An Alien with a Magnet, an AAPARP game for Windows Phone 8

An Alien with a Magnet

An Conflicting with a Magnet is a new Windows Phone 8 game that is being touted as a new gaming genre, the AAPARP. Which is short for Action/Arcade/Puzzle/Chance/Rotating-Platformer.

I'm not too sure most the new genre but An Alien with a Magnet is a fun, challenging, graphically highly-seasoned game for your Windows Phone 8 device. Yous are tasked with guiding your conflicting through a maze of planets, collecting prizes and avoiding dangers such every bit black holes and asteroids.

With over forty-5 gaming levels, An Conflicting with a Magnet has plenty of gaming and a welcome addition to the Windows Phone gaming library.

The game premise has your conflicting piloting a spaceship thta is equiped with a magnet that pulls the ship into orbit effectually various planets. Y'all apply the orbit to launch the ship from planet to planet all in an endeavour to get the alien back domicile.

The chief menu has options to jump into game play, access the game's options and, if playing the trial version, buy the full version ($ane.99). Game options include sound/music on or off, access to developer support, access to the Nigh Screen and resetting the game.

An Alien with a Magnet

Game play has two gaming modes, Adventure and Time Set on. Each are multi-level games where yous have to navigate through the planets to a finish line (exiting the solar system). The Take a chance Mode has you playing more than for points while the Time Set on has you playing for the best time.

While each game mode has stars, diamonds and other bonus items to collect the Risk Fashion is the only mode where these points matter. The gems collected volition go towards your diamond count (used to unlock bonus levels) simply not for points. Call back, in Time Attack you're playing for speed not points.

An Alien with a Magnet

Game play is a thing of bear upon. You touch the screen to start a level where your alien is already orbiting a planet. Every bit long every bit y'all tap and agree the screen, the alien send will orbit. When you release your bear on, the ship leaves orbit and sails into open up infinite. As you lot near the next planet, tap and hold the screen to activate the magnet where you'll be pulled back into orbit.

Some levels accept, for the lack of a amend term, marshmellows floating in infinite that you can bounce off of. So you lot take asteroids, planetary rings and black holes that will ruin your day. You tin can too crash land on a planet if y'all don't activate your magnet to start the orbit.

The puzzle attribute of the game comes into play as the path from get-go to exit isn't e'er a straight one and your rotation around a planet will restrict some of your movements. Timing is also an element in that if you release your screen concur your ship may over shoot the adjacent planet or drift into danger.

An Alien with a Magnet ran smoothly with no crashes or stability bug noted. Levels did accept some time to load but the delay isn't painfully long. Overall, An Alien with a Magnet is a fun, challenging game that is well worth a attempt.

There is a free trial version bachelor with the full version running $ane.99. An Alien with a Magnet is available for Windows Phone 8 devices and you can notice your copy here in the Windows Phone Store.

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