BULA RUSH VI now has a battle of the bars. Pick the kava bar you play for, and every run you post adds to its week. And any bar can now be in the game: owners switch it on from their dashboard, and players open it up by checking in there.
Why we built it
The story already sends everyone through nine real Florida bars. We wanted any kava bar to be able to join, without anyone painting anything, and we wanted the game to send people to the bar rather than away from it. So a bar stays locked for each player until they check in there. The way to play your bar is to visit it.
The battle of the bars
In the lobby, tap Battle of the bars to pick the bar you play for. You can pick any bar in the game that you've checked in at. Your first pick is free; after that you can move once a week.
Each player's week is the sum of their best run each day, Monday to Sunday. A bar's week is its five best players added together, so a bar can't win on head count alone. Last week's winner wears ★ LAST WEEK'S CHAMPION on its storefront, and your end screen tells you where your bar stands.
Runs count when you're signed in and post them to today's board. Free roam runs don't count.
Your bars on the street
Once you've checked in at a bar that's in the game, it turns up on your street as a safe house, tagged YOUR BAR, and you can start a free roam run from it. A bar that already has a level in the original BULA RUSH plays as itself, with its own storefront and street, inside and out. Any other bar gets one of the game's storefronts with its own name lettered on the sign.
For bars: one switch
Owners and managers get a new BULA RUSH VI page in the dashboard. It explains the game in plain words first: it's an arcade chase game for adults (18+), with cartoon car chases and cartoon weapons. Then there's one button, Put my bar in the game, and you can take it out again any time.
Once you're in, the page shows how many signed-in players have checked in with you and can play your bar, how many play for it, and your place in this week's battle. Nothing about your menu, prices or staff shows in the game, and no real people appear.
Where to find it
- Players: open Play › BULA RUSH VI and tap Battle of the bars under the Play button. The standings are behind the trophy in the corner.
- Bars: in the dashboard, go to Settings › BULA RUSH VI.
Also improved
- The lobby tells you how many of your bars are in the game.
- Island Root and Kavasutra locations that join play as their chain's bar, under their own name.
- Moving bars never moves the points you already earned.
