Fractal (video game)

Fractal
Developer(s) Cipher Prime
Engine Unity
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android
Release date(s) May 26, 2010[1]
Genre(s) Puzzle, strategy
Mode(s) Single-player

Fractal: Make Blooms Not War is a puzzle video game by Cipher Prime.[2] The game involves pushing hexagonal fragments together to form large hexagons and chain reactions.[3]

Fractal was first released by Cipher Prime via their website on May 26, 2010 for Mac and Microsoft Windows.[4]

Gameplay

Fractal's gameplay revolves around pushing hexagons into seven-hexagon clusters, or "blooms", which earn the player points.[5] Fractal features three gameplay modes, campaign, arcade, and puzzle.[6] In campaign mode, the player progresses by earning enough points to clear each level. Over the course of the thirty-level campaign, the player will encounter different kinds of power-up hexagons with special abilities (hexagons that cause explosions, or that destroy all adjacent hexagons) that help the player earn points. In arcade mode, the player works toward setting a high score by surviving for as long as possible. In the fifty-level puzzle mode, the player is tasked with completing objectives in a limited number of moves.[7] Each series of challenges in puzzle mode (Koch, Menger, Sierpinski, Julia, Mandelbrot, and Dragon) is named after a different fractal set.[8]

Critical reception

The game has a Metacritic score of 84% based on 4 critic reviews.[9]

References

  1. http://blog.cipherprime.com/fractal/2010/05/fractal-is-finally-here/
  2. Minor, Jordan. "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review". 148Apps. Steel Media Ventures. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  3. Parkin, Simon. "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review". EuroGamer. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  4. "Fractal is Finally Here!". Cipher Prime. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  5. Stella, Shiva. "Fractal: Make Blooms Not War Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  6. Campbell, Nissa. "'Fractal: Make Blooms Not War' for iPad Review - A Challenging, Beautiful Puzzle Game". TouchArcade. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  7. Hinkle, David. "Portabliss: Fractal: Make Blooms Not War (iPad)". Joystiq. AOL Inc. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  8. Frame, Michael. "Fractal Geometry". Yale University. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  9. http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/fractal-make-blooms-not-war

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