Hot Air 2
- Adventure
- Action
Mouse
Flash
Hot Air 2: All Blown Up, or Hot Air 2, is an action-puzzle game released on July 16th, 2007[1] - Hot Air 2 and Hot Air Balloon Maker[2], and also Nitrome's first released sequel. In the game, the main character, Hot Air, has a girlfriend and is trying to rescue her after she is captured by Baron von Blimp.
The game has several new enemies, as well as some enemies from its prequel, Hot Air, that have been redone or been given new counterparts. In the sequel, players were able make balloons using the Hot Air Balloon Maker, then use them as characters. When the balloon maker was taken down due to the humongous amount of balloons made, all player-created balloons were removed from the game.
Controls[edit | edit source]
Move the mouse - Move fan
Mouse click - Activate fan
The cyan fan is what propels Hot Air throughout the levels of the game. The player must click the left mouse button in order to activate the fan, which will immediately starting blowing Hot Air away from it. Also, the player must move the mouse in order to move the fan.
Levels[edit | edit source]
There are also extra levels, but these need to be unlocked by completing a certain amount of levels with all the stars.
Introduction: The Story So Far...[edit | edit source]
Hot Air and a pink balloon fall in love. Just then, a flower drops from the sky. Hot Air goes to pick it up, but knocks it over. Just then, Baron von Blimp captures Hot Air's girlfriend and flies off with her. Hot Air gets angry.
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1: Big Mouth Strikes Again[edit | edit source]
Stars: 4
Hazards: Big Mouth
The player has to go into big mouth's mouth, and stay there until they can escape the other end and exit to the finish pad.
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2: Shut Your Trap[edit | edit source]
Stars: 4
Locked gates: 2
Hazards: spike traps
The player has to land on the two key pads to open gates, each one placed in a spike trap. The player has to quickly move away before the traps close. The trap to the right has a ceiling above it, so the player has to quickly blow the balloon to the left.
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3: So I Married an Axe Murderer[edit | edit source]
Stars: 5
Locked gates: 3
Hazards: axes
The player has to avoid two swinging axes while trying to activate several orange key pads. The player must start in the middle, then the right, and then fly all the way to the left one near the beginning, which opens up the gate blocking the red pad.
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4: King of the Castle[edit | edit source]
Stars: 5
Interactive objects: pinwheels
Hazards: Portcullis
The player has to use the fan to blow a pinwheel, keeping the gate up long enough so the balloon can get to the finish pad.
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5: Keep it Down[edit | edit source]
Stars: 6
Locked gates: 2
Hazards: lava
The player has to get out of the area they are in, and land on the key switch on the left. That key switch unlocks a gate, fly to the other key switch, and press it. That switch opens the last gate that blocked the exit. Now fly up to the exit before the green water gets to high.
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6: Stamped Out[edit | edit source]
Stars: 4
Locked gates: 1
Hazards: crusher blocks
The player has to fly up, activate the key switch, and fly up to the exit while the large crusher block is at the bottom.
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7: Winging It[edit | edit source]
Stars: 4
Interactive objects: winged red pad
The player has to try to land on the exit that is flying around.
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8: Drill Bill[edit | edit source]
Stars: 5
Hazards: crumbling blocks, Drill Bill
The player has to navigate through crumbling rocks to the finish, and avoid getting popped by drill bill. The player may fly down any of the two paths, but the one on the right puts the balloon closer to next opening.
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9: Balls of Steel[edit | edit source]
Stars: 3
Hazards: balls on chains, mines
The player has to go around the room and try to get away from the ball on the chain, then navigate to the finish by avoiding the double ball on chains, and the small mines.
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10: Octoboss (Boss 1)[edit | edit source]
Stars: 5
Locked gates: 1
Interactive objects: bullet firing pads
The player has to land on orange pads to shoot a bullet at Octoboss, do this three times and the exit will be unlocked.
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11: Ball and Chain[edit | edit source]
The player has to fly past a giant ball and chain fast, to get to the exit.
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12: Fire Escape[edit | edit source]
The player has to blow out a fire droplet with the fan, then go through opening to the right, then up, then blow out two other fire droplets, then go through the area, then up, then blow out all the other fire droplets, then fly over to the finish.
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13: Some Like It Hot[edit | edit source]
The player has to wait for the lava to go down, activate the key pad, and fly back up to the opening to the right before the lava rises again. After activating the other key, the player has to go up into the second alcove with a star. Now, go through the tunnel, and into the finish when the water dies down.
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14: Great Balls of Fire[edit | edit source]
The player must go up, and avoid the three volcano's that shoot fire Now, go past the volcano that shoots fire bullets up, then go up near the volcano, avoid the fire bullets shot from it, fly past it, then down, then avoid the volcano that shoots fire bullets in an oblique line, then fly down, then to the left, then onto the exit.
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15: The Earth Moved[edit | edit source]
The player has to fly past some moving mines, then some others, then another, then up, then wait for the red pad to come down.
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16: Dragon Breath[edit | edit source]
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The player must navigate their way through moving dragon snakes, to the red pad.
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17: Come Together[edit | edit source]
This is a hard level. The player must go up, avoiding the moving blocks, then wait for the mouth block to open, then get into the mouth block, and go as close to the right side as possible, then wait for the mouth block to move, go down, avoiding the other blocks, then go to the right, then up (avoiding the blocks), all the way over to the red pad. Joined U blocks are hard for the player to get past.
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18: Biting the Bullet[edit | edit source]
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The player must press four Key switches, while avoiding a giant bullet that follows them.
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19: Cooking on Gas[edit | edit source]
The player must blow out two blue fires, fly past them, blow out one blue fire high up, then fly up, then fly to the left. Now, blow out two more blue fires, go into the room below, blow out the other blue fire, and try to get to the red pad.
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20: Baron von Blimp (Boss 2)[edit | edit source]
The player has to blow drills with parachutes into the baron, three times, then get out of the way, then press the key on top of the blimp passenger area, then go over to the finish pad.
A strategy to make the level easier is to just stay at the starting point where the balloon is and blow the drills into the baron.
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The End: Or is it?[edit | edit source]
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Hot Air and the his girlfriend get married. A bow is around Baron von Blimp's blimp, and the words "Just Married" written in pink. Baron von Blimp jumps up in anger in his cage. Hot Air and the pink balloon jump up happy. Just then a stork carrying flies over them, and off the screen, and Hot Air Balloon gets embarrassed.
21: Mine All Mine[edit | edit source]
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The player has to land the balloon on all key platforms scattered in the level while avoiding the spikes from mines. After all keys are collected, the exit is unlocked.
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22: Octopus Garden[edit | edit source]
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The player has to get to the exit, but octopuses are hovering in the stage. They have to be fanned away.
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23: The Worm That Turned[edit | edit source]
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In two rooms the player has to land on a key platform to reach the exit while avoiding blobs which are jumping up and down from the ceiling to the floor and back again.
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24: Follow The Leader[edit | edit source]
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The player have to get two keys in a room, whilst being followed by a bug.
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25: Number 1 Fan[edit | edit source]
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The player have to make it to the exit, but to look out for the fans which are there to blow the balloon away.
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26: A Tight Squeeze[edit | edit source]
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The player has to fan the balloon to the exit, between blocks with enemies walking around it.
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27: Caged Up[edit | edit source]
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The balloon is trapped into a cage which is hanging on a cable. The cage moves by itself and the player has to move with it to finally land on the exit.
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28: Dental Practice[edit | edit source]
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The player has to fan the balloon through three mouths, before they close.
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29: Off The Walls[edit | edit source]
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The player has to fly over a wall and land on the exit, while avoiding bouncing smileys.
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30: Big Daddy (Boss 3)[edit | edit source]
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The player has to land three times on the finish pad which is located on top of Big Daddy's head.
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Second ending[edit | edit source]
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The following ending is achieved after defeating Big Daddy.
A screen saying "Congratulations! You completed the game!" pops up, with confetti falling from the top of the screen.
Enemies[edit | edit source]
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- Big mouth - A big clockwise rotating circle with a face, and a mouth cut out.
- Spike traps - Bear Trap enemies that will close their arms when Hot Air lands on their head
- Axes - In Hot Air 2, there are two axes: male and female. The faces for both switches when they are near each other.
- Portcullis - The portcullis rise up only if player blows the pinwheel, otherwise they'll fall down until reaches the bottom.
- Sick guy - He causes the raising of green liquid in the level.
- Crusher blocks - These enemies move upwards then drop down.
- Drill Bill - A giant, vertically-downwards moving drill placed at the top of the level.
- Ball on chains - There are two types of balls on chains:
- Small balls on chains - Two to four small balls on a chain, both moving in a circle.
- Big ball on chain - A big ball on a chain, moving when the player moves.
- Mines - Stay in one place and can hit the player on contact. The larger version can shoot spikes.
- Fire - Fire can be removed by using fan to them, it'll return a few seconds later.
- Volcanoes - Volcanoes are stationary and fire lava droplets.
- Dragon worms - Dragon worms moves in square shaped path.
- Bullets - They are shoot from cannons and follow the player. When they collide a wall, they explode.
- Gas flames - They follow the player. When they're blown, they fall vertically down before regenerating their flames.
- Octopuses - Enemies that steadily move toward Hot Air, but can be blown away by the fan.
- Worms - Light blue worms that jumps to walls on the opposite when Hot Air passes above or underneath them.
- Bug - It follows Hot air and can pass through walls.
- Critters - They crawls on walls, making it harder for Hot Air to move through gaps.
- Mouth monsters - Huge monsters with large gaps in between their teeth.
- Bouncy balls - They bounce around back and forth.
Credits[edit | edit source]
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Previews[edit | edit source]
January[edit | edit source]
A preview image for Hot Air 2 was shown on Nitrome's old 2006/2007 website, Nitrome 1.2. the yellow balloon in the preview is not in Hot Air 2.
The Hot Air 2 preview.
February[edit | edit source]
In February of 2007, Nitrome released an advertisement on their site that linked to a whole page about the upcoming game. The page's background was similar to the game's title screen, and it included four screenshots from the game. Beneath the game title it listed the new, upcoming features for the game, such as: "New boss fights", "Scrolling levels", "Unlock new balloons", "New map screen" and "And more".
The player could click on the screenshots to enlarge them, and then scroll through them. Beneath the screenshots were captions that had comments that Nitrome made about the game, such as "Screenshots (1/4) - Be careful around some of the new types of traps that await you in the game!"
The advertisement
The page
Screenshot 1/4
July[edit | edit source]
A trailer was also posted on July 4, 2007, showing excerpts of the levels and some of the other features in Hot Air 2.
Unknown dates[edit | edit source]
These are the preview images released on unknown dates, presumably sometimes during 2007.
A preview image
A level screenshot preview image
Another preview image
Another level screenshot preview
Beta elements[edit | edit source]
When Mat was reviewed by Free Games News about Hot Air 2[3] being released in February 2007, an image of a beta room from the game was used. The only difference in the picture is the background and coloured blocks - instead of the blocks being coloured grey, they are coloured green.
The beta image
Awards[edit | edit source]
| Site | Contest | Prize | Outcome |
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| Jay is Games | Jay is Games Best of Casual Gameplay 2007 | Action or Arcade game (Browser section) of 2007 | Nominated |
| Gamezebo | Zeebys 2008 Casual Games Awards - Web Game[4] | ? | Nominated |
| Flash Forward Film Festival[5] | Flash Forward Film Festival - Games | People's choice award | Nominated |
Glitches[edit | edit source]
- When the player goes near a platform, but not on it, the balloon will float in midair with no help from the fan.
- If player blows the balloon right after the level starts, the background music does not change. Later, if the player dies again and starts the level, the menu music will play, but it will get louder and louder.
- However, if the player does not die again but instead turn the music off and on, the game music will play instead, and it will get louder as well.
- The route on the map requiring eighteen stars is low resolution, suffering from a graphical glitch.
- If Level 19 is unlocked, one can travel straight from Level 16 to Level 19 by crossing the padlocked path requiring 22 stars even if they player lacks this amount of stars[6].
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Two of the Hot Air 2 levels have references to the Beatles' songs: Come Together, and Octopus Garden.
- Hot Air 2 is the first released Nitrome game that allows players to change their character's appearance.
- The music in the Miniclip version of Hot Air 2 was completely different than the music in the Nitrome version.
- The music tracks played in the Nitrome version were extra themes Lee Nicklen composed for the original Hot Air.[7]
- Unusually, the menu music for the Miniclip version of Hot Air 2 ends abruptly and does not loop.
- Level 3 was named after a comedy thriller film So I Married an Axe Murderer.
- The trailer for Hot Air 2 shows the startup with a Hot Air face background instead of a pink line background. Also, all levels were available, even though the player did not have any stars.
- The yellow balloon in the January 2007 ad is not in Hot Air 2.
The balloon closest to the "All blown up" title is the unused balloon
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Screenshots.com: Nitrome.com - Nitrome, ?, retrieved 31 Dec 16.
- ↑ Mat Annal on Twitter:
[1]: NOBODY: Was Balloon Maker released on the day Hot Air 2 was released?
Mat Annal: yes it was, 5 Jul 17, retrieved 7 Aug 17. - ↑ http://www.freegamesnews.com/en/?p=1198
- ↑ Nitrome blog: - Zeebys nomination
- ↑ Nitrome blog: - Flash Forward Nominations
- ↑ See [2]
- ↑ Lee Nicklen's Facebook page: Why was a different menu music sound track (that I composed) chosen to be used on the Miniclip.com version of Hot Air 2?
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- Programming by Heather Stancliffe
- Art by Mat Annal
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