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Developer:
Timothy FitzRandolph
Age rating: 4+
Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
JellyCarCurrent Version: 1.5.1
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JellyCar is a driving/platforming game for both iPhone and iPod touch. The game is about driving a squishy car through squishy worlds, trying to reach the exit. JellyCar features soft body physics for all of the objects in the world. Also your car can transform for a limited time to aid progression through the level.
*** NOTE *** touch the "?" squishy icon on the main menu for the "how to play" instructions!
Features:
* Soft-body physics!
* Simple touch and tilt controls
* 28 levels to play
* global high score ranking system
* original music by Matt McCarthy
* full sound effects
* option to listen to iPod music while playing the game.
* Localized into:
** 日本語
** 繁體中文
** 简体中文
** 한국
** deutsch
** русский
** Nederlands
** français
** italiano
** polski
** suomi
Controls:
* Touch (and hold) on either side of the screen to drive in that direction.
* Tilt the device to rotate your car
* Touch the car to transform - the car will inflate to much larger than it's normal size! this only lasts for a limited tome though.
* Touch with 3 fingers on the screen to pause/quit the current level.
* Use the standard Pinch gesture to zoom in/out at any time.
JellyCar Review
Simple driving game is a fun way to pass the time—particularly for kids
Among its many talents, the iPhone excels at giving you ways to pass the time. This is particularly true if you’ve got small kids to entertain. Should you find yourself standing in a long line or on a long car trip, fire up the iPhone, launch one the many simple low-cost or no-cost apps and hand the device over to a kid—now they’ve got something with which to occupy themselves.
JellyCar from Walaber is a perfect example of one of those no-cost ways to pass the idle hours. Because it’s both fun and quite simple to get the hang of, this side-scrolling game is an ideal way to keep kids occupied.
Like A Bowlful of Jelly: Navigate a car made of gelatin from Point A to Point B in the simple-yet-fun JellyCar.
You’re in charge of a red car made of gelatin. Your object: navigate the car to the target at the end of the level while avoid the assorted obstacles that block your path.
Like the concept itself, the controls of the game are pretty simple. Keep your finger on the right side of the screen to go forward and the left part to go backward. You can also transform your little car into a “monster truck” of gelatin for a few seconds by tapping on the car, and then tapping it again to change back. The game also incorporates the accelerometer; if you get stuck, you can tilt your iPhone or iPod touch back and forth to free yourself.
The in-game menu is almost a game in itself. You can move the icons (which act like jello-cubes) for each individual level around the screen by tilting the device. There are three sets of levels-easy, medium, and hard—meaning you might want to take a spin with JellyCar after the kids have had their fill.
JellyCar is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.1 software update.
[Zach Okkema is a writer and student in Mt. Pleasant, Ontario.]
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