Apple picker Who among you has not longed to become a primitive hunter, stalking his prey? What about a spider? Try to put yourself in this role in the game Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor.
Your goal is to catch various insects, for which you receive a certain number of points. The best spider is the one who collects the most points. Controlling the game is quite simple and you can use common gestures, for example for zooming. At the beginning, the game seems very easy, but as time passes and you advance to the next levels, the game becomes harder and harder.
You are a spider and try to catch all the insects using webs and other traps. You create cobwebs by anchoring a web thread with a spider in a location of your choice. You then jump to a place opposite, and thus anchor the thread on the other side. If you create a triangle or other closed shape, voilà and you have a finished web. However, you have to be careful that the thread has a limited length, and this will make it even more difficult for you to attach it. So the spider does not have an endless supply of thread. Therefore, it is necessary to use tactics when hunting: catch as many insects as possible in one web. Only when your hunter is satiated with his catches will you get another thread into the game. The spider can jump very well, it is agile and its maneuverability is very good.
Just the very point of the game, which allows you to become a hunter for a moment, is a lot of fun. The story of a spider that catches insects in dark and abandoned places such as a basement, cemetery or pipe shaft with dramatic background music is simply amazing. With the spider, you can also find various things such as: a pendant with photos, a discarded doll or a wedding ring. These finds will help you uncover more of the mysterious story. A story you can make up for yourself. A story that gives you the experience of reading a book and can evoke the same poetics. Maybe that's why it caught the attention of the people at Apple and even became App of the Week.
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The spider itself, the insects and the game environment are very nicely done. The programmers have also done a decent amount of work and have even managed to optimize the game for the iPhone 5. Even though the game is quite short, it is definitely playful, engaging and worth playing.
Even insects have their own specific characteristics that you can adapt your game to. Flies are stupid and keep flying around, making them easy prey for the spider. But mosquitoes are smarter, they run away from the spider, so you have to involve your little gray cortex in the game and lure them into the prepared trap. Ladybugs and dragonflies are persistent, they fight until the last moment. The spider must eat them quickly, because it can happen that they break free from the web and fly away. But you have to catch such wasps in flight. They won't wait for you to plan your jump. It is necessary to act quickly and precisely. The best way to spot moths is near the light bulb you turn on. The moths fly right behind the light, where they get caught in your trap, and you win. The light bulb is either triggered by an impact or you have to find a switch hidden somewhere. Another variety of the game can be secret rooms, but you have to find them. There are usually other insects in them, which will improve the total number of points on your account.
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I played it with my son on the iPhone 4 and it's a really well made game, a lot of fun. Only on the iPhone 4 it is already so tiny. It will be a blast on the iPad :)