Saturday, September 24, 2011

World 1-71: Blockage

Blockage
http://www.kongregate.com/games/guilovsh/blockage

Blockage is a puzzle game featuring blocks (duh) that you have to move around in a specific way in order to fill the predetermined dotted lines with the right coloured blocks. To make things more difficult, there are white blocks which you can't pass other blocks through (coloured blocks aren't solid, so they can pass through each other no problem). There are also times where you will have to move a block onto a painted spot to make it the right colour, and times where you don't want to paint your blocks, but you have no choice. In a short matter of levels, the game gets pretty difficult. Overall, the concept of the game is pretty interesting (albeit not the most original idea ever), but the execution was very good. The graphics are clean cut, and the music is soft and relaxing. With 20 levels of boxed up fun, this game is an easy choice to fill up an hour of your time!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

World 1-70: Sushi Cat

Game 70: Sushi Cat
http://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/sushi-cat

Ah, Sushi Cat. This is a ridiculously addicting and fun casual game. It's a lot like Plinko, where you drop the ball (in this game it's in the shape of a cat) and try to hit as many prizes as you can on the way down. The prizes in this game are bits of sushi, and the more you collect, the fatter your cat gets. Once you collect a certain amount of sushi for each level, you can move on to the next stage. There are also special types of sushi, such as the Maneki Neko, which gives you another cat to roll on the board, and the Tsunami roll, which sucks nearby sushi into you for a quick bonus loot. On top of all that, each level is more than just a standard peg board; there are flat surfaces, round surfaces, moving surfaces and many more obstacles that make this game interesting and increasingly difficult as well.

The animation in this game is amusing because the cat gets so huge and bounces really well. The whole game actually has a kind of rubbery feel to it. The game design is very well put together, and obviously had a lot of time and effort put into it. The music is entertaining and almost hypnotic, and the sound effects are very satisfying.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

World 1-69: Starlight

Starlight
http://www.kongregate.com/games/zedarus/starlight

Starlight is a really interesting take on a puzzle game. Instead of twisting a cube around or navigating your way through some sort of obstacle, all you have to do is point your mouse to a certain spot on the screen to align the stars properly. When you point at just the right angle, a constellation will appear, and you will move on to the next level. That's all there is to it! In later levels, it actually becomes quite hard to figure out what constellation you're trying to create, and thus it's quite hard to figure out where to rest your cursor. Starlight is a simple game with relaxing background music and an appealing set of colours that keep things easy on the eyes.

Friday, September 16, 2011

World 1-68: Pixelvader

Pixelvader

Pixelvader is a top-down shooter that features a sleek black and green graphic design, a choice between keyboard or mouse controls, a host of awesome upgrades, and even in-game achievements to meet all your browser game needs. There are 10 levels in total, as well as a bonus level. The colour scheme, along with being visually appealing, makes it easy to discern enemy bullets from your own, which is a definite plus. On the con side, at just the second level you will need to start farming for money to get upgrades. This makes Pixelvader a very time consuming game, so don't start playing unless you have some time to spare.

Overall, I would give Pixelvader a 6 for being visually attractive and having a good soundtrack, although it's not the most original idea for a game.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

World 1-67: Necronator

Necronator
http://www.kongregate.com/games/TogeProductions/necronator

Necronator, made by the same people as Infectonator, is an entertaining and time consuming RTS (Real Time Strategy) game where the objective is to use the undead forces under your command to obliterate all the humans that stand in your way, and ultimately conquer the entire world. Using your home base, you can summon undead forces, and you can command each unit separately. Necronator is a bit more simplistic than other RTS games, since you do not need to collect resources and build more advanced buildings; you are supplied with a set amount of mana used to summon your units, which will replenish over time. Your only worry is your units and your portal, which will block further summoning of your forces if it gets destroyed.

Necronator features great music and sound effects, but it could stand to be proofread a little. There are many typos in the game that make it hard to take the game seriously, but it's a small sacrifice for a well composed game.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

World 1-66: I Love Traffic

I Love Traffic
http://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/i-love-traffic

I Love Traffic is a fairly simple game, where all you really need to do is click on traffic lights to decide whether or not that lane of traffic should go. The object of the game is to let a certain amount of cars and trucks through, without creating any accidents, in a certain amount of time. Each level has different requirements, and they allow just enough time for you to pull it off. It's a fairly entertaining game, and it also supplies you with cool random facts each time you pass a level. All in all, the only real fault I can find with this game is that it didn't have separate mute buttons for the music and sound effects. By lumping them both together on one button, you either had to listen to both the music and sound effects, or neither. However, this is a minor flaw, and the actual game play itself was pretty entertaining, although the idea didn't leave much room for advancement.