Monsters Ate My Condo
Are you ready for some hectic crazy action?Monsters ate My Condo gives a whole new meaning to monster attack.The game is centered around an apartment building created by condos that fall from the sky and stack up on top of one another which is surrounded on both sides by huge cartoon monsters.You’re given a condominium that is a stack of colored floors, and you can swipe left or right to toss specific floors out.Your goal is to make combos of the same colors, and make sure your tower doesn’t topple.To make things harder, there are two huge monsters on both sides of the tower, and you need to keep them happy.There are four monsters, each with a different color, and there are four different floor colors.Monsters only like to be fed their same colored floors, and if you feed them too many of other colors, they will stamp their feet, and cause your tower to sway.Also, every floor you pull out shifts the balance of the tower, and makes it that much closer to toppling.Those are just the basics, and it doesn’t even begin to describe how hectic the game can become.First off, there is the Japanese arcade style with flashing colors, soundtrack, and multiple animations.Then there are the various types of combos that come in different forms.You can make floor combos, and if they’re big combos, you earn bronze bonuses.You can feed the bonuses to monsters for a special power-up with each providing crazy animations.You can also let the combo bonuses stack up, and create a combo bonus combo.Then the bonus combos can keep combining from bronze to diamond, and like I said, there are a lot of combos.There’s so much to deal with at once, but nothing feels out of control.The game is packed with personality and style with such a great design overall.Monsters Ate My Condo is worth picking up for the low price that is a very unique gaming experience that offers fun gameplay and theme.The game’s bright, flashy visuals border on insanity and add to the intensity and fun.Players will no doubt have a great time flinging buildings into these monster’s bellies over and over again.
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Swampy is a new Disney character made exclusively for mobile, and he’s an alligator who likes some aspects of human life including being clean.It turns out Swampy likes to bathe, but his shower pipes are broken, making him beg the question, “Where’s My Water?”.It’s up to you to help Swampy get his water, as you clear the path to direct the water to Swampy’s pipe.You dig the underground dirt to guide the water past algae and toxic sludge while dealing with switches, traps, and twisting pipes.The game stars Swampy the Alligator, who — unlike the rest of his kind — doesn’t wish to roam the sewers of the city, wallowing in dirty water and feasting on rats, no.What Swampy wants more than anything else in life is a bath and it’s up to you to redirect the water through the earth so that it ends up in his bathtub.It sounds deceivingly simple, and at first it is, but it quickly evolves as more elements are introduced such as switches and algae which grows out of control when water touches it and other liquids such as acid and sludge that can hurt just as much as they help, quickly forcing you to rely on your sense of logic and ability to foresee the consequences of your actions in order to ensure Swampy’s good hygiene.You simply drag your finger to dig the dirt, and there is quite fine precision allowing you to snake the water through obstacles to the end point.In each level there are three rubber duckies, and you can collect them by having the water pass over them.The game includes an outstanding physics engine with a wonderful water particle effects system so that the water combines, splits, and spills over every angle of dirt, cement, and pipe.Also included is a wonderful cartoon art style that is definitely Disney-esque, which provides plenty of personality for Swampy.Every level provides a unique design, and you’re never sure what to expect.In some levels you need to get rid of the toxic sludge, and others you need to use the sludge to clear out the algae.There are switches to turn, and multiple pipes to use to propel the water across gaps, and even through loops.Once you begin the first level, it’s tough to put the game back down, and you’ll enjoy each and every one of the 80 puzzles.The game also features hidden objects, or collectibles.Collect all three from each subset and you’ll unlock a bonus game which uses the accelerometer to move water around the screen to collect the bonus rubber duckies.Where’s My Bath?’ is a rare example where the developers did everything right.From the audio and visuals (including the interactive main menu and Swampy’s reactions to things happening (or not happening)) to the gameplay to the user interface itself, which prominently features a restart level button separate from the in-game menu options.
Early Bird is a physics-based puzzle platformer that’s actually more similar to golf than anything else.Early Bird doesn’t exactly break new ground in gaming, but it offers a fun way to pass the time and some adorable graphics of baby birds and their sneering worm enemy.The idea is that you control a bird by swiping across the screen trying to make your way across a level to a target where a worm has taken up residence.Get there in fewer swipes than the game offers for each level, and you’ll be the early bird, with a star rating to match.Run out of swipes, and you’ve got to start the level over.A number of obstacles:changing terrain, thorns, swinging wooden blocks stand in your path, but other objects:spring-equipped flowers and gusts of wind can help you on your journey.With 96 levels across four landscapes and the promise of more to come that’s a lot to keep gamers coming back for more.The graphics and sound are cute, the gameplay is solid and there are plenty of rewards to go after, from that aforementioned rating to bonuses for landing right on the target and so on.Early Bird’s not quite as risky or groundbreaking as Booyah’s other titles, but it’s a solid game for sure, and shows that when Booyah wants to focus strictly on hitting the right market with a well-made game, they can do just that.
Silly Owls is a physics based puzzle game where the basic goal is to get the owls into their birdhouses by bouncing and rolling them through levels with various obstacles.The game is split up into three parts and a different owl is the main character in each part.Each owl has different abilities each section of the game is a different kind of physics game.While these three different physics games each offer very standard gameplay, the inclusion of three different game types does bring some much needed variety to the game.The first owl rolls along on it’s own and the player must drop apples to push it in the right directions.The second owl can be slung in any direction by pulling it back and letting it fly.The third owl is distinctly different from the first two and the gameplay is accordingly different.Here players must guide the owl, which is riding a banana skateboard, through an obstacle course of many hazards by jumping and ducking at the right moments.The owls and the environments look great.The game’s visuals are crisp and bright and make the game so much more enjoyable.The physics work well as long as the level design doesn’t get in the way, and the various game mechanics are fairly simple to manipulate via the touch screen.
Treemaker game is a physics-based platformer and one that’s actually quite creative and fun to play.Players control a creature who must swing from platform to platform, rescuing stranded tiny tree creatures and collecting orbs along the way.The controls are easy enough, using only the touchscreen.Players tap where they want to cast a vine and then fly towards that location.Gamers can then swing the creature back and forth by dragging their finger along the touchscreen.When they have enough inertia, they can launch the character towards its next destination by tapping the screen.In addition to platforming, there are some puzzle-like elements.For instance, gamers will have to carefully choose their path if they want to collect all the orbs in each level.Likewise, they’ll come across obstacles that require some logical thinking if they’re to be overcome.Most the enjoyment of Treemaker comes from learning and mastering the physics that control the world.Combined, the controls and physics are tricky initially, but once gamers get a full grip on them, they’ll have fun with the title.Rope swinging lives and dies upon the player’s ability to predict where they’re going at all times, giving them a level of finesse and control that borders on almost prescient in games like Hook Champ.Instead of predictability, Treemaker makes its swinging mechanic the largest ‘challenge’ to overcome as you deal with floaty physics that make it hard to predict where you’re going and a rubbery rope that’s hard to predict as you bounce and wobble on the line after each jump.Ultimately your aim on each level is to touch every seed in the level while using the least amount of ‘vines’ as possible to get there.This requires very precise jumping, made all the harder by only being able to see a limited amount of the level (even if you zoom out) with tiny platforms or gaps to shoot for to survive.Should you touch a colored portion of the map you’ll also explode,though some barriers can be destroyed if you have enough momentum (though this is never explicitly taught to players). Stars are awarded depending on how many vines are used, though the cutoffs are never explicitly stated making it hard to want to come back and attempt a three-star run as merely completing some levels with two stars (which is required to progress to the new set of stages) is often hard enough.
SimplePhysics is a puzzle building game from Andrew Garrison for the iPhone and iPod Touch.With very limited resources and space, you’ll need to craft structures that can withstand forces in the game.The game comes with 5 levels to play through each with its own challenge to overcome.Players will need to put their thinking caps on to solve these puzzles as there is nothing easy about them.Each piece added the structure costs money.Using too much will put you over your budget and using too little could potentially topple your building.The first level has you building a structure that will allow boxes to rest on the side of a tree.The structure you build must be able to hold all four boxes for the game to allow you to continue.Once you have built a strong enough structure and tested it, you can progress to the next level which will be more difficult than the last.The second level has you building a roofing structure that can withstand 50,000 pounds of snow on top.Create your design in seconds with the blueprints editor.If you make a mistake, simply tap the Undo button.Zoom in and out by pinching the screen and pan the view using a two finger drag.While testing, you can see how the strain is distributed across your design.Areas that are under immense strain are colored bright red, while other areas are colored green.This allows you to find and fix problem areas in your design.
Cover Orange is taking the physics puzzle game to fun new levels.Not only do you have to figure out how to protect Florida’s best fruit, but also you have to deal with an abundance of physics inspired levels.It comes together for a great time that can be enjoyed in both quick sessions, or long lunch breaks.Your aim is (as the title implies) to cover the oranges and protect them from being damaged by deadly projectiles being flung by a passing cloud.Initially this is a fairly simple task as you’re given a sequence of objects that you can drop in to the world to directly cover the orange.However things quickly become more challenging as the game throws you in to puzzles that require more than a bit of lateral thinking to ensure you save every orange.Those expecting Cover Orange to be a fairly simple Flash conversion will be pleasantly surprised by the artwork upgrades that stick to the original without going overboard.Visual indicators have also been added to the objects to make dragging and dropping the objects easier to judge.This doesn’t manage to ruin the complexity of a puzzle as you still have to contend with physics causing the objects to bounce around after they’re dropped.The animation is smooth and the developers of the game added some fun little details like when the oranges hold thank you banners after you save them from the raincloud and how there are little animated animals like snails hanging out.The presentation is one of childish fun.The backdrops are brightly colored settings that have an oil painted feel to them.Animations are fluid and pleasing.The sound and music isn’t going to win any awards but it’s catchy.The oranges say “oy” more than a jewish mother and the raincloud has a creepy laugh.Cover Orange is a cute and fun puzzle game.There is a fair amount to do here, and more planned down the road.If you need a quick puzzle fix that is great for the lulls in your day, this fits the bill.