap it 3 times. It replaces an Egg.
 * 2) A 1-star Blobfish. It's in the main menu. Tap it once. It replaces a Pumpkin.
 * 3) A 3 star outfit for Ross. It is in the Find the Statues sandbox. In it Ross wears a white top hat and golden glasses. It is west of the starting area - tap a diver's helmet on top a pile of gold.

Trivia

 * A Comic has been released on the Website. It can also be read at Nest.
 * On the day of the game's release, Rovio released the Trailer.
 * Bad Piggies is the second game in the Angry Birds series to feature the Pigs' new design since the first version, the first being Chrome and the second being Space.
 * Before the game was launched, there was an advertisement planet on Angry Birds Space advertising Amazing Alex. When Bad Piggies came along, the advertisement was then replaced with the Freckled Pig in a rocket like vehicle to advertise the Bad Piggies Launch.
 * According to Rovio, the Freckled Pig has a real name, however they said that one "wouldn't be able to pronounce it". It was later revealed that his name was Ross.
 * This is the first game to have the Birds as the antagonists.
 * The late King Mudbeard and his late consort appear in Dessert Mode as portraits beside King Pig's throne, in the Pig Palace.
 * This is the first time the player gets to play as the pigs.
 * This game, Agri Birds and Flip the Bird are the only Angry Birds games not to have the words Angry Birds in its title.
 * This is also the only spin-off game to not have those words in its title.

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