This week the App store kindly brings us INKS. This is a game that brings color to pinball. The goal is to detonate targets filled with paint on the map. Each level brings a new map with new obstacles, new targets, and sometimes new objects that interact differently with the pinball that's always covered in paint. For me, this game is great while in line for coffee, in between classes, and on the can. The toilet has been ideal for me because I have achieved the most progress in the least amount of time while on the can.
Why does it feel like I'm in a zen garden in Eastern Asia? I'd bet 0.001 Bitcoin that an Asian guy with a white robe and straw hat made this game. Nonetheless, the design is cool, and the colurful lines that the pinball draws cure any cringe from the internet that had affected me.
Turns out this man is the designer for the studio that made this game...
I was brutally wrong. It's a white dude in a beanie that designed it. He looks like a law-abiding citizen that waited until weed was legal to smoke it regularly. Respect.
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From the Apple Store:
Description
** App Store Best of 2016 **
** Apple Design Award Winner 2016 **
From the makers of BAFTA-winning Lumino City comes INKS.INKS updates pinball for a new generation. It combines the joy of pinball with skilful tactical challenges, and allows you to create wondrous works of art as the ball smashes around the canvas.
Blocks of colour burst like beautiful fireworks across the surface, building up in vivid layers and recording a visual history of your game as you perfect your score.
FEATURES:
- Beautiful and elegant design
- Over 100 unique tables to play
- Perfectly balanced gameplay
- Each canvas tells the story of your game
- Share your favourite levels and high scores
If you're enjoying INKS and want to extend the experience further you can also buy Powerups - slow-mo 'Precision' aim, and the 'Stopper' to prevent you from losing the first precious Gold Ball.
“Amazing looking... vibrant, full of life. Are we excited about this.” Pocket Gamer
Inspired by artists like Miro, Matisse, Jackson Pollock and Bridget Riley, each table becomes a unique work of art, sculpted by > the player as they fire an ink covered ball around the canvas.
With State of Play’s creative flare and skill at crafting beautifully elegant gameplay, INKS offers something new: art and gameplay as one, for everyone.
