Giveaway of the Day - Box`N`Ball

interesting game. Even though the description looks like it was translated by yoda. Giving away a 99 cent game seems a bit cheap lol. thanks game giveaway.

review to follow later. Was getting a 502 error on the site………………………………..

Box and Ball Quest:

Installation:

Today’s game downloads to a 6.36Mb zip file and unpacks to a read me doc with the terms and conditions and instructions for running the game from the executable plus a dual activation and set up module.

The game installs to C:\Games by default and is 5.95Mb in size once unpacked. There is no shortcut installed nor any uninstaller. To uninstall the game just delete the executable. As with other Wheemplay games there is no folder just the executable.

I’ve tested the game on Win XP Pro 32 bit, Vista Home Premium 64 bit and Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit with no problems.

Introduction:

Click and run, hide and have a few second brake! Not so simple, but very addictive!

Reference http://app.wheemplay.com/boxandballquest/ accessed 26th Feb 2011

The Game:
Box ‘n’ Ball Quest looks like straightforward and relatively easy puzzle game where you have to get your green ball to the escape hatch in as few clicks as possible, picking up stars and a key to unlock the hatch door on your way. However the puzzles are not as easy as they first appear. The simple layouts give a false impression of difficulty. The developer has created some devious puzzles using lasers, movable and unmovable objects, doors that are activated by buttons and holes for the ball to fall down ; of course some of the objects such as boxes can be moved to lock lasers or block doors open etc, so don’t despair when you get stuck because there should be a solution; that said, I’m already stuck on level 2, lol. Check out the screenshots via the link below (in the images section).

The game opens up in windowed mode as default. You can change it to full screen by clicking on the appropriate button to the top right of the window. You can also close the game down via one of those buttons as well. You can toggle the in game music off by clicking on the speaker icon to the top right of the playing arena. Initially you get prompts and hints such as ‘use the boxes’ and ‘click near the ball’

Features:

• Cute green ballie

• 20 incredibly addictive levels

• 3 secret levels

• Achievements and highscores

Images:

You can see several screen captures as a slideshow via the following link:

http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/Whiterabbit04/Box%20n%20Ball/?albumview=slideshow

Conclusion:
Apart from being stuck on level 2 this game looks like a keeper for me (hopefully someone will post a solution, Level design is relatively plain and simple, which is ideal for a coffee break time killer. Unfortunately there is no levels editor, which previous games from this developer have had, which is a pity because there is only 20 levels plus a few secret levels included. Due to the sparsity of levels I reckon this game is only worth around 5 out of 10; still, don’t let that put you off downloading this game.

Suggestions:

I’d add a levels editor to the game or at least double up the number of levels. Add the ability to change the colour of the ball and improve the look of the levels. This game looks like a hundred other free games that you can get from places like Caiman Island Games