Fox Dash

Kobaj

An interesting story line of a lonesome fox in some post apocalyptic ruin of a city where the only companion is the large swarm of darkness that is trying to devour your soul! I may be embellishing here, but only a little bit. The real story is that you are a fox that likes to jump from building to building, from rock to rock, so on and so on, depending on the level.

The first thing that you notice when you launch this game is a menu option that you don't see that often. The option of a map maker, which allows you to place platforms and set the scenery for any adventure you can concoct. It takes a little bit of effort to figure this aspect of the game out, but it defiantly offers a new aspect to this relatively simple game that few others out there can boast. 

In the real game, well, it leaves a little bit to be desired. Jump here, jump there, don't jump there, jump there, but only at such and such time. Collect some stars for reasons that I have yet to fully understand, get stuck on the very last jump of a level and find yourself frustratingly sent back to the very beginning of the zone where you have to prove your jumping ability all over again. Just like the original Mario games, but without all the pesky entertainment value.

Recommendation: Get the game for its' map maker feature and just have fun with that.

Kodomo Island

javamovil games

For a change of pace, let's see what people are saying about this game on Google Plus reviews.

"Wish you could give it no stars"

"Where is the instruction?"

"Very difficult to control, uninstalled"

"I couldn't pass level one, very hard to control"

"Does anyone have a good recommendation for a place I can grab a cheeseburger?"

Ok, that last one is mine, just making sure you are paying attention. but these reviews sum it up, this game is possibly one of the most difficult to control that I've had to review to date. If you tap and hold the screen will give off a reddish flare that makes you think it's doing something, otherwise my strategy on this game was to take the screen like mad trying to get my character to jump on top of all the animals that have the spiral eyes. This bop on the head seems to bring them out of the trans and they become docile. Every time you start to think you understand how to tap the screen in such a way to accomplish what you need to do, you try again and feel like you are right back to square one.

My apologies to the cuddly animals of Kodomo Island, but whatever disease has turned you all into looney tunes characters suffering from dizzy spells appears to be incurable.

Recommendation: Take these poor inflicted woodland creatures out back and give them a quick and painless burial.

Happy Fall

NoodleCake Studios Inc

A sudo sequel to the modestly popular Happy Jump. Also not to be confused with the toilet humor oriented happy poo jump, but we will save these for another day.

The premise is straight forward, fall through the holes in the floors, collect the coins, avoid or destroy the flies. You can purchase power ups and accumulate letters to spell out the word 'SHINY'. I was a bit scared after collecting only the first 3 letters where the game was going with the lettering system. The advertisement on the bottom of the screen leaves you with a sense that you could see a little bit more of what is coming, but isn't horrible.And the rate at which you accumulate coins can make this game drag out for a while between injections of new materials. 

The secret I learned early on is that you can tilt your phone one way or another at a steep angle and with exception of the small barriers and flies you encounter, you can grab the lions share of the coins and letters that you will come across, that can help you accumulate bonuses a little easier, but takes away from the entertainment of the game, which overall is pretty strong.

Recommendation: Avoid all poo substitutes and keep this much cleaner cross between Candyland and Pitfall on your phone. Just be careful buying the other character skins in the game.