Today's time waster is
Ramps, which basically revolves around setting up ramps so that they guide a ball into a little bin in a sea of lava. You can adjust the ramp position as well as angle, utilizing ball velocity and bounce to jump gaps between the ramps. A warning if you are looking for a challenge: the game starts out ridiculously easy, and doesn't get difficult until vacuum holes and robotic sharks are introduced, which still isn't a problem since it appears that a score reduction is the only penalty incurred for losing a ball.
But when the day calls for some easy puzzle solving to pass the time, Ramps fills that niche perfectly. There's a definite sense of progression with a lenient learning curve, which ought to fit right with those that don't have the energy to play a game that requires more energy than the work they are putting off. The game's only real downside is that the "physics" and ball dynamics can be irritating, and levels are a bit repetitive. If that is not a deal breaker for you, give it a try, but it's no
Incredible Machine.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-18-2008 @ 11:45AM
Vitaly Belman said...
Ugh! @ Badly written physics.
Sorry but ball that jumps unrealistically (sometimes going completely against gravity) is horrible for physics based game.
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4-18-2008 @ 12:22PM
Peter said...
I didn't find the physics too bad, I imagined it was a rubber ball that would bounce a lot. But it does get very repetitive. I got to level 31 and 92000 points and then lost interest.
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4-18-2008 @ 7:01PM
soniiic said...
completed it on 101,480
passwords for special are
multiple spheres: waterloosunset
space gravity: ziggyplayedguitar
Tiny Spheres: fivefootone
not a bad game tbh, didn't really understand the hands though...
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4-19-2008 @ 2:32AM
Diddle said...
Booyeah - 105760! :D
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