Description
The #1 TOP PAID APP for weeks in UK, Australia, Canada!
TOP 10 in paid apps in US for a month!
Considered by many the best puzzle game ever made for the iPhone!
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Available for a limited-time at a 50% discount of the original price!
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The latest puzzle-sensation from the makers of Fuzzle has finally arrived after over one year in development!
Featuring 10,000s of unique puzzles, such that no two puzzles you encounter are ever the same, and split into 19 levels of increasing difficulty, Fling guarantees you many long hours of puzzling fun!
Each puzzle has a single, unique solution, and is solved by simply flinging (pushing) the furballs, and watching them bump each other off the edge of the screen, until only one is left.
Three different game modes are provided:
* FREE-PLAY mode - play at your own pace, while the game tracks your stats and keeps track of all puzzles solved/failed, allowing you to browse your entire puzzle-solving history and go back to any previously solved/unsolved puzzle to attempt to (re-)solve it!
* ARCADE mode - race against the clock, solving as many puzzles of ever-increasing difficulty as you can before your time runs out!
* CHALLENGE mode - solve sets of puzzles within a given amount of time to progress, while trying to beat your personal best times for each level!
OTHER KEY FEATURES:
* Hints are provided to help you solve the puzzles when stuck
* Game music, which automatically switches itself off at start when playing other music on your ipod/iphone
* Local+Global high-scores lists for the arcade-mode
* Automatic saving of games - always come back to the game right where you left it!
* Gameplay + instructions video on youtube, just search for Fling iphone
View our video in youtube to see the game in action! http://tinyurl.com/flingiphone
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What's New in Version 1.3.3
FIX for 'crash on start' issue that affected some users in previous update!!!
Customer Reviews
More than a one-nighter that will have you back for more
The simpler, the better. That’s seems to be the magic formula for the developers at Candy Cane. These guys were the brains behind Fuzzle, one of the more popular games in the early days of the iTunes store. Now, they’ve taken that “simplicity principle” and created a new game involving furballs aptly called Fling! that on the surface looks relatively harmless. But, spend a few minutes with this game, and you may find an addictively challenging logic puzzle that never plays the same twice.
While flinging objects into other objects to knock them off the board until only one remains is nothing new, Fling does two things well: polish and replay value. Go through the game, and you’ll see what I mean when it comes to the polish conveyed throughout from the menus and tutorial to the game modes and soundtrack. A good deal of thought went into the planning of this game, and it’s apparent each time you play the game.
Each of the furballs more or less has a face and comes in a variety of colors. Beyond the blinking and occasional tightly closed eyes, the little guys aren’t especially animated. The sound effects are minimal, although the lighthearted soundtrack creates a jovial feel. To move these guys, you simply flick them with your finger and off that zip down the screen to knock off one of their hairy companions. Fling also a terrific tutorial that reviews the rules and provides a visual walkthrough of everything you need to know.
Fling has 3 modes of play—Arcade, Free Play and Challenge. Both Arcade and Challenge are timed modes while Free Play is untimed and allows for puzzles to be completed at any pace or even skipped altogether.
In Arcade, the objective is to complete as many puzzles as possible within a limited time to score points. I find that the game generally provides easier and less complex puzzles for a longer duration before dropping the really difficult ones. While there is limited time in Challenge, the objective here is to solve a specific number of puzzles within each level before progressing to the next level. The task is to solve several within each level, and the difficulty varies widely from level to level.
Free Play provides puzzles and unlimited time to solve each and statistics are tracked based on the time to completion. What’s great about Free Play is that a thumbnail is also kept showing each solved puzzle along with the best time. And, as mentioned, you can skip puzzles and revisit them later at your leisure.
Unlike Free Play where you can revisit levels later on once they are unlocked, that option is not available in Challenge mode if you start a new game. I accidentally did that, and I had to start back at level 1 even though I had completed through level 10. However, my previous times were still provided at the beginning of each level as the time to beat. This is based on personal preference, but I would think it would make sense to be able to select any levels completed. Having said that, Fling will auto-save separately for each of the three modes.
Based on your skill level and depending on whether you play at the easy, medium or hard level of difficulty, the puzzles start off easy enough that you’re thinking this will be a breeze. But that feeling will be short lived because more furballs appear forcing you to be a little more creative in your logic, and remember that each puzzle has only one solution. Fortunately, Fling includes two key features: an Undo button located in the bottom left corner of the screen and a Hint button in the bottom right corner of the screen. The undo function is unlimited so you can use as many times as necessary, which you will. For hints, a limited number is provided for each level, and they will move a furball to get you started. The hint option only works when first starting a puzzle or if you undo all the way back to a puzzle’s original state.
A game that involves only flicking furballs may sound limiting, but within the established rules and the different modes of play, it’s surprisingly entertaining. All furballs are created equally, and if you ever do get stuck or fail to solve a puzzle within the allotted time, you can use the hint function to show you the solution. The scoring in particular within Free Play mode doesn’t allow for a comparison for scores if you decide to re-solve a puzzle which hopefully is addressed in the future which probably be addressed in an update. In addition, the game is strictly a one-player experience at this point, although a “friend’s challenge” mode could add to the replay value. An achievement system may also be something to consider such as the fastest time to solve a puzzle on a per level basis, for solving puzzles without using the Undo function, or even certain milestones for number of puzzles solved (e.g. 10, 25, 40).
Fling is great puzzler that while not offering the most sophisticated-looking game offers a rewarding experience that will have people coming back for more. Too often, developers try to be too creative which in turn makes a game overly complex and ultimately unsatisfying. Fling, on the other hand, is a well thought out and well planned game that follows the “simpler, the better” rule…successfully.
One of the best puzzle games in the store
This is easily one of the best puzzle games for the ipod/iphone. Well put together with good menus, sound, presentation. There is a theme to the game but it plays out just like a puzzle game.
The concept of the game is simple, knock the furballs off the board one by one by flicking them into eachother until there is only one left, then move on to the next level. There are obviously rules to follow, the furballs must be in the same line up or down to be able to flick them into eachother, and there has to be space between them as well. Very easy to learn, but the game can get challenging when you least expect it. It may be easy at first when you clear 5-10 boards in a row within 1 minute each, but sooner or later a random puzzle will be thrown at you and have you stumped. The puzzles are generated randomly, there are over 10,000 of them programmed into the game so you most likely wont be getting the same one more than once. This means high replay value.
There are 3 modes of gameplay, Arcade Mode, Challenge Mode, and Free Play, 2 of the modes are timed. It will not take you long to learn the twists of each mode with respect to the timer and the difficulty. Free Play is the only mode with no timer and you can choose the difficulty level you want to play on. The game also provides hints if help is needed with some of the puzzles, there is a limit on hints in certain modes. Stats and best times are available in some game modes too. There is quite a bit of detail put into the game.
Another good thing I liked is that the gameboard you play on is the perfect size in relation to the full ipod/iphone screen. No space is wasted giving you a larger playing field.
There are really no negatives to this game, the only things I would like to see added are more backgrounds(boards) and maybe a few more sound effects to change things up a bit.
To sum it up Fling! is an outstanding puzzle game. Fun, addictive, good quality all around. One of the best puzzle games available in the store. No person who considers themself a puzzle gamer should go without giving this game a shot.
Five Stars!
Simply love it! Gameplay is challenging, well polished, and addicting! Endless fun for 99 cents.
- Category: Games
- Updated Mar 10, 2010
- Current Version: 1.3.3
- 1.3.3 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
- 9.9 MB
- Languages: English
- Seller: CandyCane LLC
- © 2009 CandyCane Inc
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.0 or later.
