Review: Aqua Forest

[Siiv3r]

Okay so i bought and played aqua forest so here is my review.

Developer : Hudson
Cost: 7.99

Video: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxpGdRH7J5I]YouTube - App Game "AQUA FOREST" for iPhone[/ame]
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Main Task -
Within the game/app there is two modes that i know of so far which utilize this game fun and freaky 2d physics engine with a 3d twist ( u can tip ur phone/ipot any direction to make some materials move ex. water)

Free -
Use all the tools and materials within the game to make your own puzzles/creations
note: you can also save and load in this game type



Puzzle -
Complete the 10 tasks within the 5 categories to unlock something special ( as told in the help file though ive only beaten 3 (makes a tree grow in background but who knows what happens when u beat all 50 and yes some are hard))


Categories -
Tilting - Tip ipod/phone to make water/objects reach goals
Touch - pull out stopper to let water flow certain ways
Drawing - draw certain things which changes the environment
Warm/Cool - draw heat/ice to make water evaporate (heat) then ice to make the vapors turn back into water ( cant describe how bad i pee'd when i saw this )
All - Us all things to finish random tasks

so im thinking there is 50 lvls but who knows since i haven't beaten it yet


Help File - Taken from help screen describes UI

Scene Config.

[Pause]
Stops the simulation temp
[Inflow]
pours water into scene
[Outflow]
drains water from scene
[gravity]
makes gravity
[acceleration]
enables you to change the angle of gravity by tilting ipod\phone
[limitation]
limits number of objects
[clear]
clears all



Tools - What everything does

Pencil - Draws lines (thin)
Eraser - Deletes object
Move - Scrolls Scene ( note u can make big lvls then in free mode)
Bucket - bucket tool like paint program 9 this is what i says within app lol)
Slice - Slices object
Drag - Grabs object
Rect - Draws rectangle shape
Brush - Draws thick line


Materials - Things you can draw/place

Weak - Attempts to restore their shape to original or fracture
Tensile liquid - liquid with high tension
Elastic - attempts to restore their shape to original
Light - liquids that are lighter than water
Mochi - Loses shape like mochi ( japanese rice cakes )
Outflow - delets objects that come into contact with them (black hole)
Water - Ordinaly water
rigid body - does not change shape
heater - changes water into gas makes powders explode and ignites fuels
Viscous liquid - highly viscous liquids
wall -rigid that does not move. applied to them
string - expands and contracts. you can attach them to other objects ( will pull them off a cliff for example)
fuel - ignites if in contact with fire or heater
powder -explodes if in contact with fire or heater
rice - changes their shape like rice (ive never used this yet so who knows)
fire - changes water into gas, and makes powders explode
dense - liquids heavier than water.
inflow - gushes out water
rigid axis - rigid objects that rotate around their center.
cooler - changes gas into water.


So Overview now

Gameplay - 4/5
some mission hard others laughable, and sometimes engine lags/glitchy though once i rebooted ipod it was fine.
Sound - 3/5
good ambient music and sum effects like no exploding effects so id just rather listen to music while playing which u can do
Use of Ipod\phone features - 5/5
in every way this could only be done for the ipot\iphone.

Overall - 4/5
good app if u and your funs just mess aorund with it at a shop or diner while waiting on something not serious unless ur really into puzzle games but then again who knows if there is more then 50 lvls and within 20 mins i beat 20 lvls some are hard though. but 7.99 is a little tops maybe 5 dollars but the engine and viuals sell this game is fun and worth a buy.

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~ Siiv3r

[gwant]

haha you convinced me and i bought it, good review by the way!

[Siiv3r]

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[gorduxo]

damn... i got the game as well... but it's in japanese! i have my iphone set to german/ switzerland...
does anyone knows how to change the game to english?

btw... baaaad lags....

[TheOrioles33]

I wish the water made swishing sounds.

[Siiv3r]

oh yah me to.