Perched high upon the face of a (relatively) ancient mountain, dark storms brood. In the shadow of the summit, the hands of warriors covet chromatic pebbles of arcane purpose. Eyes meet in silent determination. The games have begun. Bam fu ($0.99) is imminent.
It’s wrapped in a ridiculous premise – something Game Oven Studios is well aware of. The aesthetic of bound-fist monks and dire seriousness is embraced with just the right amount of enthusiasm.
The board is littered with colored circular runeish looking symbols. You want to turn the entire board to your color, because sharing never seems to be an option. You do this by tapping the figures of another color. Each additional player adds another color and pebbles cycle through colors in a set pattern. Simple. In practice, it becomes a furious flurry of hands and fingers and a meeting of temperaments drug to the surface.
For my opponent and me (it was more of a hill than a mountain), it began politely. Precise, quick pecks. Attempts at victory through agility and speed. That didn’t last long. After a mere two or three rounds she began to play dirty.
If play unfolds for others like it did for us, the unspoken rules one might have expected others to abide by will swiftly be broken. She starts to brush my hand away. I reciprocate. Soon jabs are being blocked altogether as I sneak my other hand in to gorge on the unprotected battlefield. It’s startlingly conducive to subversive play, though it remained good natured for the two of us. I can easily imagine more rambunctious players physically bowling over competitors to steal an advantage.
It was a blast while it lasted. A quick, excited session of smiles and giggles. It was also exhausting. There’s a constant tension of muscle, limbs perpetually poised to strike as quickly as possible. The occasional solidification of the pebbles, demanding repeated hits to shatter and mobilize, sparks a concerted drilling of fingers, like woodpeckers grinding out their roosts to the fatal countdown of that cliched explosive.
Fast, thrilling, and fun. The quickest route to a shattered touchscreen. And then it’s shelved. Once it’s been digested, the rise of each player’s ostensibly illicit tactics witnessed, there’s little reason to go back to it. It’s a game of a couple rounds’ length, over and done with in a single sitting per group. For a single buck, though, Bam fu is quite worthwhile.
Cool! Thanks for those hands on Brad! I was wondering about this one and this has pushed me over to the buy line!
Any word on whether or not Quadropus Rampage comes out tonight either?
It is out in New Zealand, downloading now.
Link please?
Here's the link, guys: https://itunes.apple.com/nz...
Nice, always in for a GOOD match-3. This looks fresh.
Thanks for putting this on my radar
This and Kingdom Rush and that's it? Really excited for these 2 but dang. People hating on June 6th.
Why are there barely any coming tonights?
Out now?? Coming tonight??
Hey, I think I figured it out.
The movement of the board has to do with where the moved piece was and the shape of your completed match. A vertical match will move the board left or right and a horizontal match will move the board up or down. Moving a piece DOWN to make a HORIZONTAL match will give you your traditional drop DOWN.
2:01 is a good example of two different consecutive horizontal matches.
The game tells you that the drop follows the direction of your swipe. So if you swipe left to make a match, the board will move new pieces in from the left. If you swipe down, the board will move down.
This and kingdom rush and still I have to play state of decay on my box. Kind of sad I can't play all of them...at the same time. I have only two hands :(
I firmly believe that scurvy Scallywags game fans would be delighted
Nice. downloading now.
This is very good, hope to be able to develop more stable in this regard.
This game is so cute. I love it. I will play it a hard time
This is very good, hope to be able to develop more stable
A good, like!
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