Description
Looking for a Labyrinth-style game to show off your iPhone's tilt control?
Everyone's got somewhere to go, and only Taxiball can help! Use intuitive tilt controls to guide the Taxiball to pick up and drop off fares to earn as much $$ as you can before the clock expires!
* One of IGN.com's Eight Great Unsung iPhone Games!
* One of offworld.com's 15 Games You Need for Your New iPhone
* iphonegameoftheday.com's... uh... Game of the Day!
* Family-friendly fun - featured on What They Play!
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Once upon a midnight fall,
Came my way a taxiball.
Big, round, yellow, clear,
Around the city roads we steer.
To the destination point we go,
Oh no, there’s ice, let’s take it slow.
Following up is a broken bridge,
So we carefully roll around the ridge,
At last! Our stop is finally here,
And with a wave we pay our fare,
Thank Taxiball for bringing us home!
Now back to the busy streets to roam.
- GkCHN/GaiaIllusion, Touch Arcade Forums
Fun and addictive
Taxiball will eat your life
but in a good way
- Jebus, Touch Arcade Forums
"There are a ton of marble games out there that let you roll around by tilting your iPhone. Forget about them. Taxiball’s the best." - Tyler Nagata, GamesRadar.com
"Verdict: Stop reading and go buy this now!" - theportablegamer.com
"Once in a while a game comes along which takes me by surprise and turns out to be much better than I would have ever expected it to be - Taxiball... is one such gem."
- 8.5/10 - newsshopper.co.uk
"TaxiBall is an amazing game. It... will have you on the edge of your seat until each round is over... Verdict: Stop reading and go buy this now!"
- theportablegamer.com
"Even though I own a lot of apps and I have to sort through some crap, Taxiball deserves to be pushed to the top, it’s crazy tilting fun."
- theAPPERA
"...it's your sworn duty to go and grab this. Indulge yourself with a truly classy roll-'em-up game destined to become a cult hit, and deservedly so."
- 8/10 - allaboutthegames.co.uk
"The game has a wonderful sense of humor and is engaging on all fronts."
- 3/4 - slidetoplay.com
"Simply put, Taxiball is awesome. Exceptionally fun... will keep you entertained for hours."
- 4/5 Stars, EDITOR'S CHOICE - iphonegamenetwork.com
"I didn't think it was possible, but Self Aware Games has breathed new life in to the tilt and roll genre on the iPhone with their new game Taxiball."
- toucharcade.com
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- Intuitive Controls: The only thing you need to do is tilt! It's like magic!
- Diverse Environments: Hours of gameplay across nine different, ridiculously replayable cities, with more to come via future updates!
- In-Game Awards: Earn dozens of Awards for completing a wide variety of challenges! Can you earn the insane Untouchable Award? Or maybe the N00b Cabbie Award is more your speed?
- All-Vocal Soundtrack: Taxiball's entire soundtrack is the work of beatboxer Wes Carroll of www.mouthdrumming.com!
- Global Online Leaderboards: Your scores are posted to a global online leaderboard. Can you beat the developers at their own game? Because if you can, the whole world will know!
- Friends List!: Add your friends to your Friends List, and check out their Awards and high scores! You don't have to beat everyone... just everyone you know!
- Endlessly Replayable: Playing through a level in Taxiball is easy - climbing to the top of the leaderboards and unlocking all the Awards takes planning, practice, and crazy skill.
- Interrupted? No problem!: Taxiball saves progress any time you're interrupted! Get cut off by a phone call, or have to stop playing 'cause your boss walked by? Your progress can be instantly restored!
What's New in Version 1.2
- Three brand new cities, with new Awards and Leaderboards
- Speed enhancements for OS 3.0
- No longer requires a net connection to get started!
- Sleeker, more streamlined Tutorial
- Saves volume & SFX settings between games
And, as always, we'll continue to release ever more content and features, for free, in future updates!
Customer Reviews
Takes you where you want to go
What do marble rolling and driving taxis have in common? If you’re Taxiball, then it’s a winning combination in a fun, maze-based game where the objective is not only pick up and drop off customers, but also to make enough money to make it to the next town. Taxiball is one of the more creative games I’ve come across that is not only challenging but polished in what it provides.
Visually, Taxiball is full of colorful and neatly designed graphics from the trees to the building structures. Packaged with an amazing soundtrack of human beatboxing, Taxiball has 6 levels of gameplay, and while that sounds short, the replayability is immensely more. Each level or town with names such as Noobsville, Hometown and Venice provides progressively difficult gameplay. Acclerometer controlled, you roll taxiball through the streets picking up passengers. The controls, which can be calibrated, are very smooth and relatively easy to use, and you should be able to play comfortably right from the start.
Taxiball has an awards system consisting of more than 45 achievements that are earned for completing fun tasks including
Speed Demon—Completing a fare in less than 2 seconds
A Satisfied Customer—Earned more than $700 on a single fare
Completionist—Cleared all fares in every city
Soft-boiled—Played for more than 1 hour
Of course, passengers are not all the same. In general, you have a 1-minute clock to start. Passengers in yellow and green rings travel only short to medium distances allowing for more complete trips and earn more time but bring in less money. Those with red rings pay larger fares with fewer trips but take more time. Part of the strategy will be to weigh both of those considerations as you taxiball through town.
The gameplay is fast paced and challenging because there are obstacles that can hinder the taxiball. These include slippery ice, heavy grass, and water traps. The game screen is very basic with an overall game timer, current fare pickup and total fares collected. As passengers are picked up, a green arrow appears in front of your taxiball pointing in the direction of the drop-off point. A handy map is accessible in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. Note that a timer for a fare begins since you have limited time to reach the drop-off point which is identified by a checkered design on the path. If time expires before reaching the drop-off point, you lose the fare as well as valuable time. For example, red-ringed passengers provide more time to reach the drop-off point because of the longer travel distance. A counter also shows the total number of waiting passengers and the number you’ve dropped off. While the game sounds simple, you can easily be hampered by obstacles, make the wrong turn, or get stuck in a dead end alley. In later levels, the cities are denser so maneuverability will be less forgiving.
Taxiball has a lot of neat little details that make it fun. Besides the great music, little balloon faces appear representing the state of your passenger during the ride. If you’re like me, bumping into buildings and obstacles will be the norm, and those smiling balloon faces will transform into angry ones. To add to the replayability, Taxiball has a global online scoreboard where you can even share scores with friends. The game is nicely set up for that, and you’ll need to add your name the first time you play.
Taxiball offers an innovatively entertaining twist to the game of marble rolling and can only hope new levels are in its future. For those on the fence, I’m sure the lite version will quickly convert you to buying the full version.
The best game on iTunes
Super fun to play and i really like the music
Addictive!
This is the type of game your iPhone was made for. Quick to jump in when you've got some down time, just be careful, you might not want to put it down! Will keep you coming back for more to try and beat those high scores!
- Category: Games
- Updated Jul 19, 2009
- Current Version: 1.2
- 1.2 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
- 8.4 MB
- Languages: English
- Seller: Self Aware Games
- © 2009 Self Aware Games
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.1 or later.
