Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Red Hat, Open Source, Beta
by Brad Linder Mar 26th 2008
I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.
In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.
To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.
Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Matthew said 9:18PM on 3-26-2008
I have Ubuntu running on my laptop. Is there any reason to try out Fedora? It looks the same to me.
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Mark said 7:06AM on 3-27-2008
Is it just me or are they totally ripping off Vista in that screenshot?
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ernetas said 11:16AM on 3-27-2008
I think just for you. KDE always feeled like Windows.
Superevil said 5:39PM on 3-28-2008
Vixta looks more like Vista than Fedora
Animesh said 9:13AM on 4-11-2008
Please don't compare it with vista. Vista sucks out the hardware to give out so called 3d effects. Maybe the programmers in Microsoft forgot to copy the full code for framebuffer cache, so refreshing the screen takes zillion minutes.
Or maybe hardware vendors paid them to steep the software requirements. KDE is much better, and will always be....
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