Flinguin The Cute Catapulting Penguin Game
Flinguin (Free) by Vaibhav Electronics Pvt Ltd is a cute and fun game that involves flinging little baby penguins about.
You'll enjoy catapulting them into the air, scoring points as you go. With four different targets to aim for this is a perfect, quick pick-up-and-play game.
The gameplay is very simple. There are instructions when you first play but it is fairly obvious what you need to do. To control the baby penguin pull the catapult back with your finger. Then move it in the direction you are aiming for. To release and send it flying just lift your finger.
There are four different objects you are aiming for, with each offering you points when you hit them.
The first is Floe Drift, just aim at the moving ice floe. You have to get the penguin in the floe to score the points. On this one, you do need to also take into account the current wind direction.
Next up is Pit Stop. Here you will see a friendly seal balancing a ball on his nose. You have to aim and knock the ball off.
Then there is Hoop Scoop, in front you will see moving hoops and you just have to get the baby penguin through the hoops. You can earn extra points here if you send it through the hoops on the side.
The final activity is Goal Pitch, where all you need to do is get the penguin past the polar bear and score a goal.
Each game offers bonus points if you hit the targets in consecutive shots. If you do not, the bonus tracker resets itself and you have to start again.
With Game Center integration there are also eight achievements to earn and the high score leader board to compete with your friends.
Flinguin is full of colorful and cute animations and the animals will certainly be popular with younger children. There are also lots of bouncy sound effects that add to the charm of the game.
Although the game is very simple to play it can get quite difficult to score points. The penguin seems to always be off target no matter how well you aim.
While I think this game is more suited for children I think they will struggle with scoring and will become quite frustrated.
Also, after you aim and release the penguin, you have to wait for it to reappear to try again. This is very slow and definitely kept me from wanting to continue playing. This gap needs to be shortened to keep players interested. If the developers fix that it could be a really good, quick pick-up-and-play game.
