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Today’s free Amazon app is called Chalk Ball, normally priced at $1.99. Chalk Ball is a reincarnation of the classic “draw a line to bounce the ball where you want it to go” style game, but with a chalkboard art design. Your goal is to draw chalk lines off which your ball will bounce, to ultimately either bounce into a gold star, or just to keep it in the air as long as possible. Every time you draw a line, it depletes your chalk reserve, but hitting other chalk balls floating around will replenish it, and there are little chalk spirals that will completely refill it. The concept, art design, and level of polish make this app an absolute gem.
The game features two different modes: Survival, and Adventure. While these are likely self-explanatory, survival mode is simply a challenge to see how long you can keep your Chalk Ball (who really needs a name, but as far as I can tell, doesn’t have one) in the air. You get points for every chalk target you hit, as well as replenishing your chalk, but it’s definitely a challenge to manage your chalk supply while guiding your Chalk Ball to the various targets and still keeping it in the air.
Adventure mode will take you through a series of stages where screens may scroll and targets will float by, all of which you must maneuver to reach your gold star at the end of the stage. While it’s definitely a challenge just to keep your ball in the air, it’s even moreso when all your obstacles are moving.
As you progress, the game throws new concepts at you — like targets resembling zeros that will deplete half of your chalk if you hit them, or a “ground” across the bottom that will protect you from one fall. By introducing new aspects and having a very simple, approachable concept and an undeniable, adorable charm while you’re playing it, Chalk Ball is quite likely to hook you and keep you coming back for more. I know it has gotten ahold of me, and frankly, I don’t want it to let go. Grab it before the end of the day via the Amazon App Store, and thank me later.
Today’s free Amazon app is called Chalk Ball, normally priced at $1.99. Chalk Ball is a reincarnation of the classic “draw a line to bounce the ball where you want it to go” style game, but with a chalkboard art design. Your goal is to draw chalk lines off which your ball will bounce, to ultimately either bounce into a gold star, or just to keep it in the air as long as possible. Every time you draw a line, it depletes your chalk reserve, but hitting other chalk balls floating around will replenish it, and there are little chalk spirals that will completely refill it. The concept, art design, and level of polish make this app an absolute gem.
The game features two different modes: Survival, and Adventure. While these are likely self-explanatory, survival mode is simply a challenge to see how long you can keep your Chalk Ball (who really needs a name, but as far as I can tell, doesn’t have one) in the air. You get points for every chalk target you hit, as well as replenishing your chalk, but it’s definitely a challenge to manage your chalk supply while guiding your Chalk Ball to the various targets and still keeping it in the air.
Adventure mode will take you through a series of stages where screens may scroll and targets will float by, all of which you must maneuver to reach your gold star at the end of the stage. While it’s definitely a challenge just to keep your ball in the air, it’s even moreso when all your obstacles are moving.
As you progress, the game throws new concepts at you — like targets resembling zeros that will deplete half of your chalk if you hit them, or a “ground” across the bottom that will protect you from one fall. By introducing new aspects and having a very simple, approachable concept and an undeniable, adorable charm while you’re playing it, Chalk Ball is quite likely to hook you and keep you coming back for more. I know it has gotten ahold of me, and frankly, I don’t want it to let go. Grab it before the end of the day via the Amazon App Store, and thank me later.
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