Archive for User Experience Design
Doodlejump: Absolutely Addictive
At first glance, I wasn’t expecting much. So the absolute joy of playing this game was a big surprise. In a nutshell, what makes this app stand out is: performance. The speed, sounds, vibrations, touch/accelerometer sensitivity – they are all finely tuned and calibrated under the covers. Doodlejump is interesting because it sets a new standard for micro-games. In fact this one is so much fun to play – you could be distracted for hours. 
WARNING: FLIP Game is Highly Addictive
Don’t say I didn’t warn you! The new Adobe Air Flip Game may be hazardous to your free time this holiday season. Both a puzzle and a race against time, the object is to flip tiles (or CS4 mnemonics) so as to line up 3 or more of a kind.
I’m a sucker for puzzles but what really drew me in is the more you play, the better you get. I started building skill and even broke 100,000 points (ok, so it was only once – but I’m still chasing that high).
But here’s the real clincher – there’s an online score board for the top 100. Now I can’t stop playing until I break 200,000 – as I figure that will get me on the board. Trouble is, other players keep getting better too. Yesterday the highest score was above 300,000. Today someone pushed ahead, breaking 400,000 and verifying that there are others even more addicted than I.
If pure competition and the will to win are not enough for you, there’s an added incentive of winning CS4 bundles in one of the six name draws from the score board. This appears to be a random draw – so even if not the top scorer, I still have a chance to win a new copy of CS4. Now back to AIR FLIP – look out 200,000 club – here I come!
PS: Good job Adobe AIR Team! The game is fun, the UX/UI are GREAT. Love the sounds and animations and overall speed/performance of the game. It’s very well done. Only one question: what does “Stalemate” mean? I get that somewhat frequently.
