For This App, Please Do Feed The Animals
The Hungry Pets ($0.99) by Mobits makes you think twice about how hard it is for cuddly animals to find food.
The opening cinematic tells it all. A bunny, bear, monkey, and squirrel sit back and enjoy life with some jaunty music in the background. Suddenly snowflakes fall to the ground and the animals all realize they had forgotten to store food for the winter. Each makes a mad dash to the woods, but getting his or her favorite food won’t be easy.
This is definitely a strategy game that will make you think twice before moving. Each of the four animals takes a different corner of the board, which is a square grid of 49 tiles. Each tile has a piece of a trail that faces a certain direction. You’ll need to orient the tile to complete a path for your animal. The goal is to collect all four of your food items before your opponent(s) can.
Four bonus items are available, which can help or hinder your progress. The purple potion will send one opponent to the opposite corner of where they started, while the stump with arrows will send all opponents to the different corners. Or you could make everything topsy-turvy with the tornados item -- turning every tile 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise. Shortcut items will perhaps be your best friend because they get you closer to your food. Finally, a gift box gives you one of the items at random.
This game can be played as single player, multiplayer, or online through Game Center. I can almost guarantee that you’ll want to play any mode except single player. There is no option to play against the computer, which is I feature I would have expected to find. Single player is only a race against your previous best effort.
Thinkers will definitely love this strategy game.
