Hey, thank you for the question!

That's a funny story - we didn't know about Bubble Tanks before we first released the game into public. A lot of players compared Sipho to BT. I guess the circle-shaped parts have a lot of similarities with Bubble Tanks. And the boss-rush gameplay?

Our main inspiration was Spore's cell stage and how that game in general has fostered creative community. We wanted to build around that with a more action-focused, skill based mechanics - so probably that's where similarity with BT comes in.

Originally posted by Dominas:

Hey, thank you for the question!

That's a funny story - we didn't know about Bubble Tanks before we first released the game into public. A lot of players compared Sipho to BT. I guess the circle-shaped parts have a lot of similarities with Bubble Tanks. And the boss-rush gameplay?

Our main inspiration was Spore's cell stage and how that game in general has fostered creative community. We wanted to build around that with a more action-focused, skill based mechanics - so probably that's where similarity with BT comes in.

Interesting - thanks for replying! I haven't ever played Spore but I really just wanted to ask about any Bubble Tanks connections (I didn't see anything when I searched the discussions).
Game looks really cool! Nice stuff!

This looks more like it was inspired by the SPARKLE series.

https://steamhost.cn/app/253650/Sparkle_2_Evo/