{"id":11733,"date":"2009-08-12T22:20:26","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T22:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.razorianfly.com\/?p=11733"},"modified":"2009-08-12T22:34:57","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T22:34:57","slug":"aqua-globs-another-line-drawing-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/12\/aqua-globs-another-line-drawing-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Aqua Globs – Another Line-Drawing Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is currently a plethora of line-drawing games available on the iPhone and iPod touch. Draw Race [App Store<\/a>], Flight Control [Review<\/a>], Harbor Master [Review<\/a>], to name just a few. And you know what? I haven’t had enough of them yet. <\/p>\n

Developer Qwiboo<\/a> has contributed to this genre with their first App Store title, Aqua Globs. <\/p>\n

It’s simple: Touchscreen + line drawing games = just works. That’s how it is, and it’s not going to change – they’re great fun, and amazing time killers!<\/p>\n

When I saw Aqua Globs in the app store yesterday, I bought it as soon as I laid eyes upon the screenshot. I watched eagerly as it downloaded, and jumped right into the tutorial.<\/p>\n

What I learned is that the basic concept of this game is to join these glob creatures to create bigger glob creatures. There are three colours of creatures; orange, blue, and green. The orange and blue are the basic globs… You can join any two of the same colour to become a bigger glob. At this point, you can join any two bigger globs of the same colour to make them disappear and clean up your playing area.<\/p>\n

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The green creature is special; he is the wild card of Aqua Globs. He will pair up with either orange or<\/em> blue to make a bigger creature.<\/p>\n

Now, if you take a bigger creature and a smaller creature of the same colour and try to collide them, they will just go through each-other. Nothing happens there. But, don’t try and touch any blue and orange creatures together; that’s how you lose a life! (You have three lives in this game.)<\/p>\n

This seems like an incredibly simple concept, but believe me — it gets hard, fast. The game has indicators (just like most other games like this) that tell you when a creature is approaching. The indicator is also the colour of the upcoming creature so you can strategize based on it.<\/p>\n

One thing that I like about this game is that you can speed things up. There are three speed choices; 1x, 2x, or 3x. This helps speed things up when it’s getting a little boring.<\/p>\n

See it in Action:<\/h3>\n

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The Hooks<\/h3>\n

There is also a “Goals” system to keep you coming back. The three categories (points, games played, and time played) have four goals each, to keep you playing for a while. Not to mention some pretty neat statistics (such as total time, most creatures on screen, etc), which is always nice in a game like this.<\/p>\n

I’m not a huge fan of the audio in this game, personally… It sounds alright, but I went ahead and unplugged my headphones after a few minutes.<\/p>\n

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The graphics, on the other hand, are fantastic. Aqua Globs has a cartoon-y graphics style that really match what I think the developers were going for with how the game is presented. The buttons on the menu are… Well, globs, and everything just fits and looks fantastic.<\/p>\n

The line drawing is incredibly smooth, by the way. This seems to be a pretty big thing with games like this; comparing the line drawing to other games. It’s probably about as smooth as Harbor Master [App Store<\/a>], which is pretty awesome.<\/p>\n

All in all, for $0.99, this game is definitely worth a look if you’re into line-drawing games (and… who isn’t?)<\/p>\n

Reviewed at:<\/strong> v1.1
\nReviewed on Firmware:<\/strong> 3.0
\nDownload size:<\/strong> 6.1MBs
\nReleased on:<\/strong> 11th August 2009
\nRetails for:<\/strong> \u00c2\u00a30.59 \/ $0.99<\/p>\n

Compatible with:<\/strong> iPod touch Gen 1 & 2 \/ iPhone Classic \/ iPhone 3G \/ iPhone 3Gs<\/p>\n

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