Hot Air Jr

Hot Air Jr. is an action-platform game set for release in the near future. It was first hinted in a gif of an enemy from the new sequel on the Nitrome Blog on March 3, 2012. Gameplay from Hot Air will be retained, with the player using a fan to control a Hot Air Jr. around the stage while avoiding enemies and hazards.

It is taking place in a later time than the previous two games, the player controling the Hot Air Balloon's child.

Controls
Mouse - set fan

Levels
As seen in the past games, the player probably has to navigate the balloon to a red pad at the end of the level. It is not certain if this is going to be the case, though.

Hazards

 * Spikes - Spikes can kill the player if the player touches it.

Changes

 * Stars appear larger and brighter than they did in Hot Air 1 & 2
 * The cyan fan is made larger
 * Coloured platforms with two types of coloured lines place diagonally are not used (as seen in the March 13th 2012 preview image)
 * A background consisting of coloured hills stretching out of cloudy air with the hills against a coloured background, are not used in all levels (as seen in the March 13th 2012 preview image). However, this may be because the game takes place in a different area.
 * Pads are seemingly not used (as seen in the March 13th 2012 preview image), as Hot Air is inside a room that has only one exit, with no pad visible.
 * All platforms will not contain Spikes.

March 3, 2012
Nitrome revealed a .gif of a bug-like enemy that is to appear in an upcoming sequel. Fans were directed to tell Nitrome in the comments on Facebook and Twitter what they thought the sequel was.

March 13, 2012
Nitrome revealed their "cryptic sequel" to be Hot Air Jr, and provided an screenshot of one level of the game.

March 22, 2012
Nitrome revealed the official name of the game, Hot Air Jr. Nitrome said also that it will be easier than Hot Air and Hot Air 2. They provided another screenshot of the game.

Trivia

 * If Hot Air Jr. is released in 2012, the Hot Air Series will hold the record for the longest amount of time waited until a sequel was made for a game, Hot Air Jr. being released 5 years after Hot Air 2.